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+15 years of experience | TOGAF, VMware, Nutanix, Microsoft Certified | International & multicultural environments
Senior IT Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Architect, I support large companies in the design, transformation, modernization, and security of hybrid infrastructures (on-premise & cloud), with a business value-oriented approach.
My goal: to make infrastructure a strategic lever for the business, by ensuring the performance, resilience, and scalability of IT platforms.
I manage complex IT infrastructure projects, Virtualization (VMware, VxRail, Nutanix), Move to Cloud (AWS, Azure), Carve-Out / Carve-In, IT System Urbanization, and Datacenter Overhaul.
My strengths:
✅ High-level technical expertise: VMware vExpert PRO, VCAP-DCV, NSX, vSAN, Veeam, NetApp, Microsoft Certified Trainer & Expert
✅ Mastery of frameworks: TOGAF, ITIL, PRINCE2
✅ Referent posture: strategic alignment, ability to align technical choices with business objectives, arbitrate, decide, and support change.
✅ Technical leadership: coordination of multidisciplinary teams, transverse management, and commitment to results.
✅ Production of structured deliverables: Technical Architecture Document (DAT), High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), transition plans, operational documentation
✅ International environments: experience in international, multicultural, multi-context, and full English environments.
✅ In-depth knowledge of pan-African IT systems: projects led in 49 countries, field missions in several countries.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Africa Global LogisticsIT Infrastructure ArchitectLOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINOctober 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)Puteaux, France250 subsidiaries, 50 countries.Build: Transformation, DC Move, Move to Cloud, Carve-Out.Run:Expertise and L3 Support.Architecture, Strategy & Governance
- Development, evolution, and validation of technical architectures.
- Ensuring consistency and alignment of IT architecture with Business strategy.
- Definition and promotion of Group architecture standards.
- Governance and Audit of IT infrastructures.
- Technological watch and POC management.
- Participation in strategic committees (Architecture Committees, Steering Committees, Project Committees, CAB).
Transformation & Projects- Management of transverse projects (Systems, Virtualization, Cloud, Network, Databases, HCI, Load balancing, Security, EUC, Workplace) for Datacenter Moves, Move to Cloud (on-premises to Azure), IT System Carve-out/Carve-In, and infrastructure overhauls.
- Design, sizing, and deployment of Private Clouds based on HCI hyperconvergence (vSAN/VxRail, Nutanix, Azure Stack HCI), integrating stretched clusters (Stretched, Metro Availability, Rack Aware) to ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience.
- Datacenter Urbanization.
- Evaluating application cloud eligibility (cloudification) and target architectures.
Technical Expertise- Technical Referent for VMware, VxRail, Nutanix, Microsoft, Backup, and Storage.
- Obsolescence management, license optimization, and rationalization.
- Identification, qualification, and scoping of new needs.
- Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Architecture.
- Definition of backup and replication strategy (RPO, RTO).
Coordination & Deliverables- Coordination and management of partners and project, operational, and business teams.
- Writing of technical architecture documents (DAT), High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), operational procedures (DEX), test and acceptance plans, recommendations, and best practices.
- RAJAIT Infrastructure and Hyperconvergence ArchitectSeptember 2021 - September 2022 (1 year)Paris, FranceConsultant as IT Infrastructure and Nutanix HCI Hyperconvergence Architect.Environment: 26 companies, 19 countries.Build: Transformation, Overhaul, DC Move.Run: Expertise and Level 3 support.Audit, Transformation, Migration & Urbanization
- Global audit of legacy infrastructures (Datacenters, VMware, Hyper-V, backup, storage, network, security, monitoring, automation, CI/CD pipelines).
- Architecture and management of Datacenter Move projects, Datacenter Urbanization, Deployment of a new Nutanix HCI/AHV based Private Cloud platform and Migration of the Legacy infrastructure.
Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and Business Continuity Plan (BCP)- Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Architecture and Backup Strategy.
Micro-segmentation- Feasibility study and Architecture based on Nutanix Flow and Cisco ACI.
Coordination & Deliverables- Coordination and management of project, operational, and business teams.
- Writing of architecture deliverables (HLD, LLD, DAT, DEX), recommendations, and best practices
- ENGIE SolutionsIT Infrastructure ArchitectENERGY AND UTILITIESAugust 2020 - September 2021 (1 year and 1 month)Puteaux, FranceBuild: Transformation, DC Move, Move to Cloud, Carve-OutRun: Expertise and Level 3 SupportArchitecture & Compliance
- Writing of architecture deliverables (HLD, LLD, DAT, DEX), recommendations, best practices
- Development, update, and compliance of IT architecture standards
- IT infrastructure technical referent (VMware, Nutanix, Veeam, Microsoft, AWS)
- Datacenter Urbanization and management of physical infrastructures (Dell, HP) and Equinix DCs
- Quarterly Steering Committees (Copil) with partners (e.g., Dell, VMware, Nutanix), project and KPI reviews, product roadmap management
Design, Deployment & Optimization- Architecture, deployment, and optimization of environments: VMware vSphere/vSAN, Hyper-V, Nutanix, Horizon View, Workspace ONE (UEM), Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Enterprise Manager, Okta (SSO & MFA), 3PAR 7400, StoreOnce 5500, Huawei OceanStor, AWS (EC2, S3, S3 Glacier, FSx), Brocade SwitchSAN.
- Deployment and decommissioning of Nutanix and VMware clusters (incl. cluster renaming/rebranding).
- Deployment, Rationalization, and Resizing of virtualization and HCI hyperconvergence platforms under VMware and Nutanix and V2V migration via Nutanix Move.
- Deployment of Veeam B&R backup and replication solutions, integrating archiving on public cloud storage AWS (S3, S3 Glacier), supporting DRP/BCP strategies.
Support & Operations- Technical management and monitoring of Maintenance in Operational Condition (MCO) and obsolescence.
- Management, Reorganization, and Optimization of VMware, Nutanix, and Veeam licenses
- L3 Support and coordination of major changes, incident post-mortems.
Transformation & Migration Projects- Datacenter Move (2 Primary DCs + 1 Secondary DC)
- Move To Cloud (Move2Cloud): Migration of VMs to AWS Cloud lift and shift, replatforming, re-architecting, and migration of file servers to AWS FSx
- Evaluating application cloud eligibility (cloudification)
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Education
- Executive Master in Business Administration (MBA)International University of Casablanca (UIC)2015
- Professional Master in Systems, Networks, and Security EngineeringFaculty of Science and Technology of Settat (FST-S), Hassan 1st University2013
Certifications
- TOGAF 9 Foundation - Enterprise ArchitectThe Open Group
- PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project ManagementPeopleCert