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Description

Transition Manager

On-Premise & Cloud Infrastructure Expert

From user workstation to datacenter, from physical to virtual, from LAN to WAN:

Orchestrator of the Information System focused on performance, security, and service continuity.

Key Expertise

Infrastructure & Cloud

On-Premise, Public / Private / Hybrid Cloud

AWS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 (O365)

Virtualization (VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V)

LAN / WAN / Wi-Fi / SD-WAN Networks

Digital Workplace & Endpoint Management

Microsoft Intune (MDM/MAM, Autopilot, compliance, zero-touch)

Azure AD / Entra ID (RBAC, security, identity)

Large-scale fleet management (mass deployments, network optimization – Delivery Optimization)

DevOps & Automation

CI/CD (Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, Terraform – IaC)

Advanced Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)

Industrialization & automation of IT operations

ITSM & CMDB

ITIL / Prince2

iTop (CMDB, data collectors, M365 / Graph / vSphere synchronization)

Incident, problem, and change management (CAB, Go/No-Go, runbooks)

Data, API & Integration

API, Web Services, IS / ERP integration

SaaS & distributed architectures

Artificial Intelligence & GenAI

Integration of market AI solutions (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)

Implementation of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) chains

Deployment of on-premise / disconnected LLM models (LLaMA, Mistral, Mixtral…)

Governance, security, and observability of AI usage

Intelligent automation (chatbots, copilots, business agents)

Management & Governance

Direction of complex projects aligned with IS strategy and cybersecurity

Management of multidisciplinary teams (local & offshore)

IT outsourcing management in partner mode

Budget management & cost optimization (Cost Killer mindset)

Executive reporting & COMEX communication

Change management & transformation of IT organizations

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
German
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

CGI
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