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Dr. Farrukh Akhtar
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SuncorpBanking & insurance2024Australia

Data lake segregation rules for banking and insurance

Developed and implemented segregation rules for Suncorp's Data Lake to ensure secure and efficient handling of banking and insurance data.

Role: Data Architect

The approach

Developed and implemented segregation rules for Suncorp's Data Lake to ensure secure and efficient handling of banking and insurance data. Designed logical and physical segregation strategies, including tiered zones (Raw, Curated, and Consumption) for structured and unstructured datasets. Established role-based access controls (RBAC), data encryption, and governance frameworks to comply with regulatory standards such as APRA. Enhanced data lineage and cataloging for improved traceability and operational efficiency.

  • Aware SuperSuperannuation2026

    AI response evaluation framework for multi-agent RAG

    Designed an evaluation framework to systematically measure the accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and safety of AI responses generated by Aware Super's multi-agent RAG system over Azure AI Search, benchmarked against a curated golden dataset.

    quality gates evaluated: routing, retrieval, response
    3
    quality gates evaluated: routing, retrieval, response
    Azure FoundryMicrosoft Agentic FrameworkMicrosoft Evaluation
  • Confidential clientMining2026

    Independent audit of an enterprise Databricks Lakehouse

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    tables analysed across two AWS regions
    16,000+
    tables analysed across two AWS regions
    remediation roadmap delivered
    21-point
    remediation roadmap delivered
    DatabricksUnity CatalogDelta LakeDelta SharingAWS (multi-region)
  • NSW Government (DCCEEW)Government2026

    Secure, governed Google Cloud AI sandbox

    Built a governed, security-hardened Google Cloud environment for AI/Vertex AI PoCs, fully as Terraform IaC — Shared VPC with default-deny egress + per-PoC isolation, least-privilege IAM (service-account impersonation), org-policy guardrails, IAP bastion, audit logging and cost budgets, with a reusable project factory to onboard new teams in minutes under security guardrails by default.

    to onboard a new team, guardrails by default
    Minutes
    to onboard a new team, guardrails by default
    TerraformGCP Vertex AIGCP Shared VPCGCP Cloud NATGCP IAM