Mohamed-Karim ALI
Cloud and DevOps architect
33 years old
Driving License
Poissy (78300)
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
I am an infrastructure architect, currently as a freelancer.
My main responsibilities revolve around the design and implementation of cloud and DevOps solutions, team skill development, and leadership for clients in various sectors. With over 10 years of experience in the field of information technology, including more than 6 years in cloud and DevOps.
My mission is to define, document, and optimize the cloud and DevOps architecture of assigned projects while adhering to functional, technical, and security requirements. Additionally, I take on the roles of a leader and mentor within my teams, working on information system mapping, defining roadmaps, and reporting to management. I have expertise in Systems, Cloud, networks, and containerization technologies, such as Kubernetes and Openshift, as well as other DevOps tools like GitLab and Azure DevOps. I hold certifications such as LPIC 101/102 and AZ-303, AZ-304 (Microsoft Expert Solutions Architect), and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Finally, I highlight my skills in leadership, team management, and project management gained through diverse experiences in different teams. I am passionate about cloud and DevOps, aiming to bring value and innovation to my clients and team.
My main responsibilities revolve around the design and implementation of cloud and DevOps solutions, team skill development, and leadership for clients in various sectors. With over 10 years of experience in the field of information technology, including more than 6 years in cloud and DevOps.
My mission is to define, document, and optimize the cloud and DevOps architecture of assigned projects while adhering to functional, technical, and security requirements. Additionally, I take on the roles of a leader and mentor within my teams, working on information system mapping, defining roadmaps, and reporting to management. I have expertise in Systems, Cloud, networks, and containerization technologies, such as Kubernetes and Openshift, as well as other DevOps tools like GitLab and Azure DevOps. I hold certifications such as LPIC 101/102 and AZ-303, AZ-304 (Microsoft Expert Solutions Architect), and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Finally, I highlight my skills in leadership, team management, and project management gained through diverse experiences in different teams. I am passionate about cloud and DevOps, aiming to bring value and innovation to my clients and team.
Lead DevSecOps
Xpollens
Since October 2023
Freelancer
Paris
France
- Lead Cloud & DevSecOps in Foundation Team
- Technical référent in Infrastructure and Cloud subjects
- Documentation and cartographie of technical and functional flows
HLD and LLD documentation - Road-Map Definition
- Reporting to the managment
- Organising meetings with different teams and doing the qualification and the interface between application teams and infrastructure teams
- Redesign and rebuild existing Cloud Infrastructure
- Process definition and improve the existing
- Cloud Governance: Azure Policy, FinOps
- Cloud Security: Ensure Security and improve availability
- Automation and resolution of pain points
- Techno: Azure, AWS, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AZ CLI, Powershell, bicep, YAML, Kubernetes, argocd, sonarcube, Windows, Linux
Cloud Solutions Architect (Freelance)
Louis Dreyfus Company
November 2022
to October 2023
- As a Member of Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) I was Validating HLD and LLD, Defining Design Patterns and Blueprints
- As a Member of Cloud Solutions Team: I was working on the redaction of HLD / LLD, IAC via Terraform, bicep, design and collect of solutions
- Devops methodology introduction, training and implementation with different teams
- Technical Lead on Azure, Infrastructure As a code, support for other architects and for the operations team: mentoring, support l4, incident management
- Cloud Governance: FinOps, Policy, Standardization of VM Sizes ...
- Cloud Security: Secure by design, passive security.
- Definition and improvement of cloud solutions and projects
- POC of new solutions and services
- Planification of Projects and project management
- Techno: Azure, AWS, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AZ CLI, Powershell, bicep, YAML, Kubernetes
Cloud Architect ( Consultant Hcube)
L'Oréal
April 2022
to November 2022
Consultant
Paris
France
- Move to Cloud Azure all Datacenters hosted by IBM
- Organizing and validating go to run, managing providers.
- Lead technique: Support Level 3/4, resolving issues
- Automation using ARM, Powershell, AZ CLI, Terraform ...
- Governance and security
- Improving Infrastracture and solutions
- Validation of architecture propositions from Service provides (TAD Review and Validation
- Techno: Azure, Redhat, Powershell, Windows Server (2012 r2, 2016, 2019), ARM , YAML, AZ CLI, Azure DevOps)
- In,terface between non technical teamls and technical teams
Cloud & DevOps (Consultant Hcube)
Engie
March 2019
to April 2022
Consultant
Paris
France
- Azure Architect: designing solutions and writing documentation and presentations
- Build Infra on Azure: VMs, Vnets, Landing Zones, Load balancers, App Gateways, AKS, PostreSQL, SQL, NSG, Firewalls, Routes ...
- Administration AWS: Implementing EC2, S3, VPC, Route53, Scaling Groups, Network Load Blancer, Application Load balancer, Security Groups, IAM, EKS ...
- Incident Support
- FinOps
- Support and advice to the developpers for better DevOps practices
- Deployment of Openshift on premise and moving it onto VMs on Azure
- Migration from Openshift to AKS (kuberenetes Manged by Azure)
- Administration of AKS, EKS and Openshift
- Support for Major incidents, and for technical and performance issues
- Techno: Azure, AWS, ARM, YAML, Terraform, Ansible, helm, Gitlab, Azure DevOps, Powershell, Ansible, Azure CLI, Openshift, Kubernetes, Nagios, Centreon, VMWare, Redhat, Debian, Windows Server
Network Engineer (Permanent Position)
Vistaprint
October 2018
to March 2019
Full-time
Tunis
Tunisia
- Move to Cloud Azure & AWS
- Configuration of Cisco Switches & Routers, Firewalls, Meraki, Netscaler ...
- Automating services using Ansible and the development of a self service platform using Python and Flask
- Monitoring and supervision of Network Equipement
- L3 Support
- Techno: Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Ansible, YAML, AWS, Azure, Python, Flask, Solarwinds, JIRA, Bitbucket
System Administrator (Permanent Position)
Vistaprint
January 2018
to September 2018
Full-time
Tunis
Tunisia
- Administration of Azure & AWS & migrating some of the onpremise servers
- Office 365 Administration
- Microsoft WIndows, redhat & Mac Administration
- As memeber of TSE I worked on choosing and implementing the Inventory Solution
- L3 Support
- Purchase and delivery of new equipment
- Virtualisation using Hyper-V and Vmware
- Administration AD, SCCM, Intune ...
- Integration of new solutions (Slack, Visioconférence Cisco et Zoom)
- Improving documentation
- Administration VOIP Cisco CUCM
- Monitoring and supervision of Infra
- Techno: Azure, AWS, Powershell, Office 365, Windows Server (2012, 2016), Linux (Redhat & Debian), Lansweeper, Ansible, Manage Agent Asset Inventory, JIRA, Bitbucket
- Exchange Server 2013
Consultant Infrastructure IT (Freelance)
BiA-Industries
October 2017
to January 2018
Freelancer
Tunis
Tunisia
- Implementation and deployment of Network, Firewall ... On the new Site
- Migration of physical Servers to Azure
- Implementation and deployment of Solution(Pilotage des travaux de câblage, Switch (Cisco), Pare-feu (Pfsense), Téléphonie VOIP).
- Virtualisation of some physical servers on Hyper-V
- Migration to Office 365
- Deploiment of Openstack as Private Cloud for the company
- Network Architecture and Security
- Implementation of project management Solution (Redmine).
- Implementation of Monitoring solution (Nagios).
- Implementation of Inventory and ticketing solution (GLPi + Fusion Inventory).
- Implementation of remote access solutions Site to Site VPN and Client to Site VPN (OpenVPN, IPSec)
- Implementation of Mailing Solution (Microsoft Exchange 2013)
- DRP & Backup Strategy and procedures definition and implementation
- Security using McAfee, IPS & IDS (Snort).
- Definition of IT procedures
- Techno: Hyper-V, Azure, Openstack, PfSense, OpenVPN, Windows Server (2012R2), Linux Debian, LAN, WAN, Nagios, Spiceworks, GLPI & Fusion Inventory
IT Manager (Permanent Position)
Groupe AMeL
August 2013
to October 2017
Full-time
Tunis
Tunisia
- System Administration (Windows and Linux)
- Implementing of HA network and Internet (Pfsense, Fortigate)
- Implementation of AD Forest and DC
- Implementation of Security solution
- Deployment and configuration of Storage solutions (NAS, SAN)
- DRP protocol implementation (Veam Backup, SyncBack ...)
- Creation of shares and storage accounts for the clients
- Implementation of ticketing, monitoring & supervision solutions (GLPI, Nagios, Spiceworks …).
- Deployment of Routers and switches
- Managing Mailing (Exchange, PostFix …).
- Planification of annual budget
- POC of Openstack and AzurePack
- Virtualisation of servers using Proxmox and Hyper-V
- Techno: Proxmox, Hyper-V, PfSense, Fortinet, VPN, LAN, WAN, SAN, NAS, Openstack, Azure, Office 365, Powershell, Windows Server (2012 R2), Linux (CentOs, Debian), MsProject, .NET, PHP, CSS, HTML, Nagios, Spiceworks, GLPI & Fusion Inventory
Internship
SONEDE
January 2013
Internship
Tunis
Tunisia
- High availability of WAN Infrastructure of the S.O.N.E.D.E
Development of Android application for network supervision
Internship
Tunisie Telecom
January 2012
Internship
Tunis
Tunisia
- Deployment of OSSIM and IDS Solution
Certifications
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
10/06/2021
ID: H848-0669
AZ 304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
09/06/2021
EXAM AZ 304
AZ 303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
14/12/2020
EXAM AZ 303
Computer Engineering cursus with specialization in Cloud computing and systems architecture
Bachelor Degree in systems and network administration
Technology and Computer Science University of Carthage
September 2009
to June 2013
Certification CISCO CCNA 1 & 2
Certification LPI 101 et 102
Certification LPI 101 et 102
Languages
- French
- English
- Arabic