Loïck Le Bail
"Finding innovative solutions to complex problems is what drives me"
Solution Architect | Cloud Computing | Big Data | Full-Stack Developer
With extensive experience in Big Data architecture, application development, and technical project management, I thrive on solving challenging problems and meeting business needs with practical, scalable solutions. My career spans diverse industries such as banking, retail, and telecommunications, where I’ve tackled projects requiring both technical depth and strategic foresight, ensuring project goals align seamlessly with client requirements.
Experiences
Independent Work Period
Independent Solutions Architect and Technical Consultant
Remote
Provided consulting services to optimize operational systems, SEO, and delivered full-stack solutions.
Missions & Achievements
- Provided consulting services in the hospitality industry, focusing on maintaining operational systems, improving existing solutions, and advising on strategic improvements.
- Collaborated with clients to deliver end-to-end services, including hands-on development, audits, and documentation.
- Balanced technical problem-solving with strategic client engagement, fostering close client relationships and driving results.
- Improved client website SEO and performance, leading to a 30% increase in customer engagement.
- Delivered full-stack solutions, audits, and documentation.
Travel & Personal Projects
Canada
Undertook a unique period of personal and professional growth while traveling 50,000 km across Canada, exploring 10 provinces and 1 territory.
Personal Projects
- Leveraged self-directed learning to explore generative AI and cloud technologies, developing personal projects using GCP services (Vertex AI, Firebase, Firestore, Cloud Run) and AWS (Skillbuilder courses and readiness training).
- Initiated various projects, including one nearing MVP stage, integrating technologies like Java, Python, React, Flask, Spring, and Material UI to broaden technical expertise across development, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
Community Engagement
- Engaged in "workaway" volunteering projects, combining technical contributions with community engagemen
- Improved resort website performance and SEO, boosting winter-season customer activity by 30%.
- Built a data visualization solution for a goat farm to extract auction data for better insights.
- Engaged in various technical and volunteer projects combining technical contributions with community engagement.
Company Work Period
Application Development Team Lead, Solution Architect, Tech Lead
Hybrid, Paris, France
Led cross-functional teams to design and deliver secure, scalable solutions for luxury retail and telecom clients.
Cross Mission Responsibilities
- Performed cross-functional roles, including Solution Architect, Tech Lead, Team Lead, and Database Administrator, delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions.
- Developed and executed comprehensive technical strategies, ensuring alignment with both business objectives and regulatory requirements across projects.
- Architected robust data solutions, including APIs and data pipelines, to standardize and optimize data management and integration at scale.
- Led multi-disciplinary teams on end-to-end project lifecycles, from roadmap creation and technical design to deployment across development and production environments.
- Collaborated with Quality Assurance (QA) teams to establish thorough performance and quality analysis strategies, ensuring reliable, high-quality deliverables.
- Facilitated knowledge transfer and mentorship to empower teams and address future technical challenges effectively.
- Participated in client-facing architecture committees and stakeholder meetings to align technical decisions with business priorities and client objectives.
- Ensured adherence to international security standards, regional regulations, and compliance requirements, enabling seamless global operations.
Luxury Client
- Acted as a Solution Architect, Tech Lead, Team Lead, and Technical Project Manager, driving development, deployment, and technical strategy.
- Transitioned into an acting manager role to maintain team cohesion and ensure project continuity after managerial changes.
- Managed end-to-end project lifecycles, including roadmap building, technical demonstrations, and multi-environment deployments (Dev to Prod).
- Conducted comprehensive technical needs analysis, resolving cross-functional dependencies and implementing solutions to ensure seamless project delivery.
- Architected and delivered a search API for a global C360 Data Lake, integrating customer records and purchase history from multiple continents with role-based access control.
- Collaborated on designing Performance and Quality Analysis (QA) test plans for the solution.
- Participated in regular client-facing solution architecture committees and meetings as one of the platform's solution architects.
- Led a team of 5 developers, 2 testers, and 1 business analyst.
- Ensured the solution's compliance with diverse regional regulations, delivering secure and seamless access to critical data for global stakeholders.
Internal Work
- Collaborated on an internal Security project to develop a new project around data security, contributing expertise in Big Data solutions.
- Designed a solution for a data streaming project in response to a request for proposal (RFP), ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Assisted in multiple projects by optimizing container orchestration configurations within a DevOps context and facilitating knowledge transfer to address future team needs.
Telecom Client
- Supported the telecom client's on-demand TV platform by maintaining database performance, reliability, and operational readiness in a high-availability production environment.
- Acted as a Database Administrator, maintaining the operational condition of the solution.
- Resolved critical database deadlocks for an on-demand TV platform, enhancing database performance and ensuring service reliability.
- Authored root cause analysis (RCA) documentation to help the client identify and address recurring issues.
Big Data Architect and Administrator, Tech Lead
Hybrid, Paris, France
Designed, deployed, and managed secure Big Data environments for internal and client projects across industries such as banking, social, retail, and manufacturing.
Cross Mission Responsibilities
- Spearheaded operations for secure and scalable Big Data platforms, delivering enterprise-grade solutions that served clients across industries including banking, retail, and public utilities.
- Delivered tailored solutions, enhancing scalability, security, and performance while meeting strict documentation standards.
- Managed clusters with up to terabytes of RAM, optimizing resource allocation for high-demand services and jobs, ensuring seamless performance under heavy workloads.
- Oversaw operations for more than 15 Cloudera clusters, ensuring consistent performance, reliability, and adherence to industry best practices.
- Defined operational standards for Big Data environments, mentoring L1 and L2 support teams to ensure system resilience and scaled-up support capabilities.
Banking Group Client
- Acted as a consultant and principal Big Data environments Administrator.
- Strengthened cluster-level security through robust encryption, authorization policies, and secure service endpoints, while managing incidents under stringent validation and documentation standards.
Internal Work
- Trained L1 and L2 support teams, creating procedures to address undocumented issues and empowering team members to handle higher-level tasks.
- Provided technical consultation for pre-sales business teams, designing tailored solutions and drafting technical responses to client RFPs, contributing to project acquisition success.
- Administered, secured, and documented internal Big Data clusters training environments.
- Designed and enforced comprehensive security protocols for data and Big Data environments, safeguarding critical assets from unauthorized access.
- Acted as a tech lead and principal Big Data administration referent for the data team.
- Wrote technical articles for the company blog.
Social Client
- Customized training on Big Data environment usage and administration in Azure, including extended sessions on Ansible and Solr tailored to the client’s specific needs.
Manufacturing & Retail Client
- Led L3 operations for Cloudera clusters and cloud resources (AWS VMs, RDS databases), maintaining availability through ITIL-driven processes, while designing security-oriented Big Data procedures tailored to client needs.
Banking Client
- External Senior Solution Consultant for a migration project from Hortonworks clusters to CDP on behalf of Cloudera.
Municipal Client
- Designed and deployed an on-premise Big Data environment connected to Big Query in GCP using Nifi, while training the client for long-term self-administration.
End of Studies Internship
On-site, Tours, France
Designed and automated Big Data deployment solutions for multi-cloud environments, focusing on scalability, system performance, and database reliability.
Internal R&D
- Delivered fully automated Big Data deployment solutions for multi-cloud environments, demonstrating ownership and results that exceeded intern-level expectations.
- Accelerated deployment pipelines and improved scalability by automating Hadoop cluster deployment across multi-cloud environments.
- Conducted IO benchmarking across multi-cloud environments, identifying and mitigating performance bottlenecks.
- Optimized multi-cloud deployments for efficiency and scalability through high-performance solutions built with Ansible, Terraform, Cloudera, and HDFS.
- Evaluated Citus Data and PGPool as scalable solutions for PostgreSQL databases, enhancing system performance for large-scale environments.
- Designed, implemented, and automated a high-availability architecture for PostgreSQL, improving reliability and minimizing downtime.
- Collaborated with senior engineers to document findings and recommend best practices for database architecture.
Education
Engineering Degree (Computer Science)
Polytech Tours
Earned an Engineering Degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Information Systems Architecture, focusing on designing and managing secure, scalable systems and analyzing complex software architectures. This program emphasized core topics in software engineering, algorithms, distributed systems, and information system management. As part of a double-degree program in collaboration with the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, I gained international exposure and advanced my expertise in cutting-edge technologies such as Big Data, cloud computing, and system optimization.
Master's degree (MSc), Computer Science
University of Quebec at Chicoutimi
Obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science as part of a double-degree program with Polytech Tours, France. This program focused on advanced topics such as Big Data, software development, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. It included practical and theoretical components to prepare for research or specialized roles in cutting-edge fields like distributed systems, business intelligence, and mobile platforms. The curriculum emphasized solving real-world challenges in scalable systems, data security, and intelligent data processing.
Diploma of University Technology (DUT), Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science for Industry
University François Rabelais of Tours
A broad foundation diploma at the intersection of hardware and software systems, specializing in embedded systems, automation, and software integration. This program combined practical and theoretical studies in electrical engineering, industrial computing, and high-frequency systems. Focused on designing and implementing solutions for industrial and engineering challenges, while developing skills in communication and project management.