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R Ahmad

@rahmad1

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Lead Data Architect specializing in cloud-native, HIPAA-compliant data platforms and real-time analytics.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking a senior data architecture role building cloud-native, HIPAA/GDPR-compliant platforms (GCP/Snowflake/Databricks), leading teams, solving real-time analytics challenges, and driving data governance in regulated environments.

I am a strategic, results-driven Lead Data Architect with 12+ years designing scalable, compliant cloud-native data platforms across healthcare, finance and other regulated industries.

I build high-performance big data ecosystems using GCP, Snowflake, Databricks and Kafka, and I design real-time ingestion and streaming solutions to power mission-critical analytics and care alerts.

I lead cross-functional teams and data governance efforts, implementing HIPAA-, GDPR- and SOC 2-compliant controls, RBAC and row-level security while automating data quality with Great Expectations and OpenMetadata.

My work includes modernizing lakehouse architectures, reducing ETL latency and deployment errors through CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code, mentoring engineers, and aligning technical solutions with business goals to deliver measurable outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Data Architect

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Corro Health

Oct 2021 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Designed a HIPAA-compliant healthcare data lake on Snowflake and GCP supporting clinical, claims, and population health analytics and integrated EPIC/Cerner datasets; built real-time ingestion pipelines with Kafka and Dataflow and implemented RBAC, row-level security, and automated data quality checks.

GCP)Snowflake Kafka Dataflow DBT OpenMetadata Great Expectations Airflow FHIR

Staff Data Engineer

Alpha Bridge

Nov 2018 - Sep 2021 (2 years 10 months)

Modernized a legacy BI platform by architecting a Databricks and BigQuery lakehouse ingesting 10+TB daily and implemented Terraform and Airflow CI/CD, reducing deployment errors by 80% and cutting ETL latency by 45%. Managed multi-region replication, encryption, and near-real-time ingestion using Kafka and CDC.

Databricks BigQuery Spark Delta Lake Terraform Airflow Kafka CI CD Tableau

Senior Data Engineer

CoreLogic

Sep 2016 - Oct 2018 (2 years 1 month)

Built end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines using Talend, Informatica, and dbt and created dimensional models and dashboards that improved identity resolution and reduced downstream data defects by 30%. Supported GDPR and HIPAA readiness through lineage, data quality checks, and metadata automation.

Talend Informatica DBT Power BI Looker Dimensional Models Python Data Quality

Data Warehouse Engineer

Data Bridge Analytics

Apr 2013 - Aug 2016 (3 years 4 months)

Developed SQL and Python reporting solutions and advanced Power BI/Tableau dashboards to deliver real-time operational and executive insights and built predictive models to inform marketing and personalization strategies.