Neil AYEB, Ph.D
Senior DevOps Engineer @ Orange France
DevOps Engineer with 10 years of experience delivering scalable, secure, and automated systems across telecom and cloud-native environments. Designs resilient CI/CD pipelines, orchestrating hybrid infrastructures (on-prem & public clouds), and embedding DevSecOps best practices.
Former PhD researcher specialized in distributed systems, with a patented innovation in IoT fleet orchestration. Recognized for strategic thinking, technical depth, and hands-on leadership.
Bilingual (English/French), dual (EU & Canadian) citizen. Currently seeking high-impact roles where engineering excellence and societal contribution meet.
Skills
DevOps & Automation
- CI/CD design: GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform
- Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring & incident mgmt.: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK
Cloud & Containers
- Cloud platforms: AWS, CloudFoundry, Private XaaS
- Containerization & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (currently training)
- Operating Systems: Unix, Red Hat, Windows Server
Networking & SRE
- Mastering load balancing, distributed systems monitoring & troubleshooting
- Firmware & product testing with Soft@Home, Orange Labs
- Protocols & architectures: TR-069, DOCSIS, LWM2M, Purpl
- 3GPP, LTE, IMS, 5G NR, VoNR, eSIM, VoWiFi
Databases & Reliability
- Relational DBs: PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server
- Document DBs: MongoDB
- High avail. & recovery, perf. tuning, incident post-mortems
Programming & DevOps Tools
- Advanced languages: Python, Java, Bash, Powershell
- Agile frameworks: SAFe, Jira, Confluence
- CI/CD & IaC: GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform
Security & DevSecOps
- Identity & Access: Active Directory, IAM, PKI, OAuth, TLS, Zero Trust
- Network security: Firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS
- Vulnerability management: SAST, DAST
Work Experience (5)
DevOps & SRE Engineer Mobile Services System
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DevOps for a mission-critical mobile provisioning platform (network extras, (e)-SIM activation <1min), handling incidents, DB recovery, and SLA compliance.
Infrastructure on AWS, Cloudfoundry, and private clouds.
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CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI, Terraform
Designed HA/failover systems; enhanced DevSecOps practices.
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Mentored team; promoted Agile values.
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Alpha and Beta tester of new Orange products.
Towards Device Management for the IoT
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Patented fleet update management system.
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Research on geo-distributed IoT and fault detection.
Best PhD Thesis Award (2019 - ICAC)
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Patent Issued (FR-3101458)
Partnership between Bordeaux INP and incubator labs
Prototyped intelligent AI chatbots.
Multi-Company project involving Orange, Siemens.
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Studied GDPR impact; defined data precision thresholds.
Education (3)
- Ph.D Thesis : Autonomic and Distributed Device Management for the IoT
- Cloud/Security
- Networks/OOP
- Fundamental/Applied Maths
- Chemistry, Mechanics
- Algorithms, Matlab
Languages
English
French (Canadian)
German
Interests
Misc.
- Choir Singing
- Cycling
- Hiking