Cedric G.

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Cédric Gross, a data & cloud architect of exceptional caliber. As the true technical founder of our data & analytics platform, he led our entire cloud journey: migration from scratch from the datacenter to Azure, then best-of-breed modernization with Snowflake (medallion architecture & data mesh), establishing lasting standards for industrialization, governance, and performance. On the security front, his mastery is end-to-end: infra, network, identity, middleware, data, application, CI/CD. He designs resilient, hardened, compliant architectures without compromising product velocity. Some highlights Constant proposer, with a long-term vision. Very strong pedagogical skills: onboards tech & business, simplifies and aligns quickly. Clear, structured, constructive communication. Complete autonomy: from design to production, including in complex contexts. Rare ability to simplify and standardize critical topics (performance, costs, security). Impact area (excerpts) Azure & Snowflake: architecture, optimization, automation, governance. Multi-layer security: IAM/Privileged Access, network (segmentation, Zero-Trust), secrets & KMS, workload hardening, compliance. Industrialization: advanced CI/CD, testing, observability, SLO/SLA, FinOps. Data platform: medallion, lakehouse, data mesh, ALM, quality & traceability. Verdict: he is one of the very few profiles capable of designing, securing, and industrializing a data platform at scale. I recommend him without reservation for any critical mission requiring a reliable technical lead/architect and very high-level execution.