Professional Experience
Cloud Solutions Architect at Palo Alto Networks
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.
Public Cloud Enterprise Architect at NRB
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.
Team Lead – Network and Network Security at NRB
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.
Network Security Designer at Engie
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.
Network Security Engineer at BNP Paribas Fortis Bank
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
Master, IT at University
Only one year
Bachelor, Network orientation at HEPL - Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège
Great Distinction