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babar sayyad

babar sayyad

Big Data Consultant

Hyderabad 5+ yrs exp 90 · Outstanding

About

Possessing a dynamic career with 7–8 years of experience building and running data platforms. Brings 6 years of expertise in Unix and Hadoop (CDH/CDP) along with 4 years of AWS cloud, and Ansible automation. Proven track record of managing reliable, scalable platforms and distributed processing using Hadoop, Kafka, and related big data technologies. Delivered core solutions for clients including SNB Bank, CITI Bank, and Tahakom.

Skills & Expertise (15)

Kafka Advanced
9.0/10
2
Years Exp
Hadoop Advanced
8.2/10
4
Years Exp
Spark Advanced
8.0/10
3
Years Exp
LINUX Advanced
8.0/10
5
Years Exp
Ansible Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
Bash Intermediate
7.0/10
5
Years Exp
AWS Intermediate
7.0/10
2
Years Exp
Grafana Intermediate
7.0/10
1
Years Exp
Prometheus Intermediate
7.0/10
1
Years Exp
HBase Intermediate
6.5/10
2
Years Exp
Oozie Intermediate
6.0/10
2
Years Exp
Oracle Cloud Intermediate
5.5/10
1
Years Exp
Solr Airflow CDP

Work Experience

Big Data Consultant

Synechron

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Designed, deployed, and scaled enterprise-grade Confluent Kafka platforms supporting high-availability and mission-critical workloads. Implemented multi-region Kafka replication and disaster recovery to ensure business continuity and regional fault tolerance. Implemented and tuned secure Kafka producer/consumer configurations, balancing throughput, latency, and reliability in production environments. Implemented long-term data retention policies in Kafka, ensuring regulatory compliance while optimizing storage and cluster performance. Developed Ansible playbooks and shell scripts to automate Kafka topic creation, ACL enforcement, and environment-specific configurations. Implemented end-to-end Kafka observability with Prometheus metrics and Grafana, tracking throughput, partition balance, consumer lag, and broker disk usage. Owned end-to-end Kafka upgrade planning and execution, validating client compatibility and performing rolling, zero-downtime migrations in production.

Hadoop Administrator

Wipro Ltd

Sep 2024 - Mar 2025

Administered and monitored over 55 CDP clusters globally across Asia, NAM, LATAM, and APAC regions. Performed critical patch management and version upgrades on CDP 7.1.7 with zero disruption. Implemented LDAP/AD integration for secure authentication and user-role management. Resolved production issues with real-time diagnostics using Cloudera Manager and shell scripts. Performed expansion activities to CDP clusters across all environments on a weekly basis. Improved cluster performance by fine-tuning YARN resource allocation and job scheduling policies. Documented standard operating procedures and mentored new joiners in cluster best practices.

Big Data Consultant

ITC Infotech

Dec 2020 - Apr 2023

Handled multi-tenant Hadoop clusters with secure data zones for critical banking operations. Led migration efforts from legacy CDH to CDP environment with minimal service impact. Designed data ingestion workflows from Oracle DB to HDFS using Sqoop and Spark. Automated cluster health checks, backup jobs, and log rotation using custom scripts. Participated in security hardening and implemented firewall policies for edge nodes. Worked closely with auditors to meet compliance for encryption and access control policies. Provided 24/7 support coverage and reduced downtime incidents by 35% through preventive actions.

Sr. Technical Support Engineer

Impetus Technologies

Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

Supported proprietary BI tools running on top of Hadoop and Spark infrastructures. Investigated and resolved high-severity tickets from financial services clients. Designed monitoring dashboards to visualize resource bottlenecks and query performance. Collaborated with engineering teams for issue replication, patch validation, and RCA reports. Conducted post-mortem analysis and tracked action items to prevent recurring issues.

Business Analyst

People Interactive Shaadi.com

May 2016 - Jul 2017

Drove lead generation and conversion for premium matrimonial services through targeted outreach and customer insights. Managed customer on-boarding, payment follow-ups, and subscription support to ensure satisfaction and retention. Collaborated with sales teams to up-sell memberships and enhance service offerings. Maintained financial records and supported billing and renewal reporting.

Education

MCA - Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University

- 2016 · Afghanistan

BCA - Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

- 2014 · Afghanistan

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 15/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 90/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceJun 2026

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