Nicolas – Kubernetes, Ansible, Python

A global enterprise-technology company providing servers, cloud, networking, storage, AI, and IT services to businesses and governments.

• Led a team of DevOps and SRE engineers delivering cloud platforms and automation services for internal R&D organizations.
• Designed and operated end-to-end Infrastructure as Code and automation workflows spanning physical infrastructure, bare-metal provisioning, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes.
• Used Ansible and Python to automate infrastructure and service lifecycle management.
• Managed large-scale infrastructure and cloud platforms across Linux, enterprise networking, bare-metal servers, VMware vSphere, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Led the transformation of the datacenter network from a traditional three-tier design to a scalable, multi-tenant leaf-and-spine fabric managed as code.
• Designed, deployed, and operated OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters across bare-metal, VMware, and OpenStack.
• Acted as a platform architect, translating application requirements into scalable infrastructure designs.
• Designed and implemented observability, monitoring, backup and recovery, benchmarking, and validation practices to improve platform reliability and production readiness.
• Created Squest, an open-source Everything-as-a-Service self-service portal built on Ansible/AWX.
• Created Monkeyble, an open-source testing framework for automated non-regression testing of Ansible code.
• Conducted technology evaluations and proofs-of-concept.
• Mentored interns and junior engineers, accelerating their transition to autonomous production support and project delivery.

A financial information and risk-analysis company providing credit ratings, research, data, analytics, and compliance solutions for global capital markets.

• Deployed and operated a SaaS application on Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Established automated CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity, Octopus, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions.

A French telecommunications company providing mobile, internet, TV, digital, and connected-home services.

• Delivered infrastructure-as-code deployments across enterprise environments.
• Administered and supported Red Hat OpenShift platforms.
• Managed workloads across VMware vRealize and OpenStack environments.
• Developed an OpenShift cluster-management portal using Python, Django REST Framework, and Angular.
• Implemented GitLab CI pipelines and promoted DevOps best practices through team training.
• Established system monitoring with Prometheus.

A global enterprise-technology company providing servers, cloud, networking, storage, AI, and IT services to businesses and governments.

• Automated infrastructure deployments using Ansible and Docker.
• Administered, deployed, and supported OpenStack environments.
• Managed containerized data-center platforms with Docker Swarm and Kubernetes.
• Built back-end solutions using Python and Django.
• Implemented infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus and Centreon.

A UAE remittance platform helping African expatriates send money quickly and transparently to bank accounts and mobile wallets across Africa.

• Designed and deployed a virtual data center compliant with PCI DSS v3 requirements.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration through infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Developed a Django-based customer portal for secure access to internal services.

A French industrial-services company developing professional drones and related services for security, inventory, mining, spraying, training, and consulting.

• Designed, deployed, configured, and maintained the company’s IT infrastructure.
• Built and maintained internal web applications using Python and Django.