About Mouad
Tech Lead Cloud-Native & Software Engineer
- Software Development: Expert Node.js and Python, specializing in microservices architecture and software refactoring.
- API Management: Apigee Specialist (Edge, X, Hybrid), managing governance, security, and complex exposure strategies.
- Cloud & IaC: GCP / AWS architecture design, automation with Terraform, and security with Vault and Workload Identity.
- Kubernetes & GitOps: Cluster orchestration (GKE, EKS, OpenShift) and deployment industrialization via GitLab CI and GitOps pipelines.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Experience
- RENAULTTech Lead Cloud-Native & Software EngineerAUTOMOBILEDecember 2022 - Today (3 years and 6 months)78280 Guyancourt, FranceTechnical lead for a central API governance platform based on Apigee, used to secure, expose, and industrialize API consumption across the Renault group.
- Platform Architecture & Development: Design and evolution of a distributed API lifecycle management platform, with Node.js backend component development, integration with Renault IS, and technical support for the team (code reviews, mentoring, architectural choices).
- Apigee Edge to Apigee X Migration: Technical lead for the migration to Apigee X, adapting CI/CD pipelines, implementing a dual-run architecture, and automating deployments to ensure a seamless transition.
- Kubernetes & Apigee Hybrid: First deployment of Apigee Hybrid in a factory environment on Anthos/GKE, Kubernetes runtime management, Vault integration, GitLab CI deployment automation, and platform troubleshooting operations.
- GCP Cloud & Networking: Design and implementation of secure API connectivity using Global/Internal Load Balancers, Private Service Connect, private/public DNS, and centralized exposure rules to enable inter-project communication without internet exposure.
- Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Automation of GCP, Kubernetes, and Vault resource provisioning with Terraform to industrialize environments and standardize multi-project deployments.
- Security & CI/CD: Implementation of Workload Identity Federation (WIF) to secure Apigee artifact deployments from GitLab CI to GCP, and Workload Identity on the Kubernetes side for deployments and tasks.
- ROCHESenior Software EngineerPHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRYNovember 2021 - December 2022 (1 year and 1 month)Basel, SwitzerlandPlatform for creating and managing Edge Kubernetes clusters on client infrastructures, supporting Roche applications across multiple sites with minimal client intervention.*Standardization & Observability:Improvement of Edge cluster templates to provide application teams with simplified and pre-configured logging configuration, requiring only minimal setup.*Automation & Provisioning:Complete automation of Edge cluster provisioning, integrating AWS services (EKS, EC2, S3) and dynamic creation of Vault namespaces for secret management.*CI/CD Industrialization:Automation of GitLab project and pipeline generation for each client cluster, including application deployment management via a GitOps approach for continuous and automated synchronization.
- Crédit MutuelSenior Software EngineerBANKING AND INSURANCENovember 2020 - October 2021 (11 months)Strasbourg, FranceSupport for migration to OpenShift clusters hosted in a private cloud within an engineering team.*Capacity Management:Development of a web application (Python) to predict OpenShift cluster resource usage in order to anticipate infrastructure needs and optimize provisioning.
- FinOps Observability: Design and implementation of a POC for real-time cost tracking of applications deployed in the private cloud.
- Data Engineering & Metrology: Implementation of k8s jobs for collecting metric data from Prometheus, storing it in MySQL, and creating advanced control dashboards via Grafana.
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Education
- MPSI/MPLycée Philippine Duchesnes2012Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles
- Software Systems and Security EngineerÉcole nationale supérieure de techniques avancées2025
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAWS2020
- IBM certified consultantIBM Graduate Program2017