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Microsoft systems administrator / security & automation consultant (15+ years), I help VSEs/SMEs secure and stabilize their Microsoft environments (On-prem & Cloud), then save time through automation and the practical use of AI.
References: production environments (300+ VMs, 2 AD forests), MFA/SSPR deployments (50 to 400+ users), AD audit remediation (PingCastle: 50% → 80%).
What I do for you:
- Active Directory / Windows Server Audit & Hardening (GPO, privileged accounts, hygiene, tiering)
- Microsoft 365 & Entra ID: MFA, SSPR, conditional access, SSO, identity management
- Workstations & Mobility: Intune (security baseline, compliance, deployments)
- Run/Production: L3 incidents, RCA/post-mortem, operational maintenance, updates, backups, monitoring, documentation
- Automation: PowerShell / workflows (onboarding/offboarding, reporting, alerting, recurring tasks) / Make, N8n...
- AI (support): adoption workshops, use cases (support, sorting, writing, FAQs), best practices & security framework
Method: rapid diagnosis → prioritized action plan (quick wins / risks / costs) → implementation + skills transfer. Clear deliverables (procedures, diagrams, checklists).
Paris/Remote/MEA Region - One-off mission or monthly support.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- 1001 Vies HabitatsSystems Administrator / Incident ManagerREAL ESTATENovember 2024 - Today (1 year and 7 months)Paris, France
- Managed 20+ production incidents: analysis, management, and resolution, team coordination, post-mortem and RCA documentation
- Change management: definition and application of change processes (ITIL), weekly facilitation and steering of the Change Advisory Board (CAB). 40+ CABs facilitated.
- Maintained operational readiness of on-premise and cloud infrastructures: 300+ VMs on Hyper-V, 2 AD forests (Tiering Model), 1 Entra ID tenant
- Level 3 user support
- Nature et DécouvertesSystems AdministratorRETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)September 2024 - October 2024 (1 month)78000 Versailles, France
- Secured e-commerce infrastructure
- Active Directory: implemented over 50 privileged accounts and a password policy
- Entra ID: deployed Multi-Factor Authentication and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) for over 50 accounts
- Nature & DécouvertesSystems AdministratorRETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)September 2022 - December 2023 (1 year and 3 months)78000 Versailles, France
- Secured and reorganized the group's Active Directory for 700+ accounts: password policy, increased forest and domain functional level (2008 to 2016), GPO, named privileged accounts
- Entra ID: deployed Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) for 400+ users
- Implemented a Public Key Infrastructure (Windows Server PKI)
- Implemented SSO with Entra ID for 2 applications
- Security patches on the 7 domain controllers and Entra ID based on audit results generated with Ping Castle: score improved from 50% to 80%
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Education
- Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate CertificationMicrosoft2022Certification Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
- Professional Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems ManagementUniversity of Evry2011Licence professionnelle Gestion des Systèmes d'Information