Marnie Gordon | Resume and Info

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Marnie Gordon
Thinker. Problem Solver. Data Nerd.

Boise, ID USA (Remote-ready)

About Me

I excel at problem-solving, solution design, and mentoring. Skilled at bridging technical detail and business context, I identify root causes, translate data into actionable insights, and guide teams toward practical, high-value solutions.

My career includes a range of experiences:

Data analysis - advanced SQL, data mining, warehousing, dashboarding and executive reporting
Observability engineering - Elastic Certified Professional designing and implementing observability programs for software development and data teams
Elasticsearch SME – full lifecycle Elastic stack management including architecture design, performance tuning mentoring
Data engineering - deep expertise in MSSQL Server, data modeling, and systems analysis

Objective

Seeking a remote role where I can apply technical expertise, creativity, problem-solving skills, and unique experience to meaningful challenges; contribute to a team and mission I respect while helping others succeed.

Work
History

BestDayHR

Consulting Advisor | 2019 - current

Advise on data solution architecture and design for custom software development projects

First American

Senior Observability Engineer | 2022 - 2025

Serve as Elasticsearch SME for large cloud-hosted Elastic deployments
Provide architecture guidance, scaling strategy, and tuning for performance and cost savings
Design and implement of data pipelines, analysis workflows, and alerting methodologies
Mentor development and SRE teams in using observability data

City of Boise

Senior Data Engineer | 2011 - 2022

Manage full Elasticsearch stack and MSSQL environments as lead technical administrator
Develop and tune complex SQL queries and data models to support reporting and application development
Create and lead a citywide Data Academy program to promote data literacy and collaboration and raise data analysis fluency
Designed and implemented enterprise search solution based on MSSQL and Elasticsearch stack
Design and develop end-to-end data solutions

Education

My educational background is long and varied because I’ve always been curious about many things. It means I know a lot about some things, a little about many things, and can view problems from multiple perspectives. That perspective leads to better solutions.

Elastic Training

Elastic Certified Professional

Boise State University

B.A. in Computer Information Systems

Other Interesting Things

Tools

Elastic Stack - Elastic, Kibana, Logstash, Elastic Agents, APM
Databases – MSSQL Server, Elasticsearch
Analytics and Automation – advanced SQL, SSMS, SSIS, Power BI, Tableau, Kibana, advanced Excel

Skills

Elasticsearch architect and SME
Advanced SQL querying, tuning, and data modeling
Advanced data analysis and mentoring
Problem-solving and solution design
Communication with cross-discipline teams and executives

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