
Sacha Ifrah
Senior Cloud Consultant | AWS & Azure
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
Work experience
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
SYFRAH
Feb 2022 - Present
4 years 9 months
Paris, France
Founder of a leading cloud consulting services firm with a track record of successfully navigating businesses through their digital transformation journey. Leveraging a wealth of experience and deep knowledge across all major cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, I guide organizations to optimize their cloud adoption strategies. In my role, I lead a team of highly skilled certified cloud professionals, seasoned developers, and project managers across our offices in Paris, Dubai, and Los Angeles. Together, we deliver bespoke, efficient, and cost-effective cloud solutions tailored to the unique needs of our diverse clientele. Our services encompass strategic cloud planning, seamless migration, robust infrastructure design, and deployment, along with ongoing management and optimization. Fueled by a passion for excellence and a commitment to customer service, I strive to foster long-lasting relationships with our clients. I believe in harnessing the power of the cloud to drive business innovation, efficiency, and growth. Contact me to learn more about how SYFRAH can help your business leverage the potential of cloud technologies. Unibail Rodamco Westfield, Advini, Carrefour, AML-Factory ...
Engineering, Product and Founder (acquired by Doctrine in 2023)
LegalTile
Jul 2021 - Jun 2023
2 years
Paris, France
As a Co-Founder and Product and Engineering Lead, I had the unique opportunity to contribute to our mission in a profound way. I take pride in our achievements, which include: - Product Management: Developed a robust product strategy that effectively aligned business goals with customer needs. I oversaw all stages of the product lifecycle, from ideation to market launch. - Project Management: I spearheaded the coordination and execution of major projects ensuring deadlines, budgets, and quality standards were met. I embraced an agile approach to continually enhance our efficiency and responsiveness. - Cloud Infrastructure: Accountable for the full deployment of our service onto a cloud infrastructure. This included selecting providers, configuring environments, optimizing performance, and instituting robust security protocols. - Website Development: I supervised the design and development of our website, ensuring an optimal user experience while effectively supporting our business operations. Driven by the passion of creating products that make a positive impact on our users' lives, I am ever-ready to take on new challenges and explore fresh opportunities.
Cloud Engineering Manager
Scaleway
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021
3 years 2 months
Région de Paris, France
As a Cloud Engineering Manager, I have the privilege of leading a diverse team of 5 engineers, ranging from junior to senior levels. We oversee five key products in our portfolio, namely Scaleway Functions, Containers, Container Registry, and Shared Hosting (both legacy & new), serving over 150,000 users and generating a revenue of 6M euros. In my role, I hold pivotal responsibility in tech reviews, designing large-scale infrastructures, automating deployment, and partial service configuration. Additionally, I organize the release planning and manage the team organization and scheduling. A critical aspect of my job lies in human management. I am involved in career tracking and mentoring, helping my team reach their full potential and develop as industry professionals. We operate on an agile methodology, and I regularly lead agile rituals to ensure our team remains aligned, productive, and motivated. My goal is to continue steering my team towards innovation and excellence, while delivering the best possible services to our clients.
CEO & Full Stack Developer
NasOnlines data protection
Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
1 year 3 months
Région de Paris, France
At NasOnlines, I took on the dual roles of CEO and Full Stack Developer, working at the vanguard of data security solutions. NasOnlines is an innovative solution designed to provide limitless protection against a wide array of data risks including viruses, ransomware, human errors, and physical damages. As a hands-on technical leader, my responsibilities spanned across multiple areas: 1 - Architecture & Infrastructure: Designed and implemented a high-availability service infrastructure using load balancing solutions and BareMetal SSD cloud servers. I leveraged REST API with Openstack Swift for data storage and app deployment, enhancing system resilience. Additionally, I fortified server security through measures such as Fail2Ban, IPTables, and regular backups. 2 - API, Server & Backend Development: As a seasoned Ruby and Ruby on Rails developer, I crafted a robust RESTful API integrated with multiple gems and MySQL. This formed the backbone of our secure and efficient service provision. 3 - Front-end Development: Developed the website and dashboard employing cutting-edge web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Ember.js framework. I prioritized user-centric design and ease-of-navigation to deliver an intuitive and seamless user experience. 4 - Software Development: Devised a client software using C++ and QT 5.8, further bolstered by Electron.js with Node.js. This allowed us to offer a highly responsive and interactive platform to our users. Throughout my tenure, I balanced strategic decision-making as a CEO with technical prowess as a developer, thus driving NasOnlines to pioneer robust and innovative data security solutions.
Consulting System Engineer
Sacha IFRAH
Nov 2011 - Mar 2018
6 years 5 months
Région de Paris, France
As a freelancer, I served small and medium-sized businesses for six years, aiding them in navigating their IT projects. I worked with over 20 clients, balancing tasks between technical, commercial, partnership, and project/team management responsibilities. On the technical side, I served as a system administrator for Microsoft Windows and Linux environments, configuring server settings and handling backups. I established computer networks, including VPN and RDS, and managed web and mail servers on Linux. Troubleshooting, website development, and tool creation were also part of my purview. In terms of commerce and partnerships, I occasionally sourced other service providers to ensure project completion, always ensuring the most profitable deals. I was responsible for negotiating rates, delivery timeframes, problem resolution, and disputes. In project and team management, I adopted an agile approach, leading a team of six IT developers. I used tools like Github, Atlassian, Jenkins, Trello, and Slack to effectively manage projects and teams.
Teaching Assistant - Web Development
Epitech
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013
4 months
Région de Paris, France
In my role as a Teaching Assistant at Epitech, I was instrumental in fostering comprehensive understanding and practical proficiency in web development languages among students. My instructional purview spanned a variety of web technologies, including PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and more. Beyond merely focusing on the technicalities, I was committed to providing insights into the operational aspects of IT projects. I conducted classes on project management and team management, aiming to equip students with the critical skills necessary to navigate complex IT project landscapes effectively. My ultimate goal was to cultivate a robust learning environment that nurtures future-ready professionals adept at both technical and managerial aspects of IT projects.
[Internship] - Technician Systems Administrator
Oriom
Jan 2012 - Apr 2012
4 months
Oriom - PARIS
Maintain and evolve the UNIX / Windows / LINUX IT assets of Oriom customers. Installation of new "Microsoft Windows Server 2008" servers, Debian (linux). Creation of user accounts, user security policy, workstation scripts. data backup. Installing third-party products related to operating systems. Setting up a storage server (Linux / DEBIAN).
[Internship] - Data recovery
Chronodisk
May 2011 - Jul 2011
3 months
Chronodisk - PARIS
Learning about data recovery on damaged storage media. - Hard disk (logical failure, multiple logical failure) - USB key (logical failure) Training on data recovery software: - Rstudio - Getdataback
Education
EPITECH - European Institute of Technology
Master CNCP Niveau 1, Computer Software Engineering
2012 - 2017
5 years 1 month
California State University San Marcos
Programmation / développeur informatique, général
2016 - 2016
1 month
HEC Paris
Digital agencies academy, Étude de la communication et des médias
2015 - 2015
1 month
IRIS - PARIS 17
Bac professionnel Systèmes électroniques numériques, Réseaux et télécommunications
2009 - 2012
3 years 1 month
Grade: Baccalauréat