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ZOUHAIR
EC-CHAREF

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Accomplished Cloud and DevOps Engineer with expertise architecting, automating, and securing multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Driving uptime, cost efficiency, and DevSecOps maturity in dynamic enterprise environments.

Morocco

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$ kubectl whoami --output=full
name: Zouhair EC-charef
role: Cloud & DevOps Engineer
stack: AWS · Azure · GCP · K8s · ArgoCD · Terraform
location: Morocco
degree: Eng. Computer Science, Cloud & Networks · ENSA Fès
languages: Arabic · French · English
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I'm Zouhair EC-Charef, a Cloud and DevOps Engineer with an engineering degree in Computer Science, Cloud, Networks & Telecom from ENSA Fès. I architect, automate, and secure multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP — driving scalability, cost efficiency, and DevSecOps maturity in enterprise environments.

NameZouhair EC-charef
LocationMorocco
DegreeEng. CS, Cloud & Networks
SchoolENSA Fès · 2017–2022
FocusMulti-Cloud · K8s · DevSecOps
Emailzouhair.eccharef@gmail.com
AvailableOpen to Opportunities

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Skills & Tools

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Container Orchestration

Designing and managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters.

KubernetesRKE2 HelmDocker
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Observability

Full-stack monitoring, metrics, alerting & dashboarding.

PrometheusGrafana LokiAlertManager
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Log Aggregation

Centralized log pipelines for enterprise-scale systems.

OpenSearchElasticsearch Graylog
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CI/CD & GitOps

Automated pipelines and declarative continuous delivery.

ArgoCDGitLab CI GitHub Actions
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Multi-Cloud & Storage

Enterprise cloud infrastructure and distributed storage across major providers.

AWSAzure GCPMinIO Longhorn
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DevSecOps & Security

Shifting security left with automated scanning, policy enforcement, and compliance.

TrivySnyk OPACheckov
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IaC & Scripting

Infrastructure as code, automation & configuration management.

TerraformAnsible BashYAML

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Projects

PROJECT_01
K8s Observability Stack

End-to-end monitoring platform on Kubernetes — Prometheus with remote write, Grafana dashboards, Loki log aggregation, and AlertManager for multi-team alerting.

PrometheusGrafanaLoki
PROJECT_02
GitOps Platform w/ ArgoCD

Full GitOps workflow using ArgoCD on RKE2 — declarative app delivery, automated sync policies, multi-environment management, and Helm chart deployments.

ArgoCDHelmRKE2
PROJECT_03
MinIO Object Storage Cluster

Distributed MinIO cluster on Kubernetes with WORM compliance, Longhorn-backed volumes, S3 API, and automated backup policies to offsite targets.

MinIOLonghornS3
PROJECT_04
Enterprise Log Pipeline

Centralized Graylog pipeline with OpenSearch backend, MongoDB, and custom alerting streams — processing millions of events per day across Kubernetes namespaces.

GraylogOpenSearchMongoDB
PROJECT_05
Calico Network Security

Calico CNI networking policies for multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters — namespace isolation, network policies, BGP peering, and zero-trust micro-segmentation.

CalicoKubernetesBGP
PROJECT_06
AWS EKS Migration

Led workload migration to AWS EKS — cluster provisioning, IAM roles, node group scaling, Velero-based PV migration, and observability integration with Prometheus.

AWS EKSVeleroTerraform

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Experience

SEP 2022 — PRESENT
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Convotis Morocco · Morocco
  • Designed, deployed and maintained enterprise-grade infrastructure on AWS — spanning EC2, EKS, RDS, and VPC — serving diverse client workloads and compliance requirements.
  • Spearheaded infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible (AWX), delivering reproducible and compliant deployments.
  • Developed automation scripts in Python and Shell to streamline operational workflows, reduce manual effort, and support infrastructure management tasks.
  • Provisioned and managed high-availability Kubernetes clusters (Rancher, RKE2, K3S) with Helm, Kustomize, and Karpenter — ensuring zero-downtime deployments and accelerating release velocity by 30%.
  • Managed on-premises virtualization environments using Proxmox, including VM provisioning, resource management, and cluster operations.
  • Designed, built, and optimized CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI with custom Python and Shell scripts, enabling seamless code-to-cloud delivery workflows.
  • Implemented full-stack observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, and Metrics Server — reduced MTTR to under 5 minutes via real-time dashboards and proactive alerting.
  • Led migration initiatives, mentored junior team members, and collaborated with clients to align cloud strategy with business outcomes.
MAR 2022 — AUG 2022
DevOps Engineer Intern
HPS · Morocco
  • Migrated legacy infrastructure to Docker and Kubernetes for payment platforms
  • Developed automated configuration management with Ansible — reduced manual setup time by 80%
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines integrating BitBucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Docker
  • Implemented a Slack bot for real-time notifications and cross-team feedback

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Certifications

Kubernetes
CKA
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
CNCF · 2023
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AWS SAA-C03
Solutions Architect Associate
Amazon Web Services · 2024
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Calico L1
Certified Calico Operator
Tigera · 2024
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AWS CLF-C02
Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services · 2022

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Contact

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EMAIL
zouhair.eccharef@gmail.com
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GITHUB
github.com/ZouhairCharef
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LINKEDIN
linkedin.com/in/zouhair-ec-charef