Raymond L. Kafambe
CONTACT
-https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-kafambe
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BIO DATA
Nationality: Ugandan
Marital Status: Married
INTRODUCTION
Experienced and Certified Solutions Architect, Data Scientist and Digital Strategist with a demonstrated history of
working in the financial services and Telecommunication industries for 7+ years. Skilled in digital strategy, DevOps,
cloud computing, data engineering, data Analysis & visualization, machine learning, enterprise desgin thinking, agile
methodologies, six sigma, business process re-engineering and robotic process automation, among others.
QUALIFICATIONS
Certified DevOps Architect , International DevOps Certification Academy.
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM
Python for Data Science, Cognitive Class, IBM Skills Network
AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data, Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
Scrum Master Accredited Certification (SMAC), International Scrum Institute.
Advanced Management Training, Eazl Academy.
ITIL Foundation, Udemy
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB), Six Sigma Academy, Amsterdam.
Program Diploma in Project Management, International Business Management Institute
Program Diploma in Innovation Management, International Business Management Institute
Information Technology in Investment Operations, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (UK).
International Introduction to Investment, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (UK).
BSc (Eng.), Computer Engineering, Makerere University.
Uganda Adavanced Certificate of Education (UACE), Makerere College School.
Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), St. Mary's College Kisubi.
WORK EXPERIENCE
MTN Uganda
Dec 2020 — Present
Enterprise Applications Engineer/Architect - Fintech, Big Data and CEX Cloud
Actively collaborating with other business functions to understand their plan areas and come up with process
improvement and re-engineering plans.
Derivation of trends in performance from analytics to provide long term solutions to problems identified.
Devising plans and strategies for migrating assigned IT systems from premises to a more scalable, secure,
resilient, efficient, and fault-tolerant architecture on the Cloud in line with the MTN Unified cloud strategy.
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Managing Technology partners and vendors
Development of technical documents including Standard operating procedures and troubleshooting guides.
Identifying structured and non structured data sources and developing data pipelines to collect the data in
realtime and batch from Enterprise Applications to feed into the enterprise value analytics platform.
System and business analysis, design and Implementation of Enterprise Applications.
Enterprise applications design, development, testing and management.
L2 operational maintenance and support of Enterprise Applications.
Optimization of Enterprise Applications to meet company KPI-s and customer expectations.
Managing SQL Databases; Oracle, SQL Server and Data Warehouses
Matrix management across enterprise applications and business units.
Designing, developing and maintaining big data reservoir platforms and internal ETL processes that manage
data imports and replication (ETL, ELT, ELTL).
Designing, developing and maintaining code pipelines, processes and platforms that promote continous
integration and delivery (CI/CD) in line with MTN's digital tranformation strategy
Designing, developing and maintaining Machine Learnign models to automate business processes, drive
business decision making and provide long term solutions to problems identified.
Absa Bank Uganda
Sep 2018 — Dec 2020
Applications Analyst - Core Banking and Digital Channels
Played an active role in the brand and name change of Barclays Bank Uganda Limited to Absa Bank Uganda
Limited. This included but was not limited to migration from a number of Barclays systems and databases to
Absa databases. Key applications and databases include: Digital channels, Core banking system, E-commerce
and POS systems, ATMs e.t.c
Satisfactorily carried out my day to day activities that included;
Managing the SQL databases of a wide range of bank applications (Core banking, Digital channels etc)
Actively collaborating with other business functions to understand their plan areas and come up with process
improvement plans.
Actively collaborating with the digital transformation team to drive the bank's digital and service tranformation
agenda through data analytics, customer value management and customer lifecycle management.
Providing holistic support of a variety of applications to business users. Applications supported include; core
banking system, digital channels (web, mobile and ussd), E-commerce(VISA,Mastercard and Amex), POS (VISA,
Mastercard and Amex)
Acting as a coordination point for design, deployment, testing and delivery of banking applications (core
banking, digital channels, E-commerce and POS) when needed.
Automation of business processes to improve service delivery.
Identifying data sources and developing data pipelines to collect the data in Realtime and batch.
Designing scripts and SQL queries for business and regulatory reporting purposes.
Taking actions to achieve reductions in frequency and duration of incidents that impact application availability.
Data driven business process design, re-engineering and Improvement.
IT Service management and delivery through using ITSM tools and ITIL processes.
Design, development and implementation of data Warehouse solutions.
ALTX Clearing
May 2017 — Sep 2018
Information Systems Manager
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Successfully directed the on-time, on-budget implementation of the ALTX agency system that opened the
capability of growing the exchange's investor base to 20 million retail and institutional investors worldwide.
Initiated transformative IT policies designed to harden system and information security through
implementation of the six GDPR principles and robust cyber security controls, improve operational effeciency
through same day settlement and mobile money/Card integration.
Successfully implemented an intelligent Anti-Money Laundering system in the ALTX ecosystem detecting
financial crime at all three stages of Money Laundering.
Successfully designed and implemented Direct Market Access on ALTX, opening up the Stock exchange
market to millions of people who did not have access to it and resulting in reduced labour costs.
Spearheaded new procedures for Help Desk documentation, enabling the development of a comprehensive
knowledge base of common issues and solutions to improve Help Desk efficiency.
Deployed and observed IDS sensors and their resulting alerts.
Performed risk and compliance based IT and system audits.
ALTX East Africa
Aug 2015 — May 2017
Information Systems Officer
Successfully implemented an IOSCO compliant Central Securities Depository implementing CDS-R technology
and settling transactions in as few and 20 seconds.
Successfully implemented a world class order management, trading and market surveillance system with the
capability of handling five asset classes and processing 250,000 transactions per second.
Designed and implemented an online customer information system.
Developed step by step manuals for end users to ensure seamless uptake of the ALTX offering.
Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Processes for the ALTX ecosystem of
companies
Implemented a real time online reporting system to improve customer support and promote customer selfservicing.
Executed maintenance responsibilities of the systems and databases (Mssql and Postgresql) on a daily basis
keeping a close eye on output levels.
Airtel Uganda
Jun 2014 — Aug 2014
Student Trainee
Provided end user support for Airtel Staff.
Troubleshooting and resolving customer issues raised to the customer support team.
Operation and Maintenance of the Airtel systems to ensure maximum up time and constant customer
satisfaction.
Developed and implemented USSD applications proposed by the marketing team to bolster company
revenues.
Developed survey tool for Airtel staff
Uganda Communications Commission
Jun 2013 — Sep 2013
Student Trainee
Provided end-user IT support to commission staff.
Took part in developing RCDF system for the commission.
Networking support
Uganda Securities Exchange
Jan 2011 — Aug 2012
SCD Clerk
Liaising between the USE, SCD agents and registrar on immobilization of securities
Providing back-up to trading
Communicating with SCD agents on immobilization status
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Data compilation for the preparation of Daily market report
Sorting and filing of SCD documentation
Client relations which mainly involved correspondence with investors
EDUCATION
Diploma In Applied Data Science
Sep 2021 — 2022
WorldQuant University
Master of Science in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Aug 2021 — Present
Makerere University
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Jan 2021 — Apr 2021
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft
PowerBI
Jan 2021 — Feb 2021
Udemy
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Oct 2020 — Mar 2021
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
Six Sigma Black Belt
Jan 2020 — Feb 2021
Six Sigma Academy, Amsterdam
Azure Data Fundamentals
Dec 2020 — Jan 2021
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Mar 2020 — Nov 2020
Microsoft
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Jul 2020 — Nov 2020
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
Certified DevOps Architect
Jan 2020 — Oct 2020
International DevOps Institute
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
Jun 2020 — Sep 2020
International Scrum Institute
Adavanced Management Training (v6)
Feb 2020 — Apr 2020
EAZL Academy
Program Diploma in Innovation
Management
2019 — 2019
International Business Management Institute
Program Diploma in Project Management
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International Business Management Institute
IT in Investment Operations
Aug 2017 — Mar 2018
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (UK)
International Introduction to Securities and
Investment
Jun 2017 — Jul 2017
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (UK)
BSc(Eng), Computer Engineering
2011 — 2015
Makerere University
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
Feb 2009 — Dec 2010
Makerere College School
Uganda Certificate of Education
Jan 2005 — Dec 2008
St. Mary's College Kisubi
ADDITIONAL TRAININGS
Cyber Crime (CISI)
Information Security and Data Protection (CISI)
FinTech (CISI)
General Data Protection Regulation (CISI)
ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System(Udemy)
Introduction to Api and Web Services (Udemy)
ITIL Foundation- (Udemy)
Enterprise Design Thinking (IBM)
INTERESTS
Sports, Literature, Movies & Documentaries
REFERENCES
Mr. Joseph S. Kitamirike,Chief Executive Officer, ALTX East Africa.-,-)
Mr. Benoni Katende,Head, Data, Digital and Service Transformation, Absa Bank Uganda. (-,
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Mr. Moses Muzira, Senior Solutions Architect, Absa Bank Uganda-
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