
gaith mtiri
Senior Cloud Architect | Azure & DevOps
Salary / Daily rate
Québec City, QC, Canada
Freelance
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Cloud/DevOps Architect with extensive experience designing and implementing scalable Azure solutions, specializing in infrastructure automation and migration. Having successfully migrated major healthcare systems and financial institutions to the cloud, I excel at creating secure architectures using IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Azure DevOps. I deliver robust cloud solutions that optimize operations, enhance security, and align perfectly with your business objectives.
Work experience
ESI Technologies
May 2022 - Present
4 years 6 months
Québec City, QC, Canada
Cloud/DevOps Architect @MSSS
Mar 2024 - Present
2 years 8 months
Québec City, QC, Canada
Migration of Quebec Hospitals’ Assets to Azure Cloud - Azure Architecture Design: Spearheaded the creation of comprehensive Azure landing zones using the hub-and-spoke architecture, enabling the seamless integration of new services and resources within the cloud environment. - Solution Integration: Designed scalable and secure architectures to incorporate new resource types and services, ensuring alignment with client requirements and Azure best practices. - Technical Governance: Established architectural standards and guidelines for resource integration, emphasizing security, networking, and scalability to support future cloud initiatives. - Strategic Planning: Collaborated with clients to develop technical roadmaps for migration, ensuring a smooth transition from on-premises to cloud while addressing business and operational needs. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with stakeholders, including IT teams and business leaders, to ensure architectural designs met both technical requirements and organizational objectives. - Environment: Azure DevOps, Bicep, Azure Pipelines, PowerShell, ARM Templates, Azure Monitor.
DevOps/Cloud Architect @AMF
May 2022 - Mar 2024
1 year 11 months
Québec City, QC, Canada
Automation of Infrastructure Provisioning and Configuration on On-Premise and Azure Cloud: - Infrastructure Automation: Designed and developed Ansible playbooks and roles to fully automate the creation and configuration of infrastructure across on-premises and Azure cloud environments, ensuring consistency and reducing manual effort. - CI/CD Integration: Created and optimized Azure Pipelines to deploy Terraform scripts, enabling streamlined and repeatable provisioning of Azure resources. - Infrastructure Management: Led the creation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure to meet business and operational requirements. - DevOps Toolchain Evolution: Integrated new DevOps tools into the existing framework to enhance automation capabilities, improve efficiency, and support evolving operational needs. - Best Practices: Implemented industry best practices for security, networking, and scalability in both on-premises and cloud infrastructure. - Environment: Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Azure Pipelines, VMware, PowerShell, Git.
FX Innovation, a Bell Canada Company
Aug 2021 - May 2022
10 months
Quebec, Canada · Remote
Cloud/DevOps Architect @Innocap
Dec 2021 - May 2022
6 months
Quebec, Canada · Remote
Migration and Automation of Applications on Azure Cloud - Migration: Facilitated the migration of applications from on-premises and multi-cloud environments to a newly created Azure subscription, ensuring seamless transitions with minimal disruption. - Technical Architecture: Designed and implemented Azure landing zones and resource structures adhering to best practices in security, scalability, and cost optimization. - Infrastructure as Code: Developed and maintained Terraform scripts to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud infrastructure across all environments. - Disaster Recovery: Created and automated a comprehensive DR process on Azure, including resource replication, failover strategies, and testing to meet recovery objectives. - Automation: Set up Azure pipelines to automate the deployment and maintenance of IaC scripts, improving the efficiency and reliability of resource management. - Collaboration: Worked with cross-functional teams to plan, execute, and validate migration and DR processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies. - Environment: Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Pipelines, Ansible, ARM Templates, PowerShell, Azure Monitor.
DevOps/Cloud Engineer @Giro
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
5 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Implementation of an Automated Disaster Recovery Process Collaborated closely with stakeholders to design and implement a robust automation framework for disaster recovery (DR), ensuring high availability and reliability of critical systems. - Technical Architecture: Conceived and developed the technical architecture for detecting and replicating new items required for DR, leveraging best practices in automation and scalability. - Deployment and Automation: Designed and deployed an end-to-end automated solution using Terraform to provision and manage Azure resources supporting the DR process. - Disaster Recovery: Automated failover and replication processes, ensuring a streamlined approach to minimize downtime and guarantee business continuity. - Environment: Terraform, Azure DevOps, ARM Templates, PowerShell, Azure Monitor.
OPTICCA CONSULTING INC.
May 2018 - Aug 2021
3 years 4 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
DevSecOp Specialist @EQUISOFT
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
3 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Migration of Microservices-Based Applications to Azure DevOps - Repository Migration: Successfully migrated microservices repositories from Bitbucket to Azure DevOps, ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining version history and repository integrity. - CI/CD Pipeline Transformation: Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines, migrating from TeamCity to Azure Pipelines. Leveraged Octopus Deploy to enhance deployment processes, ensuring streamlined, automated, and reliable delivery workflows. - Artifact Management Migration: Transitioned pre-built versions from ProGet to Azure Artifacts, establishing a centralized and scalable artifact repository to support development and deployment. - Strategic Enhancements: Optimized CI/CD and artifact workflows to align with Azure DevOps best practices, reducing build times and enhancing pipeline efficiency. - Environment: Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Azure Pipelines, TeamCity, ProGet, Azure Artifacts, Octopus Deploy.
Cloud Specialist @BID GROUP
May 2021 - Aug 2021
4 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Design and Development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for an IoT Device Monitoring Application - IaC Development: Designed, developed, and maintained Terraform scripts to provision and manage scalable and secure infrastructure on Azure Cloud, tailored to support IoT monitoring applications. - CI/CD Pipeline Integration: Built and implemented Azure Pipelines to automate the deployment and maintenance of IaC scripts, ensuring seamless integration and continuous delivery of infrastructure updates. - Infrastructure Optimization: Architected infrastructure solutions to enhance scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency, aligning with best practices in Azure Cloud management. - Environment: Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud, Azure Pipelines, Terraform.
DevOps & Automation Consultant @BDC
Dec 2020 - May 2021
6 months
Montreal, QC, Canada
Full time @BDC Automation the configuration and deployment of application on a microsoft environment: * automate the deployment of CRM AppFabric * automate the deployment of CRM AppServices * automate the deployment of CRM HRC - Environment: Ansible, Ansible tower, windows servers
Automation Cosultant @DesJardins
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years
Montreal, Canada Area
Automation of provisioning, configuration and migration process of Network devices @DesJardins: ł Conception and Implementation of F5 load-balancers (LTM/GTM) migration solution between different firm-wares ł Conception and Implementation of Ansibles playbooks/modules to collect data from GTM/LTM devices ł Conception and Implementation of python scripts to consume EfficientIP’s rest API (ipam,dns,..) ł maintain and support Ansible tower’s infrastructure ł Environment: Ansible, Ansible Tower, Python, Django RF, F5 BigIp, EfficientIP, Jenkins, Git
Automation Consultant @CN
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
6 months
Montreal, Canada Area
- Migration of a Golang application to an Openshift Environment - Set up CI/CD pipeline for applications - Automate configuration and data retrieval processes with Ansible and Python scripts
Network Automation Consultant @DesJardins
May 2018 - Aug 2018
4 months
Montreal, Canada Area
Automation of provisioning and configuration process of Network devices @DesJardins: ł Conception of an Automation process to facilitate the creation and configuration of virtual-servers on F5 BigIP server specifically and DesJardins’ network devices generally ł Conception and Implementation of a High availability infrastructure to support the solution ł Conception and Implementation of Ansible scripts to cover configuration scenarios and rollback cases ł Integrate CloudForms for clients usage ł Integrate a set of DevOps tools to implement a CI/CD process to deliver new features (Jenkins, Git, Jira..) ł Environment: Ansible, Ansible Tower, CloudForms, F5 BigIp, EfficientIP, Jenkins, Git
DevOps Engineer (Freelancer)
Managys
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
2 months
Ben Arous, Tunisia
Automation of installation and deployment of Odoo ERP on Amazon Environment using Ansible Scripts ▪ Design and implementation of a deployment script for Odoo environment ▪ Design and implementation of a script to install and update Odoo modules ▪ Environment: Ansible, Bash Script, Odoo ERP, Amazon EC2, Postgresql
Poulina Group Holding
Oct 2016 - Aug 2017
11 months
Ben Arous, Tunisia
DevOps Engineer (Intern)
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
3 months
Ben Arous, Tunisia
● Provide an overview of the tools for deploying deployment pipelines (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy) ● Implement a Deployment Pipeline under Amazon Web Services (AWS) ● Injection of test cases into a database with Rollback in case of failure ● Create the infrastructure including the machines and the pipeline via templates and the AWS API ● Environment: Amazon CodePipeline, Amazon CodeBuild, Amazon CodeDeploy, Amazon CloudFormation ● Migrate an application to a serverless Environement via AWS Lambda functions
DevOps Engineer (Freelancer)
Oct 2016 - May 2017
8 months
Ben Arous, Tunisia
Design and implementation of a private cloud with Openstack: ● Installing and configuring OpenStack on servers ● Automating the installation of OpenStack via an Ansible Script ● Design and implementation of an Application that allows the use of the Cloud ● Design and implementation of a micro-service that manages virtual machines, networks. ● Design and implementation of a micro-service that represents a notification system ● Design and implementation of a micro-service that manages cloud users
Innova Power Concept
May 2016 - Oct 2016
6 months
Ben Arous, Tunisia
Django Web Developer (Freelancer)
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
1 month
Ben Arous, Tunisia
Design and realization of a Web application to monitor the exchange rates in the Tunisian banks: ● Functionality: Collection of data via banking sites ●Creation of comparison graphs Following changes in exchange rates
Python Developer (Intern)
May 2016 - Oct 2016
6 months
Ben Arous, Tunisia
● Design and implementation of a Desktop application that ensures the traceability of products in a business. ● Detect, retrieve and decode bar codes, DataMatrix and QR_code Image (Bitmap, jpg, png ..) ● Create patterns for automatic product recognition ● Backup and archiving of data
Education
National engineering School of Tunis
Engineer's degree
2015 - 2018
3 years 1 month
Preparatory Institut For Engineering Studies of El Manar
Preparoty Cycle for Engineering Studies
2013 - 2015
2 years 1 month
Pioneer High school of Monastir
Baccalaureat
2010 - 2012
2 years 1 month
Pioneer High School Bourguiba of Tunis
2008 - 2010
2 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Issued: Jun 2023
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Issued: Jun 2023
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Issued: Jan 2023
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Issued: Sep 2021
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Issued: Sep 2021
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Issued: Apr 2021