Youssef OUSSAID
DevOps & Systems Engineer / Azure Cloud Specialist
Nine years designing, automating and operating resilient infrastructure across Azure Cloud, Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipelines and Linux systems at scale.
Deployment history
Ministry of National Education, France
Dec 2024 — Present- Deployment and management of Rancher / Kubernetes clusters in production for national educational applications
- Design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI/CD for automated deployments
- N3 production support: incident management, root-cause analysis and resolution for critical workloads
- PostgreSQL database cluster management: performance tuning, high availability and stability
- Dockerized application management and deployment automation with Ansible Core
- Security hardening and infrastructure updates for production systems
- Full project documentation from planning to production: architecture, runbooks, post-mortems
SKYLLIT
Mar 2023 — Nov 2024- Designed and implemented complete Azure Cloud architectures for multi-client SaaS and business workloads
- Set up and managed dev, staging and production environments with infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Implemented GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and release management
- Designed and deployed a PostgreSQL High Availability cluster with SOC2 compliance (Hedgeguard project)
- Architected a highly available and scalable Kubernetes cluster on GCP (GKE)
- Deployed a complete Zabbix monitoring infrastructure with custom scripts and alerting rules
- Set up ITIL-compliant ticketing (OTRS, GLPI) with custom workflows and Keycloak IAM integration
- Ensured N3 production support and application observability for all client infrastructure
Groupe LabelVie
Aug 2022 — Feb 2023- Deployed Ansible centralized management for all Linux servers, with patch management and automation
- VMware vSphere upgrade to 7.0U3 with vCenter centralization and backup policy implementation
- Infrastructure and application monitoring with PRTG, Dynatrace and Prometheus
- DNS architecture deployment and migration; private cloud storage with OwnCloud
- N2/N3 Linux and VMware incident resolution; DevOps environments administration (GitLab, Docker)
Percall Développement
Apr 2018 — Aug 2022- Led complete Azure infrastructure migration: VMs, SQL databases, network configuration, site-to-site VPN
- DevOps implementation: Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, Artifactory release automation, Prometheus/Grafana monitoring
- SCCM deployment for centralized Windows fleet management, security patches and compliance configurations
- Scripting and automation for CPS Windchill patch installation with a full CI/CD delivery pipeline
- Office 365 tenant setup and migration (mailboxes, Skype to Teams, Exchange Online administration)
- New-site network architecture: routers, switches, firewall, VLAN, ACL, datacenter security and BCP
- Azure Backup with site-to-site VPN and disaster recovery plan definition
Previance Assurance
Feb 2017 — Apr 2018- VoIP Asterisk server administration (trunks, inbound/outbound routes, security, monitoring)
- Active Directory and GPO management; N1/N2 helpdesk support
Diplomas & certifications
Master's in Computer Engineering
Big Data & Cloud Computing · Evening studies
Professional Bachelor's
Network Systems & Security · Evening studies
Specialized Technician
Network & Systems
Resources & services
DevOps & CI/CD
GitLab CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · Azure DevOps · Pipelines · Repos · Artifacts
Containers & Orchestration
Kubernetes · Helm · RBAC · Rancher · Docker · Podman · AKS · EKS · GKE
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform (modules · state · workspaces) · Ansible (playbooks · roles · dynamic inventory) · Git · YAML
Cloud
Microsoft Azure · AKS · Azure Backup · Azure Monitor · Azure DevOps · VPN Gateway · AWS · EKS
Systems & Virtualization
RHEL · Ubuntu · Debian · CentOS · IBM AIX · VMware ESXi · vSphere · vCenter · Proxmox VE
Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus · Grafana · ELK Stack · Zabbix · PRTG · Dynatrace · Azure Monitor · Nagios
Let's work together
Open to DevOps, Cloud and Systems Engineering roles. A project, a role, or a question, reach out.