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Farid Cisse

Expert Virtualization

€560/day
Lyon, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Farid

Independent infrastructure consultant with over 15 years of experience in virtualization, private cloud, and advanced technical troubleshooting. I specialize in diagnosing complex issues, restoring service stability, and optimizing infrastructures in critical environments. My expertise covers virtualised platforms (vSphere, VCF, VDI/Omnissa), HCI solutions, storage, and backup. I intervene at the intersection of architecture, performance, and root cause analysis—always with a pragmatic and structured approach. I frequently work in transition contexts, particularly following the departure of key technical resources or the loss of internal infrastructure knowledge, to help organizations regain control and ensure continuity. I also explore the integration of private AI into on-premises infrastructures to support secure and high-performance AI workloads.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Cloud & Microsoft 365
    Engineer
    December 2024 - July 2025 (7 months)
    Lyon, France
    • Microsoft 365 Administration (Exchange, Intune, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive).
    • Structuring and securing Microsoft Entra ID (MFA, Conditional Access, compliance).
    • Automated deployment of workstations via Autopilot, Intune (BitLocker, LAPS, OneDrive).
    • Packaging and deploying applications (.WIN32) with Intune (Office, Adobe, Chrome, etc.).
    • Securing workstations with Microsoft Defender (antivirus replacement...)
    • Monitoring, compliance, and reporting via Intune (states, security, corrective actions).
    • Writing internal operating procedures and documentation.
  • Virtual Synapse
    Senior Infrastructure & Virtualization Consultant
    November 2024 - Today (1 year and 7 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    I work as an independent expert for clients who no longer have access to VMware support (no contract, expired partnerships, ONB access revoked). My mission is to help them stabilize, document, and secure their critical infrastructure.
    • Writing HLDs & STRs with actionable design and transition recommendations
    • Stabilization of unsupported or degraded infrastructures
    • Vulnerability mitigation: hardening, service deactivation, manual patch validation
    • Infrastructure simplification: resilient and maintainable architecture
    • Support for clients without access to Broadcom/VMware portals
    • Guidance for internal teams: lifecycle tracking, upgrade planning, technical documentation
    • Strategic advice to operate safely and independently without vendor dependency
  • Agora Calycé
    Architect
    October 2023 - June 2024 (8 months)
    Lyon, France
    • Design architecture and deployment of VMware Aria Operation 8.1
    • Implementation of VROPS Chargeback
    • Preparation for NSX-V to NSX-T migration
    • Analysis of licensing policy in the VCPP program
    • vCloud Director (10.4) Administration
    • Implementation of DR infrastructure under VCDA
    • N3 Troubleshooting

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Education

  • Computer Management Diploma
    ISEFAC
    2012

Certifications

  • Nutanix NPP 5
    Nutanix

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