Yousef Sangsefidi
Houston
Summary
Water Resources and Climate Scientist skilled in designing scalable data pipelines and automating workflows to enhance climate monitoring and infrastructure decision-making. Proficient in Python and PostgreSQL, with a strong background in hydraulic modeling and geospatial analysis to support environmental systems.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Civil Engineer III (Software Development & Data Engineering for NOAA Systems)
AECOM
05.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented scalable data pipelines (Python, PostgreSQL) for multi-source climate datasets
- Developed backend data architecture enabling efficient querying and structured storage
- Automated recurring workflows, enhancing system reliability and streamlining processes
- Developed reusable data processing components, standardizing workflows across projects
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, facilitating continuous integration and deployment
- Performed unit testing and debugging to ensure system stability
- Contributed to Agile development processes
Research Assistant
SDSU Urban Water Group
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Developed models for stormwater and wastewater systems to enhance system performance
- Applied GIS and hydraulic modeling tools for improved spatial analysis
- Analyzed social survey and environmental datasets using SQL to inform policy decisions
Education
MSc - Computer Science
University of Colorado Boulder
03-2026
PhD - Engineering Sciences (Water Resources)
UC San Diego
MSc - Civil Engineering
Tarbiat Modares University
BSc - Water Engineering
Skills
- Hydraulic Modeling
- Groundwater Modeling
- Stormwater Management
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Dynamics Simulation
- Python
- MATLAB
- FORTRAN
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- SQLite
- ETL
- Data integration
- Validation
- Automation
- Git
- GitLab CI/CD
- Linux
- Cron
- Requests
- BeautifulSoup
- Selenium
- Power BI
- Matplotlib
- Seaborn
- ArcGIS Pro
- RAS Mapper
Certification
- Data Science Bootcamp — IBM & Purdue
- Databases with SQL — Harvard
- Programming with Python — Harvard
Selected Projects
- ATOM (Automated Climate Monitoring Platform), Led development of configuration-driven climate monitoring system, Enabled scalable onboarding of heterogeneous data sources, Built automated reporting workflows for continuous monitoring
- BDD (Billion-Dollar Disaster Data Integration System), Developed pipelines integrating public and private datasets, Built reusable modules for data cleaning and transformation, Implemented validation for dataset consistency
- Water Resources Engineering & Analytics (FEMA Projects), Performed flood hazard modeling using ArcGIS and FEMA standards, Automated hydraulic modeling workflows using Python and HEC-RAS, Developed dashboards (Power BI) for decision-making
Residency
Permanent Resident — No sponsorship required
Publications
17+ peer-reviewed journal publications, Nature Scientific Reports, Journal of Hydrology, 300+ citations, ~10
Research
Research Assistant, SDSU Urban Water Group, 01/01/19, 12/31/23, Analyzed social survey and environmental datasets using SQL, Developed models for stormwater and wastewater systems, Applied GIS and hydraulic modeling tools
Personal Information
Relocation: Open to relocation
Timeline
Civil Engineer III (Software Development & Data Engineering for NOAA Systems)
AECOM
05.2023 - Current
Research Assistant
SDSU Urban Water Group
01.2019 - 01.2023
MSc - Computer Science
University of Colorado Boulder
PhD - Engineering Sciences (Water Resources)
UC San Diego
MSc - Civil Engineering
Tarbiat Modares University