Heni Ben-Arab

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Hi there ! Welcome to my website

My name is Heni, and I am a Tunisian expat living in Frankfurt, Germany. 🇹🇳 🇩🇪
Since beginning my career as an IT Consultant in 2017, I’ve had the opportunity to work on diverse projects for leading German companies across sectors like banking, transportation, and media. These experiences have given me a rich foundation in Software Development and Big Data Engineering.

Beyond my career, I’m passionate about reading, finance and electronic music. In my free time, I enjoy diving into books or crafting DJ sets and mixes that I share with friends.

Welcome to my personal website, I'm excited to connect !

My Education

M.Sc. in Computer Science

University of Passau | 2014 - 2017

Specialization: Information and Communication Systems.
Master thesis: Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Knowledge Graph Extraction.

National Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering

Higher School of Communication of Tunis | 2012 - 2015

2014: chosen to take part in the double degree partnership with the University of Passau.

Classes Préparatoires

Tunis Preparatory Engineering Institute | 2010 - 2012

Specialization: Mathematics - Physics
Success in the competitive national examination for access to engineering studies. (ranked 89th out of 4000 students)

My Experience

Senior Data Engineer

DB Systel | 2021 -

Design of Big-Data Architectures on AWS.
Development of ETL-Workflows based on Spark.
Development of containerized Java applications.

IT-Consultant

ITinera projects & experts | 2017 - 2021

Consulting clients in banking, transportations and media industries.
Assumed multiple roles, primarly Software-Developer and Data Engineer.

Backend development of Java enterprise solutions with Spring.
Design of DataLake architectures on AWS and GCP.
Development of ETL Frameworks based on Spark.

Programming

Java

Scala

Python

Angular

HTML/CSS

Android

Java Frameworks & Standards

Spring Boot

Spring Data

Spring Security

Spring Batch

JPA/Hibernate

Apache Maven

Apache Camel

Database

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

InfluxDB

Big Data Frameworks

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

Apache Hadoop / HDFS / YARN

Apache Nifi

Apache Hudi

Apache Hive

Delta

Cloud

AWS

GCP

Linode

Azure

VMware Cloud

Other Standards & Tools

Git

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitlabCI)

Docker

Apache Airflow

Grafana

Kibana

Kubernetes

IaC (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK)

Software Development

Transforming Ideas into Functional Solutions

As a skilled and experienced developer, I'm passionate about turning ideas into powerful and efficient software solutions. I specialize in backend development with Java, and follow agile practices, allowing for flexibility, collaboration, and incremental improvements throughout the development process.

Data Engineering

Harnessing the Power of Data

In this data-driven world, making sense of large datasets is essential for business success. As a Data Engineer, I specialize in designing and implementing robust data pipelines that help organizations extract valuable insights and make informed decisions.

Cloud Architecture

Seamless Cloud Architectures

As a certified Cloud Architect, I specialize in designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions to meet your business needs. Whether you're starting from scratch or migrating to the cloud, I'm here to help you leverage the full potential of cloud technologies.