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Rafael Khalikov

Data Engineer

Summary

Experienced Cloud Data Engineer with 7 years of expertise in developing and optimizing ETL/ELT workflows for efficient data processing. Specializing in cost-effective data transformation solutions using AWS, Kafka, Cloudera, Iceberg and NiFi. Adept at leveraging ETL tools to streamline large-scale data transitions into structured, manageable projects with optimized budgets and timelines. Well-versed in Big Data technologies, including Hadoop, Airflow, and Docker.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior Data Engineer

Admiral Sportwetten (sports.admiral.at)
08.2023 - Current
  • Reengineered existing ETL workflows to improve performance by identifying bottlenecks, optimizing retrieval efficiency and reducing processing costs.
  • I have extensive experience working with cloud solutions, particularly AWS and its native services, to build scalable, cost-efficient, and high-performance data pipelines using S3, EC2, Lambda and etc.
  • Designed and implemented scalable data pipelines leveraging AWS, Kafka, and Cloudera to streamline data ingestion and transformation processes.
  • Worked with Iceberg and NiFi to enable flexible, high-performance data lakes and integration workflows.

ETL Developer / Data Engineer

Gazprombank (www.gazprombank.ru)
10.2020 - 07.2023
  • Woking with Big Data (Hadoop)
  • Designed architecture for GEO Hadoop process in ELT projects
  • Working with Python models in Docker
  • Engaged in the creation and support of the DWH storage
  • Working with ML as data engineer (MLflow + DVC)

ETL Developer/Data Engineer

SAS Institute (www.sas.com)
10.2018 - 10.2020
  • Designed integration tools to combine data from multiple, varied data sources such as RDBMS, SQL and big data installations.
  • Designed and created ETL process for ML process
  • Collaborated with business intelligence staff at customer facilities to produce customized ETL solutions for specific goals (Anti-Fraud, Marketing).

Junior ETL Developer

Consyst-OC (www.consyst-os.ru)
07.2017 - 09.2018


  • Directed data transformations and transitions data for enterprise reporting system

Education

Master of Science - Infocommunication Technologies And Communication S

University of Communications And Informatics
Moscow, Russia
09.2016 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science - Infocommunication Technologies And Communication S

University of Communications And Informatics
Moscow, Russia
09.2012 - 06.2016

Skills

ETL steaming and batch processes

Cloud (AWS, Azure)

SQL (CTE, Stored procedures, Query tuning, Indexes, Partitioning)

Kafka

Hadoop, Impala, Hive, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL

Iceberg

NiFi

Python3 (Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Numpy, Jupyter)

Docker, Kubernetes

SAS Products (SAS DIS, SAS EG, SAS VA and etc)

Apache Airflow (DAG Development, Installation, Administration)

Mlflow (Development, Installation, Administration)

DWH Architecture

Git, SVN

Bash

Linux, Windows

Jira, Confluence

Timeline

Senior Data Engineer

Admiral Sportwetten (sports.admiral.at)
08.2023 - Current

ETL Developer / Data Engineer

Gazprombank (www.gazprombank.ru)
10.2020 - 07.2023

ETL Developer/Data Engineer

SAS Institute (www.sas.com)
10.2018 - 10.2020

Junior ETL Developer

Consyst-OC (www.consyst-os.ru)
07.2017 - 09.2018

Master of Science - Infocommunication Technologies And Communication S

University of Communications And Informatics
09.2016 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science - Infocommunication Technologies And Communication S

University of Communications And Informatics
09.2012 - 06.2016
Rafael KhalikovData Engineer