Kalin Rachev

Managed infrastructure deployment in the largest enterprise database transformation programme, delivering Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC) across multiple data centres in a Tier-1 regulatory environment. Owned the full delivery lifecycle from demand signal to capacity planning, build, installation, commissioning, and handover, coordinating Oracle, network, security, third-party partners, and data centre teams. Established governance, delivery plans, and RAID management, ensuring deployments met security, regulatory, availability, and operational resilience standards. Coordinated engineering, operations and DBA teams to automate Exadata cluster deployment, enabling large-scale legacy database migration with zero-downtime cutovers while improving delivery timelines by ~30%, increasing stability, and successfully deploying ~500 database clusters. Directly contributed to the bank’s cloud adoption and database modernisation strategy delivering measurable outcomes: accelerated platfor

Led end-to-end delivery of cloud-native software initiatives for a financial risk and analytics platform, coordinating distributed engineering, data, and architecture teams. Delivered data and platform projects including APIs, data automation, reconciliation, visualisation, and ML model integration, meeting regulatory and security requirements. Managed multiple workstreams and cross-project dependencies across a complex change portfolio. Embedded Agile and DevOps practices, accelerating time-to-value while maintaining governance and architectural standards. Owned change control, governance, and IT impact assessment within a regulated financial services environment.

Defined and led large, complex transformation portfolios, aligning delivery outcomes with strategic business objectives. Held accountability for portfolio governance and performance, controlling scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and business value. Established governance frameworks, tooling, and executive reporting to ensure effective decision-making and sustained sponsorship. Managed portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and vendor performance, driving mitigation and delivery predictability. Communicated complex delivery and technical challenges at executive level, enabling timely course correction.