Elisey Yordanov
Senior Data Engineer
Professional Summary
Data Engineer and Software Developer with 5+ years of experience building data pipelines, AI/ML systems, cloud infrastructure, and security solutions. Started career at 17 at Econt Express (Bulgaria's largest courier company), progressing from data engineering through information security. Currently at IT Partner Ltd delivering complex data and AI projects at enterprise scale. Holder of 3 Google Cloud Professional certifications.
Work Experience
The technology company that built and maintains the entire Econt IT ecosystem. Leading and contributing to high-priority data engineering, AI/ML, and infrastructure projects.
- Designed and built a terabyte-scale Real-Time DWH on BigQuery with Change Data Capture (CDC) streaming all Econt operational databases in real-time
- VisionAI - complete end-to-end Computer Vision platform: in-house YOLOv8 model training, PTZ camera automation, hybrid LPR, Deepstream on NVIDIA GPUs
- Talk2SQL - AI chatbot converting natural language to BigQuery SQL over the entire enterprise DWH in real-time
- Capacity Analytics Suite: three interconnected systems monitoring transport, courier, and office load across Econt's logistics network
- AI business integrations: automated invoice analysis, logistics profitability calculation, AI agents for business operations
- PHP ETL framework migration; CDC pipeline architecture; GCP infrastructure management (Cloud Build, Cloud Run, Kubernetes)
- Custom integrations with external systems including Interbase data extraction functions
- Led IT team migration from Econt to IT Partner; authored internal engineering standards and documentation
Promoted to Information Security. Monitored threats, conducted penetration tests, and designed protective systems for Bulgaria's largest courier company.
- Business-side requester and co-designer of the Network Management Center (NMC) - defined architecture & requirements for DDoS mitigation and internet connectivity management across all data centers
- Co-designed comprehensive email security system (DKIM, SPF, PTR, blacklists/whitelists, anti-phishing logic)
- Conducted internal penetration tests; proactively identified and reported vulnerabilities to IT Partner for remediation
- Security breach monitoring via SIEM and Splunk; authored post-incident security reports
- Product Owner of AppDynamics APM & F5 WAF - managed requirements and vendor relations
Key technical expert in the Business Continuity team; Product Owner of two enterprise monitoring products.
- Product Owner of AppDynamics APM & F5 WAF - managed requirements, vendor relations, and internal rollouts
- System failure root-cause analysis using AppDynamics during high-severity incidents
- Served as technical liaison between business, IT management, and engineering teams during critical events
Started as IT intern at 17 years old. Rapidly developed into a full Data Engineer delivering critical reports and ETL systems.
- Built ETL pipelines from Core and secondary systems into the Data Warehouse; automated management reports
- Delivered dashboards and reports using MySQL, MSSQL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, PowerBI for Econt management
- Administered all Econt cloud environments (multi-provider) and the GitHub organization
- Early contributor to F5 WAF and AppDynamics projects - foundational for later product ownership
Certifications View all on Credly
Professional certifications issued by Google Cloud, validating advanced expertise across data engineering, machine learning, and cloud-native development - each requiring hands-on GCP experience at a professional level.
Education
Diploma with Honors - 5.50/6.00 · Awarded by the Minister of Education as top graduate of the cohort
John Atanasov Award - best technical student at graduation · GPA ~5.30/6.00