Systems Engineer · SINET

Mar 2025 — present

Sole engineer responsible for the server and virtualisation estate, across the ISP and its associated companies.

• Day-to-day operation of the virtual machine and server estate
• Scope extends beyond the ISP itself to associated and subsidiary companies, including a regular on-site presence at a group datacentre
• Reports to the CTO; owns the technical decisions on the estate
• In progress: introducing configuration management and internal services

Infrastructure Automation Engineer · Sabay Digital Corporation

Jul 2020 – Apr 2023 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Server and VM maintenance, with roughly 70% of the work focused on Ansible automation, alongside systems administration, support and other operational tasks.

• Installed and maintained servers and datacentre equipment
• Automated Linux server provisioning
• Automated deployment of several applications
• Incident resolution

Support Engineer · KSO Asia

Jun 2018 – Mar 2019 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Linux and Windows estate operated on behalf of Oceanet Technology.

• Administration, monitoring and operation of Linux and Windows servers
• Level 1 and 2 incident resolution
• Stack: VMware, XEN, Apache, PHP, Nginx, ActiveMQ, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SonicWall, Fortinet, Postfix

Systems Engineer · Eonian Technology Inc

Oct 2013 – Mar 2015 · Paris / Orlando / Barcelona

Systems engineering on a distributed web infrastructure.

Systems Engineer · Orange

Dec 2010 – Oct 2013 · Bagnolet, France

Systems engineering for very high-traffic applications and web portals on Orange Portails: service platforms, operational coverage and technical governance.

• Designed and operated service platforms; on-call outside hours and cover in hours across 3,000 mostly open-source servers
• Permanent member of the ICT-IM cell: architecture, change management, project and incident review
• Deputy head of the sysadmin team — team meetings, onboarding and training, COPIL and COMAN committees

System Administrator · Orange (prestation)

Sept 2008 – Dec 2010 · Bagnolet, France

Open-source system administrator within Orange Portails, across roughly 3,000 servers on three sites.

• Behavioural analytics and targeting platform: audit, hardening and compliance ahead of a load increase; hardware refresh; database tuning; configuration normalisation
• Orange Assistance portal: audit, centralised server configuration, redesign and hardening, multi-site redundancy, cross-replicated databases
• Orange homepage portal: operations, incident tracking, monitoring rollout, hardware refresh, release support

Technical Consultant · R2I Santé

Sept 2006 – Aug 2008 · Paris, France

Technical consultant covering Normandy and Brittany.

• Pre-sales audits in clinics and hospitals: network and workstation surveys, hardware needs analysis, operational testing
• Debian server installation and configuration on site — Apache, PHP, MySQL, automation scripts, performance tuning
• Level 3 incident resolution, remote and on site; customer training and post-installation documentation

Support Technician (apprenticeship) · R2I Santé

Aug 2005 – Aug 2006 · Paris, France

Level 1 and 2 incident resolution on Debian and Red Hat servers.

IT Technician (apprenticeship) · eZone

Sept 2004 – Aug 2005 · Paris, France

Workstation and server support; Debian and FreeBSD maintenance.

• Built an image deployment system
• Organised video game tournaments

Systems Engineer · Le Bonbon

Mar 2016 – Feb 2025 · Paris, France

• 24/7 administration, monitoring and operation of Linux servers
• Hosting of high-traffic publishing sites
• Server infrastructure architecture and technical advice

Support Engineer · Orange Business Services

Mar 2016 – Apr 2017 · Paris, France

• Administration, monitoring and operation of Linux and Windows servers
• Level 1 and 2 incidents; on-call for large accounts including Auchan and La Poste
• Stack: Debian, Apache, PHP, Varnish, Nginx, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Xymon, Bash, Perl, Git, Ansible, Jenkins