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Architect / VMware Expert with 10+ years of experience in large-scale environments. Specialist in vSphere 7/8/9, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 5.x and 9), NSX, NSX T 4.x, vSAN, HCX 4.6, and Aria Suite (vROps, vRLI, vRA / Aria Automation, Aria Operations, Aria Operations for logs). Datacenter design and migrations, cluster, PowerCLI/PowerShell automation, AWS/Azure hybrid integrations. Change management, performance, security (ISO 27001/GDPR), DRP.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 20km)
Experience
- GENERALIVMware ExpertBANKING AND INSURANCEJune 2024 - October 2025 (1 year and 4 months)Architect / VMware Expert — Generali — 2024 – Present• Managed patch/upgrade of vSphere 7/8 on ~40,000 VMs / ~50 vCenters; standardization of VCF 5.1/5.2 clusters• Operation of NSX T 4.x and Aria (vROps/vRLI/vRA); improved observability & troubleshooting.• Upgrades of Nutanix AOS/AHV via LCM/NCC; improved change process reliability (testing/validation).
- CA-GIPVMware ExpertBANKING AND INSURANCEMay 2023 - June 2024 (1 year and 1 month)• HCX 4.6: vMotion/RAV/Bulk migrations of critical workloads with planned cutovers.• Deployment of high-performance clusters; study of DPM/high performance & Dell OME Power Management.• Managed the obsolescence program (Gen9 servers) and participated in the UCS → Cisco Intersight migration project.. Managed 40 to 50,000 VMs. VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) 4x patching
- ALSTOMVMware ArchitectTRANSPORTATIONSeptember 2021 - Today (4 years and 8 months)St.-Ouen, FranceBuild architecture on several international client projectsVMware virtualization architectMigration from vSphere 6.7 to 7.0Technical presentation of solutionsTraining for L1/L2 teamsTechnical auditImprovement proposalsAssistance with bid responsesESXCLI, PowerCLI scripting for automated deploymentImplementation of vSAN stretched/metro clustersTechnical environmentvSphere 6.5, 6.7, 7 – vSAN, HPe Gen9 and Gen 10 Servers
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Education
- BTS in Management Information SystemsCNED2009
Certifications
- vSphere 6.7VMware
- vSphere 7 - VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2022CVGS