Florent CARRÉ

Infrastructure Security Consultant

Salary / Daily rate

Lima, Peru

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Remote only

Skills

TerraformDevOpsSite reliability engineeringKubernetesPythonOracle CloudPostgreSQLGitJenkinsRESTful APIsGrafanaAzureMariaDBGoogle Cloud PlatformMySQLGolangRustDockerCMSLinuxGitHubPrometheusAnsibleScrumConfluenceJiran8nNotionAirtableCybersecurityAWS

Languages

French (Native)EnglishSpanish

About me

Intro

Accomplished Staff Engineer with more than 15 years of expertise in cloud transformation, security, and platform reliability at scale. I have a demonstrated track record of designing resilient systems that reduce costs up to 75% while enhancing performance by 40%. My specialties include developing zero-trust security environments, implementing GitOps workflows, and collaborating with remote engineering teams within global organizations.

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Work experience

Information Technology Consultant

PWD

Mar 2019 - Present

7 years 8 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

Innovative and results-driven professional with extensive experience delivering cloud-native solutions, optimizing infrastructure, and driving digital transformation for clients worldwide. Adept at navigating complex environments to design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-efficient systems. - Reduced Azure development and staging costs by 75% and production costs by 30% - Migrated legacy deployments to containerized architectures, enhancing scalability and performance - Designed Kubernetes-based SaaS platforms for multi-cloud and on-premise environments - Created CLI tools in Rust and automation scripts in Go for streamlined processes - Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitLab, and ArgoCD - Developed ephemeral AWS testing environments to enhance testing efficiency - Deployed Zero Trust architecture with Cloudflare, contributed to achieving ISO 27001 compliance, and automated vulnerability detection - Hardened infrastructure using Ansible, Terraform, MDM, RBAC, and OpenSCAP, ensuring compliance with GDPR/LGPD standards and others - Designed high-performance REST APIs in Rust and Python, implemented GDPR-compliant data processing solutions using Kafka and MinIO, and fine-tuned PostgreSQL for optimized performance - Implemented observability solutions with Grafana Stack (Loki, Tempo, Mimir) and custom PRTG sensors - Authored Grafana dashboards for enhanced observability - Managed hybrid infrastructures on AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, DigitalOcean and on-premise - Orchestrated workloads using Kubernetes and Nomad - Technologies used (limited list): Amazon Linux, Amazon Web Services, Ansible, Azure, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Buildah, CentOS, Cloudflare, Debian, Docker, GitHub, Grafana, GraphQL, Haskell, Istio, Kubernetes, KVM, MongoDB Atlas, Nginx, OpenSCAP, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Linux, Podman, PostgreSQL, Python, RBAC, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rtapi, Terraform, Travis-CI, Xen

Senior DevOps Engineer

Generix Group

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

2 years

Remote, OR 97458, USA

- Managed and optimized internal and client environments on Amazon Web Services (AWS), leveraging services such as ALB, EC2, ECR, ECS, NLB, RDS, and CloudFormation to ensure scalable and reliable infrastructure - Contributed to the internal solution managing entire SaaS environments on AWS - Contributed to the development of Kubepak, focusing on both core functionalities and packages, and Generix-specific packages - Developed and maintained pipelines using Bitbucket and Jenkins - Implemented automated security tests during CI/CD to detect CVEs - Developed automation scripts to create ephemeral AWS environments for automated testing, enhancing testing efficiency - Crafted a Go-based tool to automate the configuration of HashiCorp Vault, including OIDC, PKI, and other essential components - Designed and developed custom sensors for PRTG - Set up comprehensive audit, monitoring, and observability solutions for QA environments using the Grafana Stack (Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Tempo), Grafana Agent, and Wazuh - Contributed to ISO 27001 compliance, ensuring information security standards - Co-designed and co-implemented the infrastructure for the new SaaS platform based on Kubernetes, tailored for both Azure and on-premise environments - Co-designed and co-implemented a Kubernetes operator for software based on an internal framework, enhancing operational efficiency - Designed and debugged Grafana dashboards - Deployed Azure Kubernetes clusters with Cilium in BYO (Bring Your Own) CNI mode, cluster mesh, and replaced kube-proxy, ensuring optimal network performance and security

DevOps Engineer

Proservia - ManpowerGroup

Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

2 months

Nanterre · On-site

Skills: Shell Scripting · Git · Linux · Configuration Management · Scripting · Script Shell · Containerization · Information Technology · DevOps

DevOps Engineer

Digital & You

Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

5 months

Paris Area, France · On-site

Client : Streaming company (live and vod) Enhanced configuration management using Ansible

Trademark Owner

ZofyaFreelance

Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

2 years 1 month

Paris Area, France

Confidential Trademark Number (INPI) : 4329456

System Network Security Engineer

ORNESS

Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

1 year

Paris Area, France · On-site

Client : French cloud provider using OpenStack Public Key Infrastructure (internal PKI) : - evaluating existing solutions and choice the right solution related to requirements - contributing to chosen solution : changes in master branches (repository on GitHub) - build automated install script for emergency install (disaster recovery) Responsible for monitoring and testing of vulnerabilities (Meltdown/Spectre) and work on infrastructure reboot Scan for unexpected settings (sysctl) and incorporate changes into configuration management Install and configure NetApp Harvest & help teams using it Ensure operational maintenance tasks : Linux infrastructures and BMCs (iDRACs and different firmware) Automation using Ansible and Chef Work with other teams (IAAS, SDN . . . ) on transverse subjects Agile framework : SCRUM

System Network Security Engineer

Global SP

Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

10 months

Paris Area, France · On-site

Linux system and network administration Firewall and VPN management Automation with Ansible and Python Search and resolve all problems identified by OpenVAS IP address management DNS management Security system (badge) management Building weathermap using Observium More detail during a face-to-face

System and Network Administrator

Webedia

Dec 2016 - Mar 2017

4 months

92300 Levallois-Perret, France

Working on ads infrastructure (no downtime authorized) Woking on all other insfratructures when needed Automation using SaltStack More detail during a face-to-face

IT

ATE - Avenir Télématique

Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

4 months

Lille Area, France · On-site

Certified personal health data hosting provider User support Fully managed environment Technologies used (partial list): Database Management System : - MariaDB - MySQL - Percona - PostgreSQL Email server : Postfix Firewall : - iptables - Juniper (SSG) - pfSense HTTP accelerator : Varnish Languages : - Python - Shell scripting Operating system : - Debian - CentOS - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Windows 10 - Windows Server 2003 - Windows Server 2008 - Windows Server 2012 Virtualization : VMware Web server : - Apache HTTP Server - Apache Tomcat - Nginx

System and Network Administrator - DevOps - IT Consultant

Stealth StartupFreelance

Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

1 year 1 month

Paris, France

Partial remote Technologies used (partial list) : - Ingenico Desk/5000 (HTML/CSS/JS) - NodeJS - Python - Shell scripting - Swift (on GNU/Linux, macOS and iOS)

System and Network Administrator - DevOps

coaster-radioFreelance

Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

2 months

France · Remote

Full remote Optimizing PHP/MySQL platform Writing fail2ban rules depending on the needs Writing shell script to improve tasks (very specific) with Apache2 Settings on the kernel and firewall Information and choice on some applications

System and Network Administrator - DevOps

ServerGamersFreelance

Jul 2012 - Mar 2013

9 months

France · Remote

Full remote Build infrastructure (Debian based) Writing fail2ban rules depending on the needs Settings on the kernel and firewall Information and choice on server hardware and some applications (ACID for DBMS and more)

Co-Founder

PrivystorageFreelance

Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

5 months

Remote, OR 97458, USA

Full remote Trusted Platform : Backup as a Service Storage using Self-Encrypting Drives (FIPS 140-2) Protection forms with reCaptcha Installation of operating systems Debian GNU / Linux and Scientific Linux via KVMoIP (KVM over IP) for installation LUKS PKI Implementation of SSL VPN Sharing of SSL Port (TCP 443) Compilation of custom Linux kernel Settings on the kernel, firewall and routing Monitoring via Shinken Developments: - IPN (Instant Payment Notification) for PayPal and AlertPay - Several shell scripts using arguments - Request Features with sorting columns Title and Status

Inventorist

Faculté des Sciences et Techniques

Jul 2010 - Jul 2010

1 month

Marseille Area, France · On-site

Inventory of purchased hardware (scientific and computer) by the funds of the university in different laboratories. Technology : Excel

IT Specialist

City Hall

Nov 2008 - Mar 2009

5 months

13430 Eyguières, France

Writing special technical clauses Update Active Directory and Exchange Economic research for telephony (based on the open source) and the Internet Search for replacing the intranet business by an open source solution Inventory and maintenance of IT equipment (GLPI & OCS Inventory / FusionInventory) User support Technologies : Microsoft SQL Server, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 & 2003 R2, Active Directory, Exchange, HyperFile, MySQL, IIS, Apache Tomcat, Oracle

IT Specialist

City Hall

Jul 2008 - Aug 2008

2 months

13430 Eyguières, France

Writing special technical clauses Update Active Directory and Exchange Economic research for telephony (based on the open source) and the Internet Search for replacing the intranet business by an open source solution Inventory and maintenance of IT equipment (GLPI & OCS Inventory / FusionInventory) User support Technologies : Microsoft SQL Server, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 & 2003 R2, Active Directory, Exchange, HyperFile, MySQL, IIS, Apache Tomcat, Oracle


Education

Startup School Online

Business & Growth & Product Market Fit

2020 - Present

6 years 10 months

42 Paris

Master's degree

2014 - 2016

2 years 1 month


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