Freelancer profile translated to English.
Back to original languageAbout Sakly
Welcome!
Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer with over 9 years of experience, specializing in building, automating, and ensuring the reliability of Cloud infrastructures (Azure, AWS, OpenStack) and Kubernetes / Docker platforms.
I help companies modernize their systems, implement robust CI/CD pipelines, automate Infrastructure as Code, and ensure comprehensive security and observability for their environments.
Areas of Expertise
- Cloud & Containers: Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
- CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, multi-project pipelines, GitOps
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (modules), Ansible, Ansible Tower
- Automation & Deployments: pipelines, Bash/Python scripts, orchestration
- Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Azure Monitor
- Cloud Architecture: scaling, high availability, security, FinOps
- Modernization: On-Prem → Cloud migrations, containerization, pipeline redesign
- Microservices & Reverse Proxy: Nginx, Caddy, certificates, CORS, SSE
What I bring to my clients
- Implementation of scalable, robust, and high-performing Cloud environments
- End-to-end automation to reduce manual tasks and risks
- Acceleration of delivery cycles (CI/CD)
- Cloud cost optimization (FinOps)
- Clear documentation, knowledge transfer, and team support
- Pragmatic approach focused on quality, security, and reliability
Types of projects I undertake
- Deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters
- Creation or modernization of CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code automation (Terraform, Ansible)
- Implementation of Cloud environments (Azure / AWS / OpenStack)
- Comprehensive monitoring & observability (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK)
- Platform security and DevSecOps best practices
- Application or infrastructure migration (On-Prem → Cloud)
📍 Based in Paris – on-site or fully remote.
⏱️ Quick response and serious collaboration
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- France Médias MondeDevOps & Cloud EngineerFILM AND AVNovember 2023 - Today (2 years and 7 months)• Complete migration from Jenkins to GitLab CI with intelligent multi-project pipelines (change detection, parallelized tests), significantly reducing build times.• Design of ephemeral Preview environments on Azure, fully automated: GitLab CI → Ansible → Docker Compose orchestration to dynamically provision infrastructure (VM, DNS, PostgreSQL, FileShare), deploy/configure the 6 FMM applications on the fly, then completely remove all resources (VM, DB, DNS, media, images, Azure Tables) upon completion.• Implementation of GitLab Runners autoscaling based on VM Scale Sets, enabling cost reduction of ~70% and perfect elasticity.• Complete refactoring of the multi-subtree monorepo and Docker standardization through a cloud-ready Compose catalog (consistent images, reproducible builds).• End-to-end QA automation: multi-environment Cypress, Sentry, Insight, Jira automation, Slack, Lighthouse → reliability of tests and reduction of QA debt.• Design of an automatic PostgreSQL Flexible Server refresh pipeline (restore → swap) without interruption, allowing for realistic business testing.• Development of a complete cleanup pipeline (VM, DB, DNS, FileShare, images, Azure Tables) ensuring zero orphaned resources and FinOps optimization.• Implementation of a dynamic Preview reverse proxy (Nginx) with auto-generated upstreams (front, API, legacy, Mercure), auto Basic Auth, and correctly configured CORS and SSE.• Advanced CI & infrastructure observability: Grafana dashboards, Azure Monitor, runner logs, cost metrics, and pipeline analytics.• Cross-functional collaboration with DevOps Core, QA, BACH, PO, and OPS Claranet to align CI/CD, QA, cloud, and microservices.
- Saint-GobainDevOps & Cloud EngineerRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)November 2022 - November 2023 (1 year)Paris, France● Manage cloud and on-premise environments to ensure scalability and availability.● Automate manual application installation on Windows machines using Ansible.● Create playbooks for application deployment (Kubernetes/Docker) across all environments, including production (cloud/on-premise), while documenting deployment processes and providing incident support.● Monitor the performance of applications hosted on the cloud and on-premise, developed in Kubernetes and Docker.● Develop a solution using RabbitMQ (Kubernetes/Docker) to improve application efficiency (RabbitMQ StatefulSet with a persistent volume and 3 pods: Wrapper and SAP inbound/outbound).● Perform a complete migration from AWX to Ansible Tower and from DTR to JFrog from scratch.● Actively participate in specification and design discussions with development teams.
- Ingénieur DevOps & CloudHermèsLUXURY GOODSJune 2021 - November 2022 (1 year and 5 months)Paris, France● Assist Hermès teams in migrating their projects/applications “java/splunk/js...” to Kubernetes.● Prepare GitLab-CI pipelines for all Hermès teams and provide support as needed.● Prepare Ansible playbooks/roles for automating our pipelines and define pipeline templates for other teams.● Prepare Terraform modules “Infrastructure as Code” to automate deployments and various infrastructure operations (AWS / VMware “vSphere”) with documentation for different AWS / VMware services.● Provide support for various AWS services.● Install/Configure Grafana/Prometheus to monitor different Kube clusters and GitLab Runners/Jobs/Pipelines.● Prepare our own Docker images for all applications with various security scans and tests for storage in HARBOR.● Assist Hermès teams in migrating their projects/applications “java/splunk/js...” to Kubernetes.● Prepare GitLab-CI pipelines for all Hermès teams and provide support as needed.● Prepare Ansible playbooks/roles for automating our pipelines and define pipeline templates for other teams.● Prepare Terraform modules “Infrastructure as Code” to automate deployments and various infrastructure operations (AWS / VMware “vSphere”) with documentation for different AWS / VMware services.● Provide support for various AWS services.● Install/Configure Grafana/Prometheus to monitor different Kube clusters and GitLab Runners/Jobs/Pipelines.● Prepare our own Docker images for all applications with various security scans and tests for storage in HARBOR.
Recommendations
CL
These freelancer profiles also match your criteria
Agatha Frydrych
Backend Java Software Engineer
4.7
(3)
2
Baptiste Duhen
Fullstack developer
4.6
(4)
5
Amed Hamou
Senior Lead Developer
4
(2)
7
Audrey Champion
Web developer
4.3
(3)
4
Education
- Computer Engineering Degree "Software Engineering"École supérieure privée d'ingénierie et de technologie2016
- Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies DiplomaInstitut préparatoire aux études d'ingénieurs de Monastir2013
Certifications
- Certified Blockchain Solutions Architectbtacertified
- Certified GitLab CI/CD AssociateLevelup gitlab