About Nicolas
Currently serving as a Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Security Architect, I bring over 20 years of experience in IT infrastructure engineering, including extensive cloud expertise. My work focuses on designing globally distributed, highly available solutions utilizing cloud services while supporting enterprises in their digital transformation journeys. With multiple certifications, including AWS, VMware and Azure, I contribute to the development of secure, scalable, and modern cloud architectures.
Passionate about empowering organizations through cloud migration and innovative technologies, I specialize in public and hybrid cloud solutions, IT security, and governance. By collaborating with teams and stakeholders, I help create and execute strategic roadmaps that align with long-term organizational objectives. My commitment to excellence is reflected in my active participation in professional communities and ongoing skill development.
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Annecy (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Lausanne (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km)
Experience
- ProGridSenior Cloud Infrastructure & Security EngineerApril 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)Annecy, France📌 Independent Business Owner🎯 Main Responsibilities• Design and build enterprise scale, globally distributed, highly available solutions using Cloud Compute, Container, Storage, Database and Network;• Work hands-on with new technologies, including AI/Machine Learning, Serverless/Lambda, IoT, and Security to build Products and Solutions with the customers;• Migrate Data Centers from on-premise into the cloud.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Professional ServicesCloud Infrastructure ArchitectSeptember 2020 - March 2025 (4 years and 6 months)Geneva, Switzerland✅ Main Activities• Design enterprise scale, globally distributed, highly available solutions using AWS Compute, Container, Storage, Database and Network;• Work hands-on with new technologies, including AI/Machine Learning, Serverless/Lambda, IoT, and Security to build Products and Solutions with the customers;• Structure and Guide the customers through their journey;• Migrate Data Centers from on-premise into the cloud;• Engage as part of AWS global Professional Community to learn and share expertise.📌 Position within the organizationAssist global enterprises to adopt modern architectures and methodologies (Large-scale transformation, mass migrations, complex architectures, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Big Data).🎯 Areas of Depth• Infrastructure Design and Optimisation;• High Availability and Disaster Recovery;• Cost Optimisation, Performance Tuning;• Compute, Storage, Networking;• Automate Infrastructure Provisionning (IaC);• Monitoring of Network, Performance and Security.🧰 TechnologiesTerraform, CDK, CloudFormation, GitLab CI, Bash, Python
- WavestoneIT Strategy & Architecture Senior ConsultantJuly 2018 - August 2020 (2 years and 1 month)Geneva, Switzerland✅ Key Achievements• Big Data platform securization (Greenplum, Private Banking)• Customer Relationship Management SaaS integration (Salesforce, Watchmaking sector);• Data protection audit and assessment in hybrid Cloud environment (AWS S3, health public sector);• Migration to SD-WAN and Cloud. Business cases consultancy (Microsoft Azure, retail company);• Risk based audit of a corporate software defined infrastructure (VMware vRealize, worldwide company);• Data lake design and implementation, technical project management (MongoDB, health public sector);• Cyber Security of Operations, program management officing (NIST framework, banking sector);• Migration to the cloud, strategy consultancy (Microsoft Azure, aeronautic sector);• Privileged access and session management, project management (CyberArk, banking sector);• Target operating model, CI/CD transformation and platform securing, consultancy for a devops container platform (RedHat OpenShift, banking software sector);• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, expertise and project management in a public health sector organization (ServiceNow, health public sector).📌 Position within the organization• Subject Matter Expert in Cloud technologies, Software Defined Networks and Data Protection;• Participate in sales, shaping solutions;• Provides internal and external acculturation of public cloud solutions architecture.🧰 TechnologiesMicrosoft Azure; Jenkins; Ansible; VMware vRealize Automation, Orchestrator; ServiceNow.
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Education
- Master of Science (M.Sc.)Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers2008Master of Science (M.Sc.)
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)University Institute of Technology of Nantes2003Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Certifications
- AWS Certified Well-Architected ProficientAmazon Web Services (AWS)2024
- VMware Cloud Certified ProfessionalVMware2023