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Zadkiel AHARONIAN

Zadkiel AHARONIAN

Developer | DevOps | SRE

Toulouse, FR
+33 6 04 15 27 98
English, French

Background


About

About

Full-stack developer and DevOps consultant with deep expertise in Kubernetes and multi-cloud architectures. Active open-source contributor in the Cloud Native ecosystem (Kyverno, Argo, Prometheus, Helm) with a proven track record of delivering secure, scalable, and automated platforms.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Cloud Specialist, Airbus Aircraft

    Jun, 2024 - Present

    Delivered MVPs for next-generation onboard platforms, combining edge computing, content delivery, and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

    • Designed Kubernetes-based platforms to manage aircraft systems and onboard applications.

    • Built a Varnish-powered video distribution system for onboard content delivery.

    • Enabled real-time computer vision processing at the edge using Jetson hardware and optimized pipelines.

  • Site Reliability Engineer, Carrefour

    Dec, 2020 - May, 20243 years 5 months

    Part of the Carrefour OneCloud CaaS squad, focused on modernizing multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms.

    • Maintained and modernized multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms (GCP GKE, Rancher RKE, Azure AKS), ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.

    • Led migration from Rancher RKE to a fully integrated, secure Azure AKS environment designed for high availability, automated scalability, and zero-downtime upgrades.

    • Implemented GitOps and GreenIT principles, building a self-service CaaS offering for diverse business workloads.

    • Improved monitoring and alerting by migrating to PagerDuty and enhancing incident management workflows and runbooks, including active on-call participation.

  • NetDevOps Engineer, Airbus Group Inc.

    Apr, 2019 - Dec, 20201 year 8 months

    Led automation, observability, and production deployments for network security platforms.

    • Managed production deployments and lifecycle of Tufin SecureTrack and SecureChange.

    • Built Python tools and CI pipelines for Tufin testing and integration.

    • Automated data flows and CMDB consolidation across Netbox, Centreon, PaloAlto, IPFabric, and others.

    • Developed CI/CD foundations: Jenkins libraries, Docker base images, Vault integration.

    • Introduced ChatOps for operational visibility and faster incident response.

  • DevOps Consultant, CCL Consulting

    Apr, 2019 - Present

    Delivered DevOps consulting and Kubernetes platform engineering in a multi-client service center.

    • Developed a Kubernetes compliance engine providing real-time security and best-practice visibility for developers, compliance teams, and operators.

    • Delivered a self-service Kubernetes SaaS platform leveraging GitOps, immutable infrastructure, and modern security practices.

    • Provided cloud and Kubernetes platform maintenance and enhancements for client environments within the company’s service center.

  • Software Architect & Developer, Aestetype Design

    Jan, 2016 - Feb, 20193 years 1 month

    Led the technical transformation of a digital product from a legacy monolith to a modern, cloud-native microservices architecture.

    • Re-architected a legacy social media aggregator into containerized microservices deployed via Docker & Kubernetes.

    • Improved system scalability, observability, and resilience by introducing modern DevOps practices.

    • Oversaw the full software lifecycle: feature design, backend services, frontend components, and infrastructure.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • helm-git, aslafy-z

    Jan, 2019 - Present

    Helm plugin that installs Helm charts directly from Git repositories. Adopted by the community with over 300 GitHub stars.

    • Developed a Helm plugin enabling direct chart installation from Git without packaging.

    • Used in CI/CD workflows to simplify Kubernetes deployments.

Skills

Skills

  • DevOps

    Terraform

    Ansible

    Packer

    Hashicorp Vault

    ArgoCD/FluxCD

    GitHub Actions/GitLab CI

  • Kubernetes

    AKS/GKE/EKS/RKE/Kubeadm/CAPI

    Calico/Canal/Cilium

    OPA/Kyverno

    ingress-nginx/Traefik/Envoy Gateway

    Chaos operators

    Argo Workflows

    ArgoCD/FluxCD

    and more...

  • Monitoring & Observability

    Prometheus

    VictoriaMetrics

    Mimir

    Thanos

    Grafana

    Fluentbit

    Fluentd

    Loki

  • Programming

    Golang

    Python

    Typescript

    C

    Rust

    React/Vue

    GraphQL

    Shell

  • Cloud Providers

    AWS

    GCP

    Azure

    Scaleway

  • AI

    Agentic workflows

    Computer vision

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Cyber Security - MSc, University of Kent

    Sep, 2016 - Sep, 2017

  • Computer Programming, Engineer's degree, EPITECH - European Institute of Technology

    Dec, 2013 - Dec, 2018

Certificates

Certificates

Interests

Interests

  • Technology

    Open-source contributionsHome automationTechnology watch & podcasts
  • Sports & Outdoors

    HikingRock climbing
  • Food & Creativity

    Crafting hot pepper sauces and gourmet picklesExploring world cuisines