// Cloud & DevOps Engineer

YannickVranckx

Freelance cloud native engineer and solutions architect. Building and designing platforms for business-critical applications on AWS and Azure.

// About

Started as a network administrator designing and maintaining data center and LAN networks. Transitioned through architect and consultant roles across multiple clients, evolving from LAN to Data Center, then venturing into Cloud Computing as a DevOps practitioner and Cloud Competence Lead.

My networking background gave me a unique edge when entering cloud. Today I design and implement cloud-native platforms with Kubernetes, combining global cloud network infrastructure with migration strategies between on-premises and public cloud — on both AWS and Azure.

AWS Azure Kubernetes Terraform GitOps Agentic AI
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Experience

2024 — 2026
CM
Freelance

Cloud DevOps Engineer

  • Building and maintaining multiple production projects on an AWS landing zone
  • CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab, and ArgoCD — shared pipelines between projects, central repositories
  • Setting up EKS Blueprints on AWS to migrate workloads into containerised setups
  • Metrics with Prometheus, visibility with Grafana
  • Azure landing zone with CAF, migrating specific workloads towards Azure
  • Cloud networking: AWS Transit Gateway, Direct Connect
  • Solution architecture for multiple internal projects, facilitating internal teams' step to cloud
  • LLMs with Claude Code, Kiro — overall cloud enablement for development teams
  • Security posture management for AWS and Azure: AWS Security Hub, CIS Benchmark, GuardDuty, IAM Analyzer
2022 — 2024
Luminus
Freelance

Cloud Architect

  • Architecting and building a landing zone for a multi-cloud environment (AWS Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones)
  • Designing the cloud network to support migrations: Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, VPN
  • Firewall solutions for traffic inspection: Palo Alto, AWS Network Firewall, Azure Firewall, WAF
  • Business-facing migration track discussions — cost, security, risk, and migration strategy analysis
  • Setting up the DevOps environment: GitLab, GitHub, CI/CD, CodePipeline, CodeCommit
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Go, Python)
  • Cloud security & compliancy: CIS Benchmarks, AWS & Azure Security Best Practices, Container scanning
  • Curating and maintaining the high-level architecture roadmap; guiding cloud service selection and onboarding pathways
2019 — 2022
NTT Europe
Freelance

Data Center Networking Consultant

  • Consulting for NTT Europe customers on hybrid networking and on-prem DC networking projects
  • Building AWS infrastructure for network and workload migrations
  • On-premises DC with Cisco ACI — multi-region deployments and public cloud connectivity
  • NetOps/DevOps for the network using Ansible, Terraform, and Python
  • Security management between on-prem data center and cloud — traffic inspection and posture checks
2017 — 2019
Proximus
Freelance

Cloud Data Center Network Engineer

  • Lead architect and engineer on a Cisco ACI project for one of Proximus's largest customers
  • OpenShift and Kubernetes infrastructure on Cisco ACI networking
  • Architect/build for on-prem Proximus DC network, NX-OS and IOS
  • Automated ACI deployments and day-to-day management with Ansible, Terraform, and Python
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Skills

Cloud Platforms
AWSAzure Control TowerOrganizations Azure CAFLanding Zones
Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD
TerraformOpenTofu PulumiGitLab CI GitHub ActionsArgoCD PythonGo
Kubernetes & Containers
EKSAKS ECSKarpenter Service MeshOpenShift
Observability
PrometheusGrafana Logging StacksCloudWatch Azure Monitor
Cloud Networking
Transit GatewayDirect Connect ExpressRouteVPN AWS ALB / NLB / GLBAzure Load Balancer Cisco ACI
Cloud Security
Security HubCIS Benchmarks GuardDutyIAM Analyzer Azure PolicyPalo Alto ZscalerTenableWAF
Agentic AI & LLMs
Claude CodeKiro Amazon BedrockLLM Integration
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Certifications

AWS
Solutions Architect Associate
2022 – 2025
AWS
Solutions Architect Expert
Working on renewal
AWS
Advanced Networking Specialty
2022 – 2025
AZ
Azure Solution Architect
2022 – 2025
AZ
Azure Solution Architect Expert
2023 – 2026 · Working on renewal
AZ
Azure Developer
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Education

2010 – 2014
Graduate Telecommunications
Groep T, Leuven
2008 – 2009
Network & System Engineer
Cevora
2005 – 2008
Bachelor Informatics
KH Mechelen