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Karim BouguenaKB

Karim Bouguena

Architecte Cloud & Infrastructure – VCDX #302 & Nu

€650/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Karim

L’un des très rares experts certifiés VCDX et NCX en France, j’accompagne les entreprises dans la conception et l’optimisation d’architectures Cloud et hybrides alliant performance, sécurité et évolutivité.

Proactif et autodidacte, je maîtrise l’art de traduire les besoins métier en solutions techniques concrètes et durables.
Fort d’une double expertise VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) et Nutanix Certified Expert (NCX), j’interviens en tant que conseiller de confiance auprès de mes clients pour :
• Concevoir des architectures Cloud, VMware et Nutanix robustes et scalables
• Piloter des projets de transformation et de modernisation d’infrastructure
• Optimiser les environnements virtualisés et automatiser les opérations
• Apporter une vision stratégique pour maximiser la valeur et réduire les risques

Mon approche est guidée par la rigueur, la clarté et la recherche de valeur ajoutée, dans chaque mission.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • Nutanix France
    Staff Consulting Architect
    February 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
    Paris, France
    • Designed complex solution architectures based on the Nutanix platform (AOS, AHV, Prism, etc.) for various customer needs (virtualization, private cloud, data services, automation).
    • Identified and formalized business and technical requirements in collaboration with end clients and partners.
    • Supported sales teams during key phases of the sales cycle : technical workshops, architecture reviews, RFP responses, and PoCs.
    • Led design sessions and alignment workshops to ensure the Nutanix platform met business objectives.
    • Guided strategic clients through IT infrastructure transformation.
    Architecture SI Nutanix
  • Bechtle Suisse S.A
    Senior Consultant
    October 2024 - February 2025 (4 months)
    • Participated in pre-sales activities for public and private tenders : needs assessment, technical proposals, and budget estimation.
    • Created technical designs for VMware architectures (vSphere, vSAN, NSX) tailored to client functional and financial constraints.
    • Delivered technical presentations and discovery sessions for VMware products to IT managers and decision-makers.
    • Collaborated with sales teams and partners to develop coherent and differentiated value propositions.
    Avant-vente
  • VMware LLC,
    Senior Consultant – VMware France
    April 2022 - September 2024 (2 years and 5 months)
    Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • Led complex IT infrastructure transformation projects.
    • Defined technical standards based on VMware technologies and guided customer teams through implementation (governance mode).
    • Managed operational performance (monitoring, KPIs, capacity planning).
    • Co-developed technology roadmaps for major organizations (defense, banking sectors).
    • Provided strategic and technical consulting to IT leadership on large-scale VMware implementations.
    • Actively contributed to platform improvements through technology watch and feedback loops.
    Architecture VMWARE

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Education

  • VMware Certified Design Expert #302
    VMware Certified Design Expert #302
  • Nutanix Certified Expert #85
    Nutanix Certified Expert #85

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