Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Hello,

I offer my diverse and varied skills to your company.

Seriously, I have been working in IT for over 9 years and have already completed several assignments for various entities.

. IT Audit / Administration / Maintenance

. AD Audit / Remediation and Maintenance

• Windows Server deployment and migration

• Windows Server and Linux systems administration

. Entra ID Administration

• Fortinet Administration (VPN, Wi-Fi, rule configuration) Switching - VLAN / LAG

• On-prem to Azure Cloud lift and shift transition and migration

Based in Île-de-France, available for assignments in Lyon, Montpellier, and remotely.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Montpellier (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km)

AUTODISTRIBUTION
Systems and Networks Consultant
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
June 2025 - Today (1 year and 2 months)
Chilly-Mazarin, France
Technical Skills & Achievements

Active Directory / Domain Controllers
Migration of 7 domains:
DC Windows Server 2008 → 2019
DC Windows Server 2016 → 2022
Installation of 2019/2022 VMs and addition of AD DS roles (additional controllers)
SYSVOL FRS → DFSR Migration
DC Promotion/Demotion and FSMO transfers (Forest-wide & Domain-wide)
Domain controller Re-IP / Decommissioning of 2003 & 2008 servers

Advanced Active Directory Administration
Configuration of two-way Forest Trust, Conditional Forwarders & DNS Forwarders
AD security with Quest Change Auditor
AD Hardening with PingCastle, Semperis Purple Knight & Forest Druid

Messaging / Microsoft 365
IMAP → Microsoft 365 migration project for approximately 100 mailboxes
Use of BitTitan (planning, piloting, and migration monitoring)
Entra ID Administration + Microsoft Graph Usage

VMware vSphere 7.x to 8.0 Upgrade Project
Migration of vSphere 7.3 → vSphere 8.0 on the virtualization infrastructure
Verification and compliance check of the VMware compatibility matrix (HCL): servers, drivers, firmwares, RAID/NIC controllers
Complete update of vCenter Server to 8.0 (prerequisites, compatibility, backups, upgrade procedure)
Upgrade of ESXi hosts to VMware ESXi 8.0 via vSphere Lifecycle Manager (planning, DRS switchover, maintenance, upgrade)
VMware vSAN Update
Update of the vSAN disk format using the RVC tool
VSphere Distributed Switch Update
Validation of critical service operation: vMotion, DRS, HA, Storage vMotion, ESXi Clusters and datastores
Business continuity plan management: possible rollback, configuration snapshots, vCenter and host backup
Coordination with application teams for maintenance windows and post-migration testing
Complete technical documentation: target architecture, upgrade procedures, lessons learned
VMWARE Windows Server Microsoft Entra ID
Air Liquide
Systems Consultant
August 2023 - June 2025 (1 year and 10 months)
Administration of virtualised infrastructures (Nutanix – Air Liquide)

Administration of Nutanix infrastructures across several Air Liquide sites:
configuration of nodes, CVMs, and IPMI interfaces
Setup and complete configuration of the virtualization infrastructure:
management of vSwitches, VLANs, and associated network resources
Delivery and deployment of VMs according to project and application team needs
Migration of VMs from obsolete infrastructures to new Nutanix platforms
Support and assistance to application teams during migration and production deployment operations
Nutanix
CAFPI
Systems and Networks Administrator
REAL ESTATE
October 2021 - August 2023 (1 year and 10 months)
Ste-Geneviève-des-Bois, France
CAFPI – Systems, Networks & Security Administrator
Networks / Security – Fortinet & SD-WAN

SD-WAN project: migration of branches to a Fortinet architecture
(FortiCloud, FortiManager, FortiGate) in coordination with a service provider and the IT department
→ activation/licensing via FortiCloud, centralized configuration via FortiManager, automated scripting
Project Management: update of the 230 FortiGates (intervention planning, branch/provider coordination)
Creation and deployment of a Guest WiFi via FortiManager (template + script + global deployment)
FortiEMS Administration: management of FortiClients, EMS version upgrade 6.2 → 6.4 → 7.0

Infrastructure / Systems Projects
Migration of the print server from Windows Server 2012 → 2019
Implementation of a DirectAccess Djoin Offline for the Tunisia branch
Level 3 support for the entire systems and network scope
Application deployments via SCCM

Cloud & Modern Workplace
Azure Migration: migration of On-Premise servers to Azure
(Alfun collaboration + IT department), configuration: RG, VNet, UDR…
SCCM → Intune Migration in Co-Management, then Full Cloud switchover
Management of updates and deployments via Intune & Endpoint Manager

WiFi Network & Infrastructures
Project to update Aruba access points in all branches via Aruba Airwave
Branch network segmentation (analysis, design, and implementation)

Security & Audits
Complete Active Directory security audit:
use of PingCastle and PKE_METER, audit report writing, recommendations, and hardening actions
Correction of vulnerabilities identified via CERT, MiSc, and APSSIS on:
FortiGate, Windows OS, VMware, network equipment…
VMWARE Fortimanager Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Microsoft Azure