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Description

I am Lakhdar DAMAR, a freelance IT project manager with over 10 years of experience. I have collaborated with renowned companies such as Abeille Assurances, Sanofi, Lacoste, BNP Paribas, and TotalEnergies. Specializing in network and systems infrastructure project management, I am proficient in PRINCE2 and ITIL. For example, I managed the deployment of MS Authenticator and the migration to Azure. My expertise guarantees solutions aligned with business needs, while ensuring rigorous management of deadlines and costs. My experiences will allow me to take on new challenges.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Nanterre (up to 50km)

AXA en France
IT Project Manager
September 2024 - Today (1 year and 11 months)
• ● Technical coordination of the Markit project
• ● Workshops with AXA teams (Network, Security, Cloud, Infra, Architecture)
• ● Regular interactions with GO, GIE, and GRM
• ● Monitoring of technical needs: flows, firewall, security, access
• ● Drafting of deliverables (flow matrices, meeting minutes)
• ● Progress monitoring: schedule, business tests, sign-off
• ● Security collaboration: compliance, questionnaires, pentest,
Abeille Assurances
IT Project Manager (Freelance Consultant)
November 2022 - August 2024 (1 year and 9 months)
Colombes, France
• ● Conducting requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders
• ● Management and coordination of specialized teams (workstations, networks, security, Linux)
• ● Leading critical projects such as the deployment of Microsoft Authenticator, CrowdStrike, and the migration from AIX 7.1 to 7.2
• ● Setting up IPsec VPN connections with partners and decommissioning infrastructures after separation with AVIVA
• ● Using JIRA for tracking technical requests and actions
• ● Preparing documents for the Cyber Committee and presenting solutions to the Design Authority committee,
Sanofi
Technical Project Manager (Consultant)
November 2021 - October 2022 (11 months)
Paris, France
• ● Management of infrastructure projects in a GxP environment, including migration of On-Premise environments to Azure
• ● Leading upgrades of obsolete servers and Oracle 11.2 databases to Oracle 19c on Azure containers
• ● Relocation and consolidation of a local data center in Italy with equipment decommissioning
• ● Collaboration with international service providers to ensure compliance with deadlines and security standards
• ● Preparing changes for CAB approval and producing progress reports,