After 20+ years in the ICS world, leading projects in execution centers and R&D, I’ve acquired expertise in many different domains such as Cybersecurity, OT & IT networks and protocols, SCADAs, Virtualization, Containers, Languages like Python, .Net, SQL, Java, C, Shell scripting… Now pivoting to Cloud Architectures. “Learn something new every day!“
Did I mention some soft skills? Inventiveness, Kindness, Reliability, Ability to Learn fast and to Teach efficiently, Pragmatic and User/Customer Oriented.
Cloud
My next hobby. Design of cloud architectures using AWS services or any other Cloud provider. Industry is gradually moving to the Cloud, I want to leverage my expertise and skills in Cybersecurity and OT environment to support this transition.
Certified – AWS Solution Architect Professional, planning to get Security Specialty very soon
Related Skills: EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, Cloudfront, Cloudformation, Terraform, Beanstalk, Lightsail, WAF, …
Virtualization & Containers
Design of architectures with Micro-services using containers and orchestration engines such as Dockers and Swarms.
Virtualization of Monolith servers and desktop apps to reduce costs, facilitate disaster recovery and improve hardware resource sharing.
Related Skills: VMWare vSphere & ESXi, Hyper-V, Docker, Swarm
Cybersecurity
Design secured ICS Architectures aligned with industry best practices and standards like IEC-62443 framework for Substation Automation systems.
Innovation, Test and Implementation of Cybersecurity devices.
Instructor in Training Sessions for Worldwide ICS Experts.
Single point of contact for Worldwide Execution Centers on Cybersecurity topics.
Related Skills: Defense in Depth, IEC-62443, NERC-CIP, Network Segmentation, Device Hardening, Endpoint protection, Virtualization, Secure Remote Access, Security Gateways, SIEM, IDS, Active Directory, Powershell, Radius, LDAP, Linux, Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco, Nozomi, …
Other Skills
Software Architect. Design of a User Interface and Communication Back-end to Supervise, Monitor and Control heterogeneous industrial assets. Design of Engineering Tools.
Languages: .Net, Python, SQL, Shell Scripting, Java, C, C++, …
Systems: Schneider-Electric EcoStruxure Substation Operation (Pacis), Seefox, PSCN, Space 2000
Supervisors: EcoStruxure Substation Operation User Interface, Pacis OI, PCVue, PSCN HMI
Automation Languages: Isagraf, PSpice, FBD
Automation: Fast Load Shedding, Interlocks, Ring Reconfiguration
Protocols: IEC61850, T104, T101, Modbus, KBUS, VDEW, OPC, DNP3
Networks: Hirschmann, RSTP, HSR, PRP, MRP, Ring coupling, VLAN
IEDs: Schneider-Electric Micom P2x, Micom P3x, Micom P4x, Sepam, C264, Siemens, GE, TapCon, ABB