ARMANDO DE SOUZA ALMEIDA
Resumo
Enterprise Data Architect with over 20 years of experience leading enterprise-scale modernization initiatives across Financial Services, Technology Consulting, Telecommunications and Healthcare. Throughout my career, I have progressed from mission-critical database engineering to Enterprise Architecture, helping organizations transform complex legacy environments into modern, cloud-native data ecosystems that support long-term business growth. My expertise spans Enterprise Data Architecture, Cloud Strategy, Platform Engineering and Architecture Governance, enabling organizations to build scalable, secure and business-aligned technology capabilities. Currently supporting Equifax's global data transformation program, I contribute to the evolution of its Enterprise Data Fabric by defining architecture standards, governance models and cloud-native platform strategies that enable trusted information, reusable Data Products and enterprise-wide interoperability across highly regulated environments. Known for bridging business strategy with technology execution, I partner with Enterprise Architects, Engineering Leaders and Executive Stakeholders to simplify technology landscapes, accelerate modernization initiatives and establish sustainable architecture practices that improve governance, operational resilience and long-term business value.
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years of professional experience
Experiência profissional
Enterprise Data Architect
Equifax
São Paulo
2026.02 - 2026.08
- As an Enterprise Data Architect supporting Equifax's global transformation program, I help define the architectural direction of the company's Enterprise Data Fabric, establishing governance models, cloud-native platform capabilities and reusable data services that enable trusted information across highly regulated environments.
- Working across Enterprise Architecture, Product Engineering and Business Strategy, I collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Product Owners, Engineering Managers and executive stakeholders to align technology decisions with business priorities, regulatory requirements and long-term platform evolution.
- My role extends beyond solution design, influencing architectural governance, platform standards and strategic technology decisions that support analytics, identity, fraud prevention and risk management at enterprise scale.
- Drive the evolution of Enterprise Data Fabric capabilities by defining reusable architecture patterns that support scalable, secure and domain-oriented data platforms.
- Establish architecture principles, reference models and Architecture Decision Records (ADR), providing engineering teams with consistent governance standards for cloud-native solution design.
- Design cloud-native data architectures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), leveraging BigQuery, Bigtable, Cloud SQL, Dataflow, Pub/Sub and Cloud Composer to support analytical, operational and event-driven workloads.
- Shape the evolution of Enterprise Data Products by promoting standardized information sharing, reusable business capabilities and trusted data consumption across multiple business domains.
- Contribute to Canonical Data Models, Key & Linking, Value State and enterprise metadata strategies, strengthening identity resolution, semantic consistency and information governance.
- Define architectural approaches for the Data Service Layer (DSL), Product Profile Views (PPV), Global Batch Platform (GBP) and Streaming Update Platform (SUP), integrating batch and real-time processing into a unified operating model.
- Embed security, privacy and regulatory compliance into platform architecture through Protected Data Zone (PDZ), Barricade services, enterprise encryption standards and C1–C5 data classification policies.
- Partner with Platform Engineering teams to improve interoperability, simplify platform evolution and establish reusable cloud-native capabilities across distributed engineering organizations.
- Participate in architecture governance forums by reviewing strategic initiatives, validating solution alignment with enterprise standards and supporting architecture decision-making.
- Mentor architects and senior engineers, promoting architecture-first thinking, engineering excellence and governance best practices across multiple development teams.
- Translate complex architectural challenges into business-oriented recommendations, enabling executive stakeholders to make informed technology investment decisions.
Senior Cloud & Data Platform Architect
Porto Seguro
São Paulo
2025.04 - 2026.01
- Joined Porto Seguro's Platform Engineering organization to support the modernization of enterprise cloud and database platforms within one of Brazil's largest financial services ecosystems.
- Working across Architecture, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure and Database teams, I contributed to strategic initiatives focused on cloud governance, operational resilience and platform standardization, helping accelerate the transition from traditional database environments to modern cloud-native architectures.
- Developed cloud architecture recommendations that improved scalability, resilience and operational consistency across AWS-based enterprise platforms.
- Established reusable architecture patterns and governance practices that accelerated engineering delivery while maintaining platform standardization.
- Advised engineering teams on architectural decisions involving Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Amazon RDS, ensuring solutions aligned with enterprise technology standards.
- Designed modernization strategies for mission-critical database environments, reducing operational complexity and enabling cloud-native operating models.
- Led FinOps assessments focused on cloud optimization, infrastructure efficiency and cost transparency, supporting architecture decisions through Cloud Economics principles.
- Evaluated technology alternatives alongside engineering and infrastructure teams, balancing technical feasibility, operational requirements and long-term maintainability.
- Strengthened High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity capabilities, improving resilience across critical production environments.
- Encouraged automation and engineering best practices that simplified platform operations, reduced manual effort and improved operational maturity.
- Reviewed technical proposals and architecture designs to ensure alignment with governance standards, security requirements and enterprise architecture principles.
- Supported long-term modernization initiatives by identifying opportunities to simplify enterprise platforms, strengthen governance and improve operational efficiency.
Enterprise Data Solutions Architect
Cintra Software
São Paulo
2023.04 - 2024.11
- Served as Enterprise Data Solutions Architect leading modernization initiatives for enterprise customers across Financial Services, Retail and Technology sectors.
- Working closely with C-level executives, Enterprise Architects, Sales teams and Engineering organizations, I helped organizations define target-state architectures, modernize legacy data ecosystems and accelerate cloud adoption through scalable data platforms and governance-driven architecture strategies.
- Led Enterprise Architecture Assessments to evaluate legacy technology landscapes, identify modernization opportunities and define transformation roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
- Designed Target State Architectures supporting the adoption of Databricks, Snowflake and AWS as strategic platforms for analytics, AI and enterprise data modernization.
- Advised executive stakeholders on technology strategy, cloud adoption and architecture decisions, helping prioritize investments aligned with long-term business goals.
- Architected migration strategies from Oracle Database environments to AWS, defining scalable ingestion, replication and modernization approaches for enterprise workloads.
- Conducted Oracle Optimization and Licensing Assessments (OLA), identifying opportunities to optimize licensing costs while accelerating cloud transformation initiatives.
- Designed governed analytical platforms using Snowflake, Fivetran and dbt, improving data quality, lineage, metadata management and business accessibility.
- Architected Lakehouse solutions leveraging Databricks, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg and Apache Hudi, enabling scalable, interoperable and cloud-native data ecosystems.
- Designed enterprise MLOps platforms using MLflow, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) and AWS SageMaker, standardizing model lifecycle management and deployment processes.
- Facilitated executive workshops, discovery sessions and architecture presentations, translating complex technical scenarios into clear business recommendations.
- Supported strategic pre-sales engagements by aligning customer challenges with modern architecture approaches, accelerating decision-making and strengthening long-term customer relationships.
Senior Database Solutions Architect
Everis (Randstad Group)
São Paulo
2019.02 - 2019.12
- Provided architectural guidance for enterprise Oracle environments supporting business-critical production systems. Working alongside infrastructure and engineering teams, I contributed to platform modernization, operational governance and the continuous improvement of highly available database environments.
- Supported enterprise database architecture initiatives across large-scale Oracle production environments.
- Enhanced High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies, strengthening operational resilience and business continuity.
- Guided performance optimization initiatives while promoting architecture standards and governance-driven operational practices.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary engineering teams to improve platform stability, operational consistency and production reliability.
- Contributed to modernization initiatives that prepared enterprise environments for future cloud adoption.
Senior Oracle Database Consultant
Think IT
São Paulo
2017.12 - 2018.12
- Supported organizations recovering from critical production incidents by redesigning backup, recovery and disaster recovery strategies for enterprise Oracle environments.
- This role strengthened my expertise in business continuity, operational resilience and architecture for mission-critical systems operating under strict availability requirements.
- Redesigned enterprise backup and recovery strategies following critical production incidents.
- Developed Disaster Recovery architectures that significantly improved recovery readiness and operational resilience.
- Modernized Oracle Engineered Systems supporting enterprise production workloads.
- Established operational standards focused on long-term resilience rather than reactive production support.
- Worked directly with customer technical teams to strengthen governance, monitoring and operational maturity.
Senior Oracle Database Architect
Accurate
São Paulo
2015.01 - 2017.01
- This position established the technical foundation for my transition into Enterprise Architecture.
- Working with large-scale Oracle platforms, I designed highly available database environments, enterprise storage architectures and modernization initiatives supporting mission-critical business operations.
- Designed enterprise database architectures based on Oracle RAC, ASM, Oracle Exadata and Oracle SuperCluster.
- Led Oracle database modernization and migration initiatives across complex enterprise environments.
- Architected enterprise storage solutions using NetApp and Dell EMC technologies, improving scalability, resilience and operational efficiency.
- Designed High Availability architectures supporting mission-critical production services.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary infrastructure teams delivering modernization programs involving compute, storage, networking and enterprise database platforms.
- Established architecture principles that strengthened operational governance, platform reliability and long-term sustainability.
Formação acadêmica
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia
São PauloHabilidades e competências
- Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- Target State Architecture (TSA)
- Architecture Governance
- Reference Architecture
- Enterprise Standards
- Technology Strategy
- Technology Roadmaps
- Architecture Decision Records (ADR)
- Executive Technology Advisory
- Business & Technology Alignment
- Modern Data Platforms
- Enterprise Data Fabric
- Lakehouse Architecture
- Data Products
- Information Architecture
- Canonical Data Modeling
- Metadata Management
- Identity Resolution
- Data Governance
- Distributed Data Platforms
- Batch & Streaming Architectures
- Cloud-native Analytics
- Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Microsoft Azure
- Multi-Cloud Architecture
- Platform Engineering
- Cloud Migration
- Cloud Governance
- Infrastructure as Code
- FinOps & Cloud Economics
- Data, Analytics & AI
- BigQuery
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- Apache Spark
- Apache Airflow
- Delta Lake
- Apache Iceberg
- Apache Hudi
- Dbt
- Fivetran
- MLflow
- AWS SageMaker
- FastAPI
- Kubernetes
- Generative AI Platform Architecture
- Executive Leadership
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- C-Level Advisory
- Cross-functional Leadership
- Enterprise Architecture Reviews
- Executive Workshops
- Strategic Decision Support
- Architecture Mentoring
- Engineering Capability Development
- Enterprise Transformation Strategy
Certificados
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Architecture & Core Services
- AWS Technical Accreditation
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
- AWS Well-Architected
- AWS Cloud Economics Accreditation
Cloud Infrastructure & Migration
- AWS Database Migration
- AWS Networking
- AWS Security
- AWS Compute
- AWS Storage
- AWS Serverless
Analytics, Data & AI
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Glue
- Amazon EKS
- Amazon Bedrock Fundamentals
Cloud Architecture
- OCI Architect Associate
- OCI Foundations Associate
- OCI Multicloud Architect Associate
Data & Artificial Intelligence
- OCI AI Foundations Associate
- OCI Data Foundations Associate
Database & Platform Services
- Oracle Base Database Services Professional
- Oracle Autonomous Database Professional
- Oracle Database Migration Professional
- Oracle GoldenGate Specialist
- Oracle Cloud@Customer Specialist
- Databricks Fundamentals
- Databricks Platform Fundamentals
- Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals
- Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
- Oracle RAC
- Oracle Data Guard
- Oracle Exadata
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Oracle Performance Tuning
- ITIL Foundation
LANGUAGES
Português
Língua materna
English
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Personalizado
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Linha do tempo
Enterprise Data Architect
Equifax
2026.02 - 2026.08
Senior Cloud & Data Platform Architect
Porto Seguro
2025.04 - 2026.01
Enterprise Data Solutions Architect
Cintra Software
2023.04 - 2024.11
Senior Database Solutions Architect
Everis (Randstad Group)
2019.02 - 2019.12
Senior Oracle Database Consultant
Think IT
2017.12 - 2018.12
Senior Oracle Database Architect
Accurate
2015.01 - 2017.01
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia