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Charles De Magneval

Lead Architect Specialist in Tech Transformation

€800/day
Lyon, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Charles

IT & AI Transition Manager: Experience for Sustainable Agility.

With a rich and varied career, I have chosen to put my expertise at the service of organizations as an **Independent Transition Manager and Consultant**.
An architect committed to aneco-responsibleand FinOps approach. Expert in optimizing deliverables through Distroless and Busybox Java image architectures, enabling massive reduction in infrastructure footprint and maximumsecurityby minimizing the attack surface. My ambition is clear: to support your technological transformations with the energy ofunwavering curiosityand the prudence that experience provides.

My vision is based on solid pillars:

  • Business Sense First : I don't advocate 'tech for tech's sake'.
My goal is to understand your business processes to offer IT and AI solutions that truly meetyour users' needs.
  • Strategic Discernment : My background allows me totake the necessary step back from technical hypeto favorsimplicityand efficiency.
  • The Craftsmanship Standard : I advocate for quality work, respecting UI and accessibility standards, to ensure inclusive and high-performing tools.
  • Reconcile business needs with the imperatives ofsecurityanddigital sobrietythroughSoftware Craftsmanship: favor simplicity to reduce carbon footprint (**eco-design**), optimize Cloud costs (**FinOps**), and ensure nativeresilienceof the IS with risks managed from the design phase.
Committed to a career path that I wish to continue for **many more years**, I am currently seeking consulting assignments where my analytical skills and intellectual agility will make a difference for your most complex transition projects.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Basic

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

Experience

  • Apave apave
    Senior Application Architect & IS Governance
    March 2025 - June 2025 (3 months)
    Saint-Priest, France
    Ensure the coherence and controlled evolution of the Information System, aligning architecture with business needs and technical standards.
    Governance Actions:
    Steering the documentation of General Architecture Documents (DAG), ensuring consistency with business teams.
    Key Result/Impact:
    Secured mapping: Compliance of 6 critical applications in the Erwin map, ensuring a clear vision for future developments and risk management.
  • Exotec EXOTEC
    R&D Architect - Standards Definition
    September 2024 - January 2025 (4 months)
    Lyon, France
    Structure the future of R&D applications by defining target architectures and simplifying access and security management.
    Design Actions:
    Definition of technical architecture (DAT) and technological/organizational choices for new applications.
    Integration of authorization system for simplified access rights management.
    Impact and Key Result:
    Creation of an architectural foundation for R&D; improved security and simplified onboarding of new employees through integrated access.
  • BoostHeat
    Software Redesign and Optimization Architect
    September 2023 - June 2024 (9 months)
    69200 Vénissieux, France
    Development of a data collection application for embedded systems
    Modernize data collection architecture for embedded systems, improve access security, and ensure reliable monitoring.
    Transformation Actions:
    Refactoring of metric calculation and migration of the solution to Docker Compose to simplify service execution.
    Preparation for improved access security (replacement of SSH keys).
    Key Results/Impact:
    Monitoring Modernization: Transition of the monitoring solution to Wasm and access to metrics via Grafana.
    Secured and Standardized: Improved SSH key management and simplified service management through containerization.

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Education

  • Bachelor's degree
    COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
    1990
    Bachelor's degree
  • DUT Mechanical Engineering and Production Technology
    IUT SAINT ETIENNE
    1989
    DUT Mécanique et Productique

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