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Simon ZaffranSZ

Simon Zaffran

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGER

€660/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Simon

Infrastructure Project Manager with over 11 years of experience, I manage complex projects: Cloud migrations, Data Center relocation, DRP/BCP, and major version upgrades. I lead a team of 10 engineers in an ISO 27001 environment, ensuring cross-functional coordination, risk management, clear reporting, and GO/NOGO decision-making.
My focus: delivering reliable, secure projects aligned with business needs, while optimizing processes through automation (Ansible, Jenkins, Docker).
  • French

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • KAPIA-RGI
    INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGER / TEAM LEADER N3
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    November 2018 - Today (7 years and 7 months)
    Paris, France
    Key Achievements:

    • Strategic leadership of major projects:
    o Complete Data Center relocation.
    o Capacity Planning documentation
    o Migration of environments to the Cloud.
    o Application and system version upgrades (RHEL, Debian, Alfresco, Kelia, BDoc, Oracle).
    o Definition and implementation of DRP/BCP.

    Management and leadership:
    o Supervision and coaching of a multidisciplinary team (10 people).
    o Recruitment and integration of new resources to strengthen key skills.
    o Prioritization based on business needs, deadlines, and SLAs.

    • Cross-functional coordination:
    o Leading project steering committees, participating in technical and operational committees.
    o Close collaboration with Development, Business, and Functional teams to ensure overall consistency.

    • Optimization and industrialization:
    o Deployment of automation and CI/CD tools (Ansible, Jenkins).
    o Implementation of dashboards and reporting for clear milestone tracking.

    • Technical expertise:
    o Administration and operation of physical and virtual servers (RedHat, Debian, VMware).
    o Network supervision and traffic management (IPTABLES, Fortigate).
    o Automation via Bash scripts and Ansible playbooks, Docker container deployment.
    o Management of production incidents and operational maintenance (MCO).
    Technical Project Management Team Management Data Migration version upgrade Data Center
  • HIGH NETWORKS
    SYSTEMS AND NETWORK ENGINEER
    TECH
    December 2017 - November 2018 (11 months)
    Paris, France
    Context: Within a team of administrators, managing the infrastructure of on-site clients (over 300 small, medium, and large businesses). Administration of servers and other network terminals.

    - Administration of Windows Server 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016 (physical and virtual)
    - System and network audits at client sites
    - Server migrations to newer versions
    - Backup management
    - Creation of a portfolio containing all client infrastructure information
    - Migration of Exchange servers to Office 365
    - Writing and sending detailed intervention reports validated by the client
    - Installation and configuration of on-site client infrastructure
    VMWARE Fortinet IT Infrastructure Windows Server Client Support
  • UPSIDER LTD
    SYSTEMS AND NETWORK ENGINEER
    December 2015 - December 2017 (2 years)
    Context: Within a team of administrators, managing servers (10 servers in total across 3 different sites); Maintenance, management, and optimization of the IT network; Network security.

    - Administration of Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, Windows 7 and 10
    - Proposal for implementing IT system improvement services such as WSUS and WDS
    - Installation and deployment of a WSUS update server
    - Installation and deployment of a WDS system server
    - Migration of the secondary AD to Windows Server 2012 R2
    - Installation of QNAP Server and data migration
    - Setup and configuration of Application Control on CheckPoint
    - DHCP Failover configuration
    - Management of all Microsoft and G Suite licenses for the fleet (Clients, Servers, Offices, Mail, etc.)
    - Referencing and optimization of network links
    - Log analysis and management
    - GPO administration

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Education

  • Kelia Certification
    Kapia-RGI Academy
    2025
    Certification Kelia
  • Prince2 Training
    IB Cegos
    2025
    Formation Prince2

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