Vincent Moitrot

Kubernetes & DevOps Architect

Kubernetes & DevOps Architect with 20+ years in IT, including 10+ years designing, building and operating production platforms. Specializing in platform strategy, multi-tenant cluster architecture, GitOps at scale, and security-compliant infrastructure (HDS, PVID). Track record of building self-service platforms that reduce deployment lead time while meeting SLA/SLO targets and compliance requirements.


Work Experience

Platform Engineer — Tech Lead

IDnow | Jan 2024 - Present

Leading platform strategy and engineering for identity verification services in a PVID-regulated environment. Coordinating across 2 DevOps/platform teams.

  • Architected IaC pipeline enabling full tenant provisioning from scratch, reducing deployment lead time from days to hours
  • Redesigned Ansible automation (200+ playbooks) using Netbox as single source of truth for infrastructure state
  • Defined platform technical roadmap and aligned technologies across teams for consistent security compliance

Senior Platform Engineer

Ateme | Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Designed multi-cloud Kubernetes platform strategy for video streaming infrastructure across 3 cloud providers.

  • Architected and deployed production Kubernetes clusters on GCP, Azure, and AWS using Terraform modules
  • Implemented IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking across all clusters, enabling global content delivery
  • Built internal IaC platform with Ansible, Cobbler, Netbox, and Proxmox for on-premises capacity planning
  • Designed Kubernetes middleware layer: ingress controllers, observability stack, service mesh patterns

DevOps Technical Leader

AMA (HDS-certified) | Apr 2020 - Dec 2022

Led platform team (up to 8 engineers) for healthcare-grade hosting. Defined migration strategy from legacy to Kubernetes for premium customers including French emergency services and military.

  • Designed and delivered Kubernetes platform (Rancher/RKE on vSphere) with flexible on-premises deployment model, meeting HDS compliance
  • Built end-to-end GitOps pipelines with GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, and ArgoCD — 50+ managed deployments
  • Implemented full observability stack (Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana) with SLO-based alerting
  • Drove DevOps culture adoption across IT and R&D teams through internal training and documentation

DevOps Engineer

Claranet | Jun 2018 - Apr 2020

Managed platforms and cloud migrations for premium enterprise customers in managed services context.

  • Operated CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab, Nexus, SonarQube) for 5+ enterprise clients
  • Planned and executed platform evolutions, capacity planning, and cloud migration strategies
  • Provided L2/L3 incident response and troubleshooting across Docker, Ansible, Apache, Varnish, Redis, ELK

System Administrator → Junior Telecom Admin → Helpdesk → Tech Support

Blizzard Entertainment (12 years) | Aug 2006 - Apr 2018

Grew from frontline tech support to system administrator within internal IT (BIIS). 4 roles spanning infrastructure, telecom, and end-user support across European operations.

  • System Administrator (2014-2018): Managed EU VMware cluster (200+ VMs), automated esports event infrastructure (Gamescom), implemented EU monitoring, initiated DevOps practices
  • Junior Telecom Admin (2010-2014): Migrated analog lines to VoIP, administered Cisco CUCM worldwide and Tandberg videoconference systems, designed and deployed digital signage for EU offices
  • BIIS Helpdesk (2008-2010): Internal operations support, IT procurement assistant for EU, live events technical support
  • FR Tech Support Rep (2006-2008): Phone, email and forum support for French-speaking players

Technical Support Engineer

Stream International (Microsoft & Dell) | Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

B2B/B2C technical support foundations.

  • Dell L2 Dispatcher: Validated all French technical troubleshooting prior to on-site interventions
  • Microsoft L1: B2C/B2B technical support for Windows and Office products

Projects

Kubernetes Homelab

Personal — ongoing since 2017

Production-grade homelab running Talos OS, ArgoCD (40+ apps), Keycloak with FIDO2, full observability stack. Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 with Cloudflare. Details →