Romain Bourdy

Senior IT Consultant | Security & Network Automation

Salary / Daily rate

01130 Plagne, France

Freelance

Remote only

Skills

CybersecuritySplunkSystem & Network AdministrationDjangoNetwork EngineerPythonDockerMicrosoft 365ApacheMySQLTailwind CSSSwagger/OpenAPICertificate ManagementLinuxBackend DeveloperKubernetesSupabaseGitPeopleSoftAppDynamicsVercelMariaDBFirebaseMQTTESP32JiraSQLiteRESTful APIsGitHubGoogle Tag ManagerPostgreSQLTalendGitLabNetwork AdministratorFullstack DeveloperFastAPIHerokuCTOWordPressSystem AdministratorWindowsShopifyOdooCEO

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)Italian

About me

Intro

IT Consultant with 15+ years specializing in network security, infrastructure automation, and problem-solving. Led critical security operations at Audemars Piguet, deploying Splunk SIEM clusters and emergency VPN solutions. Expert in Python automation, Kubernetes/Docker orchestration, and firewall management—ready to fortify your IT infrastructure and streamline operations.

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Work experience

Company Owner

CRBO

Dec 2023 - Present

2 years 11 months

Lausanne, Switzerland

– Problem Solver: Demonstrated adeptness in troubleshooting and resolving complex IT network and security issues, ensuring seamless operations and mitigating risks. – Python Coding: Utilized Python programming for automation and scripting tasks, enhancing efficiency and scalability in network and security management. – Boat-Automation: Developing software and products to automate Boats, Smartboats are a thing ! – System Administration: Proficiently managed Linux, Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), Proxmox, and ESX environments, ensuring robust infrastructure and seamless operations. – Task Automation: Implemented automation strategies to streamline routine tasks, minimizing manual intervention and improving productivity across IT operations.

Technical Information Security Officer

Audemars Piguet

Apr 2016 - Sep 2020

4 years 6 months

Le Brassus, Switzerland

– Established as the primary liaison for all IT security needs, fostering robust relationships with cross-functional technical teams to uphold optimal security posture. – SIEM, deployed and managed a Splunk Clustered infrastructure, empowering IT Power Users, Security and helpdesk on their daily tasks, – Managed Fortinet Firewall, Juniper SSLVPN, – Security Awareness campaigns, – Trained developers to think about security in projects by Red Teaming in a Lab, – Migration to Office 365: Point of contact for Security integration, – Helped troubleshooting network and telephony issues (Cisco, Fortinet, BGP, OSPF, Riverbed, CUCM, CUE, Lync/SfB, ISE), – Taking care of security audit and Penetration testing, including follow-up and fixes, – Emergency deployment of VPN Cluster for Pandemic Home-Office, – Traveling to set-up new locations, – Coordinate external ressources actions on IT Security missions, – Responsible for an IT Security budget

Network & Security Consultant

INGINIA SA

Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

2 years 1 month

Geneva, Switzerland

– Juniper MAG SSLVPN Deployement, – Two factor authentication setup and integration, – Firewall deployement (Fortigate), – Cisco Wireless deployement with WLC, – Riverbed PoC and production deployement, – Network evolution tasks.

Ingénieur infrastructure IT

BeMore

Apr 2010 - Feb 2014

3 years 11 months

Geneva, Switzerland

– For a fragrance company in Geneva Area : – Cisco Wireless solution management and improvements with lightweight and autonomous APS, Cisco WCS (Cisco Prime) usage – Guest wireless networks with Cisco Wireless Controller – Cisco ACS 5 deployement and architecture – DNS Administration using Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP (Based on Bind) – Security operations officer's backup – Firewall administration knowledge, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, pf, iptables – SSLVPN Box management, create new profiles for customers, reverse proxy, ActiveSync tunnel, ADFS Proxy; using Juniper SA platform – Bluecoat management, custom reports, incident forensic, – Maintenance of a Netlab environment, routers, switch, wireless, packet shapers, monitoring with cacti, report production, – MobileIron Technical knowledge, deployement and maintenance, – Zscaler initial deployement, initial ruleset creation matching existing, – Devel of small LDAP connected PHP Apps for internal needs – For a private bank in Geneva: – Move to a new LAN and DMZ architecture from Nortel to Cisco, – Deploy new firewall Juniper SRX & Palo Alto, – Migrate existing VPN tunnels and corresponding rules to new firewalls, – Spam gateway migrations, – Setup new network link between offices and DR Site, – Monitor the whole new Infra using Shinken (Nagios Fork), – ESX/VCenter/SRM maintenance and upgrade tasks, – Citrix Access Gateway Troubleshooting, – Day to day maintenance tasks ensuring swift and smooth move to new infra. – For other customers : – Network problem troubleshooting – SEP / Altiris updates plans

Vice-President

Association Naellia

Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

2 years 1 month

– Maintenance of the webhosting platform (Apache/PHP/MySQL) – Dedicated server management

Consultant

Net4All.ch

Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

5 months

– In charge of creating a PHP App based on customer need. – PHP/MySQL – MVC Model – Zend Framework – JQuery Framework for AJAX – Bug fixing / Improvement in existing user console, fixed issue in the issue tracker. – AFNIC EPP Registration Script to order domains in realtime in PHP, added into the management console.

Adobe Flex/PHP/MySQL Developper

Izno

Nov 2008 - Mar 2009

5 months

– Creation of an Adobe Flex website with extensive use of webservices ans the help of a deisgner. – Creation of all Database schemas and subsequent REST webservices – Integration of all webservices into the site – Extensive cache layer to avoid database overload – Search engine DRAFT using Apache Lucene – Modification of WRT54G firmware with a custom Chillispot build, – Deployement and accouting for hotspots using freeradius, – Geolocation using source Hotspot known location

Developper

Promotheo AB

Mar 2008 - Sep 2008

7 months

– Implementation of new PHP/MySQL online services, – Deployment of WLANs and DMZ, – Security policies definition and deployement, – Development and deployment of Asterisk services via AGI / PHPAgi...

PHP Developper

Promotheo

Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

1 month

– Creation of small PHP Scripts as required, – Quizz Script, – News widget....


Education

Université de Franche-Comté

DUT, Networks and Telecommunications

2006 - 2008

2 years 1 month

Lycée Jean Michel

Baccalauréat, Science, Major in Math

2002 - 2007

5 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

Aerohive Certified Wireless Professional (ACWP)

Issued: –

Certified by Aerohive

Aerohive Certified Wireless Administrator (ACWA)

Issued: –

Certified by Aerohive

Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate - WAN Optimization

Issued: –

Certified by Riverbed

Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate - Storage Delivery

Issued: –

Certified by Riverbed

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