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• Cloud obsolescence and vulnerability referent for CIB projects in a multi-cloud AWS/GCP environment • Planned and executed environment refresh campaigns (DEV, INT, PREPROD, PROD) • Managed production changes via ServiceNow, following strict ITIL processes • Automated AWS AMI lifecycle using Packer, Terraform and GitLab CI/CD • Performed EKS worker node refreshes and Kubernetes version upgrades with no service disruption • Integrated CloudGuard security reports into CI/CD pipelines • Produced technical documentation and supported international RUN teams (Europe, Singapore) • Contributed to “obsolescence by design” strategy for cloud migration projects

European leader in insurance and financial services, Allianz offers a comprehensive range of services covering all insurance, assistance, and financial service needs for individuals, professionals, businesses, and communities. As a DevOps Cloud Engineer, I assist the PaaS team in developing the equivalent of what has been implemented on Amazon EKS to deploy applications as transparently as possible on Azure. Setting up the Azure PaaS infrastructure: • Planning and executing the Azure PaaS architecture. • Provisioning Azure accounts for environments (ArgoCD GitOps). • Creating administration machines and security rules. • Configuring Azure Key Vault to store certificates and SSH keys using Terraform. • Using Jenkins and XL Release to provision AKS clusters. • Applying rules to allow access to development teams and integrators. Automation and management of Kubernetes environments: • Developing and managing CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes environments. • Administering and maintaining Kubernetes clusters, including performance monitoring and resource management. Migration of GED Agent databases to Visiativ: • Deploying pivot servers with Amazon EC2. • Mounting data disks from snapshots. • Using Terraform to automate resource creation. • Writing PowerShell scripts to automate migration steps. • Using Azure Blob Storage to store migrated databases. • Setting up Jenkins jobs to automate migration using Terraform, Bash, Groovy, and XL Release. • Selecting optimal EC2 instance types to balance time constraints and reduce costs. Support for the AWS PaaS team: • Participating in the migration of cluster versions. • Creating and evolving Jenkins jobs to improve automation and process efficiency. • Assisting with maintenance and adding new features. Cost optimization: • Implementing strategies to optimize cloud resource usage and reduce operational costs. Documentation and training: • Creating technical docume

La Banque Postale is a French public bank founded on January 1, 2006, a 100% subsidiary of the La Poste group, which took over its financial services. As part of its digital transformation, La Banque Postale created a new entity, Django, a fintech that offers BNPL solutions. As a Lead DevOps, I assisted the architect in drafting the technical architecture document and deployed the Azure landing zone infrastructure based on DAT specifications: Deploying Azure infrastructure: • Creating the network (hub and spoke architecture). • Configuring hubs with Azure Firewall, Bastion, Application Gateway, and VPN Gateway. • Configuring the firewall to authorize flows. • Setting up spokes for each environment (dev, staging, and prod). • Each environment includes an AKS cluster for business applications, a Postgres Flexible Server database, a Storage Account for application data, and an admin machine for testing and running. • Setting up a GitLab organization to manage users and projects. • Configuring Docker registries, Jenkins, Nexus, and Helm Chart. Using Terraform and Jenkins: • Automating resource creation and CI/CD processes using Terraform and Jenkins. Project support: • Setting up Git repositories for the Data-Exchange project. • Developing Helm charts for deployment in Kubernetes. • Writing Dockerfiles and CI/CD pipelines associated with the project. Collaboration with external partners: • Deploying the Django website in collaboration with an external partner. • Writing Helm charts to deploy the website. • Configuring Git repositories and managing the build and run of the application, exposed via Application Gateway.

Nuxeo is a company founded in 2000 and has become an open-source software publisher. Nuxeo Platform is a modular content management platform that allows developers to create business applications to manage specific types of content. Several tools for developing business applications are available in addition to the platform, such as Nuxeo Studio. The platform offers a set of features for document management by default. It can be complemented by Document Management (DM), Social Collaboration, Digital Asset Management (DAM) modules. Addons are also available on the Nuxeo Marketplace, from which you can download and install optional plugins. Team: Napps The team is responsible for developing and releasing the Aspera Connector, ColdStorage, Retention, Salesforce, and FrameIO addons. My role as a DevOps Engineer in the team: • Responsible for CI/CD. • Backend Java Developer. • Support for other development teams in setting up CI/CD environments. Some achievements: • Setting up CI/CD infrastructure (Configuration as Code (CAC), GitOps): Jenkins X, Docker Registry, Nexus, Helm Chart Repository. • Setting up continuous integration (Build, Test, and Deployment): • Jenkins Shared Library. • Deploying preview environments for functional tests using JX Previews. • Backend Java development for Addons: ColdStorage Addon: - Developing a Java service for cold storage management. - Developing integration tests with AWS SDK. Aspera Connector Addon. • Setting up test environments: