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Freelance consultant · Paris

Eric Grunwasser

Linux, Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Expert

  • Security
  • Availability
  • Automation
  • Performance

Open to opportunities(Availability: approximately 1 month)

Category B driving licence

Paris (75011)

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Professional profile

Senior consultant with more than 25 years of experience designing and operating critical infrastructure. Expertise in Linux, cybersecurity, automation, high availability and performance. Experienced in complex environments, large-scale migrations, level 3 support and the technical management of teams of up to 6 people.

Specialties: Linux expertise · Infrastructure · Cybersecurity · System hardening · DevSecOps · Automation · Critical environments · High availability

Results-oriented approach focused on reducing risk, industrialising deployments, improving availability and controlling costs.

Eligible for TS security clearance under French IGI No. 1300 (formerly TSD).

Professional experience

Infrastructure, Linux & Cybersecurity Consultant

GRUN IT Consulting · Freelance · Paris

– present

  • Advised large enterprises and public-sector organisations on audits and training in security and automation best practices, helping improve compliance with ANSSI standards.
  • Provided level 3 support for Debian Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS.
  • Integrated Red Hat Satellite into complex environments, trained teams and coordinated with vendor support.
  • Designed and deployed hardened OS baselines aligned with ANSSI BP-028 and DAT-NT28 guidance, improving the security of critical infrastructure.
  • Industrialised deployments with Ansible, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins and Artifactory.
  • Reduced hardened VM deployment time by 50% by optimising Terraform configurations, VMware templates and Ansible playbooks, and by using Mitogen.
  • Analysed security incidents and vulnerabilities, then defined and managed remediation plans to reduce risk and improve system resilience.
  • Deployed open-source alternatives to ChatGPT, including chatbots, APIs and Mistral AI models.
  • Used AI-assisted code generation and review with Codex and Claude Code.

Clients: Docaposte, Lacoste, Enedis, Consotrust, the French Ministry of the Interior and confidential assignments.

Infrastructure Architect / Senior Systems and Network Administrator

Interflora · Permanent · Lyon

  • Led load and performance testing campaigns.
  • Implemented a disaster recovery plan.
  • Industrialised production deployments with Jenkins and Ansible.
  • Redesigned and standardised test, pre-production and production environments.

Infrastructure Technical Expert

SII · Permanent · Lyon · Client Enedis

  • Implemented automated deployments and production release pipelines with Jenkins and Ansible for Enedis's ADAJE team.

Infrastructure Architect / Senior Systems and Network Administrator

Interflora · Permanent · Lyon

  • Managed incidents and changes across infrastructure distributed over three data centres.
  • Designed a scalable platform to handle activity peaks, improving availability and reducing costs by 80%.
  • Migrated hosting from NBS to OVH and deployed Hybris to production.
  • Stack: Ansible, Proxmox, LXC, pfSense, Nginx, HAProxy, MaxScale and a Percona XtraDB cluster.
Earlier experience (2001–2015)

IT Operations Manager

Profideo · Permanent · Saint-Ouen

Organised IT operations and managed a six-person team covering monitoring, incidents, service requests and systems and network architecture.

Systems Engineer

Amesys / Bull · Permanent · Montpellier · Client Royal Canin

Administered VMware infrastructure across three data centres, with approximately 50 ESX hosts and 600 VMs; 200 XenApp applications; NetApp/IBM SAN storage; and PowerShell and Orchestrator automation.

Open Source Systems Engineer

Thanis · Permanent · Paris · Client Edelia (EDF)

Produced technical architecture documentation, optimised network flows, centralised logs with Syslog-NG, implemented Nagios/Munin monitoring and developed Perl/Bash scripts.

IT Manager

CIPAC · Permanent · Nouméa

Managed VMware virtualisation, Red Hat/Debian and Windows Server administration, Check Point/Astaro security, remote-site deployments and a four-person team.

Network and Systems Manager

Infolor · Permanent · Montrouge · Client Hybrigenics

Managed the information system and budget, Debian Linux, Cisco, NetBackup and Nagios/Cacti; conducted ISO 27001 audits; and led a multidisciplinary six-person team.

Network and Systems Administrator / IT Manager

Document Image Solution · Permanent · Bidart

Administered Windows and Debian Linux, backups, Exchange/OWA and Cisco VPNs; managed IT assets and supported approximately 80 workstations.

Systems Administrator / Project Manager

Atos · Permanent · Nanterre

Transitioned a managed-services contract; administered Citrix, Windows, Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exchange, Domino and NetBackup; and handled level 2 incidents. Clients: BNP Paribas, Cetelem, DGA and AESN.

Contact details

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