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DevOps & SRE Engineer with 10+ years of experience, I help companies automate their Cloud infrastructures, ensure reliable deployments, and reduce operational toil.
Technical Expertise:
- CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins (on Kubernetes, Configuration as Code), Cloud Build, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Ansible, Helm
- Cloud & Containers: GCP (GKE), Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform (IaC)
- Observability & SRE: ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, SLO/SLI dashboards, incident response
- Development & Tooling: Rust, Python, Flask, n8n, AI workflows
Concrete Results:
- Jenkins deployment on Kubernetes with automatic horizontal scaling
- End-to-end CI/CD pipelines for Unity/Unreal (build, test, package, release Android + Steam)
- Migration of critical Elasticsearch proxy to Rust with zero-downtime
- Reduction of toil via internal CLI tools and self-service portals (Flask + OAuth + RBAC)
Background: 6 years at Volvo Group (Dev, International IT Consultant, XR Developer, DevOps), then freelance. Graduate of CPE Lyon engineering school (equivalent to Master's in Computer Science). Bilingual French/English, international collaboration experience (India, Sweden, France).
I am ready to transform your DevOps projects into success!
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 10km)
Experience
- Self EmployedSENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEERSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJanuary 2024 - March 2026 (2 years and 2 months)Lyon, FranceDevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer — LIVFreelance | Jan 2024 - Present | RemoteFreelance DevOps engineer for a studio specializing in immersive technologies (VR/gaming). Responsible for Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and internal tooling.CI/CD & Release Automation:- Jenkins deployment on Kubernetes (Ansible + Helm + Configuration as Code) with automatic horizontal scaling- End-to-end Cloud Build pipelines for automated Jenkins provisioning, eliminating configuration drift- Design of CI/CD pipelines for Unreal Engine and Unity: automated build, test, packaging, and release (Android + Windows)- Implementation of one-click releases to the Steam Store and Google Play (signing, staging, promotion)Kubernetes & Platform Engineering:- Platform infrastructure management via reusable Helm charts- Kubernetes resource optimization (right-sizing, resolving PVC/scheduling bottlenecks, stabilizing autoscaling)- Automation of TLS renewals and standardization of secret management (Vault → Kubernetes Secrets)Observability & SRE:- Deployment of the ELK stack via Helm/Ansible and creation of Kibana dashboards for SLO monitoringInternal Tooling & AI:- Development of CLI tools in Rust and a self-service Build Portal (Flask + Google OAuth + RBAC)- Replacement of a critical Elasticsearch proxy with a Rust service with zero-downtime- Deployment of Twenty CRM on GKE (Helm + PostgreSQL) with backups and zero-downtime upgrades- Creation of AI workflows with n8n (Discord bots, summarization)
- VolvoDEVOPS ENGINEERAUTOMOBILEJune 2022 - January 2024 (1 year and 7 months)7th Arr., Lyon, France• Development and creation of VR applications to represent new trucks and their maintenance (3D prototype of cabins)• Creation of multi-session experiences allowing an instructor and other players to be in the same room.• Creation of pipelines in Azure to automatically generate APKs and deploy them to the headset fleet• Working with technologies such as Unity, C#, Visual Studio Code, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Oculus Business headsets
- VolvoPHP and Drupal DeveloperTRANSPORTATIONMarch 2020 - March 2022 (2 years)Lyon, France• Design of a multilingual website generator via integration pipelines, delivering sites in the corporate colors of Volvo Group entities, including Renault Trucks• Development of custom Drupal modules meeting specific business needs of Volvo Group (notably Renault Trucks), extending the standard capabilities of the CMS• Utilization of Kubernetes workloads in production on Azure (Renault Trucks pipeline + production web servers), with end-to-end automation of Drupal deployments• Management of the web platform infrastructure as code (IaC) across dev/staging/prod environments• Use of Grafana and Prometheus for backend monitoring
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Education
- Master of Science in Computer ScienceCPE Lyon engineering school2016Master in Computer Science