Architecture
- Enterprise data architecture
- Conceptual, logical, physical modeling
- Data warehousing
- Lakehouse design
- Data mesh
- Dimensional modeling
- Star and snowflake schemas
IDENT 0x01 AVAILABLE FOR NEW WORK
MUNAWAR AHMED
> Senior Data Architect / Database Engineer / DBA
Eleven plus years designing enterprise data architecture, building scalable data platforms, and running mission critical production databases across FinTech, digital banking, payments, telecom, healthcare, and AI driven SaaS. Trusted with regulated, high availability workloads.
Key results
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Years of senior data work
Across FinTech, banking, telecom, healthcare, and AI driven SaaS.
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Uptime sustained
On mission critical financial workloads under strict SLAs.
- // PERFORMANCE up to 0%
Faster query times
Through indexing, partitioning, and execution plan tuning.
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Cloud migrations
Completed with zero data loss across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- // THROUGHPUT M+
Daily transactions
Across high availability payment and banking systems.
- // SUPPORT 0x7
Production support
Audit ready operations under regulated environments.
About // 0x02
Databases are load bearing infrastructure. I treat them that way.
A data architecture and database engineering leader who has worked with United States based companies, on-site in Dubai, and remotely from Pakistan. Specializes in secure, high performing OLTP and OLAP systems, enterprise data modeling, data warehousing and lakehouse design, cloud data platforms, and data governance aligned with GDPR, HIPAA, and central bank regulatory standards.
Strong record of leading cloud migrations, tuning performance, and building the data foundations that analytics and AI teams depend on. Works as a hands on owner who protects data security, integrity, and availability while collaborating closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
The shape of the work is consistent across sectors: secure, performant OLTP and OLAP systems, lakehouse and warehouse design, cloud migrations with zero data loss, and the governance rigor that regulated environments require. AI features ride on top of these foundations, not around them.
Services // 0x03
Six focused service areas, end to end ownership.
Each module can be a standalone engagement or part of full platform ownership. Numbered for orientation, not priority.
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01 DATA_ARCHITECTURE CORE Data Architecture and Strategy
Enterprise data architecture, conceptual, logical, and physical modeling, data warehouse, data lakehouse, and data mesh design, schema and dimensional modeling.
// OUTCOME
A scalable, future proof data foundation.
stack: Modeling / Warehouse / Lakehouse / Data Mesh / Star and Snowflake
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02 DATABASE_ENGINEERING CRITICAL Database Engineering and Administration
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake. High availability and disaster recovery, performance tuning, indexing, partitioning, backup and recovery.
// OUTCOME
Fast, resilient, always on databases.
stack: SQL Server / PostgreSQL / Oracle / MongoDB / Snowflake
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03 CLOUD_MIGRATION DELIVERY Cloud Data Migration and Modernization
AWS, Azure, and GCP migrations. EC2 and RDS and Aurora, Azure SQL and Synapse, with zero data loss cutovers.
// OUTCOME
A clean move off legacy with no downtime surprises.
stack: AWS / Azure / GCP / Terraform / Zero downtime cutovers
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04 GOVERNANCE CRITICAL Data Governance, Security, and Compliance
Governance frameworks, metadata management, data lineage, master data management, RBAC, encryption, audit logging, GDPR and HIPAA and central bank alignment.
// OUTCOME
Trusted, auditable, compliant data.
stack: GDPR / HIPAA / RBAC / Lineage / MDM / Audit
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05 ANALYTICS DELIVERY Analytics, BI, and Reporting
ETL and ELT pipelines, real time and batch, CDC, Power BI, SSRS, Tableau, and BigQuery dashboards and reporting.
// OUTCOME
Decisions backed by reliable data.
stack: Power BI / Tableau / BigQuery / CDC / Real time streaming
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06 AI_AND_MVP NEW AI, Agentic Systems, and MVP Engineering
Data foundations for AI, RAG pipelines, vector databases, LLM integration, AI automation, and full product MVPs built with agentic AI engineering tools.
// OUTCOME
Shipped AI features and working products, fast.
stack: Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf / pgvector / RAG / MCP
Stack // 0x04
A wide stack, with depth where it counts.
Filter to see how the work breaks down. Built up over eleven plus years in production.
Databases
- SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Oracle
- MongoDB
- Snowflake
- Informix
- Greenplum
- DB2
- T-SQL
- PL/SQL
- PL/pgSQL
- Stored procedures
- Window functions
Cloud and DevOps
- AWS RDS
- AWS Aurora
- AWS Redshift
- AWS S3 and Glue
- AWS EC2
- Azure SQL
- Azure Synapse
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Data Lake Gen2
- GCP BigQuery
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Linux and Unix
- PowerShell
- CI and CD
- Git and GitHub
HA and DR
- Always On Availability Groups
- Oracle RAC
- Replication
- Log shipping
- Failover clustering
- Query optimization
- Execution plan analysis
- Indexing strategies
- Partitioning
Governance
- Governance frameworks
- Metadata management
- Data cataloging
- Data lineage
- Master data management
- RBAC
- Encryption at rest and in transit
- Data masking
- Audit logging
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- Central bank standards
BI and Analytics
- Power BI
- SSRS
- Tableau
- BigQuery
- Analytics dashboards
- ETL and ELT pipelines
- Change data capture
- Real time streaming
- Batch processing
- SSIS
- Oracle Data Integrator
- Kafka
AI and Emerging
- Agentic AI workflows
- AI automation
- Vector databases
- RAG pipelines
- LLM integration
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- MCP servers
- pgvector
- AI assisted product development
- Blockchain and Web3 awareness
// INDUSTRIES
- FinTech
- Digital Banking
- Payment Processing
- Telecom
- Healthcare
- E-commerce
- SaaS
- AI driven platforms
AI, agentic engineering, and vibe coding
AI features that ship, on data foundations you can trust.
Modern AI products only work when the data underneath is correct, governed, and fast. The same architecture, security, and platform discipline applied to enterprise systems applies to RAG pipelines, vector stores, and agentic workflows. Bringing both sides together is where most of the value gets created.
Day to day, this work happens with agentic AI coding tools as primary collaborators. Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and the broader agent ecosystem are used to plan, refactor, write, review, and ship in much shorter cycles than a hand crafted workflow allows. Vibe coding is treated as a practice with its own discipline: prompts as design documents, evals as tests, taste as the final gate.
Log // 0x05
Career log, by role and sector.
Read it like a log file. Company names are intentionally omitted out of respect for confidentiality.
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$ Head of Data, Senior Data Architect, and DBA
Owned full data architecture strategy, lakehouse and warehouse design, governance frameworks, and security across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, and Snowflake. Sustained 99.9% uptime, cut query times by up to 60%, and enabled analytics and AI workloads.
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$ Lead and Principal Database Engineer
Led DBA operations, cloud migrations, and data engineering. Migrated 50 plus clients to AWS with zero data loss. Mentored a team and set governance standards.
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$ Database Administrator and Engineer
Ran 24x7 production support for high availability databases processing millions of transactions daily, configured HA and DR, and led business continuity testing under audit and regulatory requirements.
Modes // 0x05
Flexible engagement, serious ownership.
Worked with United States based companies, on-site in Dubai, and remotely from Pakistan. Open to full time, part time, contract, and consulting. Comfortable across United States, Europe, and Gulf time zones.
// modes
Full time / part time / contract / consulting / fractional Head of Data.
// engagements
- Half day advisory and architecture reviews.
- Single sprint deep dives on a specific system.
- Multi quarter platform builds with full ownership.
- Fractional Head of Data alongside in house teams.
// time zones
United States, Europe, and Gulf, with overlap flexibility from PKT.
// location
Pakistan, remote worldwide, and digital nomad.
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