12/20/2025 updated

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Senior Cloud Data Architect & Finops Expert

NESS ZIONNA, Israel
Worldwide
BA, Business Administration & Management
NESS ZIONNA, Israel
Worldwide
BA, Business Administration & Management

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Barak Salem - Finops.pdf

About me

I have a passion for DATA & BI. I pride myself in being a resourceful employee, experience in leading and inspiring development teams. I love finding creative problem-solving solutions, using today's modern technologies. I am a true evangelist with a wide vision of systems architectures.

InnovationAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Elastic Compute CloudAmazon S3Microsoft AzureBackup DevicesBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence DevelopmentCloud ComputingCost ReductionData ArchitectureData HubExtract Transform Load (ETL)Data SystemData WarehousingMaintenanceMicrosoft SQL ServersOracle DatabasesPerformance TuningMicrosoft Power BISecurity ManagingSQL Server Reporting ServicesSQL Server Integration ServicesData StreamingSalesforce TableauData ProcessingCost OptimisationAWS VPCPerformance MonitorTeam ManagementFront End Software DevelopmentFunctional ProgrammingStream AnalyticsDatabase Administration
Cloud Data Architecture
Azure ecosystem expertise with organizational data hub establishment and innovative data flow solutions

FinOps Implementation
Cost optimization strategies and best practices implementation resulting in significant cloud usage cost reduction

Business Intelligence Development
Comprehensive BI solutions using SSIS, SSRS, Tableau, and Power BI for reporting and analytics

AWS Cloud Services
Development of BI and data solutions using EC2, Lambda, S3, and VPC services

Data Factory and Stream Analytics
Implementation of best practice methods using Data factory and Stream analytics for data processing

SQL Server and Database Management
Database administration, performance monitoring, maintenance, backups, and security implementation

ETL Solutions
Deployment and support of ETL solutions using SSIS on MSSQL Server

Team Leadership
Management of development teams including developers, system analysts, and frontend developers

ORACLE Database Development
Development and maintenance of BI reporting solutions on ORACLE database systems

INFORMATICA Performance Tuning
Performance optimization of BI processes and data warehouse solutions

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2023

Languages

EnglishNative speakerHebrewNative speaker

Project history

Cloud Data Architect & FinOps Expert

Paz Oil company
Established organizational data hub using Azure eco system, designed innovative solutions and data flows, implemented FinOps best practices saving over 750K dollars, defined and executed FinOps strategy, championed cost-awareness across teams, led cross-functional initiatives, consulted data teams on Azure tools, implemented best practice methods using Data factory and Stream analytics, created efficient power bi data replication environment

BI Team Leader

VISA Cal
Managing a team of seven employees including developers, system analysts, and frontend developers, pursuing company financial and technological targets, E2E responsibility for dept data collection while implementing best practices, Tableau Server Management and Improvement

Cloud and Data Expert

HP Indigo
Developed BI and Data Solutions on AWS using EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, designed and implemented technical solutions and customer adaptations supporting business processes, found balance between configuration and custom development, operated in complex ecosystem with databases and front end tools, participated in knowledge transfer and information sharing, provided ongoing tracking and monitoring of performance in SQL DBA role, supported deployment of ETL solutions using SSIS on MSSQL Server, collaborated with architects and analysts in highly collaborative environment, worked with Security to ensure regulatory and security policy compliance

BI Developer

HP Indigo
Developed new and maintained existing BI reporting solutions using SSIS, SSRS, and Tableau, performed analysis and code development with unit and automated testing, identified process improvements that significantly reduced workloads, managed database maintenance, backups, and security, independently created tracking performance metrics, participated in integration, performance, and user acceptance testing for BI solutions, performed data validation, error checking, troubleshooting and performance tuning, provided technical assistance and troubleshooting support, utilized standard project management and quality improvement methodologies, collaborated with developers and team members on custom-built applications and performance management

DWH Developer

Motorola Solutions
Developed new and maintained existing BI reporting solutions on ORACLE database, developed code and automated sanity check scripts, created and maintained detailed documentation for development and production teams, conducted unit test case development, developed design documents and data structure diagrams supporting reporting implementation, created development guidelines and standards, focused on bringing value to output data and customers, participated in development and configuration projects for transactional and repository reporting applications, performed performance tuning of BI processes written in INFORMATICA

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