Sayed Alawi

Sayed Alawi

Data & Technology Leader
Saudi Arabia
Full-time On-site

About Me

Data and technology leader with 17+ years of experience and strong financial-services exposure, including leadership of enterprise database and BI environments supporting banking-related systems and Point of Sale (POS) a…

Experience

Senior Manager - Data Architecture & Integration

Red Sea Global · Saudi Arabia
Jan 2023 - Present · 3 years 9 months

<p>Lead modern data architecture, integration, analytics and AI initiatives across large-scale operational environments.</p><p> Design scalable enterprise and real-time data architectures integrating APIs, IoT, visual and geospatial data for operational intelligence.</p><p> Use Qlik, Power BI and AI-enabled approaches to turn complex data into actionable management insight and automated reporting.</p><p> Apply data quality, governance, security and integration principles developed through years of regulated financial-services experience.</p><p> Coordinate cross-functional business, technology and vendor teams to deliver reliable data platforms and advanced digital capabilities.</p>

Database Manager - Databases & Business Intelligence

Arab Financial Services · Bahrain
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023 · 3 years

<p>Led a database team managing more than 50 enterprise databases and supporting platforms, including Oracle RAC, Oracle Middleware, MySQL and PostgreSQL.</p><p> Supported database platforms underpinning banking-related systems and Point of Sale acquiring operations, with focus on availability, performance and controlled data processing.</p><p> Led migration of database workloads from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, improving the organization's cloud readiness and modernization path.</p><p> Re-engineered database packages, SQL and processing logic, reducing critical daily batch processing from hours to minutes and improving operational turnaround.</p><p> Led initiatives to build an enterprise data warehouse and centralize data into a data lake, creating a consistent analytical foundation across systems.</p><p> Introduced self-service BI/reporting that improved information access by 80% and enabled business teams to produce required reports with less technical dependency.</p><p> Maintained 99.9% availability while strengthening performance, security, backup/recovery, auditability and operational controls.</p><p> Reduced Oracle and Microsoft licensing costs by 25% and introduced RPA/automation to reduce repetitive work and processing errors.</p>

Senior Developer / Business Intelligence

Trust Reinsurance International · A'ali , Bahrain
Jan 2013 - Jan 2020 · 7 years

<p>Designed and developed an enterprise data warehouse and implemented SAP Business Intelligence for management and financial reporting.</p><p> Led Oracle-to-SAP data migration with zero data loss through structured extraction, transformation, validation and reconciliation.</p><p> Developed data models and reporting solutions for actuarial, finance and management decision support.</p><p> Built ETL/integration processes and improved system performance by 70% through SQL tuning, indexing and optimization.</p>

Database Analyst - DBA

Tazur Insurance Company · Bahrain
Jan 2012 - Jan 2013 · 1 year

<p>Administered mission-critical Oracle and MySQL databases, including a MySQL platform supporting finance operations.</p><p> Managed availability, performance, backup, recovery, patching and production support.</p><p> Improved system performance by 40% and reduced recovery time by 60% through database tuning and improved operational processes.</p>

Oracle Developer

Trust Insurance & Reinsurance International · Bahrain
Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 · 3 years

<p>Developed Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, PL/SQL packages and complex SQL queries for core business workflows.</p><p> Developed more than 50 forms/reports and built ETL processes to improve data quality and reporting reliability.</p><p> Worked with business and finance users to translate operational requirements into reliable technology solutions.</p>

PROJECTS

SAP

Trust Re
Duration : 07-Sep-2017 - 02-Sep-2019

<p>Implement SAP and Oracle systems for Core and Finance, Treaty Fac Retro and underwriting and Credit Control</p><p></p>

Certifications

c

oracle · Barbar , Bahrain · 2021

Skills

Oracle RAC Oracle Middleware MySQL PostgreSQL MS-SQL AWS Azure Oracle OCI Google Cloud Platform Qlik Power BI Tableau SAP BusinessObjects Informatica SSIS Pentaho GoldenGate SAP PI/PO MuleSoft REST APIs SQL PL/SQL Python Java Database performance tuning Package optimization Automation Data warehouse Data lake Self-service analytics Real-time data integration Batch data integration Business intelligence Dashboards Operational reporting Data quality Data security Auditability Data protection Cloud migration Enterprise data architecture ETL RPA Oracle Forms Oracle Reports Indexing
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