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Aziz K.AK

Aziz K.

IT Project Manager / Director - Public Sector Expert

€1,000/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Aziz

IT Project Director with 19 years of experience in the development and maintenance of complex national and international information systems:
  • 5 years as Project Director at Sopra Steria, responsible for managing digital transformation projects for the Ministries of Economy and Finance and National Education.
  • 14 years as a developer, then R&D team manager at Amadeus, an international software vendor responsible for developing and operating applications for airlines worldwide.

Skills:
  • IT Project Management: aligning strategic vision with operational execution
  • Leadership of multidisciplinary teams and agile management
  • Lifecycle management: Product mode, Build/Run, Maintenance in Operational Condition/Technical Maintenance Assistance
  • Digital Transformation Strategy / Change Management
  • Project / Program Scoping and Security
  • Support for Agile Business and IT departments
  • Governance and committees
  • Cybersecurity Support (PAS, PSSI...)
  • Agile, Lean, Devops, TDD, DDD, Microservices, API Methodologies
  • SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, ITIL
Education:
  • 2022 - 2023: Digital Transformation Strategist, Ecole Polytechnique
  • 2018 - 2019: Master in Public Affairs, Sciences Po Paris
  • 2002 - 2005: Computer Engineering Degree, INSA Lyon

References:
  • Ministry of National Education
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • Réseau Canopé
  • Academy of Paris
  • Sopra Steria
  • Amadeus
  • ZSoft Consulting
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • SI Public
    IT Project Director / Digital Transformation
    DIGITAL AND IT
    June 2024 - Today (2 years)
    Paris, France
    IT Project Director and founder of the Public IT Consulting firm, specializing in the digital transformation of the public sector.

    I support public digital projects by adopting Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches, while integrating Cloud, AI, and Data technologies tailored to the specific needs and context of the administration.

    My expertise includes budget management and forecasting, establishing governance, risk management, and developing information system security plans, while ensuring compliance with frameworks such as RGAA and RGSEN.

    I build high-performing agile teams by identifying key skills within the client organization and mobilizing the Public IT ecosystem, composed of freelancers and expert SMEs in digital technology.

    I also support my clients in defining and deploying digital transformation strategies, while ensuring change management in close collaboration with all stakeholders.

    Client references: Directorate of Digital Technology for Education (DNE), Directorate General of Public Finance (DGFiP), ZSoft Consulting....
    Project Scoping Project Management Business Analysis/Assistance to Business Analysis Agile Methodology Scrum SAFe Project Management Project Management Domain Driven Design Microservices DevOps Atlassian JIRA Cloud Computing
  • Sopra Steria
    Project Director - Directorate of Digital Technology for Education (DNE)
    DIGITAL AND IT
    October 2022 - May 2024 (1 year and 8 months)
    Paris, France
    Supporting project management within the Ministry of National Education for the development and deployment of online and hybrid teaching and training solutions.

    Eléa Program:
    - Planning and implementation of the nationwide deployment of the Moodle Eléa e-learning platform for primary and secondary school students, piloted at the Academy of Versailles.
    - Program scoping, strategic committee organization, agile team setup, change management, and communication.

    Magistère Program:
    - Overhaul of the Moodle Magistère e-learning platform for the continuing professional development of National Education staff.
    - Program scoping, strategic committee organization, agile team setup, transition plan implementation, change management, and communication.

    Technical Environment: Agile, Scrum, DevOps, JIRA, Miro, Moodle, Cloud, OVH, Gitlab, UX/UI, Figma, Maze
    Project Management Strategic Committee Digital Transformation Governance Change Management Digital Transformation Risk Management Project Management Steering Committee Agile Methodology Scrum SAFe Digital Workspace E-learning E-education GovTech
  • Sopra Steria
    Project Director - Directorate General of Public Finance (DGFiP)
    DIGITAL AND IT
    September 2019 - September 2022 (3 years and 1 month)
    Noisy-le-Grand, France
    Mission Context:
    DGFiP is one of the main administrations of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, with over 100,000 agents across France. It designs, develops, and operates one of the State's most sensitive information systems (IS) internally, with over 700 business applications.

    DGFiP's application portfolio faces a triple challenge: reducing the IS's technical debt, maintaining internal technical expertise, and evolving the IS, particularly through agile DevOps and Cloud levers, to meet new business requirements.

    As part of the public contract, Sopra Steria has been supporting DGFiP's IT departments for over 10 years with a team of approximately 400 engineers in a business consortium.

    Activities as Project Director for the consortium:
    - Management of technical modernization and business evolution projects with a budget of €6 million/year.
    - Establishment and maintenance of project teams with approximately 40 engineers and 4 project managers.
    - Implementation of the most suitable Regie/Fixed-price delivery model depending on each project's context.
    - Management of project financial objectives (Revenue/Margin/Cash).
    - Upstream project scoping by mobilizing technical experts.
    - Management of client contractual commitments.
    - Review and validation of technical deliverables.
    - Facilitation of steering committees.
    - Client relationship management.
    - Career development for employees and trainees.
    - Recruitment of technical profiles.
    - Subcontractor management.

    Key achievements:
    - Renewal of the consortium contract with Sopra Steria as the lead.
    - Securing and closing operations during the transition from the previous contract.
    - Management of innovative DevOps Cloud and Digital Workplace projects.
    - Creation of a custom Cloud service offering for DGFiP.

    Technical Environment: Agile DevOps, Cloud Linux / OpenStack, Jenkins / Gitlab, Terraform / Ansible, Java/J2EE, PHP/Durpal, Python, PostgreSQL / Oracle
    Project Management Agile Methodology Cloud DevOps SAFe CI/CD J2EE Scrum Kanban

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Education

  • Computer Engineering
    INSA Lyon
    2005
    Spécialité Systèmes d'Information
  • Master in Public Affairs (MPA)
    Sciences Po Paris
    2019
    Spécialité Administrations publiques

Certifications

  • SAFe Agilist
    Scaled Agile Inc
    2022
  • ITIL Foundation Level
    EXIN
    2017

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