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Ouajdi ChaalaliOC

Ouajdi Chaalali

Expert Integration & DevOps | Kubernetes

€650/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Ouajdi

IT engineer with 18+ years of experience in critical system integration and distributed architectures.
Specialized in large-scale solution integration, exchange security (API, IAM – Keycloak), and complex production environment management.
I work on critical environments to design, integrate, and make containerized and cloud-native platforms reliable.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • IDEMIA
    Integration & Qualification Manager | Backend / DevOps
    DIGITAL AND IT
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 7 months)
    France
    • • Piloting integration and qualification activities on critical biometric systems (ABIS)
    • • Operating high availability (HA) platforms used in sensitive contexts (border control, airports)
    • • Managing databases containing several million biometric records (fingerprints + alphanumeric data)
    • • Deploying and operating containerized environments under Kubernetes
    • • Implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable deployments
    • • Integrating and securing exchanges (REST API, OAuth2, OIDC via Keycloak)
    • • Integrating and managing asynchronous messaging systems (JMS, RabbitMQ) for application flow management and inter-service communication
    • • Monitoring, tuning, and performance optimization: reducing response times and improving biometric matching times
    • • Analyzing and resolving critical incidents in a distributed environment
    • • Technical coordination between development, infrastructure, and production teams
    • • Contributing to the reliability of critical systems used in sensitive operational environments
    • • Guaranteeing the availability and performance of critical systems with high operational stakes
    DevOps Docker Kubernetes Ansible Jenkins CICD REST APIs
  • IDEMIA
    Senior Integration Engineer | Distributed Systems / APIs
    January 2022 - January 2023 (1 year)
    France
    • • Integrating high-volume distributed systems in critical environments
    • • Deploying and configuring backend applications on JBoss EAP
    • • Implementing and integrating IAM solutions with Keycloak (OIDC, SSO)
    • • Securing exchanges via OAuth2 and OpenID Connect
    • • Designing and integrating secure REST APIs
    • • Automating deployments and configurations with Ansible
    • • Optimizing system performance and improving stability
    • • Analyzing and resolving complex production incidents
    • • Contributing to the adoption of DevOps practices (containerization, automation)
  • IDEMIA
    Technical Integration Lead | Architecture
    January 2017 - January 2022 (5 years)
    Oman
    • • Technical leadership of large-scale biometric system integration projects (ABIS)
    • • Designing and implementing HA distributed architectures
    • • Integrating critical solutions used in sensitive environments (identity, security)
    • • Managing application flows and interoperability between heterogeneous systems
    • • Coordinating with project, infrastructure, and client teams
    • • Contributing to the stability, performance, and reliability of production systems

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Education

  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate
    AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  • Computer Engineering Degree
    ENIT
    2008
    Diplôme d'ingénieur en informatique

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