
Florent CARRÉ
Infrastructure Security Consultant
Salary / Daily rate
Lima, Peru
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
Languages
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.
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
Licenses & certifications
The field guide to Human-Centered Design
Issued: Mar 2025
Marketing with Canva
Issued: Mar 2025
LFEL1001: Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
Issued: Mar 2025
Canva for Work
Issued: Mar 2025
Canva Essentials
Issued: Mar 2025
AI in the classroom
Issued: Mar 2025
CBDH Course
Issued: Feb 2025
Service Mesh Basics
Issued: Nov 2024
Microeconomics of the Technology
Issued: Nov 2024
LFS170: Blockchain - Understanding Its Uses and Implications
Issued: Nov 2024
Key Management
Issued: Nov 2024
Istio Fundamentals
Issued: Nov 2024
Blockchain Technology
Issued: Nov 2024
Blockchain Applications
Issued: Nov 2024
AKS Essentials: Kubernetes
Issued: Nov 2024
Web3 Foundations
Issued: Oct 2024
Stakeholder Support
Issued: Oct 2024
Scaling Your Small Business
Issued: Oct 2024
Leadership & Management
Issued: Oct 2024
AI Agents: Future of Work
Issued: Oct 2024