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Graba Fares

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate

€600/day
Montpellier, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Graba

Data Engineer specialized in Azure Databricks, Spark, and Lakehouse architectures.

I help companies modernize their information systems by assisting them in migrating to more performant data platforms and tools (Databricks, Cloud, distributed architectures). My expertise covers the entire ETL lifecycle — design, development, industrialization — with a particular focus on the reliability and performance of pipelines.

I work on migration, modernization, and industrialization of Data Platforms: data ingestion, PySpark/SQL pipelines, Medallion architecture, DataOps, CI/CD, governance, data quality, security, and cloud cost optimization.

My main topics:
• Azure Databricks Lakehouse Architecture
• Development and industrialization of Data Engineering pipelines
• Spark / PySpark optimization on large volumes
• Implementation of DataOps and CI/CD practices
• Governance, Data Quality, GDPR, and access security

I have supported large accounts in finance, retail, aeronautics, lottery, and logistics, with challenges related to production, performance, reliability, compliance, and scalability.

My goal: to help teams transition from a complex or artisanal data platform to a reliable, industrialized, governed, and business-value-oriented platform.

Main expertise: Azure Databricks, Data Engineering, Apache Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, Lakehouse, Azure Data Factory, GCP/Big Query, CI/CD, Data Governance, Data Quality, SQL, Python, Scala, Airflow.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • La Post
    Data Engineer
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    November 2025 - May 2026 (6 months)
    Montpellier, France
    • ● Design, development, and optimization of ETL for populating datamarts
    ○ Analysis of business needs and data modeling
    ○ Implementation of extraction processes from various sources (Hive, flat files)
    ○ Data transformation and anonymization
    ○ Automated loading and workflow scheduling (scheduling, monitoring, alerting)
    ○ Technical documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams.
    ○ Migration of some flows to Databricks
    • ● Technical environment: Unix, Scala, Spark, HQL, Databricks, Git/Gitlab, Bash, Hadoop: HDFS, Hive, Yarn
    Hive Gitlab CI/CD Bash Scala Databricks
  • La FDJ
    Data Engineer
    ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
    February 2024 - November 2025 (1 year and 9 months)
    Montpellier, France
    • ● Migration of a Data Lake from the Hadoop ecosystem to Kubernetes/S3 ○ Implementation of extraction processes from various sources (Hive, flat files)
    ○ Data transformation: cleaning, normalization, enrichment, quality control
    ○ Automated loading and workflow scheduling (scheduling, monitoring, alerting)
    ○ Technical documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams
    • ● Technical environment: Unix, Python, Spark, Git/Gitlab, Kubernetes, S3, AirFlow
    Git Airflow Kubernetes Spark Python
  • Société Générale
    Data Engineer
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    June 2021 - January 2024 (2 years and 7 months)
    Montpellier, France
    • ● Design, development, and optimization of ETL for populating datamarts:
    ○ Analysis of business needs and data modeling
    ○ Implementation of extraction processes from various sources (Hive, flat files)
    ○ Data transformation and anonymization
    ○ Automated loading and workflow scheduling (scheduling, monitoring, alerting)
    ○ Technical documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams.
    • ● Technical environment: Unix, Scala, Spark, HQL, Git/Github, Bash, Hadoop: HDFS, Hive, Yarn
    Scala Spark Hive HQL Gitlab CI/CD

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Education

  • Data Scientist Engineer Degree
    OpenClassrooms
    2018
    diplômante ingénieur Data Scientist
  • PhD in Computer Science
    Université de Montpellier
    2015
    Thèse de Doctorat en Informatique

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