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Vijay Rajan

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, USA
03.2000

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Engineering

K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Mumbai, India
05.1995

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)

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
Vijay Rajan