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Raj Menon
Director Data Analytics | Data Engineering
Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Education:
Master of Science - MS
Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2019 : 2022
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Biomedical Engineering
University of Mumbai
1997 : 2001
Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2019 : 2022
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Biomedical Engineering
University of Mumbai
1997 : 2001
Experience:
Responsible for envisioning and executing next generation data strategy and analytics solutions for the Technology Risk and Information Security department to drive down technology risk. Key highlights for this role include :
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the enterprise. Work with business and technology vendor teams, to define data & analytics strategy, project scope and deliverables
- Architect modern and open cyber threat detection and data platform that integrate with on premise and public cloud infrastructures such as AWS and GCP.
- Lead multiple teams to implement Cyber Security Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse and Threat Detection platforms such as SIEM and UEBA
- Lead teams to build resilient data pipelines using open-source data flow (Nifi), data processing (Spark) and messaging solutions (Kafka) backed by object stores (MinIO)
- Lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) strategy to improve analyst productivity through intelligent workflow automation. Execute graph analytics to unravel interesting data insights
- Lead numerous and seamless data migration and integration efforts from legacy to modern and open data platforms
- Manage data security and privacy by following the right security protocols, monitoring, and principles of least privilege
- Promote faster time to market using agile development framework, adopting CICD and following a DevOps model
- Track program performance against key financial, risk and operational metrics. Act as a point of escalation for time sensitive and highly complex requests
- Work with senior leaders, internal and external auditors for regulatory audit and compliance engagements
- Manage career development of staff through mentoring and periodic performance reviews
2015 : Present
American Express
Director Information Security, Technology Risk Analytics
Responsible for building big data and advanced analytics strategy and mainframe logging modernization initiative for the Identity & Access Management (IAM) program. Key highlights for this role include :
- Design data analytics use cases and implement solutions to present complex data in a clear and concise manner
- Build data flow (ETL) pipelines to integrate varied data sources within the data platform. Manage data using relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL Stores.
- Product evaluation, designing and leading mainframe logging modernization initiative.
- Provide evidence for internal and external audit requests for the IAM program to demonstrate compliance with policies, standards, and operations.
2013 : 2015
American Express
Information Security Specialist
Responsible for creating a data management blueprint for the IT Service Management (ITSM) and pre-paid card domain for American Express (Client). Set up data governance framework for the ITSM program. Key highlights for this role include :
- Defining and deploying data governance framework, master and meta data management, data cataloging, data lineage solutions, and highlighting complex data issues to senior management in a clear and concise manner
- Define the data architecture and deliver logical and physical data models for OLTP and OLAP data stores.
- As a technical lead, managed the shared business intelligence infrastructure for Amex.
- Facilitate issue resolution for application teams via collaboration across infrastructure operations and product vendors
2009 : 2013
Ajasa Technologies
Technical Lead
Worked as a data architect for the client, American Express for their IT Service Management and pre-paid card domains.
- Created conceptual and logical data models for enterprise scale transactional databases (OLTP), data warehouse applications and operational data stores (ODS)
- Create physical data model following enterprise standards and best practices.
- Review database designs and ETL solutions and provide recommendations to improve performance and efficiency.
2007 : 2009
Analyst International Corporation
Technical Lead
Worked as a programmer analyst and data architect for the client, Department of Finance, New York City to support an initiative called payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT), that provided tax incentives for businesses to operate in NYC.
- Meet with technical and business staff to understand requirements and current processes for building an RDBMS backend system
- Create data models and data dictionaries using enterprise standards and best practices.
- Plan data migration strategies from source to target systems while also leading analysis, design, development and testing of applications
2006 : 2007
Ramsoft Systems Inc
Programmer Analyst
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the enterprise. Work with business and technology vendor teams, to define data & analytics strategy, project scope and deliverables
- Architect modern and open cyber threat detection and data platform that integrate with on premise and public cloud infrastructures such as AWS and GCP.
- Lead multiple teams to implement Cyber Security Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse and Threat Detection platforms such as SIEM and UEBA
- Lead teams to build resilient data pipelines using open-source data flow (Nifi), data processing (Spark) and messaging solutions (Kafka) backed by object stores (MinIO)
- Lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) strategy to improve analyst productivity through intelligent workflow automation. Execute graph analytics to unravel interesting data insights
- Lead numerous and seamless data migration and integration efforts from legacy to modern and open data platforms
- Manage data security and privacy by following the right security protocols, monitoring, and principles of least privilege
- Promote faster time to market using agile development framework, adopting CICD and following a DevOps model
- Track program performance against key financial, risk and operational metrics. Act as a point of escalation for time sensitive and highly complex requests
- Work with senior leaders, internal and external auditors for regulatory audit and compliance engagements
- Manage career development of staff through mentoring and periodic performance reviews
2015 : Present
American Express
Director Information Security, Technology Risk Analytics
Responsible for building big data and advanced analytics strategy and mainframe logging modernization initiative for the Identity & Access Management (IAM) program. Key highlights for this role include :
- Design data analytics use cases and implement solutions to present complex data in a clear and concise manner
- Build data flow (ETL) pipelines to integrate varied data sources within the data platform. Manage data using relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL Stores.
- Product evaluation, designing and leading mainframe logging modernization initiative.
- Provide evidence for internal and external audit requests for the IAM program to demonstrate compliance with policies, standards, and operations.
2013 : 2015
American Express
Information Security Specialist
Responsible for creating a data management blueprint for the IT Service Management (ITSM) and pre-paid card domain for American Express (Client). Set up data governance framework for the ITSM program. Key highlights for this role include :
- Defining and deploying data governance framework, master and meta data management, data cataloging, data lineage solutions, and highlighting complex data issues to senior management in a clear and concise manner
- Define the data architecture and deliver logical and physical data models for OLTP and OLAP data stores.
- As a technical lead, managed the shared business intelligence infrastructure for Amex.
- Facilitate issue resolution for application teams via collaboration across infrastructure operations and product vendors
2009 : 2013
Ajasa Technologies
Technical Lead
Worked as a data architect for the client, American Express for their IT Service Management and pre-paid card domains.
- Created conceptual and logical data models for enterprise scale transactional databases (OLTP), data warehouse applications and operational data stores (ODS)
- Create physical data model following enterprise standards and best practices.
- Review database designs and ETL solutions and provide recommendations to improve performance and efficiency.
2007 : 2009
Analyst International Corporation
Technical Lead
Worked as a programmer analyst and data architect for the client, Department of Finance, New York City to support an initiative called payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT), that provided tax incentives for businesses to operate in NYC.
- Meet with technical and business staff to understand requirements and current processes for building an RDBMS backend system
- Create data models and data dictionaries using enterprise standards and best practices.
- Plan data migration strategies from source to target systems while also leading analysis, design, development and testing of applications
2006 : 2007
Ramsoft Systems Inc
Programmer Analyst
Company:
American Express
Years of Experience:
23
Skills
Agile Methodologies, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Cloud Architecture, Creative Problem Solving, Data Analytics, Data Architecture, Databases, Data Engineering, Data Governance, Data Lake, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, Distributed Databases, Enterprise Architecture, Hadoop, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Information Security, ITIL, Leadership, Microservices, Program Management, Python (Programming Language), Requirements Analysis, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), SQL, Strategy, Training
About
Senior technology leader with 20+ years of experience in building enterprise scale distributed data platforms, software applications and data products for financial Services, utility, and information security domains. Ability to influence all levels of management working in a complex organizational structure. Expertise in leading multiple modernization and transformation initiatives. Adept at identifying emerging technologies and leveraging them to drive innovation. Seasoned leader with experience managing multi-million dollar budgets, large global teams, and highly complex delivery programs.
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