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Anas Benstitou

Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer — Azure

I design and automate secure, scalable Azure infrastructure — Terraform, Kubernetes and CI/CD — for enterprise teams at AXA, BNP Paribas and Société Générale.

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Years of experience
8+
Years of experience
Enterprise clients
7+
Enterprise clients
Cloud certifications
3
Cloud certifications

Trusted by teams at

  • AXAAXA Group Operations
  • BNPBNP Paribas
  • SGSociété Générale
  • CNPCNP Assurances
  • OCPOCP Group
About

Cloud infrastructure that just runs

A senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer focused on Azure, Infrastructure as Code and Kubernetes.

I'm a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience delivering flexible, efficient and secure cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure. My work centers on Terraform and Kubernetes: automating infrastructure provisioning, orchestrating containerized workloads, and keeping systems available and scalable.

Across engagements at AXA, BNP Paribas and Société Générale, I've led cloud migration programs, modernized CI/CD pipelines and helped teams adopt Infrastructure as Code as their default way of working.

More recently at AXA, I've extended that automation mindset to AI: designing and deploying LLM-based agents — orchestrated with Semantic Kernel and LangChain on Azure AI Foundry — that take repetitive tasks off client teams' plates.

I'm also comfortable in the application layer — Python and Java — which lets me design automation and APIs that fit the way development teams actually ship software, not just the platform underneath it.

Automation first

If it's done twice by hand, it becomes code.

Security by design

IaC, least privilege and auditability from day one.

Clear communication

Documentation and handover that outlast the mission.

Continuous learning

Staying current with Azure, Kubernetes and the CNCF landscape.

Track record

  • Led cloud migration programs for AXA, BNP Paribas and Société Générale
  • Designed and operated 20+ CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps, Jenkins and GitHub Actions
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by up to 35% through optimized cloud architectures
  • Migrated 100+ applications from on-premise to cloud environments across enterprise clients
  • Building and deploying LLM-based AI agents on Azure AI Foundry to automate client workflows

Languages

  • FrenchNative
  • EnglishProfessional
  • ArabicNative
Career

Professional experience

8+ years of progressive DevOps and Cloud Engineering roles across leading financial institutions.

  1. DevOps / Cloud Engineer · AXA Group Operations

    July 2024 - Present
    Paris, FranceCurrent roleFull-time

    Leading cloud migration initiatives in the ATLAS program for Azure cloud transformation.

    • Spearheading Move2Cloud Azure migration for enterprise applications
    • Implementing advanced monitoring and alerting solutions on the Azure platform
    • Developing Terraform modules to automate complex migration processes
    • Managing CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
    AzureAWSOpenShiftAzure DevOpsGitHub ActionsTerraformPythonKubernetesAzure AI FoundrySemantic KernelLangChain

  2. DevOps / Cloud Engineer · BNP Paribas Asset Management

    June 2022 - July 2024
    Paris, France2 years 2 monthsFull-time

    Led comprehensive cloud migration projects from on-premise to cloud infrastructure.

    • Provisioned DEV, UAT and PROD servers and led Kubernetes deployments
    • Architected and deployed scalable Kubernetes clusters for production workloads
    • Established robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins
    • Managed database migrations from Sybase to SQL Server with zero downtime
    TerraformGitMavenAzure DevOpsIBM CloudShellSQL ServerJenkinsDockerKubernetesLinux

  3. DevOps Consultant · AXA France

    November 2020 - March 2022
    France1 year 5 monthsConsultant

    Specialized in Azure cloud migrations and Infrastructure as Code implementation.

    • Led Move2Cloud Azure initiatives for legacy application modernization
    • Implemented comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems on Azure
    • Developed ARM templates for Infrastructure as Code standardization
    • Optimized CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by 60%
    JavaSpringSQL ServerRedisMongoDBGitAzure DevOpsAzureARM Templates
Toolbox

Skills & technologies

A full-stack DevOps toolbox — from Infrastructure as Code to observability.

Cloud platforms

AzureAWSIBM CloudOpenShift

AI & automation

Azure AI FoundrySemantic KernelLangChainAzure OpenAIAI Agents

Infrastructure as Code

TerraformAzure ARMBicepPythonShell / Bash

Cloud-native & containers

DockerKubernetesAKSHelm

CI/CD

Azure DevOpsJenkinsGitLab CI/CDGitHub Actions

Monitoring & observability

ELK StackGrafanaDynatraceKibana

Databases

MySQLPostgreSQLSQL ServerMongoDBRedisCosmosDB

Testing & security

SonarQubeJUnitTDD / BDDFortify

Collaboration

ScrumJiraConfluenceMicrosoft Teams
Selected work

Projects & engagements

A sample of cloud migration, automation and platform-engineering projects delivered for enterprise clients.

2024 - Present
AI & automation

AI agents for client task automation

AXA Group Operations

Design and deployment of LLM-based AI agents, orchestrated with Semantic Kernel and LangChain on Azure AI Foundry, to automate and simplify recurring tasks for client teams.

Azure AI FoundrySemantic KernelLangChainAzure OpenAIPython
2024 - Present
Cloud migration

Azure resource & service deployment

AXA Group Operations

Terraform modules and CI/CD pipelines automating the provisioning of Azure resources for the ATLAS migration program.

AzureTerraformPythonBashAzure DevOps+2
2022 - 2024
Cloud migration

Move2Cloud — cloud migration

BNP Paribas Asset Management

End-to-end migration of on-premise workloads to Kubernetes, with CI/CD on Azure DevOps and Dynatrace observability.

KubernetesDockerAzure DevOpsIBM CloudJava+2
2020 - 2022
Cloud migration

Azure cloud application migration

AXA France

Move2Cloud Azure migration of business applications, with ARM-based Infrastructure as Code and Azure DevOps pipelines.

AzureAzure DevOpsJavaSpringSQL Server+2
2020
Container orchestration

Production-chain reporting application

OCP S.A.

Dockerized reporting application deployed and monitored on Kubernetes for the industrial production chain.

KubernetesDockerJavaMavenLinux
2019 - 2020
Microservices architecture

Digital channels API layer

Société Générale

26 production microservices powering digital banking channels, secured with Keycloak and monitored via Kibana.

DockerJavaSpringMavenKibana+2
2018 - 2019
Application development

Public opinion expression platform

Numercity France

Spring Boot backend and Jenkins CI pipeline for a citizen-facing platform reaching public and private decision-makers.

JenkinsSonarSpring SecuritySpring RESTMySQL+2
2018 - 2019
Application development

Wealth savings consultation portal

CNP Patrimoine (CNP Assurances)

Consultation portal for CNP Assurances’ wealth-savings division, with automated builds, tests and quality gates.

JenkinsSonarJavaSpringAngular+2
2018
Application development

Hydraulic measurement visualization

Water & sanitation sector client

Spring Boot application to visualize and validate hydraulic measurements, with versioned database migrations.

Spring BootSpring DataMySQLFlywayGit
2018 - 2019
Monitoring & observability

ELK stack for log monitoring

CFDT

Centralized logging and dashboards with Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana for real-time system visibility.

ElasticsearchLogstashKibanaFilebeatLinux
2018 - 2019
Application development

Online member & structure management

CFDT

Microservices rebuild of a legacy JEE membership-management application, exposed through SOA web services.

JEESpringJSPSOAApache Tomcat
Credentials

Certifications & education

Professional certifications

Terraform Associate

HashiCorp

Infrastructure as CodeCloud automationTerraform
Verify credential

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

The Linux Foundation

KubernetesApplication deploymentTroubleshooting
Verify credential

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

The Linux Foundation

Cluster administrationNetworkingSecurity
Verify credential

Additional training

LFD259: Kubernetes for DevelopersLFS258: Kubernetes FundamentalsLFS253: Containers FundamentalsDeploy containers by using Azure Kubernetes Service

Education

  • Engineering degree — Software Engineering & IT Systems Integration

    Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Mohammedia (FSTM)

    2015 - 2018

  • University Technology Diploma — Network Systems Administration

    École Supérieure de Technologie

    2013 - 2015

  • Baccalauréat — Mathematics

    Lycée

    2012 - 2013
Let's talk

Let's work together

Have a cloud migration, an automation backlog, or a platform to harden? Tell me about it.

Direct contact

Currently available

Accepting new Azure DevOps consulting engagements. Typical response time: within 24 hours.