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Javad KhangosstarJK

Javad Khangosstar

Senior Data Architect Strategist

$672/day
Dubai, AE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Javad

Good architecture is the part that's still standing three years after the consultants leave. I judge my work on what it costs to operate, not just what it costs to launch.

With 16+ years of experience, I help UAE & MENA SMEs build the lean, governed, and AI-ready data foundations that large enterprises take years to get right. I specialize in moving GenAI from prototype to production by architecting robust data pipelines and production-grade AI Agent workflows that securely execute complex tasks. Crucially, I address the cultural and organizational change management challenges required for teams to successfully adopt and trust AI agents. Whether as an advisor or embedded leader, I ensure your tech stack is built for long-term ROI.

Services & Expertise
Fractional Chief Data & Solution Architect
On-demand senior leadership, program management, and vendor oversight. Available for strategic advisory or embedded roles to guide your technical strategy and team alignment.

AI Agent Production & Change Management
Go beyond sandbox demos. I build and scale autonomous AI Agents connected to enterprise data (LangChain, CrewAI), while actively managing the organizational change needed for friction-free business adoption.

Cloud Migration & Modernisation
De-risked planning and execution of migrations from legacy on-prem or outdated setups to modern multi-cloud architectures (GCP, AWS, Azure).

Data Governance & Compliance
Security-first frameworks built to satisfy strict UAE and MENA regulatory requirements—including IAM, PII encryption, and audit-ready data lineage.

Architecture Review & Platform Build
Independent technical audits with a 30-day action plan, followed by end-to-end delivery of pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data mesh structures built for your team to easily maintain.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Virgin Media O2,
    Senior Solution Architect & Technical Programme Manager
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    January 2021 - Today (5 years and 5 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Led end-to-end cloud architecture and technical programme management for one of the UK's largest telcos (40,000+ employees), owning multi-cloud strategy, AI/ML adoption, and enterprise data platform transformation.
    • • Directed a $5M Hadoop-to-GCP migration across a 500-node ecosystem; achieved 30% OPEX/CAPEX savings through right-sizing, serverless adoption, and decommissioning of on-premises infrastructure.
    • • Architected a multi-cloud analytics platform (GCP + AWS) integrating generative AI and ML workloads, enabling real-time insights and intelligent automation across consumer and B2B domains.
    • • Designed high-throughput streaming pipelines (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Kinesis) for real-time event processing, supporting millions of daily transactions across network and commercial domains.
    • • Built an AWS-based disaster recovery architecture ensuring mission-critical system continuity with 99.99% availability SLAs.
    • • Managed a team of 6 senior architects and coordinated an 80-person delivery unit; established architecture governance, design review cadences, and a technical mentoring programme.
    • • Translated field insights from engineering teams into clear, prioritised feedback that shaped cloud platform roadmap decisions — acting as the internal customer advocate.
    • • Delivered workshops, reference architectures, and internal knowledge-sharing sessions that accelerated team capability and reduced time-to-adoption for new AWS and GCP services.
  • Telefónica O2 UK
    Senior Solution Architect
    July 2019 - August 2021 (2 years and 1 month)
    Owned solution architecture for strategic AI/ML and data interoperability programmes, partnering with business and technology leaders to accelerate cloud adoption and operational performance.
    • • Designed and deployed AI/ML predictive models improving network ROI and enabling data-driven performance optimisation across millions of customer touchpoints.
    • • Built enterprise-wide APIs and streaming data platforms enabling interoperability across 15+ internal systems, improving data accessibility and reducing integration costs by 20%.
    • • Designed multi-system orchestration pipelines that improved operational efficiency by 20%, reducing manual intervention and accelerating time-to-insight for business stakeholders.
    • • Produced technical content — architecture blueprints, decision records, and proof-of-concept code — that became reusable internal standards across the architecture community.
  • O2
    Data & Analytics Architect
    September 2016 - June 2019 (2 years and 9 months)
    United Kingdom
    Governed enterprise data platform architecture serving cross-domain analytics, BI, and regulatory reporting for one of the UK's largest consumer and B2B technology companies.
    • • Defined and enforced enterprise data architecture standards across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments, covering ingestion, storage, transformation, and serving layers.
    • • Built scalable ETL/ELT pipelines integrating 20+ data sources; reduced data latency from batch (T+1) to near real-time for key business reporting.
    • • Created reusable architecture frameworks that accelerated adoption of modern data patterns (data mesh, streaming, cloud-native analytics) across 10+ product teams.

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Education

  • Global Management Diploma
    IESE Business School
    2018
    Global Management Diploma
  • Industrial Funded Researcher
    University of Leeds
    2014
    Industrial Funded Researcher

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