walid KHLOUF

As a Systems and Automation Engineer, I have worked on high-impact technical projects for major clients such as Airbus and Thales. Currently on assignment with Airbus within the Automation Service team, I am responsible for administering and evolving the Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), enabling product teams to automatically deploy applications on their infrastructure. I automate routine tasks using Jenkins—such as critical infrastructure tool backups and manage secure secret storage through HashiCorp Vault. To strengthen monitoring capabilities, I implemented Prometheus and Grafana dashboards alongside Zabbix, significantly improving incident visibility and response time.

In a previous role at Airbus IM Security, I developed Shell and PowerShell scripts to verify system hardening based on CIS benchmarks and operational requirements (Splunk, EDR, McAfee, Sysmon), contributing to the continuous improvement of infrastructure security compliance.

During my time at Thales LAS, I deployed and configured a Proxmox virtualization infrastructure for internal environments, performed troubleshooting and optimization on VMware platforms (vRA/vRO), and orchestrated Kubernetes clusters to ensure high availability and performance. I also proactively managed a large datacenter (servers and switches) with advanced fault diagnosis and created Ansible playbooks to automate repetitive tasks and standardize deployments.

As part of my role, I developed automation scripts using Python and Selenium to streamline and validate complex operational tasks. I successfully led the full migration from Chef to Ansible for configuration management, significantly improving maintainability, reducing technical debt, and standardizing deployment processes across environments. Additionally, I managed the continuous deployment of both infrastructure and applications, ensuring consistent delivery, scalability, and alignment with DevOps best practices.