GURMUKH SINGH
Principal Architect
Melbourne
Summary
Strategic and visionary Engineering leader with 18+ years of experience defining enterprise data engineering roadmaps and leading high-performing teams in complex financial and government environments. Proven track record in fostering an AI-first mindset by delivery of scalable ML/AI platforms and real-time event-driven architectures. Adept at leading high-performing cross-functional teams, with expertise in driving Engineering Excellence through DevSecOps automation, observability, and robust governance frameworks.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Director
Deloitte Australia
04.2022 - Current
- Define and evolve enterprise data roadmaps to shape GenAI and ML strategies, identifying high-value use cases in healthcare and insurance.
- Orchestrated the migration of Hadoop workloads to GCP for a large government organisation, improving performance and reducing operational cost by 30%.
- Regional lead on Google Cloud technologies, building AI/ML and data platforms.
- Spearheaded the development of an ML/AI platform for document processing and underwriting, reducing the decision time by 20 - 30% for a leading insurance provider.
- Engineered a real-time event bus for data streaming (Debezium, CDC) to Snowflake for a large gaming organisation, transforming their real-time analytics capabilities.
- Achieved $300K+ in cost savings through a data insights platform for a beverage company.
- Drove cloud transformation by implementing governance frameworks and maturity roadmaps across cost, security, and compliance.
- Contributed to the enhancement & the build of AWS Glue Integration for SAP through regular cadence with the AWS team.
Principal Data Architect
Intellify Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
- Spearheaded the migration from legacy systems to Snowflake and Databricks, vastly enhancing analytics capabilities and data onboarding processes.
- Built a high-performing team of architects and engineers, reducing delivery time by 40%.
- Embedded SRE best practices, including observability, incident response frameworks, and operational runbooks across hybrid deployments.
- Collaborated with partners on tool evaluations, delivering value and optimal solutions.
- Produced SOWs and RFP responses, successfully securing new business and expanding client relationships.
Solutions Architect
Hortonworks (Cloudera)
11.2017 - 09.2021
- Enabled faster decision-making with 20% cost reduction in operations by streamlining data lakes using Apache NiFi, Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop.
- Engineered the cybersecurity (OpenMSS) platform for a major telecom, capable of handling billions of events in a day. Reducing incident response time by 40%.
- Open Banking - Designed and implemented a low-latency solution capable of handling billions of records, ensuring reliable access to critical data.
Cloud Engineer
Amazon Web Services
04.2016 - 11.2017
- Regional SME on HBase - Led client engagements on HBASE; Designed and optimised HBase environments, ensuring high throughput and low latency for critical applications.
- Mentored AWS teams on diagnostics and performance improvements, significantly reducing response times.
Lead Tech Architect
Amex Big Data Labs
05.2014 - 03.2016
- Directed a 6-member engineering team in developing and operating a highly available Hadoop data platform, achieving 15% faster data processing and $80K yearly cost reduction.
- Created an enterprise-grade Nagios monitoring framework for Hadoop clusters; the solution was formally documented and published in my book.
- Spearheaded global MapR Hadoop architecture and operations, enabling efficient, scalable, and highly available big-data platforms.
Tech Lead
Yahoo
04.2010 - 10.2013
- Implemented and automated the enterprise Web Analytics (YWA) platform spanning 1,500+ servers, integrating Hadoop clusters, load balancers, and Apache HTTPD, resulting in 20% faster processing SLAs and 8 hrs/week reduction in operational effort.
- Partnered with Apache Hadoop engineering teams to test releases and deliver feedback that drove enhancements into upstream Apache Hadoop.
- Championed organisation-wide automation improvements, increasing platform scalability and operational maturity.
Systems Engineer
J.P. Morgan and HP (Hewlett-Packard)
02.2007 - 03.2010
- Automated DNS and DHCP workflows, improving configuration accuracy and reducing operational effort by 1 day/week while managing a mission-critical environment of 1,600 domains and 800 servers spanning DNS, DHCP, Bluecoat Proxy, and Cisco GSS for a major banking client.
- Mastered complex technology stacks (VAX/Alpha/OpenVMS/Storage Controllers), initiated a successful buddy program, and developed customer engagement skills while supporting critical systems across various industries like Banking, air traffic control, and stock exchange.
Education
MTech - Computer Security & Computer forensics
IIM Bangalore
B. E - Electronics and Communication
RMIT University
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Nagpur University
Skills
- Data Mesh
- Enterprise Roadmaps
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- GCP
- AWS
- Multi-Cloud
- Azure
- Cloudera
- Hortonworks
- Kafka
- Hadoop
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Terraform
- Ansible
- SRE
- Observability
- MySQL
- Postgres
- HBase
- Database storage internals
- Optimisations
- Nagios
- Ganglia
- Prometheus
- Brocade
- MSA Controllers
- NetApp Filers
- EMC Isilon
- Alluxio
- Kerberos
- SASL
- Encryption
- IAM
- RBAC
- Firewalls
- IDP integrations
- Governance frameworks
Certification
- Google Certified Professional Data Engineer
- Google Certified Professional Architect
- Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
- Google Certified Professional Network Engineer
- AWS Certified Architect & Developer
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer|Developer
- Microsoft Certified Administrator (MCSA)
- Brocade Certified Fibre Storage Engineer
- Hortonworks|Cloudera|Mapr Hadoop Certified
- Cisco Certified Network Engineer (CCNA)
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Australian Citizen
- Visa Status: Australian Citizen
Education And Publishing
- EGMP, IIM Bangalore
- MTech (I.T), Computer Security & Computer forensics, RMIT University
- B.E, Electronics and Communication, Nagpur University
- Author of technical documentation/books on enterprise monitoring frameworks, demonstrating deep technical authority.
Timeline
Engineering Director
Deloitte Australia
04.2022 - Current
Principal Data Architect
Intellify Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
Solutions Architect
Hortonworks (Cloudera)
11.2017 - 09.2021
Cloud Engineer
Amazon Web Services
04.2016 - 11.2017
Lead Tech Architect
Amex Big Data Labs
05.2014 - 03.2016
Tech Lead
Yahoo
04.2010 - 10.2013
Systems Engineer
J.P. Morgan and HP (Hewlett-Packard)
02.2007 - 03.2010
MTech - Computer Security & Computer forensics
IIM Bangalore
B. E - Electronics and Communication
RMIT University
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Nagpur University