Director, Data Governance & Bi Tools- Enterprise Data Services
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Director, Data Governance & BI Tools - Enterprise Data Services at Kemper
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Director, Data Governance & BI Tools - Enterprise Data Services at Kemper
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Irfan S. is listed as Director, Data Governance & BI Tools - Enterprise Data Services at Kemper at Kemper, based in Greater Chicago Area, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Irfan S..
Irfan S. previously worked as Director, Data Governance & BI Tools- Enterprise Data Services at Kemper and Director, Data Governance Tools - Enterprise Data Services at Kemper. Irfan S. holds Masters, Computer Science from Illinois Institute Of Technology.
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Irfan S. is a Director, Data Governance & BI Tools - Enterprise Data Services at Kemper at Kemper. He possess expertise in informatica, shell scripting, oracle, data integration, unix and 42 more skills. He is proficient in English. Colleagues describe him as "While I worked briefly with Irfan I was amazed at his wealth of expertise and insight. After he moved on our organization was left with a very large hole. I found Irfan as a reliable ally when approaching a new subject to ensure it was thought thru carefully both in terms of short-term and long-term goals. This strategic thinking was balanced with an impressive understanding of the tooling capabilities and limitations so that any solution was also well-tailored to the functionality underpinning it.", "Irfan is a rare combination of technical skills and business acumen. He not only can dive deep into a project from a technical aspect, but his solutions are always rooted in business outcomes because he can see the big picture. He's detailed orientated, hard working, and a very pleasant and cordial co-worker. I've enjoyed working with Irfan very much and would love to do so in the future. He is a tremendous asset to any team and will go far in his career.", and "Irfan and I worked at Allstate together and he was the Data Quality Lead on the EDQ team. The primary development application we used was Informatica Data Explorer and Informatica Analyst. We went through a few POC's for tools that would do a better job at supporting the Big Data Environment and Irfan was point lead on those and he did an excellent, thorough job. He is an awesome technical lead and he knows the material through and through. He learns fast and has an analytical mindset, as well as brings a pleasant environment to the team. I sincerely hope to get to work with Irfan at another point in time and highly recommend him! He is as good as they come!"
Listed skills include Informatica, Shell Scripting, Oracle, Data Integration, and 43 others.
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Director, Data Governance Tools - Enterprise Data Services
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Sr. Data Management | Data Governance Consultant
Sep 2020 - Feb 2021
Sr. Digital Architect - Data & Analytics
• Lead Solution Architecture design of end to end digital systems that serve multiple business functions• Own and manage the architecture blueprint (logical architecture, data flow diagram, deployment architecture etc.) and successfully transition to engineering teams for delivery• Lead & Support design and implementation of complex integration patterns and data models for strategic business projects• Create and Design CI/CD Pipelines to load data from existing On-Prem to AWS platform and AWS platform to Snowflake utilizing various AWS services like S3, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, IAM, Kinesis, Athena, Step Functions, Glue) and Snowflake capabilities like Streams, SnowPipe, Stages, etc.• Design Data Reporting & Visualization solutions in AWS using AWS QuickSight
Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
Solutions Architect - Enterprise Data Management
• Primary Solutions and Information Architect supporting vended and in-house data management solutions, including:o Data Cataloging (Informatica EDC)o Data Quality (Informatica IDQ/BDQ)o Sensitive Data Discovery to support Privacy initiatives (Informatica DPM)o Data Governance initiatives (Informatica Axon)• Ensure that implementations align to enterprise data strategy principles• Ensure cross-functional view of business data is available to the enterprise in a more self-service fashion• Communicate technology strategy via road maps, conceptual diagrams and solution documents• Provide consultation to project & product teams on the tactical application of reference architectures and the strategic direction of enterprise technology• Collaborate with technologists and business people to identify opportunities for innovation and automation• Verify conformance to architectural patterns, practices and enterprise reference architecture• Drive change from within IT through communication with teams regarding processes, standards and culture• Support vendor selection and analysis process by evaluating vendor architecture's fit within the Domain• Partner with developers and integration architects to deliver effective integrations of in-house and vended solutions to provide seamless data management solutions across all businesses• Design Cross-tool solutions using existing capabilities and integrations available within Informatica Axon, EDC, Data Privacy Management, IDQ & BDM for fulfilling data management needs• Design Integrations between Data Management tools and existing enterprise legacy CMDB, ServiceNow, BarometerIT & Data Protection tools• Work with Vendor Product Owners to enhance capabilities and add new features to their existing offerings
Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Technical Lead - Enterprise Data Management
• Responsible for administering and managing various Informatica vended tools under Enterprise Data Management (EDM)• Plan, design, size and eventually implement various EDM technology capabilities like Informatica Axon, EDC, DPM and Big Data Quality for supporting various Data Governance & Privacy initiatives• Tech Lead of the core team responsible for finalizing RFI documents, setting up the POC environments and evaluation of the capabilities of Axon, EDC, DPM, BDM tools• Partner with Allstate Security architects on various security requirements related to implementing SSO and Active-Directory integration with EDM tools, application access security, integration with Allstate Cloudera Hadoop clusters, cross-company implementation of new EDM tools etc.• Work with Informatica vendor partners for architecture reviews and capacity planning exercises for implementing EDM vended tools to support Allstate enterprise• Function as a subject matter expert (SME) for data management best practices and translate business requirements to enable capabilities including metadata management of critical data assets, managing data definitions, business data flows, technical data lineage, sensitive data discovery, and data privacy compliance• Guide, mentor and lead EDM development teams on solution designing, best practices, DQ rule development, DQ monitoring setup, data ingestion to catalog, data discovery & catalog metadata enrichment• Responsible for installation, upgrade, maintaining technical currency and license management of all EDM vended tools• Design and Implement DR strategies and backup & restore processes for all data management tools• Implement various POCs with Vendors for evaluating tools supporting enterprise wide initiatives• Collaborate with various teams to support EDM platform needs (Server, Storage, Security, Database, Network, Software packaging etc.)
Jul 2016 - Jul 2019
Team Lead - Data Integration Platform
• Implemented enterprise solution to integrate Informatica Big Data Management with Hortonworks Hadoop Cluster• Responsible for designing, sizing, installing, configuring and setting best practices for Informatica Big Data management solution• Trained in Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Operations: Hadoop Administration - to install, configure and design Hadoop cluster with services like YARN, HDFS, Hive, Tez, MapReduce2, Zookeper and HBase across multiple nodes• Design standards to read/write from HDFS and Hive databases using Informatica BDM• Create pre-requisite documents, standard installation and configuration guide for Informatica BDM• Troubleshoot and resolve Informatica Big Data related domain and connection issues• Planned and coordinated migration of existing BCBSM Informatica PowerCenter, Data Quality, PowerExchange and Metadata Manager environments from AIX to RHEL Servers• Upgrade existing Informatica PowerCenter, DataQuality and Metadata Manager domains and services to maintain software currency• Designed Unix file system security using Linux ACL's to segregate data access of various Lines of Business• Lead team of administrators for day to day platform support, enterprise data integration support activities and in-flight projects
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Senior Informatica Administrator - Data Integration Consultant
• Design, Implement and operationalize various Data Integration & Data Quality capabilities• Develop strategies for shared services and worked very closely with business partners to provide solutions to their data integration needs• Plan, Design and Build multiple Informatica environments with HA (GRID) and DR across 70 plus servers to support enterprise consumers for capabilities like PowerCenter, Data Quality, Web Service Hub and Metadata Manager • Support Data Integration infrastructure running on Linux, Windows, Oracle and VCS.• Work with various Infrastructure teams (Server, Database, Storage, Network) to design and setup DI environments• Outline plans with customers for adoption of best practices, standards and processes for Data Integration• Work with Management and Vendor to manage and finalize software license agreements• Extensive experience designing, configuring and upgrading Informatica PowerCenter services, Data Quality services along with Metadata Manager• Work with Informatica Vendor’s TAM (Technical Architecture Manager) to do Capacity Planning, License management and Infrastructure sizing • Install and Upgrade Informatica domains & services to multiple versions over the course of engagement at Nationwide• Configure and Installed Informatica PowerExchange connectors like Salesforce.com, MQ Series, Siebel, DB2 z/OS and EBF’s• Managed users, groups, roles and general application security framework• Involved in multiple platform refreshes (Server migrations, Storage migrations, Database upgrades)• Accountable & Responsible for technical documentation and knowledge transfer within the team and to consuming partners• Provide strategic recommendations for Data Integration capabilities including tool specific features and options, by exploring all technical aspects• Outline plans to customers for adoption of best practices, standards and processes for Data Integration• Provide guidance, mentoring and technical direction to the team
Sep 2010 - Jan 2016
2 education records
Irfan S. education
Masters, Computer Science
Illinois Institute Of Technology
Bachelor Of Engineering, Computer Science
Osmania University
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What company does Irfan S. work for?
Irfan S. works for Kemper.
What is Irfan S.'s role at Kemper?
Irfan S. is listed as Director, Data Governance & BI Tools - Enterprise Data Services at Kemper at Kemper.
Where is Irfan S. based?
Irfan S. is based in Greater Chicago Area, United States while working with Kemper.
What companies has Irfan S. worked for?
Irfan S. has worked for Kemper, Ford Motor Company, Caterpillar Inc., Allstate, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Michigan.
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What schools did Irfan S. attend?
Irfan S. holds Masters, Computer Science from Illinois Institute Of Technology.
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Irfan S. is listed with skills including Informatica, Shell Scripting, Oracle, Data Integration, Unix, Sdlc, Data Warehousing, and Linux.
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