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Advanced Spark for Data Engineers

09:00 – 17:00, MONDAY, JUNE 2ND

About the Training day

Are you ready to take your Spark skills to the next level? This one-day, hands-on workshop is designed for data engineers who want to master advanced Spark techniques and build scalable, high-performance solutions. Whether you’re working with Databricks, Fabric, or both, this training will empower you to move beyond the basics and tackle real-world challenges with confidence.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to

Write clean, modular Spark code with reusable functions and dynamic transformations.

Apply advanced coding techniques to handle schema evolution, complex file formats, and secure workflows.

Manage secrets effectively, integrating sensitive credentials seamlessly into Spark pipelines.

Optimize and tune Spark jobs, understanding internal execution plans to maximize performance.

Utilize advanced Databricks features, including Unity Catalog, Auto Loader, Repositories, and Databricks CLI & DBConnect, to streamline development and governance.

This workshop is designed for

Data engineers with foundational Spark knowledge who want to expand their expertise.

Professionals building ETL pipelines, enabling real-time analytics, or processing large-scale datasets.

Engineers working in Databricks, Fabric, or similar platforms, seeking advanced skills to enhance scalability and performance.

Let’s elevate your Spark skills and transform the way you approach data engineering. Join us for this intensive workshop and unlock the full potential of Spark!

Head of Data Engineering at Advancing Analytics

Zach Stagers

Zach has well over a decade of experience across a range of industries, currently working as Principal Consultant with Advancing Analytics. Throughout his career, he has implemented a range of analytical platforms from traditional Microsoft Business Intelligence to cutting edge Data Lakehouse platforms, tackling a huge variety of complicated problems. One of Zach’s main passions is digging into the hype of new technology to find out what helps to make analytics easier and faster to implement.

Principal Data Engineering Consultant at Advancing Analytics

Falek Miah

Microsoft, Databricks (Spark) and Terraform (HashiCorp) certified consultant with over 15+ years’ technical experience.

Specialising in Business Intelligence, Azure Cloud and Power Platform, with extensive experience on delivering end-to-end cloud solutions across a wide range of industries.

I am a data, cloud & DevOps enthusiast with a passionate for automation and like sharing knowledge with the data community.

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