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Abdoul BaAB

Abdoul Ba

Platform Engineer | Kubernetes GitOps AWS/Azure

€575/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Abdoul

Platform & DevOps Engineer with proven expertise in Azure and AWS, I design and operate robust, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructures.
My core business: accelerating software delivery through reliable CI/CD pipelines, deploying and administering production Kubernetes clusters (AKS, EKS), and onboarding teams in successful cloud migrations - from architecture to operation.
I work in both greenfield and complex existing environments, with a real sensitivity to network security, cloud cost optimization, and developer experience (DX).
If you're looking for someone who speaks equally to ops and devs, and who will deliver more than just documentation: let's talk.

Key Skills
  • Azure / AWS Architecture & Governance (Landing Zone, IAM, Cost Management)
  • Production-grade Kubernetes - AKS, EKS, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps
  • FinOps Cloud Security High availability
  • GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins - End-to-end pipelines
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 10km), Antibes (up to 10km), Bordeaux (up to 10km), Nice (up to 10km)

Experience

  • credit agricole
    CloudOps AWS
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2025 - December 2025 (11 months)
    Saint-Ouen, France

    CA-GIP / Crédit Agricole CIB - Platform Engineer (Cloud AWS/GCP)

    Freelance mission - Context: multi-cloud, international

    Within the infrastructure division of the Crédit Agricole Group (2,000+ employees), I led the continuous modernization of cloud components for Crédit Agricole CIB in an international AWS/GCP environment.

    What I delivered:
    Automation & CI/CD -Designed a complete AWS AMI update pipeline (Packer + Terraform + GitLab CI/CD), reducing manual interventions and securing monthly refresh cycles across 4 environments (DEV → PRD).

    Security & Compliance -Integrated CloudGuard reports into the vulnerability tracking process, with before/after build comparative analysis to ensure AMI compliance before production promotion.

    Long-term Vision -Contributed to the "obsolescence by design" approach: anticipating technical debt from the design of cloud migration projects, not just dealing with it.
    Terraform Amazon Web Services Gitlab CI/CD Kubernetes AWS EKS
  • Allianz
    DevOps Cloud
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    October 2022 - January 2025 (2 years and 3 months)
    Courbevoie, France

    Allianz - Platform Engineer (AWS → Azure)

    Embedded in the PaasCore team at Allianz, I contributed to building an Azure platform equivalent to the existing AWS one, enabling application teams to deploy their workloads seamlessly, regardless of the target cloud.

    What I delivered:

    Multi-cloud Platform Engineering - Designed and deployed scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructures on Azure and AWS, aiming for functional parity between the two clouds.

    Production Kubernetes - Administration and updates of AKS (Azure) and EKS (AWS) clusters, management of application deployments with a focus on stability and service continuity.

    CI/CD & Automation - Implementation and maintenance of continuous delivery pipelines to accelerate development cycles and reduce deployment risks.

    Team Skill Development - Coaching and knowledge transfer on Azure services to the DevOps team, ensuring autonomy on the platform after the mission.
    Azure Kubernetes Service AWS EKS Azure Virtual Machine Azure Virtual Network Kubernetes
  • La Banque Postale
    Lead DevOps Cloud
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    October 2021 - September 2022 (11 months)
    Paris, France
    As Lead DevOps, I supported Django — a BNPL fintech incubated by La Banque Postale — from scratch to production, building their entire Azure cloud infrastructure in under 6 months.

    Phase 1 - Azure Landing Zone
    Design and deployment of a hub & spoke architecture on Azure, including governance, access, and network security setup (Firewall, Bastion, App Gateway). Infrastructure fully codified with Terraform.

    Phase 2 - PaaS Platform & CI/CD
    Deployment of AKS clusters per environment and building the complete CI/CD chain on Kubernetes: Jenkins, Nexus, Helm repository, Docker registry, SonarQube. A platform designed for elasticity and ease of maintenance.

    Phase 3 - Dev Team Enablement
    Support for developers on GitFlow, building Docker images, and using custom Helm charts. Coordination with external partners for website deployment.

    Result ✓ - Fintech launched 6 months after project start, with a data ingestion application in production (real-time streams, scheduled processing, daily partner feeds).

    Stack : Azure (AKS, VNet, Firewall, Bastion, App Gateway, Key Vault), Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Helm, Docker, Azure Monitor
    Azure Firewall Azure Storage Azure Virtual Network Azure Kubernetes Service Kubernetes

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Education

  • Computer Science and Multimedia Networks Engineer
    ENSSAT
    2013
  • University Diploma in Technology in Computer Science
    IUT de Sénart Fontainebleau
    2010

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