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John Babatope

@johnbabatope

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Senior Data Architect and DBA, delivering scalable Azure ETL and high-availability data platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead Azure data architecture and ETL modernization, mentor teams, and integrate AI responsibly. I want to work with DevOps and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, reliable analytics and governance.

I’m a Senior DBA/Data Architect with 15+ years leading complex data transformation and augmentation for global enterprises, focusing on robust, scalable data architecture and dependable ETL/ELT processing. I drive performance, reliability, and analytics outcomes by standardizing SQL environments and modernizing platforms on Azure.

I lead data engineering teams end-to-end—from strategy and governance to delivery—using Azure Synapse, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Data Factory, alongside CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. I also bring a growing AI focus, including implementing AI chatbot solutions and building Splunk machine learning models, while partnering across QA, DevOps, AI, and security to reduce bottlenecks and improve delivery consistency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Data Architect & Team Lead

Chevron

Jun 2025 - Mar 2026 (9 months)

Defined enterprise DevOps architecture for cloud and data platforms, standardizing CI/CD and infrastructure as code while integrating security, governance, monitoring, and cost optimization.

Azure DevOps CI CD Git Infrastructure as Code Terraform Ansible RBAC Security Compliance Monitoring Cost Optimization Microsoft Fabric

Data Architect (Splunk ML)

Telecom Client

Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 (5 months)

Developed and tuned machine learning models in Splunk for anomaly detection and predictive analytics, building log ingestion and feature engineering pipelines.

Splunk Machine Learning Anomaly Detection Predictive Analytics Feature Engineering Random Forest K Means Density Based Models & Model Tuning Monitoring

Sr. Data Migration Consultant

Government Client

May 2024 - Oct 2024 (5 months)

Planned and executed an end-to-end data migration, building Azure Data Factory ETL pipelines and supporting validation, UAT, and production migration activities.

Data Migration Azure Data Factory ETL Data Validation UAT System Testing Technical Documentation

Project Manager / Solution Architect

Restaurant Industry Client

Nov 2023 - Apr 2024 (5 months)

Led delivery of an AI chatbot solution and designed a scalable architecture using Azure Cognitive Services and LLM-based approaches, managing delivery governance and security compliance.

Chatbot Cognitive Services LLM Solution Architecture Testing Security Compliance Risk Mitigation

Sr. Azure Data Architect

Beverage Industry Client

Jun 2023 - Oct 2023 (4 months)

Built CI/CD pipelines for Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, and Synapse using Azure DevOps and supported operational stability with monitoring and HA/performance tuning.

Azure DevOps Azure SQL Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse Stored Procedures ETL azure monitor Log Analytics High Availability Performance Tuning

Team Lead – Azure Data Architect

Retail / Beverage Client

May 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Built PySpark-based data pipelines on Azure Synapse and designed star-schema data warehouse architectures, including Power BI-ready abstraction layers.

Pyspark Azure Synapse Data Ingestion Data Cleansing data transformation Star Schemas Data Warehouse

Sr. SQL DBA / Architect

Confectionery Industry Client

Oct 2021 - May 2022 (7 months)

Designed and implemented SQL Server data warehousing solutions, including stored procedures and performance-tuning strategies.

Data Warehousing Stored Procedures Functions Performance Tuning Query Optimization

Sr. SQL DBA

Food & Beverage Client

Aug 2021 - Oct 2021 (2 months)

Analyzed and optimized database architecture and application performance, including maintenance planning and troubleshooting.

Database Performance Tuning Indexing Troubleshooting Stored Procedures Views

Senior SQL Database Administrator

Surya

Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 (5 months)

Migrated enterprise SQL Server databases from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2016 and implemented high-availability/disaster recovery using replication and log shipping.

SQL Server 2008 To 2016 Migration RAID Replication Log Shipping High Availability Disaster Recovery Statistics IO T SQL

Senior SQL Database Administrator

CaseWorthy, Inc.

Jul 2020 - Dec 2020 (5 months)

Developed T-SQL scripts and ETL workflows using SSIS, and implemented HA/DR using Always On Availability Groups, log shipping, and SQL Server replication.

T SQL SSIS ETL PowerShell Python Log Shipping

SQL Server DBA Manager

Wood

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 (1 year 2 months)

Administered Always On Availability Groups and managed multiple high-volume production SQL Server environments to ensure availability, performance, and reliability.

Performance Tuning

SQL Server DBA Manager & Architect

Department of Education

Jan 2015 - Nov 2018 (3 years 10 months)

Led SQL Server architecture, data modeling, and migrations, including moving on-premises SQL Server to Microsoft Azure SQL Database and resolving availability and replication issues.

Data Modeling Azure SQL Database Migration Replication Performance Optimization