Professional Resume

A comprehensive overview of my career journey, skills, and educational background

Professional Experience

My career journey and achievements

Sep 2021 - Present

Cloud Solutions Architect

Palo Alto Networks
Belgium

Drive technical strategy and implementation of Prisma Cloud solutions across multi-cloud environments, with a strong focus on cloud-native security, compliance (e.g., AWS FSBP, CIS), and automated remediation. Lead customer engagements through workshops, Immersion Days, and Capture the Flag events to accelerate secure cloud adoption. Collaborate closely with product teams to relay field feedback and develop tailored automation scripts that enable policy management, compliance reporting, and proactive alerting. Help customers integrate security seamlessly into their DevOps pipelines and cloud operations.

Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

Public Cloud Enterprise Architect

NRB
Liege

Design and develop secure, highly scalable software solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Create and maintain cloud reference architectures to support best practices in security and performance.
Assess emerging technologies (e.g., Kubernetes), review existing designs, and deliver strategic recommendations to drive innovation and efficiency.

Jan 2017 - Oct 2019

Team Lead – Network and Network Security

NRB
Liege

Led a team of 20 engineers in managing and transforming core network infrastructure, including the full replacement of core routing and switching systems. Oversaw network architecture for new datacenter builds, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security. Drove integration of key technologies such as Palo Alto Networks firewalls, BackBox automation, Splunk monitoring, and F5 load balancing. Delivered critical infrastructure upgrades while aligning with security best practices and business continuity requirements.

Jan 2009 - Dec 2016

Network Security Designer

Engie
Brussels

Managed complex network and security projects involving a wide range of technologies, including Check Point, Juniper, F5, BlueCoat, and Cisco.
Led the design and deployment of a large-scale internet access infrastructure serving over 50,000 users, incorporating Check Point virtual systems, Juniper firewalls and SSL VPN, and F5 BIG-IP load balancers.
Successfully implemented an Outlook Anywhere infrastructure using Windows Server 2012 with Application Request Routing (ARR) and client certificate authentication behind F5, overcoming significant technical challenges in secure access and load balancing.

Sep 2007 - Dec 2008

Network Security Engineer

BNP Paribas Fortis Bank
Brussels

Provided L3 support and managed critical network components including proxies, firewalls, and load balancers.
Led the successful migration of Fortis Bank Frankfurt to a completely new network and security infrastructure.
Developed automation scripts in Perl and Expect to streamline command execution across diverse network devices, improving operational efficiency and consistency.

Education

Academic background and qualifications

Master, IT

University

2006 - 2007
Liege

Only one year

Bachelor, Network orientation

HEPL - Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège

2003 - 2006
Liege

Great Distinction

Skills & Expertise

Technical proficiencies and competencies

Cloud

AWS Advanced
Azure Advanced
Google Cloud Platform Intermediate

DevOps

Terraform Expert
Kubernetes Expert
OpenShift Advanced
Docker Advanced
Git Advanced
Ansible Advanced

Programming Language

PHP Advanced
Python Advanced
JavaScript Intermediate
JavaScript Advanced

Framework

Laravel Advanced

Database

MySQL Advanced

Infrastructure

Palo Alto Networks Expert