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ARINDAM SAHA

Bengaluru

Summary

Strategic and technically adept Data Services Leader with over 14 years of experience managing enterprise-scale databases, enabling cloud modernization, and leading high-impact teams. Proven ability to drive platform transformation, reduce infrastructure costs, and implement self-service capabilities across Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and cloud-native stacks. Recognized for building operational resilience, ensuring data integrity, and fostering a high-performance, customer-focused culture.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Services Team Lead

IG Group
Bengaluru
06.2017 - Current
  • £2M+ Cost Savings: Delivered recurring infrastructure savings via proactive hardware refresh strategies and open-source database adoption.
  • Modernized Data Platforms: Successfully migrated critical systems from Oracle to PostgreSQL and from MongoDB Enterprise to Percona, enabling a sustainable open-source strategy.
  • Self-Service Revolution: Launched PostgreSQL and Redis self-service frameworks, empowering developers and reducing DBA workload.
  • Leadership Impact: Managing a team of 7 DBAs and developers across global regions; introduced performance OKRs and upskilling tracks, boosting team capability.
  • Led end-to-end platform lifecycle management (PLM) across Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB environments—delivering consistent patching, version upgrades, and performance optimizations to ensure platform health and regulatory compliance. Championed bringing down database patching timescales from months to weeks.
  • Designed and implemented automated, self-healing mechanisms for proactive fault detection and recovery, reducing unplanned outages and enhancing incident response times.
  • Engineered scalable automation frameworks for routine DBA operations including backup orchestration, failover testing, and capacity planning—significantly improving reliability and reducing manual effort.
  • Revolutionized database security posture by implementing fine-grained access control, centralized credential vaulting with CyberArk, and robust audit trails—ensuring regulatory readiness and minimizing privileged access risks.
  • Established database access governance policies and integrated access workflows with enterprise identity systems, resulting in measurable improvements in audit compliance and internal control effectiveness.
  • Cloud Advocacy: Key contributor in expanding data workloads across AWS and GCP platforms, ensuring HA and cost-aware architecture.
  • Recognized Change Agent: Nominated for Spotlight Award for introducing automation and shift-left practices that boosted engineering agility.

OBIEE Administrator

IG Group
Bengaluru
04.2016 - 06.2017
  • Enterprise BI Transformation: Migrated IG’s Oracle BI platform from 10g to 12c independently, meeting security, HA, and performance benchmarks.
  • Process Innovation: Automated dashboard performance monitoring with OEM & Grafana; streamlined issue resolution and improved user experience.
  • Stakeholder Enablement: Conducted workshops and training sessions for finance, risk, and compliance teams to drive BI tool adoption.

Senior Software Engineer

Oracle
Bengaluru
03.2013 - 03.2016
  • Global OBIEE Support: Resolved critical BI issues across production environments for global clients including LDAP/SSO/AD integrations.
  • Infrastructure & Performance Tuning: Delivered scalable BI infrastructure across Unix/Linux/Solaris/AIX and improved RPD versioning in MUD.
  • Customer Success: Achieved high CSAT scores for resolving patch issues, version conflicts, and ensuring business continuity.

Software Engineer

CSC
Bengaluru
07.2010 - 03.2013
  • Data-Driven Design: Contributed to database schema design and performance tuning using SQL Server for analytics/reporting systems.
  • Process Impact: Automated ad hoc reporting modules using SSRS; participated in audits and optimized bug resolution cycles.
  • Early Leadership: Took ownership of unit testing and daily client interaction, laying the foundation for strong delivery accountability.

Education

Senior Management Program -

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
01.2024

B. Tech - Computer Science Engineering

West Bengal University of Technology
01.2010

Skills

  • Database Modernization
  • Oracle to PostgreSQL
  • NoSQL Adoption
  • Cloud & Hybrid Architecture
  • Nutanix NDB
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Infrastructure-as-Code
  • CI/CD
  • DevOps Enablement
  • Team Leadership
  • Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
  • Self-Service Platform Engineering
  • Observability
  • Cost Optimization
  • Governance
  • Risk & Compliance
  • Regulatory Data Services
  • Agile Delivery
  • Scrum
  • Oracle 19c
  • PostgreSQL 15
  • PostgreSQL 14
  • MongoDB 44
  • MongoDB 50
  • MongoDB 60
  • MongoDB 70
  • Redis 74
  • MySQL
  • GCP (Cloud SQL)
  • GCP (BigQuery)
  • AWS (DynamoDB)
  • AWS (ElastiCache)
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • OEM
  • Ops Manager
  • PMM
  • Splunk
  • Terraform
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Flyway
  • Nomad
  • SQL
  • PL/SQL
  • Shell
  • Python
  • OBIEE 10g
  • OBIEE 11g
  • OBIEE 12c
  • Oracle Analytics Cloud
  • Oracle Analytics Server
  • ServiceNow
  • JIRA

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) – Scrum.org
  • Oracle BI Suite 11g Implementation Specialist
  • MongoDB for DBAs

Accomplishments

Invited as a panelist speaker at Nutanix .NEXT Conference in London (02/01/25) to share expert insights on PostgreSQL-as-a-Service and Data Platform Modernization. Represented IG Group's leadership in open-source adoption and database lifecycle automation.

Languages

  • English, Proficient
  • Hindi, Proficient
  • Bengali, Native

Timeline

Data Services Team Lead

IG Group
06.2017 - Current

OBIEE Administrator

IG Group
04.2016 - 06.2017

Senior Software Engineer

Oracle
03.2013 - 03.2016

Software Engineer

CSC
07.2010 - 03.2013

Senior Management Program -

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

B. Tech - Computer Science Engineering

West Bengal University of Technology
ARINDAM SAHA