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Sofiene BelharbiSB

Sofiene Belharbi

Cloud Platform / SRE Expert | Azure • AKS • Terraform

€650/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Sofiene

Freelance DevOps / SRE Consultant with over 15 years of experience in designing, industrializing, and operating critical cloud platforms.

Specializing in Kubernetes, Azure, Terraform environments, and issues related to reliability, automation, and observability.

I primarily focus on:

Setting up and evolving Kubernetes cloud platforms
Infrastructure as Code and automation with Terraform
Reliability of critical systems (SRE)
Observability, monitoring, and performance
CI/CD industrialization
Cloud migration and architecture modernization
Cloud cost optimization (FinOps)

Accustomed to highly critical environments and large accounts, I support teams in continuous platform improvement, system resilience, and DevOps/SRE maturity.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

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

Experience

  • BNP Paribas
    Devops/SRE Engineer
    November 2024 - Today (1 year and 9 months)
    DevOps / SRE Engineer – BNP Paribas

    Intervention within a critical banking environment based on Kubernetes on IBM Cloud, with a strong requirement for availability, stability, and performance of production platforms.

    Main responsibilities:

    • Monitoring and improving the reliability of Kubernetes production infrastructures
    • Strengthening observability and monitoring with Dynatrace to anticipate incidents and improve platform visibility
    • Automating deployments and industrializing operational processes
    • Implementing integration and load tests to validate environment robustness
    • Active participation in incident management and continuous improvement of SRE processes
    • Support for application teams on performance and stability issues
    • Contribution to improving operational standards and platform resilience

    Technical environment: Kubernetes, Docker, IBM Cloud, Dynatrace, GitLab CI/CD, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, JFrog.
    Kubernetes Dynatrace IBM Cloud Gitlab CI Elasticsearch
  • Parfums Christian Dior
    Cloud Platform/SRE Engineer
    April 2022 - June 2024 (2 years and 2 months)
    Paris, France
    Mission – Dior
    Cloud Platform / DevOps / SRE Engineer – Dior

    Intervention in a context of cloud transformation and platform modernization around Azure and AKS, with the objective of ensuring the stability, evolution, and industrialization of the cloud infrastructure supporting e-commerce applications and critical services.

    Main responsibilities:

    • Design and deployment of Azure cloud infrastructures via Terraform
    • Setup and evolution of AKS Kubernetes platforms in a multi-service environment
    • Industrialization of the infrastructure with an Infrastructure as Code approach
    • Deployment and configuration of Azure services: App Services, Bastion, API Management, Application Gateway, Front Door, Managed Identity
    • Development and maintenance of reusable Terraform modules
    • Automation and improvement of the CI/CD chain based on GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Helm, and Terraform
    • Deployment and administration of AKS clusters (storage classes, ingress, certificates, ACR, network management)
    • Strengthening observability practices via Dynatrace, Prometheus, Loki, and Azure Application Insights
    • Analysis of performances and improvement of API and frontend stability
    • Participation in Azure cost optimization in a FinOps approach
    • Support for teams in application deployments and migration to new cloud platforms
    • Contribution to reliability, security, and DevOps/SRE maturity

    Technical environment: Azure, AKS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Helm, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Loki, Azure App Insights, API Management, Front Door, Application Gateway, ACR, Bastion, Managed Identity.
    Azure AKS Kubernetes Terraform Helm Grafana
  • INA - Institut national de l'audiovisuel
    DevOps Consultant
    March 2021 - April 2022 (1 year and 1 month)
    DevOps Consultant – INA

    Intervention as part of the modernization and overhaul of the Notilus product within a squad/tribe organized environment, with a strong focus on DevOps, CI/CD automation, and Kubernetes orchestration.

    Main responsibilities:

    • Participation in DevOps transformation and modernization of legacy applications
    • Design and industrialization of CI/CD chains for INA applications
    • Creation and maintenance of technical and application images
    • Automated deployment of application components via Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and Terraform
    • Orchestration and administration of Kubernetes workloads
    • Definition of deployment strategies, version upgrades, and scalability improvements
    • Contribution to writing technical documentation and DevOps best practices
    • Cross-functional collaboration with infrastructure, network, and development teams
    • Support for application teams in incident resolution and deployment optimization
    • Participation in application refactoring with a cloud-native and containerized approach

    Technical environment: Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, Git, Ansible, SonarQube, Docker, Nexus, Tomcat, Node.js
    Kubernetes Docker Terraform Ansible

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Education

  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Microsoft Certified : Azure Administrator Associate
    HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Microsoft Certified : Azure Administrator Associate
  • Master 2 Engineering
    Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII)
    2009
    Master 2 Ingénierie

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