Experience

2025-2026

AI Training & Personal Projects

  • EPFL Applied Data Science: Advanced training in Machine Learning and data science methods
  • Polymage: Built a Python AI agent library for batch multimedia processing (polymage.org)
  • Currently deepening my understanding of LLMs, generative models, and multi-agent frameworks through hands-on projects
ProxmoxAnsibleGitLabDockerLM Studiollama.cppscikit-learnHermes AgentOpenCode
2023-2024

Senior SysAdmin

RTS (Swiss Broadcasting) -- Infrastructure Team

One-year contract reinforcing the RTS infrastructure team.

  • Migrated Ansible Tower (AWX) to Kubernetes: Deployed an RKE2 cluster on RHEL/VMware and migrated AWX onto it
  • Linux Server Administration: Provisioning, hardening, and managing RHEL servers on VMware with Ansible
  • Automation & CI/CD: Restructured the Ansible project and set up GitLab CI pipelines for quality and security checks
  • Monitoring: Configured Checkmk for infrastructure supervision
VMware vSphereRHELSELinuxAnsibleAWXKubernetesRKE2GitLab CICheckmk
2017-2023

Senior DevOps

EPFL -- Human Brain Project

I was the sole person managing the entire platform – about 400 VMs and 20+ applications across multiple cloud providers.

  • Multi-Datacenter Cloud Infrastructure: Designed and deployed OpenStack across 4 European datacenters (CSCS, Juelich, CINECA, BSC)
  • PaaS for Project Partners: Installed OpenShift clusters with GitLab and Docker registry so teams could deploy their own applications
  • Full Platform Ownership: Infrastructure design, application deployment, monitoring – the whole thing
OpenStackOpenShiftUbuntuDockerAnsibleAWXGitLabZabbixKeycloakHarborPostgreSQLMySqlZammad
2013-2017

Production Manager

Car & Boat Media (Axel Springer)

I managed all global infrastructure operations – compute, virtualization, storage, network, security, identities – across a hybrid on-premise and cloud environment. Also managed an internal team and external providers.

  • Internal Platform Renovation: Managed VMware infrastructure, storage, backups, and a disaster recovery site (VMware, Veeam, NetApp)
  • AWS Web Platform Industrialization: Brought in Packer, Ansible, CloudFormation, GitLab, and CodeDeploy to standardize deployments
  • Developer Support: Set up internal GitLab and an OpenStack cloud for developers. Helped teams write their own GitLab CI pipelines
  • Security: Defined the PSSI framework (aligned with ISO 27001), reorganized and segmented the network, deployed a WAF (Imperva), managed AWS security posture
VMware vSpherevCenterNetAppVeeamAWSCentOSAnsibleGitLabPackerCloudFormationZabbix
2011-2013

IT Operations Specialist

Dassault Systemes

Web infrastructure expert helping Dassault Systemes teams migrate applications to Outscale cloud.

  • Cloud Migration: Defined the hybrid cloud architecture with Outscale and built automated build and deployment tooling with Ansible
  • e-distrib Platform: Designed and built the product download platform, integrated with PeopleSoft commercial SI
Outscale CloudAnsibleF5 Load BalancerAkamai CDN
2009-2011

Production Manager

CoachClub.com

Early-stage sports coaching startup. I handled everything production.

  • IT Infrastructure Build: Set up the entire IT infrastructure from nothing – network, internal tools, dev environments, web platform
  • Production Management: Managed the payment backoffice (RBS), handled technical relationships with our hosting provider (Interoute) and CDN operators (Akamai, Level3)
SolarisApacheTomcatMySQLCiscoAkamaiLevel3
2008-2009

Technical Lead

Goomradio.com

Technical lead for Goomradio.com, a French online radio aggregator and streaming platform.

  • Web Platform Build: Architected and built the web and streaming platform in under 3 months on Solaris/Java
  • Development Support: Supported the development team with infrastructure and deployment
LinuxApacheTomcatMySQLCisco
2006-2008

Architecture Lead

Voyages-SNCF.com

Responsible for the Technical Architecture division.

  • Production Roadmap: Defined platform architecture evolution, storage and intermediate environment virtualization
  • Industrialization & QoS: Industrialized deployment processes, implemented production indicators, improved deployment methods (hot deployment)
SolarisApacheJBossOracleCisco
2003-2006

Technical Architect

SFR SI -- Direction de l'urbanisation

IT Architecture and planning department.

  • IT Planning: Participated in design reviews, maintained the SFR-SI Technical Reference. Audits, studies, consulting, project support
  • Web Portals & Platforms: Redesigned the SFR.fr portal, e-commerce platform, distributor portals, self-care, intranet, SSO
  • Achieres Datacenter Architecture: Network and security architecture, DNS naming rules, application migration scenarios, disaster recovery plan
  • NSI (New Information System): SOA architecture, self-care Web, Wap, SVI
SolarisApacheJBossOracleCisco
1993-2000

Systems & Networks Engineer

Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)

One of the earliest web infrastructure roles in France. The internet was new and mostly undefined territory.

  • Internet Infrastructure: Defined and deployed INA’s internet infrastructure – secured the network, configured and administered every server (Firewall, DNS, Mail, News, FTP, Web, Proxy)
  • mediaport.net: Built one of the first French websites
  • Anim2000 Project (1993-1995): Designed and built the database layer (SGBD Versant) for this European research project on animated drawing production
IrixNetBSDApacheBindsendmail