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Katanga KASHAMA

Katanga KASHAMA

Summary

Seasoned DevOps Engineer with a proven track record at Capgemini for the French Ministry of Armed Forces and AIRBUS, specializing in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud. Achieved a 50% reduction in deployment errors through automation and significantly enhanced security and operational efficiency. Expert in CI/CD, incident management, and fostering team collaboration.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Ministère des armées(Capgemini Engineering)
Paris
12.2023 - 08.2024

DevOps Engineer

Ministry of Armed Forces (Capgemini – Paris)| 09/2023– 12/2024

Project context: Managing a secure and resilient infrastructure is essential for the French Ministry of Armed Forces. In this context, my mission focused on automating the infrastructure management process and enhancing the security of sensitive application deployments.

Team Agile: 1 CDP, 2 POs, 12 Developers, 2 DevOps, 1 Scrum Master.

Technical Stack: Linux, Windows, GitOps, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, SonarQube, Grafana/Prometheus, Cloud Azure, Jira, etc.

Tasks:

  • Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) for secure infrastructure management.
  • Deployed and managed a secure Kubernetes cluster infrastructure to orchestrate sensitive microservices.
  • Improved production processes in collaboration with development and operations teams.
  • Developed advanced monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana) for real-time performance tracking, and proactive alerting.

Achievements:

- Reduced human errors in deployments by 50% through automation.
- Improved incident detection and resolution time by 25%.

Ingénieur DevOps

AIRBUS
Toulouse
12.2022 - 12.2023

DevOps Engineer

Airbus (Capgemini – Paris)| 11/2022 – 11/2023

Project context: At Airbus, system security and availability are crucial, especially for embedded software and cloud services used in aviation. As part of a multidisciplinary team, I contributed to the FTS project, focusing on fixing security vulnerabilities and migrating systems to the cloud.

Team Agile: 3 infra, 2 DevOps, 6 developers, 3 BAs, 1 PO, 2 Scrum Masters.

Technical environment: Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, Docker/AKS, Git, .NET, Python, Grafana-Prometheus, SonarQube, Linux/Windows, Jira, etc.

Tasks:

  • Supported teams in containerized infrastructure management and optimization.
  • Planned and executed cloud migration to Azure, ensuring cost optimization, and security compliance.
  • Identified and deployed security measures by assessing vulnerabilities, and managing risks.
  • Developed secure deployment processes using Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Achievements:

- Automating security testing reduces vulnerabilities significantly.
- Accelerating deployment processes minimizes downtime in critical environments by 40%.

DevOps Engineer

EDF
Paris
11.2021 - 11.2022

DevOps Engineer.

EDF – Paris | 11/2021 – 11/2022

Project context: At EDF, digital transformation is a key challenge in supporting the energy transition. My role focused on redesigning the EPICE project, which enables managers to track and evaluate advisors.

Team Agile: 1 PO, 4 developers, 1 DevOps engineer, and 1 Scrum Master.

Environnement technique : .NET-C #, Angular-Typescript, SQL Server, Git, Azure DevOps, Cloud Azure, JIRA, etc.

Tasks:

  • Developed front-end interfaces using Angular 12, HTML5, CSS3, and Angular Material.
  • I built the business logic layer with .NET.
  • Using Git for version control, and managing CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and Nexus.
  • Deploying to Azure Cloud.

Achievements:

- Increased development cycle speed by 30% through automated deployments.
- Improved application availability by reducing dependency-related issues.

Education

M.D. - Informatique et communication réseaux

Institut Polytechnique De Paris
Paris
09-2021

Licence En Sciences - Technologie D'informations (IT)

Amity University
INDE, New Delhi
07-2017

Skills

  • Containerization, orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Continuous integration (GitLab CI/CD)
  • Continuous deployment (Kubernetes, Helm)
  • Version control systems (Git)
  • Network fundamentals (OSI Model, TCP/IP)
  • Configuration management (Ansible)
  • Virtualization technologies (VMware)
  • Operating systems (Linux, Windows)
  • Infrastructure automation (Terraform)
  • Monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Security best practices
  • Performance management
  • Effective communication
  • API development
  • Direct server support
  • Code Analysis (SonarQube)
  • Incident management (Jira)
  • Cluster maintenance and troubleshooting
  • Scripting languages (Shell, PowerShell, Python)
  • Performance optimization
  • Release management
  • Meeting participation (Teams, Google Meet)
  • Microservices architecture

Title

Certification

  • Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD)- Preparing
  • Cloud Azure, 2023
  • CISCO SYSTEMS-CCNA Routing & Switching, 2018

Languages

Lingala
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
French
Advanced (C1)
C1

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Ministère des armées(Capgemini Engineering)
12.2023 - 08.2024

Ingénieur DevOps

AIRBUS
12.2022 - 12.2023

DevOps Engineer

EDF
11.2021 - 11.2022

M.D. - Informatique et communication réseaux

Institut Polytechnique De Paris

Licence En Sciences - Technologie D'informations (IT)

Amity University
Katanga KASHAMA