Pierre F.

Pierre F.

Montreal, Canada
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About Me

Results-driven Senior Technology Consultant with 15+ years of expertise in Systems Integration and Validation. Highly skilled in integrating On-Premises systems with Public Cloud, building private clouds, and developing End to End IPTV and VAS telecommunications solutions. Demonstrated success in leading international projects across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

AI, ML & LLM

YAML XML Containers FairPlay Containerd

Frontend

HTML5 CSS HTML5 Video

Backend

Python PHP REST APIs

Database

Oracle PL/SQL Microsoft SQL Server ExtremeDB SQL Server BI

DevOps

Cloud-native Kubernetes Docker Amazon Web Services (AWS) Azure Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Azure Cloud Services Cloud Cloud Architecture Cloud Security DevOps Terraform

QA & Testing

Rational Manual Tester jUnit

Workflow

GitHub Actions Digital Rights Management (DRM) Github Git JIRA

Other

Windows Ubuntu RedH Openstack Linux Windows Server 2016 Linux CentOS 7 CentOS 6 Solaris Windows Server 2008 Jakarta EE Windows Server 2003 CentOS OpenShift Suse Elasticsearch Isilon Java HLSL C Cobol IP Networks Solution Architecture Software Calico MetalLB HEAT HTTP TCP/IP Clos Network Juniper HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Prometheus MediaFirst VSPP MediaEdge Azuki Widevine H.265 H264 EAC3 AAC Screens Verimatrix Multi-DRM Dash Closed Captions Shell Scripting SOAP Payment Gateways SMPP MM7 Networking Multicast Applets Servers Splunk Enterprise Security SMS Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Payment Networks Certificate Services Java Native Interface (JNI) HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) Content Delivery Networks (CDN) IPTV Audio 5G Routing Identity & Access Management (IAM) Swing JNI Jakarta Server Pages (JSP) Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) Java Servlets RADIUS Ansible OpenSSL Puppet Chef Helm Logstash Kibana Splunk PlayReady Nagios Veritas Cluster Server Hyperion Data Relationship Management (DRM) VmWare Extreme Programming REST

Work history

TELUS International
Senior GCP Consultant
2023 - Present (2 years)
Remote

  • Specialize in planning, deploying, and monitoring Google Cloud solutions and services

  • Integration of On-Premises systems with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

  • Expertise in building private clouds and migrating workloads to GCP

  • Provide technical leadership and consultation to clients

  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to GCP deployments

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration and validation

Ericsson
Senior Cloud Engineer
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Remote

  • Integration in the Cloud domain of Private and/or Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)

  • Advanced background with Deployments of Private Cloud (Openstack) and Kubernetes (Cloud Native)

  • Excellent troubleshooting skills in Linux, Virtualization, Container technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Containerd, Networking (CNIs Calico/Multus), Heat templates, Ansible and Helm Charts

  • Hands-on experience in Cloud Networking, L2/L3 networking protocols, Calico, MetalLB and Load Balancer concepts

  • Exposure to DevOps methodology and related tools

  • Proficient in documenting Test Results and Root-Cause-Analysis

MediaKind
Lead Integration Engineer | Solution Architect
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
Remote

  • Lead Integration Engineer for Cogeco Horizon Project for three different environments.

  • Architect on premise network low level design including GLF Upload Agent, Content Management System (CMS) acting as VOD content store, VSPP Origin acting as storage origin servers, MediaFirst Encoding Ondemand Platform in charge of the offline transcoding, Media Edge as last mile edge delivery node. In the cloud acting as Middleware MediaFirst on Azure cloud.

Chunghwa Telecom
Senior Consultant, IPTV Systems Integration
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote

Upgrade of existing IPTV Middleware serving 400k+ subscribers

Videotron
Senior Video Consultant
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Ericsson
Services Engineer, Value Added Services
2007 - 2016 (9 years)
Orsyp
Software Engineer
2006 - 2007 (1 year)
TravelNet Technologies
Intern
Present (2025 years)

Showcase

EPICO | Cogeco IPTV Deployment

  • Assumed lead integration engineer role for Horizon project at Cogeco, contributing to three distinct environments

  • Managed design and development of on-premise network solutions including GLF upload agent, a CMS VOD content store, and VMware Service Provider Program

  • Engaged in cloud-related projects, addressing MediaFirst's middleware on Azure, transcoding tasks of MediaFirst encoding on-demand platform, and last-mile edge delivery through MediaEdge

Rogers 5G Network Deployment

  • Played a pivotal role in the deployment of Rogers 5G network infrastructure using spine-leaf architecture

  • Implemented automation tools and tackled issues relating to various virtualization systems and containers

  • Executed cloud networking and handled configuration and troubleshooting of Juniper and Extreme Switches and Routers

Education

Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Concordia University
2001 - 2006 (5 years)