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title: "Mizbauddin Mohammad - Principal Software Engineer, Sr. Manager II in Greater Fayetteville | Tal"
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# Mizbauddin Mohammad on Tal

## Headline

Director\-scope Platform & Enterprise Architecture \(TOGAF\) \| Principal SWE, Sr\. Mgr II \| 45\+ engineers · $5\.1M FinOps · Mainframe modernization · Production AgenticAI

## About

I lead platform and enterprise architecture programs at Fortune\-1 scale — managing staff and solutions architects alongside engineering managers, tech leads, and developers\. My organization includes 25\+ engineers, architects, and managers; 50\+ engineers across eight cross\-functional teams; and platforms consumed by 300\+ enterprise applications at 50K\+ TPS with 99\.99% uptime\. As Principal Software Engineer and Sr\. Manager II, I own backend platform architecture, P&L accountability, and delivery outcomes for merchandising technology \(cost, price, supplier negotiations\), supply chain, space, and analytics — not roadmaps in isolation\. Recent impact: → $5\.1M\+ in annual cloud savings through FinOps governance, architectural optimization, and capacity management → Enterprise data and AI platform modernization on Azure \(lakehouse, Kafka, Databricks\) with governed GenAI and agentic patterns for pricing and replenishment → Executable enterprise architecture — ADRs, review boards, reference patterns, and SLO/SLI standards embedded in delivery \(\~50% higher deployment frequency\) → Mainframe IMS retirement and supplier\-domain legacy modernization — $1\.2M in annual operating cost eliminated; real\-time, API\-first capabilities across the enterprise Earlier career: MDM and integration in financial services and insurance \(Bank of America, Fireman's Fund\) before 15\+ years building enterprise retail platforms\. I am a player\-coach for architects — I set enterprise architecture direction and review\-board bar; I coach 15\+ senior and staff engineers into architecture and leadership roles\. Open Enterprise Platform Reference Architecture on GitHub \(runnable ADRs, CI, system design\): modernization, production RAG, governed MCP, retail keystone platform, and published Cassandra research with a reproducible lab\. Certified: TOGAF 10 Enterprise Architect \| Microsoft Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect \| Azure AI Engineer Associate \| Oracle Certified Master, Java EE Enterprise Architect \(2012\) \| Google Advanced Data Analytics Portfolio: https://github\.com/mizbamd Writing: https://medium\.com/@mizbauddin\.md

## Location

Greater Fayetteville

## Work experience

Principal Software Engineer, Sr\. Manager II at Sam's Club, Jun 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 2 mos, United States, Data & AI Platforms · Merchandising \(Cost, Price, Supplier Negotiations\) · Supply Chain · Space · Analytics • Own platform P&L accountability and delivered $5\.1M\+ in annual cloud savings through FinOps governance, architectural optimization, and capacity management\. • Lead eight cross\-functional engineering teams \(\~80 engineers total\); accelerated organizational release velocity by \~50% through enterprise standards, ADRs, review boards, and SLO/SLI embedding\. • Coach and develop engineering leaders — upskilled 15\+ senior and staff engineers into leadership roles; reduced cross\-functional delivery bottlenecks across merchandising and supply chain programs\. • Set backend platform architecture direction for core merchandising \(price, cost, negotiations\), supply chain, space, and analytics ecosystems; accountable for outcomes end\-to\-end\. • Steer modernization of cloud\-native data and AI architecture on Azure \(lakehouse, Kafka, Databricks\) with governed GenAI and agentic patterns for pricing and replenishment\. • Technical foundation: Java/Spring Boot microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and Kafka event platforms at 50K\+ TPS with 99\.99% uptime; standardized event\-driven integration for operational and analytical consumption\. • Champion governed AI\-assisted engineering and automation frameworks to accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality or reliability\.

Staff Software Engineer, Global MDM & Supplier Platforms at Walmart Global Tech, Jan 2018 \- May 2022 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Bentonville, • Re\-architected IBM WCC/MDM and Java/Spring services into API\-first, event\-driven platforms adopted across multiple business units — foundational to 300\+ enterprise applications\. • Founded and chaired Area Tech Review Council governing 50\+ major merchandising and supplier technology initiatives — enterprise architecture gate for scope, risk, and standards\. • Retired mainframe IMS systems through phased modernization — eliminated $1\.2M in annual operating cost and unlocked real\-time, API\-first capabilities\. • Led GCP migration of Hive analytics workloads and Spark optimization — \~65% faster batch processing and near\-real\-time Kafka pipelines for operational data\. • Designed API\-first and event\-driven integration architecture with strong relational and operational data modeling for high\-throughput enterprise consumption\. • Mentored engineers on microservices, Kafka streaming, and production readiness — raised delivery quality across platform initiatives\.

Technical Expert \| Sr\. Software Engineer \| Systems Analyst at Walmart Global Tech, Jun 2015 \- Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bentonville, Arkansas, • Built canonical supplier and location services consumed by 300\+ applications — enterprise master data foundations for global retail operations\. • Designed integration architecture for complex workflows spanning IBM WCC and custom merchandising transaction systems\. • Modernized legacy stacks through performance optimization and scalable service patterns aligned with enterprise architecture standards\.

Lead Software Engineer \| Enterprise Information Management \| MDM Supplier at Walmart Global Tech, Jan 2013 \- Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bentonville, • Led enterprise\-wide MDM and metadata services strategy to retire legacy mainframe systems and standardize supplier master data on modern integration stacks\. • Evaluated and introduced DataStax Cassandra, Hadoop, and event\-driven integration \(Apache Camel\) for high\-scale supplier domain workloads\. • Delivered proof\-of\-concepts and architecture recommendations that informed Walmart's supplier platform roadmap\.

IBM MDM Technical Specialist at Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Nov 2009 \- Jul 2010 · 9 mos, Novato, CA, • Delivered MDM and integration solutions for insurance supplier and policy data domains\.

IBM WCC Technical Specialist \- GTS at IBM, May 2008 \- Nov 2009 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bentonville, AR, Consultant \- IBM • IBM WCC technical specialist for financial transformation — supplier and location master data hubs\.

Master Data Management Consultant \- IBM WCC Developer at Bank of America, Oct 2007 \- May 2008 · 8 mos, Charlotte, NC, WCC Consultant \- Infosys • Delivered MDM and integration solutions for banking, customer and offer data programs\.

## Education

Masters, Computers, Western Kentucky University

Bachelor's degree, Computer science & Information Technology, Kamala Institute of Technology & Science

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