Elysium

Shell, Programming Languages, DataFrames, and Database Queries

  • Shell — File processing, scripting, and system operations from the command line
  • Programming Languages — Python and C# paired notebooks from language foundations to GCP integration
  • DataFrames — Pandas and Polars side-by-side: loading, transforming, testing
  • Database Queries — SQL Server, BigQuery, and Firestore executable query reference

Databases, GCP, Terraform, and Docker

  • SQL Server — Administration, query optimization, pipeline patterns, and the medallion implementation
  • PostgreSQL — Cluster operations, storage internals, planner behavior, and pipeline patterns on the migrated stoxx lab
  • GCP — Compute, BigQuery, Firestore, GCS, security, identity, and cost management
  • Terraform — Infrastructure as code: HCL fundamentals, GCP resources, patterns, and block library
  • Docker — Container lifecycle, image management, and Docker Compose orchestration

dbt, Orchestration, and Data Architecture

  • dbt — SQL transformation layer: modeling, testing, macros, adapters, and CI/CD
  • Orchestration — Airflow DAG patterns, scheduling, and data ingestion frameworks
  • Data Architecture — System blueprints, pipeline patterns, data modeling, reliability, and decision frameworks

Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD

  • Git — Daily workflow, branching, collaboration, and recovery
  • GitHub Actions — Workflow fundamentals, CI/CD patterns, and data engineering automation

Observability, Monitoring, and Alerting

  • Observability — Datadog platform, GCP-native monitoring, and observability strategy

DataOps, Practice, and Leadership

  • DataOps — DataOps principles, team organization, self-service platforms, and engineering leadership

AI, Prompt Engineering, and LLM Pipelines

  • AI & Prompts — Prompt engineering, LLM pipeline integration, output validation, and financial guardrails

Financial Markets, Scoring, and Regulation

  • Financial Domain — Sector encyclopedias, market analysis, scoring methodology, regulatory compliance, and the ISS-STOXX glossary