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Fortune Mogoeng

@fortunemogoeng

I’m a Senior Data Architect delivering governed, scalable enterprise data platforms and AI-ready architectures in regulated finance.

South Africa
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead enterprise data architecture and governance across multi-cloud platforms, translating data strategy into secure, cost-optimized foundations while integrating AI/ML capabilities and enabling executive data-driven decisions.

I’m a Data Architect with 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, governing, and evolving enterprise data architectures across tier-one banking and fintech environments. I translate organisational data strategy into scalable, interoperable data platforms and governance frameworks.

I specialize in enterprise data modelling, data quality and integrity frameworks, and embedding data governance standards—covering master data principles, metadata management, and SOC2/PCI-DSS compliance in complex, regulated environments. I also influence and educate executive stakeholders to drive adoption of data-driven decision-making.

Across Azure and AWS, I build secure, cost-optimized cloud data platforms (including governance standards, zero-trust networking, and operational runbooks). I’ve supported AI and ML architecture patterns by integrating AI-driven capabilities into enterprise data platforms and mentoring engineering teams toward capability maturity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Senior Data Architect

Embelo

Nov 2025 - Present (7 months)

Led the design of an enterprise data and AI architecture strategy, migrating legacy on-prem core banking databases to an Azure cloud landing zone with an organisation-wide reference architecture. Built a cost-optimised modern data platform (Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse) and established governance, master data, and metadata standards to maintain SOC2/PCI-DSS audit readiness.

WesBank logoWE

Business Intelligence Engineer

WesBank

Feb 2025 - Nov 2025 (9 months)

Designed and governed multi-source ETL/ELT data architectures across AWS and Azure, ensuring strict enterprise SLAs and data quality standards for high-volume transaction log environments. Orchestrated production workloads using EKS and Docker, and applied Terraform-based Infrastructure-as-Code to enable reproducible deployments.

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Data Engineer & Cloud Infra

Absa Bank

Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 (11 months)

Modernised legacy SQL Server systems by migrating them into production-ready automated AWS cloud data pipelines using Python, PySpark, and Terraform IaC. Implemented enterprise governance controls, data integrity validation frameworks, and security/regulatory audit support while improving downstream analytics pipeline throughput.

Absa Bank logoAB

Data Engineer / Cloud Analyst

Absa Bank

Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 (11 months)

Spearheaded AWS infrastructure modernisation by migrating legacy high-latency SQL Server systems into automated cloud data pipelines using Python and PySpark. Implemented governance controls and data integrity validation frameworks, authored enterprise architecture and integration documentation, and improved pipeline throughput for downstream analytics.

EA

Data Analyst & Data Engineer

ExploreAI Academy

Jul 2023 - Feb 2024 (7 months)

Coordinated with distributed agile teams on automated pipeline execution and continuous integration testing, supporting reproducible cloud architecture documentation on AWS. Contributed to data quality frameworks and translated technical findings into stakeholder-ready insights.

XS

Business Data Architect Analyst

Xpert Decision Systems

Mar 2018 - Apr 2022 (4 years 1 month)

Partnered with tier-one banking and wealth-management clients to scope, architect, and deliver custom data reporting configurations and warehouse solutions across AWS and Azure. Performed data validation testing and post-deployment troubleshooting to resolve data quality anomalies before major production rollouts.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Independent Institute of Education logoIE

Independent Institute of Education

Bachelor of Information Systems, Information Technology

Earned a Bachelor of Information Systems (Information Technology). Coursework covered database architecture, business systems analysis, Python programming, and data visualisation.

Udemy logoUD

Udemy

SQL Certificate, SQL

Completed an SQL certification course covering SQL fundamentals and related querying concepts.

Udemy logoUD

Udemy

Advanced Excel Certificate, Advanced Excel

Completed an Advanced Excel certification course focused on advanced spreadsheet skills.

ST

Sand Technologies

Data Engineering Certificate (NQF 5), Data Engineering

Completed a Data Engineering Certificate (NQF 5) with Sand Technologies.

Udemy logoUD

Udemy

Power BI Certificate, Business Intelligence

Completed a Power BI certification course focused on building dashboards and enterprise semantic layer design.

Independent Institute of Education (IIE) logoII

Independent Institute of Education (IIE)

Bachelor of Information Systems, Information Technology

Activities and societies: Core focus included Database Architecture, Business Systems Analysis, Python Programming, and Data Visualisation.

Earned a Bachelor of Information Systems (Information Technology). Focused on database architecture, business systems analysis, Python programming, and data visualisation.

Udemy logoUD

Udemy

SQL & Advanced Excel Certificates, SQL & Advanced Excel

Completed Udemy certifications in SQL and Advanced Excel.

Skilljar logoSK

Skilljar

Claude AI Verification Certificate, AI Tooling

Earned a Claude AI Verification certification focused on AI tooling for scripting, documentation, and architecture optimisation.

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