
Irfaan Sulaiman
@irfaansulaiman
I design enterprise cloud, data, and AI platforms from architecture through production.
What I'm looking for
I've designed and delivered cloud, data, and AI systems for Condorgreen, Offernet, MTN, Mastercard, and Old Mutual. Most recently, I delivered a greenfield ETL and analytics pipeline at Condorgreen and built executive Power BI KPI dashboards.
At Offernet, I led Data Engineers and built production Gemini AI chatbots for Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, alongside reusable RAG and GCP data-platform frameworks. My 25+ years in architecture and 15 years in full-stack development let me lead enterprise delivery teams or make practical architecture decisions hands-on.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Data Architect
Condorgreen
Oct 2025 - Jan 2026 (3 months)
Sole Data Architect on a two-person team; owned all design, development, and governance decisions for a greenfield GCP data & analytics pipeline. Delivered a fully operational ETL pipeline to Development within a 4-month contract.
Lead / Senior Data Architect (AI-Integrated Systems)
Offernet
Feb 2025 - Sep 2025 (7 months)
Led and mentored 4 Data Engineers; set architecture standards and owned the full GCP technology stack. Architected and built two production AI chatbots using Python, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, and Gemini AI.
Lead / Senior Lead Solutions and Data Architect
Rosstone / ioco (contracted to MTN)
Feb 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years 6 months)
Led and mentored 3 Data Engineers delivering data & analytics pipelines for MTN's MyMTN and MTN Play platforms across GCP and Azure. Owned dual-cloud architecture and cost governance over a 30-month engagement.
Solutions Architect & CTO
The Jobs Junction / MuslimGoTo / Upwork
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 (8 months)
Acted as CTO and Lead Solutions Architect across several small ventures and freelance projects, covering solutions architecture, data modelling, and full-stack development. Designed and built a job-matching platform from Business Requirements Document through to production deployment.
Led a small cross-functional team maintaining and extending Mastercard applications. Owned technology and architecture decisions for application maintenance and new builds within Mastercard's technical standards.
Solutions Architect, Data Analyst & Software Engineer
Jan 1984 - Dec 2016 (32 years 11 months)
Progressed from Software Programmer through Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Scrum Master, and Digital Architect to CTO-level architecture responsibility over a 32-year tenure. Led multiple delivery teams up to 21 staff across enterprise integration and application delivery for Old Mutual's global subsidiaries.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Science, Statistics
1990 - 1992
Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Statistics and secondary majors in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics.
TOGAF
Professional Course, Enterprise Architecture
Completed a one-week professional course on TOGAF.
Agile Methodology
Professional Course, Agile
Completed a one-week professional course on Agile Methodology.
UML — Unified Modeling Language
Professional Course, Modeling
Completed a two-month professional course on UML.
MBA short course
Professional Course, Business Administration
Completed a one-week MBA short course.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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