About Me

I have a deep-seated passion for Data Engineering, Science, and Analytics in theory and practice. I am driven by ambition, curiosity, relentlessness, rigor, diligence, commitment, assertiveness, creativity and critical thinking.

Victor Oketch Sabare - Data Engineer

Victor Sabare

Data Engineer @ Stanbic Bank Kenya

Ngong Road, Nairobi County, Kenya
Bank-grade pipeline modernization
BS Data Science & Analytics
Stakeholder enablement champion

My Story

I build reliable data systems that keep bank operations synchronized. At Stanbic Bank Kenya I lead the modernization of legacy Oracle/EDW workloads into Python + Airflow DAGs with validation-first checks, observability, and clear rollback playbooks. The goal: every stakeholder can trust the numbers they act on.

Prior to Stanbic, I delivered Power Platform solutions at HFC Kenya and partnered with teams on AWS Redshift migrations and regulatory reporting automation. As a freelance data analytics engineer on Upwork, I produced technical content and analytics consulting that lifted employer blog traffic by 16%.

I thrive in collaborative environments where data contracts, SLAs, and transparent communication are non-negotiable. Whether I'm authoring runbooks, mentoring teammates, or prototyping a new ingestion pattern, I focus on reliability, clarity, and measurable impact.

Certifications

Associate Big Data Engineer (ABDE™)
BCG - Data Science Job Simulation
Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics (MOOC)
Data Engineer Associate
Data Analyst Associate

Technical Skills

Data Engineering

Python
Polars
Pandas
Apache Airflow
dbt
Kafka
Delta Lake
Spark

Cloud & Platforms

Amazon EMR
AWS Redshift
Microsoft Fabric
Azure
Oracle Data Warehouse

Data Reliability

Data Contracts
SLA Design
Observability
Validation Frameworks
Backfill Playbooks

Analytics & Power Platform

Power BI
Power Apps
Power Automate
PowerFX
DAX

Collaboration

Stakeholder Enablement
Technical Writing
Workshops
Mentorship

My Journey

Jun 2025 - Present

Data Engineer

Stanbic Bank Kenya

Modernizing legacy Oracle/EDW workloads into Python + Airflow DAGs with validation-first data contracts and observability dashboards for Finance, Risk, and Operations.

Python
Apache Airflow
Polars
Delta Lake
SQL
Oracle
Power BI
Jul 2024 - Sep 2024

Data Engineer

HFC Kenya

Digitized banking processes with Power Apps and contributed to AWS Redshift migration, regulatory reporting automation, and data loading playbooks.

Power Apps
Power Automate
AWS
Amazon Redshift
SOAPUI
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024

Freelance Data Analytics Engineer

Upwork

Delivered 150+ long-form landing pages, analytics content, and deployment consulting that increased employer blog traffic by 16%.

Technical Writing
Power BI
SEO
Analytics Strategy
2020 - 2024

BS in Data Science and Analytics

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Machine Learning I & II, Probability & Statistics, Data Mining

Python
R
Statistics
Machine Learning