Hicham F.

- Led the design of a next-generation Azure Landing Zone for Sonepar, incorporating architecture with Azure Firewall, vHub, and vWAN to support global business units while ensuring CAF alignment and regulatory compliance.

- Defined and initiated entities migration to Azure, covering assessment, high-level design, security model, and phased implementation plan.

- Designed a secure network segmentation model based on Azure Virtual WAN and Virtual Hubs to centralize connectivity, with ExpressRoute integration for hybrid workloads.

- Defined backup and disaster recovery strategies across Azure regions to meet RPO/RTO objectives for critical workloads.

- Established governance policies for resource provisioning, RBAC, and cost management to enforce operational consistency and FinOps practices.

- Acted as Lead Transverse Architect across cloud initiatives, ensuring alignment with Sonepar’s global architecture standards.

- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (security, network, application owners) to drive the adoption of cloud-native solutions.

- Provided L3 technical expertise and mentoring to engineering teams on Azure, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.

- Coordinated with Microsoft Cloud Solution Architects through regular governance meetings to validate designs and roadmaps.

Technical Stack: Azure (AVD, AI Foundry, API Management, vWAN, vHub, Firewall, ExpressRoute, Application Gateway, Monitor), Azure ANF, Azure DevOps, AKS, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, Application Insights, Windows 365, VMware, ISO 27001:2022, FinOps.

Key assignment delivered for ALTEN (major client in the engineering and technology consulting sector)

- Design and implementation of Cloud Based solutions

- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps & GitHub Actions

- Implemented infrastructure as code using Terraform reducing manual configuration and ensuring consistent and reproducible deployments

- Collaborated with Dev Teams to define and prioritize business requirements

- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to automate the deployment of microservices using Azure AKS, resulting in faster and more efficient application scaling

- Working closely with Transition Manager to prepare the yearly roadmap

- Led the migration of a legacy application to a containerized environment

- Implemented a centralized logging and monitoring system using ELK stack and Dynatrace, enabling real-time visibility into application performance and troubleshooting

- Provide L3 support for the Dev teams

- Developed and executed a comprehensive migration plan, including assessment, design, and implementation phases, resulting in the successful transfer of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)workloads to the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).

- Collaborated with stakeholders to analyze existing on-premise NAS configurations, data structures, and access controls to design a tailored Azure Files and Azure File Sync solution, followed by a coordination and execution of the end-to-end migration process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and post-migration support (hypercare)

- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align FinOps strategies with business goals and Conducting regular cost analyses in order to provide recommendations for cost optimization

Technical Stack: Azure, Azure DevOps, Windows 365, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD, Lens, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, AKS,

VMware, Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, FinOps.

- Developed and implemented a disaster recovery plan, ensuring business continuity in the event of system failures.

- Implemented a centralized logging and monitoring system based on VMware vRealize Operations (vROPS) and Log Insight

- Developed and executed a server consolidation project, reducing the number of physical servers in DataCenter

- Enhance system reliability and performance, providing real-time insights and contributing to improved decision-making processes.

- Successfully orchestrated the migration of VMware vCenter from version 5.5 to 6.5, enhancing overall system efficiency and compatibility.

- Led the design and deployment of a sophisticated HCI infrastructure based on Dell PowerEdge R640 4 LFF clusters, Nutanix Prism Central, and VMware ESXi to cater to the specific needs of clients in Doha and Dubai.

- Setup and optimization of the SCCM 2016 infrastructure

- Played a pivotal role in the architectural design of DaaS/vGPU for the R&D framework of ML/AI projects

- Design & integration of ArcServe UDP - AWS hybrid backup architecture for Offsite replication

- Deployed AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, and AWS Backup

- Designed and implemented robust monitoring solutions based on Zabbix and Grafana

- Collaborated with vendors to negotiate contracts and reduce infrastructure expenses

- Implemented and configured site-to-site VPN connections

- Orchestrated Kubernetes deployments for containerized applications, optimizing scalability and resource utilization.

- Managed access control and identity services in Azure Entra ID

- Developed and maintained Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for infrastructure as code (IaC) deployments

Technical Stack: Azure, AWS, Citrix, Nutanix, VMware VCenter, VMware vRA / vRO, Service-Now, EMC VNX, VMware vSphere Replication, VMware vRops, Redhat 6, 7 & 8, Veeam Backup & Replication, ArcServe UDP, TrueNAS