Over Hicham
I help engineering and product teams ship faster, scale reliably, and reduce cloud waste, without the overhead of building a full in-house platform team.
With 8+ years in DevOps and cloud infrastructure, I specialize in designing and delivering production-grade platforms on AWS and GCP, using Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps (ArgoCD, FluxCD), and modern observability stacks (Datadog, NewRelic, Grafana). I've worked with startups and scale-ups across SaaS, data, and ML-heavy environments, bringing structure to infrastructure without slowing down product teams.
What I typically help with:
- Kubernetes platform builds and migrations (EKS, GKE)
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Atlantis
- CI/CD and release automation (GitLab, GitHub Actions)
- MLOps pipelines and model serving infrastructure
- Observability foundations (metrics, logs, traces, alerting)
- Cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
- Security hardening, audits, and compliance readiness
- Developer enablement and platform documentation
I work as a trusted technical partner, embedded in your team, aligned with your roadmap, and focused on outcomes that matter to your business. I communicate clearly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders, and I deliver thorough documentation so your team stays autonomous after every engagement.
Arabisch
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Japans
Basiskennis
Spaans
Beperkte professionele capaciteit
Engels
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Frans
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Uitsluitend remote
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Werkervaring
- MistplayTech Lead DevOpsmei 2023 - februari 2026 (2 jaren en 9 maanden)— Served as a technical lead for DevOps initiatives, working closely with the CTO to define platform direction, establish engineering standards, and shape infrastructure decisions during the early stages of platform growth.— Helped hire and build the DevOps function, supporting junior hires through onboarding, technical guidance, and day-to-day mentorship.— Designed and maintained modular Terraform infrastructure across backend, data, and operations environments on AWS, establishing reusable patterns for multi-environment platform delivery.— Provisioned and managed a broad set of AWS services including EKS, VPC, RDS, ElastiCache, Valkey, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, Route 53, ACM, WAF, Cognito, CloudFront, CloudSearch, OpenSearch, Lambda, EventBridge Scheduler, IAM, and Secrets Manager.— Implemented GitOps and infrastructure delivery workflows with ArgoCD, FluxCD, Atlantis, and GitHub Actions to improve deployment consistency, automate Terraform operations, and reduce manual platform changes.— Built reusable CI/CD workflow foundations for container builds, testing, promotion, database release tasks, and security scanning, helping standardize software delivery across engineering teams.— Established observability, security, and governance foundations with Datadog, CloudWatch, IAM Access Analyzer, Security Hub, and encrypted logging patterns to improve platform visibility and reduce operational risk.— Supported data and ML-oriented platform infrastructure through work on Airflow, Databricks, SageMaker, DataHub, Kinesis Firehose, and EKS-based services, enabling teams operating data-intensive and machine learning-heavy workloads.— Contributed to shared platform enablement through self-hosted GitHub Actions runner infrastructure, GitOps-managed cluster services, secrets automation, and developer-facing tooling that improved team autonomy.
- MadokaiCo-Founder & Principal Consultantmei 2023 - Vandaag (3 jaren en 1 maand)Amsterdam, Netherlands— Co-founded a cloud consultancy delivering DevOps, platform engineering, and MLOps services across AWS and GCP.— Led consulting engagements for Trellis, Swivel, Velmeni, and EBB across cloud-native application, data, and ML platforms.— Built Kubernetes platforms, Terraform-based infrastructure, GitOps delivery workflows, observability foundations, and security best practices for clients.— Delivered infrastructure modernization, CI/CD automation, cloud migrations, security hardening, and developer enablement across diverse workloads.— Helped clients improve platform scalability, reliability, developer autonomy, observability, and cloud governance.— Managed end-to-end delivery across concurrent engagements, keeping timelines, scope, and priorities aligned with business objectives.— Tracked day-to-day tasks across workstreams using structured workflows, maintaining delivery momentum and visibility.— Acted as a trusted technical partner, providing hands-on guidance and supporting teams through implementation challenges.— Defined and documented engineering standards across infrastructure, CI/CD, security, and observability to ensure consistency and quality.— Maintained clear stakeholder communication, translating complex technical topics into accessible updates for both technical and non-technical audiences.— Produced technical documentation covering architecture decisions, runbooks, onboarding guides, and platform standards to enable client autonomy.— Provided ongoing operational support, triaging issues, advising on platform decisions, and ensuring continuity across active engagements.— Conducted infrastructure and security audits to identify gaps, assess risk, and deliver prioritized remediation recommendations.
- BynderDevOps / SRE Engineerfebruari 2021 - april 2023 (2 jaren en 2 maanden)Amsterdam, Netherlands— Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to support daily and out-of-cycle releases across microservices environments.— Built infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows using Terraform, Atlantis, FluxCD, and GitOps practices to improve release consistency and reduce manual operations on AWS and Kubernetes.— Supported and operated large-scale AWS infrastructure, including 800+ cloud instances, production EKS clusters, and multi-region cloud architectures for microservices applications.— Improved observability and platform reliability through work on Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus, and Grafana, including Kubernetes metrics collection and performance monitoring.— Integrated code quality and security controls into delivery pipelines with SonarQube and Snyk, helping strengthen software delivery safeguards.— Contributed to platform resilience through Kafka backup and restore strategy design, on-call participation, and support for both legacy systems and new technology initiatives.— Enabled engineering teams by supporting and coaching 7 Scrum teams, helping improve DevOps adoption, delivery practices, and day-to-day operational autonomy.
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Opleidingen
- Master of Science (M.Sc.)Ecole des Mines d'Alès2017Programming: Bash, C, Java, Python, PHP, Bash, HTML, CSS Project management: Planning and organizing internal and external meetings, project management, ITIL, communication, etc Network: CCNA 1,2,3 and CCNP in progress, Routing, Security, Admin UNIX, IPV6, Tunneling, VPN, Architectures Master in Computer Science, System and Network • 2014 - 2017 Language: English 870 TOEIC Math: Algorithmic, Fourrier series, Laplace transformation IT security: Firewall management, social hacking, backdoors, botnets, black-boxes, audits Wireless Communications: Wifi, NFC Auto-management: Stress management, time management, etc
- Associate of Science (A.S.)IUT de Montpellier-Sète2014