Vijay Rajan
Abu Dhabi
Summary
Accomplished leader and architect skilled in strategic stakeholder management and cloud technologies. At Google, enhanced IAM architecture, achieving a 10% performance boost. Expert in Target Operating Model design, strategic planning and AI/ML. Proven track record in optimising enterprise systems, fostering cross-functional co-operation and driving innovation across global operations.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Architect, Core Data Platform
M42
Abu Dhabi
10.2023 - 04.2025
- Architected a high-availability, nation-scale health data ecosystem, defining the interoperability standards and governance frameworks required to ingest and harmonize 9M+ EHR records and 700K genomes for genomic research.
- Directed the technical strategy and architectural blueprint for a cross-entity regulatory monitoring solution for ADQCC, integrating advanced anomaly detection and forecasting to enhance national quality oversight.
- Optimized enterprise technical operating model by automating core data governance workflows, reducing technical debt and accelerating time-to-insight for executive stakeholders.
- Established Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Data Engineering, defining organizational structure and architectural best practices for 4 cross-functional squads to ensure continuous delivery.
- Engineered 'Project Moriarty,' a high-efficiency analytics engine for massive datasets; optimized enterprise resource allocation through computationally lean algorithmic frameworks for mining and clustering.
Director Enterprise System & Software Engineering
Moove
Dubai
04.2022 - 04.2023
- Modernized architecture of mission-critical payment domain, implementing resilient, service-oriented architecture that addressed systemic technical debt and reduced operational support overhead by 95%.
- Established Business-IT Alignment framework that increased enterprise operational throughput by 30%; institutionalized OKRs and Scaled Agile governance to align technical roadmaps with strategic corporate objectives and eliminate cross-functional silos.
- Designed and implemented a global Target Operating Model (TOM), orchestrating a 50-member cross-functional architecture and engineering body; standardized delivery frameworks across five distributed squads to ensure architectural consistency across multi-continental operations.
Lead
Google
Bangalore
07.2020 - 03.2022
- Optimized Hybrid Identity and Access Management (IAM) architecture by re-engineering synchronization protocols between legacy on-premises directories and Cloud Identity, achieving 10% performance gain in cross-platform authentication while maintaining enterprise-grade security posture.
- Directed reliability and Enterprise Observability initiative for Global Business Insights ecosystem on GCP, instituting architectural guardrails that cut systemic error rates by 43% and ensured high availability for mission-critical decision-support systems.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
Director Enterprise BI, Analytics and Data Science
Visa
Bangalore
10.2018 - 07.2020
- Orchestrated architectural vision and organizational design for global Marketing Intelligence and Decision Support System (DSS); led cross-functional team of 18 engineers and architects to standardize BI frameworks and embed data-driven decision-making across enterprise.
- Architected and delivered high-fidelity Executive Insight platforms for C-Suite stakeholders, enabling real-time enterprise-level monitoring of brand health and strategic performance indicators (KPIs) through a unified observability framework.
- Engineered strategic Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) monetization framework; designed API-led connectivity and security protocols to expose predictive analytics and high-value data assets to external partners and ecosystem participants.
Co-Founder and CTO
Fratics Solutions (Acquired by circle.life)
Bangalore
02.2017 - 07.2018
- Reduced customer decision time by 60% through data-driven solution providing actionable insights for fraud detection
Senior Director
Snapdeal
Bangalore
07.2015 - 02.2017
- Deployed advanced data science models for fraud detection, reducing fraud by 68%
- Led cross-functional teams to develop innovative product strategies and enhance customer experience.
- Managed vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of services and materials.
- Oversaw budget planning and resource allocation for multiple high-impact projects.
Architect
Former employers
Bangalore
01.2015 - 07.2015
- Taxi For Sure - acquired by Ola Cabs, Bangalore
- Yahoo!, San Diego USA
- Designed innovative residential and commercial spaces using AutoCAD and Revit software.
- Collaborated with clients to understand project requirements and develop design concepts.
- Coordinated with engineers and contractors to ensure design implementation and compliance.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, USA03.2000
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Engineering
K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Mumbai, India05.1995
Skills
- Data architecture
- Cloud technologies
- AI/ML
- Software & Data Engineering
- No-sql, RDBMS, ETL
- Data warehousing
- Business-IT Alignment
- Operating model design
- Business architecture
- Enterprise governance
- Stakeholder management
- Cloud governance
- Python programming
Certification
• Mining Massive datasets from Stanford university. 2015
• Certification in ML Ops from Coursera(DeepLearning.ai) 2023
• Data mining, Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning from UCSD
• Agentic AI from Analytics Vidhya (expected to graduate June 2026)
• Certification in ML Ops from Coursera(DeepLearning.ai) 2023
• Data mining, Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning from UCSD
• Agentic AI from Analytics Vidhya (expected to graduate June 2026)
Timeline
Lead Architect, Core Data Platform
M42
10.2023 - 04.2025
Director Enterprise System & Software Engineering
Moove
04.2022 - 04.2023
Lead
Google
07.2020 - 03.2022
Director Enterprise BI, Analytics and Data Science
Visa
10.2018 - 07.2020
Co-Founder and CTO
Fratics Solutions (Acquired by circle.life)
02.2017 - 07.2018
Senior Director
Snapdeal
07.2015 - 02.2017
Architect
Former employers
01.2015 - 07.2015
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of California Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Engineering
K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering