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Irfaan S

@irfaansulaiman

IT Architect, Database Design, Data Analysis and Software Development

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Over mij
Data & AI Architect with 25+ years building data, analytics and cloud solutions. BSc (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics), University of Cape Town. Worked on projects for MTN, Mastercard and Old Mutual; led teams of up to 21. Skills: Python, SQL, C#, Java, React, Vue.js, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, data modelling, GCP (BigQuery, Vertex AI), Azure (Data Factory, Azure SQL), Power BI, Looker Studio, Excel modelling, AI chatbots, RAG, prompt engineering, TOGAF, UML, Agile. Clear, reliable, well-documented work and prompt communication. Available in any timezone, starting promptly.... Lees meer

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SQL- en NoSQL-query's
I will fix, write and optimize your sql queries
VanafUS$ 30 / projectMeer informatie
Automatiseringen
I will clean, analyze and automate your data with python
VanafUS$ 40 / projectMeer informatie

Werkervaring

Condorgreen

Data/Solutions Architect

Condorgreen • Freelance

Oct 2025 - Jan 2026 • 3 mos

- Sole Data Architect on a two-person team, owning design, development and governance of a greenfield GCP data and analytics pipeline built from client application events. - Chose Azure SQL Database as the warehouse and Azure Data Factory for orchestration, and designed the ETL topology (Linked Services, Datasets, T-SQL stored procedures). - Delivered a fully operational ETL pipeline to Development within a 4-month contract. - Built Power BI KPI dashboards for daily, weekly and monthly transaction volume, revenue and spend trends. - Owned Azure cost governance, producing monthly cost reports with optimisation recommendations.

Offernet

Lead Data Architect

Offernet • Fulltime

Feb 2025 - Sep 2025 • 7 mos

- Led and mentored 4 Data Engineers, and owned the GCP stack (BigQuery, App Engine, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI, Memorystore for Redis). - Built two production AI chatbots (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger) with Python, Cloud Functions, BigQuery and Gemini, using Redis to cache session state. - Designed a reusable Web AI framework (prompt template plus per-niche RAG), so new client niches could be onboarded without re-engineering the pipeline. - Built ETL pipelines loading Facebook, Google and YouTube Ads metrics into BigQuery, with Looker Studio dashboards for a national retail client. - Produced monthly GCP cost reports with reduction recommendations.

Rosstone_Consulting

Lead Data Architect

Rosstone Consulting • Freelance

Jan 2022 - Aug 2024 • 2 yrs 7 mos

- Led and mentored 3 Data Engineers delivering data and analytics pipelines for MTN's MyMTN and MTN Play platforms across GCP and Azure. - Owned dual-cloud architecture and cost governance over a 30-month engagement: GCP (BigQuery, App Engine, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions) and Azure (Data Factory, SQL Server, App Service). - Designed and built the mobile app REST API on GCP App Engine (Python), then migrated it to Azure App Service (Golang), improving deployment flexibility and reducing cold-start latency. - Delivered KPI dashboards (Looker Studio, Power BI) tracking DAU/WAU/MAU, spend and subscriber growth, presented directly to MTN stakeholders.