Wassim is a
Results-driven Cloud DevOps Engineer, 2x AWS & 1x Azure certified & Kubestronaut, with extensive experience in deploying and managing large-scale infrastructure. Currently leading a high-impact machine learning project, applying DevOps best practices, and managing AWS infrastructure for a multinational organization. Proven ability to collaborate with global teams, ensuring technical excellence and seamless communication.
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Professional Experience
DevOps/AWS Engineer
Sanofi, Paris, Île-de-France | Dec 2021 – Present
- Deployed and Maintained AWS infrastructure using IaC Terraform.
- Migration of Microservices project from ECS to EKS
- Managed project CI/CD pipeline on Gitlab CI / GitHub Actions
- Containerized applications for ML/WebApp
- Deployment automations using python/shell scripts
- Developed Backend API using Python Language
- Integrated Snowflake DB Data warehouse for Data science/Data engineers
- Snowflake Data lifecycle management and troubleshooting (SQL, Access control)
DevOps/AWS Engineer
La Sacem, Paris, Île-de-France | Mar 2021 – Dec 2021
- Streamlined infrastructure deployment using cloud provisioning tool, Terraform
- Experienced in the creation and maintenance of CI scripts as part of CI/CD pipelines, based on GitLab-CI
- Extensively worked on creating and maintaining AWS services, such as EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, API GW, CloudFront, SES, and Route53
- Hands-on experience in writing Python and Bash scripts
- Experienced in troubleshooting and resolving OS and network-based issues
- Containerized applications and runners configuration using Docker
DevOps/AWS Engineer
Believe Digital, Paris, Île-de-France | Sep 2019 – Mar 2021
- Deployed EMR clusters for data processing of music streaming services
- Scaled and deployed following client specifications a web application architecture
- Installed a Fullstack infrastructure (LAMP) using AWS services, Autoscaling groups for EC2 instances, ELB for load balancing, route53 for DNS entries
- Migrated Databases from virtual privates servers into RDS and assured the High availability and performance for peak usage (R/W)
- Networking administration and Troubleshooting (VPC, NACL, SG)
- Serverless microservices implementation (Lambda, API Gateway,Python).
VMware Systems Engineer
Orange, Paris, Île-de-France | Oct 2017 – Aug 2019
- Architected and managed a private cloud IaaS platform using VMware technologies.
- Administered the platform with vSphere and vRealize, minimizing downtime and preventing incidents.
- Implemented virtualized networking using NSX-V.
- Deployed vRealize suite, including clustered vROPS, vRLI, vRA/vRO appliances.
- Utilized PowerShell scripts and VRA/VRO for automation and maintenance tasks.
- Configured SDDC stacks, including ESXi hypervisors, networking, storage, and vCenter integration.
- Set up storage management tools for SSD racks using NexentaStor on bare-metal servers.
- Authored detailed documentation for operations teams.
- Monitored platform performance with Centreon, resolving P1 and P2 incidents.
Network Engineer
Axione, Paris, Île-de-France | Jan 2017 – Sep 2017
- Maintained and evolved the backbone network design.
- Validated core routers for interconnecting national sites.
- Led optic fiber deployment projects, including architecture and implementation for enterprises and government agencies.
- Coordinated with partners to deploy optic fiber and radio antennas.
Professional Skills
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
Tools: Terraform, Kubernetes, Git, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
Programming Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Other Skills: Networking, Virtualization, Linux, Windows Server, DevOps, Cybersecurity
Education
- Master's in Network Architecture and Security
Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France (Graduated Dec 2016) - Bachelor's in Network and Security Engineering
Esprit, Tunis, Tunisia (Graduated Jun 2015)
Languages
English, French, Arabic