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Microsoft Azure Senior Cloud Advisor/Architect

Design of the environments Tenant and the Subscriptions. Regions Scaffold.
▪ Team Leader infrastructure microservices AKS / Kubernetes.
▪ Design and Implementation of AKS/Kubernetes and ISTIO service mesh.
▪ Microservices Security Governance: Keyvaults, Security Center and Sentinel.
▪ Design of Azure subscriptions networking, Application Gateway / Firewalls
▪ Launch the new Stock Exchange strategy Websites Green-X: lgxhub.bourse.lu
and LuxXPrime: ******** from Azure platform microservice.
▪ Design of HDInsight cluster base for Kafka. Implementation. Hands-on.
▪ BI migration through infrastructure as a code implementation of Data Factory,
Data Lake, Azure SQL and Databricks. Defender for DBs. Deliver the whole.
▪ Develop and deliver multi environment scripts by Az DevOps
▪ Training of the Operations IT team to support Azure APIM, VMs, Network
▪ Implement Azure pricing and resource reservations program.
▪ Assist the Security to deliver following Commission de Surveillance CSSF rules
▪ Office 365 migration/conversation of SharePoint sites to Teams model.

IT TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Microsoft Azure Modules
Compute 
Networking 
Storage & Data Lake 
PKI Azure - DigiCert 
AKS/Kubernetes 
ISTIO Service Mesh 
HDInsight clusters 
Web Apps 
Application Gateway 
SQL & Managed Ins. 
Azure PostgreSQL 
Azure Security Center 
Azure Sentinel 
Azure APIM 
Machine Learning 
Databricks (Infra) 
Data Factory 
Conditional Access 
Mgmt Groups 
Azure DevOps

IT Cloud Transition Advisor and Microsoft Trainer at EBRC Datacenter

Design the cloud part of the hybrid architecture EBRC Datacenters / Azure.
▪ Assist the EBRC Azure Governance Team on Azure scaffold adoption. Define
the hierarchies and the enrollment modes.
▪ Assist the cloud automation team with Key Vault and Disk Encryption.
▪ Secure the Azure AD. Produce a workshop presenting all the Azure
authentication methods to help the strategy to make their choice.
▪ Apply CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations Security Benchmark to audit the
Azure AD of the UAT and PROD Azure tenants. Rework the outdated scripts.
▪ Assist the application Middleware team for the appropriation of the Azure
Windows and Linux Web PaaS with Code or Docker containers.
Create Custom Inventory Automation using Graph.
▪ Office 365 adopt migrations model and framework. The whole procedure.

Microsoft Azure Operations
Implementation 
Governance 
Organize support 
Pricing, Reservations
Security hardening 
Automation 
Disaster Recovery 
Migration VMs, DBs 
Containerization

Security Projects.

Domain: Cloud Security
Microsoft Trusted Certified Solution Expert: help Excellium to join the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider program.
Microsoft Trainer: Trainings on Microsoft Azure and Office 365 given to the Excellium-Services’ customers.
Project Manager: Implement private cloud PSF compliant E-Communication system in SaaS mode hyper convergent.
On call duty 24x7, weekly, once a month support hands-on.

Public cloud achieved Project. As Independent full time contract at Datacenter Network Research Belgium.
Domain: Microsoft Azure Cloud Project - Innovation. Datacenter hybrid.
Successfully evaluated and analyzed Microsoft Azure to foresee Datacenter extension. Realized business case of comparison Datacenter private cloud vs MS Azure cloud - approved by the Strategy Team. Deployment POC production pilot hands-on.
Result and benefits:
- Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data.
- Helped the business strategy to evaluate Cloud Public to the existing private one
- Add the Microsoft Azure to the Service Catalog.

Public cloud achieved Project. As Independent full time contract at Datacenter Network Research Belgium.
Domain: Cloud SaaS. Externalize collaborative sites for collaboration with customers.
Implementing the first 5 Office 365 tenants of the Datacenter NRB. Innovation.
Design the whole architecture. Deliver business plan, POC, logical service architecture, network flows architecture, authentication logical architecture and token and certificate validation, security validation, prod activation, user training.
Result and benefits:
Add the Office 365 to the business catalog
Create cost-effective way for the sales and architect of the datacenter to collaborate with the external client and partners through elastic cloud solution

Private cloud hybrid achieved Project: As Independent full time contract at Datacenter: Network Research Belgium
Domain: Intranet/Extranet SharePoint hybrid / Office 365.
Led the rebuilt of the whole existing SharePoint extranet, Innovated and introduced mutual SharePoint governance for all hosted datacenter customers. Assured the Transition and the Operation Services. Direct editor of the SharePoint Services and sales catalog in conjunction with Microsoft. Coordinator of partnership with Avepoint governance suite.
Result and benefits
- Huge IT Cost cutting by consolidation of all the dispersed SharePoint farms
- Decommissioned tens of Legacy SharePoint, releasing resources
- Optimized the staff multisource, by innovating with governance tools

Federation identity achieved Project: As Independent full time contract at Datacenter Network Research Belgium
Domain: Identity Management Solution ADFS Innovation.
Implemented Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Data Center Mutualized solution for sale to internal and external customers. Created the Business case, Analyzed the business requirements of different departments and conduct feasibility studies to determine the architecture and resources to use. Defined product architecture processes and tools.
Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones
Result and benefits:
- Pushed down IT support costs by driving the support calls Request tickets down
- Connected several data center applications to External Identity Providers
- Security hardening respecting to ISO 27001
- Data center resource cost reduction: optimized existing infrastructure helping introducing NetScaler mutual solution
- Achieved seamless migrations and integrations that were transparent to end users

Waterfall type achieved project using Prince 2: As Independent full time contract at Datacenter Network Research Belgium.
Domain: Communication. Skype for Business.
Recommend best solutions based on understanding of business needs and issues. Created detailed business case. Created full project product description. Assemble the project Initiation Documentation. Created the project Plan by segregation of the activities of Implementation of Lync 2013. Manage stages and provide task schedule by activity/resource. Controlling the service operations maintenance and monitoring. Managed project closure and lesson log. Archive in Knowledge base as project model.
Result and benefits:
- Completed project up to one month ahead of schedule
- Helped the Data Center telecommunication team to become solution provider on Skype for business
- Introduced the solution within the catalog of Services to acquire new customers using the Skype for Business

Several weekly on call duty Support 24x7 : As Independent full time contract at Datacenter Network Research Belgium
Domains: All
monitoring and hands-on

Agile project, private cloud achieved Project

Domain: Manage and develop New online platform, private cloud Model of Euler Hermes on SharePoint platforms and SSO shared portal for all worldwide customers. Redress an existing project.
Straighten an existing project by re-Design of the infrastructure, re-design of the logical architecture of SharePoint platforms ******** (. de,. be,. ********, .us, .it etc.…). Coordinate the edition of 50 portals by country region of the group. Requirements analysis, audit and definition of needs and selection of products: project orientation, organization, project management. Replace the whole existing infrastructure with a new one. Coordinated and ensured all Infrastructure Teams, Database Administrators, Developers and Users are clear on their roles and timing of systems failover/failback and testing. Maintaining and controlling the project schedule and dashboard. Led the whole Migration Linux to SharePoint, security hardening. Document and archive project activities. POC => PRODUCTION => SUPPORT. Risk assessment and risk mitigation. Change management. Project SharePoint team manager. CDN Akamai architect.
Result and benefits:
Redressed a project, avoid project failure and loss of tens of M.
Brought innovative SSO solution that gave to the project a new direction and possibility to use existing internal ERP to be used by external end users, solution that is used till today and could be seen online.
Introduced AKAMAI CDN high speed solution, innovation to spread the website content worldwide for quick access, alleviate the need of additional infrastructure implementations – geographically. Coordinator and interface for Akamai.

Microsoft Trainer: As employee at Vision IT Bertrange
Domain: Trainings given at Microsoft trusted training center
Configuring SharePoint 2010 (10174A), Implementing Server Virtualization (10215A), Implementing Managing Windows Server 2008 Clustering (6423A), System Center Operations Manager (50028B), Windows Active directory, Windows Server
Result and benefits:
Average notation 8,6 /10

Consultancy and advisory: As employee at Vision IT Bertrange and independent contractor for Vision IT France
Domain: infrastructure
DELL: representing DELL EqualLogic SAN solutions over Luxembourg, Microsoft Shared Volumes and SharePoint Load Balancing.
Weber Transports: Develop the disaster recovery strategy of the headquarters infrastructure, approval and tests on SAN Dell
ING: Migration of MS Exchange 2003 to 2010 Elaborated the whole exercise of migration - Proof of concept. Script all in a parallel cloned environment. Registered all the procedures. Anticipates operational risks. Approve whole by the bank IT.
Poste of Luxembourg: Coaching/consultancy on Microsoft technologies of the infrastructure and support teams.
Luxembourg City: Advisory and Training of the IT Groupware Team on Microsoft collaborative tools
“Voies navigables” de France (VNF): SharePoint audit and farms optimization; SQL servers optimization and support

Manage development team: As associate of PolePoition LTD
Domain: .NET development
Manage team of 10 developers. Manage multiple project deliveries of varying dimensions – complexity, technology, geography, 3rd party partners. Sale data services. IT asset management, Internet bandwidth sharing and selling. Marketing and distribution of Innovative Private cloud solution that is taking in charge remote applications and communication.
Result and benefits
- Innovate in the domain of web-enablement (most known today as SaaS private cloud)
- Successfully created several custom-tailored applications with turnover 2 M.

Project management. As associate of Vita Natura.
Domain: Pharmaceutical area. IT services.
Lead the infrastructure implementation and development of the Dutch branch offices of Vita Natura US move.
Manage scopes by assessing the headquarters requirements and report to the Senior Strategy and Franchise Development Committees. Hire and form a new call center team. Reorganize the existing support teams. Lead the development of in-house computerized supply chain. Develop Call Center, hire all profiles. Create innovative SI program interoperating: the production, the supply chain, the doctors, the pharmacists, the social security systems and the patients.
Result and benefits:
Helped the franchise to legally validate the pharmacy and open
Successfully launch online pharmacy with limited prescription validation and relied to the ERP backend.

Employee at Deloitte with permanent term contract.
Senior consultant Sun Solaris and Windows technologies.
Main project: « Departement des transport de l’état de Luxembourg ». Evaluate, implement and support the Sun platforms of the Deloitte development project « carte grise de Luxembourg».

(Arthur Andersen) with permanent term contract
Consultant Windows and Networking. Left for Deloitte following the scandal of Enron.

Employee at Siemens business services with permanent contract.
Computing support of the Siemens Leasing department. Responsible for Servers and printers.

Interim at General Motors.
Started as Manpower interim and received fixed-term contract in the moment of leaving for Siemens.
Networking engineer