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Senior IT Project Manager / IT Consultant with 9 years of experience in managing complex RUN/BUILD projects in national and international environments, covering networks, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and ITSM.

A techno-functional profile capable of aligning business and technical stakeholders, supporting strategic decision-making, and leading cross-functional teams from scoping to delivery.

Experienced in IT transformation programs, infrastructure modernization, governance, budget and risk management, and continuous improvement.

Good interpersonal skills, stress-resistant, organized, and particularly comfortable in English.

Certified, CSA Servicenow/Data Foundations (CMDB and CSDM) – ServiceNow/

ITIL 4 / Scrum PSM1/ Prince 2 / AZ-900,/ VMware (VCTA-DCV) / IBM Cyber Analyst / Servicenow Data Foundations (CMDB/CSDM)

At your disposal to best scope and qualify the suitability of your needs with my expertise.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Noisy-le-Grand (up to 40km), Paris (up to 30km), Lyon (up to 30km), Nice (up to 30km), Nantes (up to 30km)

GRDF
IT Infrastructure and Transformation Project Manager
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
May 2024 - Today (2 years and 1 month)
Paris, France
Management of a portfolio of strategic IT projects with high stakes in IT Transformation, infrastructure, and cybersecurity in a demanding large account environment
Key responsibilities:

- Cross-functional project management: kick-off, stakeholder coordination, committees, planning, risks, and arbitration
- Facilitation of governance committees (daily, weekly, COPROJ, COPIL) and action tracking
- Cost estimation and budget management: business case, cost monitoring, and stakeholder management
- Acceptance testing, go-live, and production of deliverables (HLD, RACI, DAT…)
- Integration of AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude AI) to improve productivity, decision-making, and collaboration
- Management of IT transformation towards VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9): audit, DFE, business case, DVI, and POC
- Management of DR/BCP testing: datacenter failure simulation, multi-site automatic failover, ReplicaSet resilience validation, and full resynchronization with service continuity.
- Design and deployment of AWS WAF/anti-bot solutions for SI protection
- Orchestration of AWS Gateway POC: exposing Snowflake data to Azure Power BI via EC2 and PrivateLink, provisioning, and securing flows
- Deployment of the biomethane EDR emergency telephony platform (Alcatel OmniPCX / AudioCodes SBC): HA multi-datacenter architecture, infra/network/security/business coordination
- Upgrade of the VMware environment to vSphere / ESXi / vCenter 8
- Implementation of a MongoDB NoSQL offering: deployment, Ansible automation, monitoring, backup, DR/BCP, and security

- Implementation of bare-metal backup solutions on RHEL / Windows environments with Commvault
- Monitoring and governance: PAM, Centreon, LeanIX, compliance, and change traceability
Project Management VMware vSphere Telephony Database Infrastructure
SFERIS
IT Project Manager - SI Security Migration
TRANSPORTATION
October 2023 - May 2024 (7 months)
Paris, France
- Management of the final phase of migration to a hybrid cloud environment and support for business application relocation
- Coordination and security of go-live and acceptance testing operations
- Development of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans (BCP/DRP)
- Incident management and continuous improvement (lessons learned, reviews)
- Deployment and structuring of Wi-Fi network infrastructure (Wi-Fi 5/6/6E)
- Contribution to the definition of the new site architecture (Wi-Fi audit, infrastructure, equipment installation)
- Conducting security audits (internal/external) and identifying vulnerabilities
- User awareness training on security best practices (including social engineering risks)
- Monitoring of security actions with the IT service provider and alert management
Project Roadmap MSProject Network(LAN/WAN/WIFI) Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure
Conseil Départemental des Hauts de Seine – Yvelines
Infrastructure and Delivery Project Manager
PUBLIC SECTOR
February 2022 - October 2023 (1 year and 8 months)
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
- Definition and planning of milestones, resource management, monitoring of deadlines, budgets, and risks
- Management of infrastructure governance, maintenance in operational condition (MCO), and maintenance in a state of evolution (MCS) in coordination with internal teams and the client
- Project lifecycle management (kick-off, RFP, POC, workshops, coordination, delivery)
- Conducting transformation projects: server migration and deployment of a PAM bastion based on POCs
- Feasibility analysis: cost estimation, adherence to deadlines, quality, and compliance with cybersecurity standards (GDPR, Zero Trust, least privilege)
- Implementation of ServiceNow workflows and monitoring of ITIL metrics
- Preparation and facilitation of committees (COPIL, CODIR, CAB, COSUI)
- Coordination of production services and management of change impacts (SLA/OLA)
- Management of major incidents and crises in coordination with stakeholders
- KPI monitoring and definition of improvement plans
Implementation of contractual reporting (backlog, backups, compliance, alerting)
VMware ESXi roadmap MSProject Networks and Security: Fortinet, VPN, LAN/WAN KPI/ITIL/AGILE

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Master 2 in Telecommunications
Université Paris Est Créteil, UPEC
2017
National Engineering Degree in Electronic Systems and Telecommunications Engineering
ENET’COM
2016