سفيان Patel

• Accountable for gathering and documenting data and reporting requirements.
• Performs data analysis and design.
• Independently or collaboratively specify, map and model data to meet stakeholder requirements.
• Produce clear and comprehensive delivery artefacts.
• Provides leadership and guidance to developers during build to ensure delivery.
• Oversees testing phases and quality assure final output.
• Facilitates implementation and delivery to stakeholders.
• Communicates with clients/end-users to deliver on solution requirements.
• Collaborates effectively with BI team to meet deliveries.
• Ensures project alignment with company strategy and deliverables.
• Is accountable for project results.
• Is accountable for service delivery through own efforts.

• Analyses the data needs of the company and use skills to maintain secure databases.
• Is required to plan and organize the data estate.
• Communicates with clients/end-users to determine and deliver on solution requirements.
• Works closely with the holding company group Analytics team to create valuable insights and products from the data.

Sawubona is a Data Insights company based in Johannesburg. I am working fully remotely from Cape Town with occasional travel to Johannesburg.
• Develops and manages the data architecture strategy.
• Plans and regularly reviews / audits the data estate to ensure architectural consistency.
• Ensures that the data architecture is aligned with strategic and operational goals.
• Provides leadership and guidance on the direction of the companys data strategy.
• Ensures that the data strategy is aligned with the companys OKRs.
• Ensures that the data held by the organization meets regulatory and compliance standards and is secure.
• Communicates with clients/end-users to determine and deliver on solution requirements.
• Works closely with the holding company Group Analytics team to create valuable insights and products from the data.
• Creates and manages project plans to fit stakeholder needs and delivery outcomes.
• Ensures project alignment with company strategy and deliverables.
• Is accountable for project results.
• Creates road-maps, program plans, and scrum boards.
• Performs duties of Scrum Master for agile events and ceremonies.
• Manages, mentors and oversees the development team.
• Screens, interviews and hires new team members as the need arises.

• Contributes to the design and development of new applications / systems to meet the business requirements of the D&A environment.
• Analyses business or system requirements and data to enhance understanding of the D&A environment
• Participates in and provides input to the Architect during the compilation of solution design documentation (technical specifications) for new and existing D&A products and systems.

• Is a recognised specialist and advisor in Data analysis and synthesis, Data development process, Data integration design and Data modelling.
• A generator of ideas, methods and tools.
• Leads or guides others in Microsoft SQL Server best practice use.
• Provides input to the overall strategy of the Data and Analytics function and translates functional strategy into development plans.
• Codes and tests database migrations from on premises SQL Server databases to a new AWS cloud solution using Amazon S3 and Redshift.
• Provisions cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform.
• Develops data pipelines using Apache Airflow.

• Leads a team currently involved in a system-wide migration project. Provides strong ETL skills andguidance.
• Leads and co-ordinates the team of data administrators responsible for the development andimplementation of data policies, standards and models of the Data Warehouse.
• Conducts research and provides advice and insights into company data to management andsupervisor-level business decision makers.
• Operate database management systems to analyze data and perform data mining analysis.
• Reviews and occasionally writes stored procedures for data extraction / aggregation.

• Leads a team currently involved in a system-wide migration project. Data migration from SQL server and other non database and proprietary database systems into Microsoft SQL Server.
• Provides strong ETL skills and guidance using SQL Server.
• Leads and co-ordinates the team of data administrators responsible for the development and implementation of data policies, standards and models of the Data Warehouse.
• Conducts research and provides advice and insights into company data to management and supervisor-level business decision makers.
• Operates SQL Server database management systems to analyze data and perform data mining analysis.
• Reviews and writes SQL Server stored procedures for data extraction / aggregation.

• Developed software specifications based on user and business analyst requirements.
• Specified the design and co-ordinated the development and integration of system enhancements.
• Developed data models and service interfaces for services exposed to the front end.
• Ensured that system calculations were compliant with legislation governing the Financial Platform.

Involved in the backend of a Web Enabled Wealth Management Platform.

• Developed software specifications based on user and business analyst requirements.
• Specified the design and co-ordinated the development and integration of system enhancements.
• Developed data models and service interfaces for services exposed to the front end.
• Ensured that system calculations were compliant with legislation governing the Financial Platform.

Provide IT support and programming services to private clients.Mostly develop and suport PC based POS systems.

• Provided IT support and programming services to private clients.
• Mostly developed and suported PC based POS systems.

• Maintained and Developed Atraxiss Expert Systems written in Objectstar and Java.
• Development entailed coding as well as design & assisting junior programmers with coding.
• Took part in the enterprise wide systems migration of South African Airways IT systems to Atraxis products. At the time, this was the largest complete switchover of systems for a large corporation.

• Administered and Maintained SAAs Objectstar and DB2 environments as well as general system programming

• Maintained, Developed and Supported SAAs Loyalty programme systems (Voyager &
Frequent Freighter).