Maxence Laude

Led a full Azure-to-GCP migration, including audit, infrastructure inventory, migration planning, implementation, and technical documentation.

Designed and operated a scalable, event-driven Kubernetes infrastructure, centralizing AI inference management across a global fleet. Built elastic fleet management from the ground up, currently operating 500+ Kubernetes clusters via GitOps (ArgoCD) with automated contextual configuration, integrated security workflows, and pre-release validation. Built Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with standardized conventions to enable rapid, consistent deployments across multiple regions. Delivered a robust monitoring and observability stack for both internal and remote fleets, ensuring reliability and fast incident response. Implemented a CI runner infrastructure, reducing build times by 30% and improving delivery velocity. Optimized GCP infrastructure costs by leveraging spot instances and managing GPU resources (50+ T4/L4 GPUs per month). Scaled workloads to handle 1M+ AI inferences per month. Implemented a secure VPN solution with restricted, encrypted remote access for distributed teams.

Designed and implemented a robust CI/CD solution using GitLab CI and ArgoCD for streamlined software delivery. Managed and maintained Kubernetes clusters on Orange Flexible Engine (Huawei Cloud) to ensure optimal performance and scalability. Conducted internal security audits and established rigorous security protocols to safeguard system integrity. Orchestrated the implementation of a comprehensive governance system, encompassing access control policies, change management protocols, and efficient approval workflows. Enforced the use of standardized Docker images, including Distroless, and facilitated seamless updates through tools like Renovate Bot. Managed feature branch reviews via pull requests, fostering collaborative development and code quality. Implemented a Finops strategy resulting in reduced machine usage and improved cost efficiency. Crafted a one-year multi-cloud infrastructure roadmap, harmonizing product and technical considerations. Key focus areas included security enhancements, centralized authentication, authorization, code review processes, scalability, internal tool optimization, and initiatives to reduce developers' time to market, enhance usability, and expedite deployment.

Design of a Hybrid CI solution ( Buildkite ) Development of an internal Buildkite autoscaling solution based on Event Driven Managing Kubernetes clusters with an eco-system ( GKE ) Deployment of a CD solution with tenant ( Argo Workflows ) Design of Istio with canary upgrades Support teams on cross-functional topics based on DevOps culture Project organized in a team of 9 people with agility scaling Overall organization ~100 people

Cloud reference architectures - CI / CD ( Gitlab CI - Jenkins, ArgoCD - FluxCD ) Design reference architectures for OpenStack, VMware, Kubernetes Set up continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines Promote best practices for cloud and Git collaboration. Promote the vision of DevOps, and introduction of GitOps. Managing Kubernetes clusters with an eco-system on private cloud ( OpenStack ) Lead of many tools : - Rocket.Chat - Gitlab / CI - ArgoCD - FluxCD - Istio - Vault Project organized in a team of 15 people Overall organization ~200 people

Installation and configuration of Kubernetes platforms ( AWS & GCP ) Support teams in the migration of Rancher containers to Kubernetes Cloud billing migration on AWS Tools : - CI/CD : Jenkins / Flux GitOps - Git - Istio - Vault - Prometheus - Terraform Project organized in a team of 10 people with agility scaling Overall organization ~100 000 people

Partial or total IT outsourcing. Cloud platform administration OVH/GCP/AWS Carrying out internal security audits.

Trainer on different technologies : - GNU/Linux - Kubernetes - PHP Complete a specialization option on Kubernetes, and teach the course.

Improved VPS automatic installation system (iPXE, FuseJS), update offline ISO Windows Administration of a virtualization platform (VMware ESXi 6, 15 servers : 330 Ghz, 2.25 To ram, 60 To disque) Administration of a web hosting platform (Plesk, 7000 websites) Creation of a REST API : Creating a firewall interface for clients ( Fortinet )