Mpume Felicia

I am a motivated and dedicated professional driven by a passion for transforming raw data into actionable insights and scalable solutions. With a strong analytical mindset and a deep interest in technology, I thrive in environments where I can design efficient data workflows, automate complex processes, and optimize data integration across systems. My natural curiosity pushes me to continuously learn new tools and techniques, while my collaborative spirit helps me work effectively with diverse teams to deliver reliable and impactful data solutions.

I continuously work on personal projects to upskill and contribute to data engineering projects at an NPO, ensuring I stay updated with the latest technologies and practices in the field

Junior Data Engineer (Internship) at CCI Global (2026-03 – Present)

• Developed and maintained Python ETL pipelines using Anaconda and Jupyter Notebook for data ingestion, data preprocessing, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and feature engineering.
• Wrote SQL queries to extract, transform, and aggregate data from relational databases and Snowflake, supporting analytics and machine learning pipelines.
• Used DBeaver for database connectivity, schema exploration, data validation, and execution of complex SQL queries.
• Built and executed containerized data workflows using Podman, ensuring reproducible, isolated, and scalable development environments.
• Prepared ML-ready datasets by applying data cleaning, transformation, aggregation, and feature engineering techniques to support machine learning model training and evaluation.

Head of Department in Student Representative Council (SRC) at Belgium Campus Itversity (2024-01 – 2024-12)

• In my role as Head of SRC for Sports, I promoted improved sports facilities and programming for students while cultivating a thriving sports community.
• Through cooperation with all parties involved, I oversaw competitions and events, guaranteeing their smooth operation and student participation.
• I started programs like Soccer Nights, a fundraising effort to help students play sports and cheerleading teams to raise spirits and school spirit to increase opportunities.
• I also helped the sports coordinator with training and logistics, which was crucial in getting the university's Players ready for the tournament games.
• I set up reasonably priced reward structures to ensure greater participation in tournaments. I promoted transparency and participation on campus by keeping students updated on physical efforts through proactive communication.

Bachelor of Computing in Data Science – Belgium Campus Itversity