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Description

Senior Infrastructure & Networks Engineer — Linux | VMware | Automation | Security

Infrastructure and networks engineer with over 6 years of experience in complex and critical environments. Specialized in the design and deployment of on-premise and virtualised infrastructures (VMware vSphere/vSAN), automation (Ansible, Terraform), and network security (FortiGate, Juniper).

Accustomed to demanding environments — air-gapped, multi-site, high availability — with a strong DevOps culture and an Infrastructure as Code approach.

Key Skills: Linux RHEL, VMware, Ansible, Terraform, Docker/Podman, FortiGate, Juniper, Zabbix/Grafana, GitLab, Red Hat Satellite, IdM/FreeIPA.

Available for remote or hybrid missions.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Orange France | Groupe SII - AURA
Network & Systems Engineer
DIGITAL AND IT
September 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
Lyon, France
• • Multi-site operation in a constrained environment (BareMetal, sensitive sector): supervision, autonomous management of critical network incidents, server deployment, and integration of business applications in an isolated IS.
• • FortiGate Administration (policies, SSL VPN/certificates, BGP); infrastructure project management, third-party coordination, reporting, and documentation.
• • Technical referent for a complete domain: project entry point, PI Planning (SAFe), on-call duties. Tools Area
• • Design and deployment from scratch of a multi-site hybrid VMware vSphere/vSAN cluster (3 sites, 12 nodes) with vMotion and network tuning on Juniper QFX.
• • Full stack on hardened RHEL 9: Red Hat Satellite, IdM (LDAP/Kerberos/DNS), GitLab (CI/CD), Ansible, NetBox, Bitwarden, Wiki.js.
• • Zabbix/Telegraf/Grafana monitoring; automated Veeam backup; multi-layer reverse proxy (HAProxy, Nginx, Unbound).
VMware Virtualization Firewalling Redhat System Administration Network Administration
Akkodis - The Adecco Group
IT Consultant
DIGITAL AND IT
September 2023 - September 2024 (1 year)
Lyon, France
• • Engie (3 months): FortiGate Administration on OT/SCADA infrastructure — configuration, network project management, integrated client team.

• • FedEx Express (6 months): Management of the renovation of 2 logistics stations in the AURA region (third-party coordination, site monitoring, field interventions) + autonomous N3 support in the South-East.

• • XPO Logistics (3 months): Support accompaniment — team training, structuring and improvement of operational processes.
Systems and Network Administration Project Management Firewalling
Gamac SA
Systems and Network Administrator
RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
April 2023 - August 2023 (4 months)
St.-Maurice-la-Souterraine, France
• • Administration of multi-site network equipment (71 sites): Forcepoint NGFW, switches, WiFi, NAS; group supervision and incident resolution.

• • Migration from Forcepoint Proxy to Netskope ZTNA: deployment and tuning of console/permissions.

• • Audit and integration of 3 new subsidiaries; formalization of the complete process (checklist, delivery, documented procedure).
Systems and Network Administration Firewalling Project Management