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Julien Esnault

Cloud &FinOps.

Engineering with financial discipline.

Cloud architecture, cost optimisation and reliable delivery. Full-Stack and Data Engineering expertise applied to business-critical platforms.

SELECTED OPERATING RESULTSSFR
−15 %

Infrastructure spend

Infrastructure cost optimisation at SFR, informed by consumption analysis and GCP BigQuery usage.

Before100
After optimisation85
Normalised comparison · baseline 100
Outcomes from my work at SFR
ARCHITECTURE / OPTIMISATION / DELIVERYThe experience behind the outcomes
01 / Experience & impactCLOUD / DATA / DELIVERY

Professional experience.

Experience across cloud cost management, business-critical software and data infrastructure. Selected outcomes from my work at SFR.

01

−15 %

Infrastructure spend

Up to 30% lower average execution cost for the most expensive BigQuery jobs.

SFR · Outcomes documented in my CV
02

−30 %

Critical incidents

40% faster detection and 30% faster resolution of incidents.

SFR · Outcomes documented in my CV
03

÷ 2

Release cycle time

Quality gates, repeatable deployments and a 97% pipeline success rate.

SFR · Outcomes documented in my CV
SEP. 2023 — PRESENT
Paris, France

SFR

Telecommunications

Full-Stack Data & DevOps Developer

Technical lead on Gencia, an internal platform for fibre connection workflows. Architecture redesign, data quality, BigQuery optimisation and automated deployment pipelines.

GCP · BigQueryGitLab CIReact · SymfonyPrometheus · Grafana
MAY — AUG. 2023
Station F, Paris

Biomechanics startup

Healthtech

Software Engineer

From biomechanical scanning to 3D visualisation: an investor demo delivered in under 8 weeks. Startup time reduced from 5.5 to 1.9 seconds, with more reliable data flows.

3D visualisationAPIs & dataPerformanceProduct prototyping
Connecting the disciplines

Cloud & FinOpsAWS · GCP · FOCUS · allocation & showback

DevOps & IaCTerraform · Kubernetes · Docker · CI/CD

Full-Stack & DataReact · Next.js · Python · SQL · observability

02 / Certifications & learning

Qualifications & credentials.

Professional qualifications in Cloud & FinOps, supported by continued learning in data engineering and artificial intelligence.

Amazon Web Services logoCertification

Amazon Web Services

Solutions Architect
Associate · SAA-C03

Issued August 2026Valid until August 2029
CLOUD ARCHITECTURE
The Linux Foundation logoCertification

The Linux Foundation

FinOps Certified
Engineer

Issued March 2025Valid until March 2027
CLOUD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FinOps Foundation logoCertification

FinOps Foundation

FinOps Certified
FOCUS Analyst

Issued April 2025Valid until April 2027
COST & USAGE DATA
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The complete picture

LinkedIn profile

13 credentials, including the 3 featured certifications above

Anthropic logoClaude with Amazon BedrockAnthropic · TrainingMarch 2026
Issued: March 2026Credential ID: 9u9nuyuid4doFind this credential on my LinkedIn profile
DataCamp logoSQL AssociateDataCamp · CertificationFebruary 2026
Issued: February 2026 · Valid until February 2028Credential ID: SQA0015685497356Find this credential on my LinkedIn profile
TOEIC Listening & Reading · 875 / 990ETS · Language testMarch 2026
Issued: March 2026 · Valid until March 2028Find this credential on my LinkedIn profile
J.P. Morgan · Forage logoQuantitative ResearchJ.P. Morgan · Forage · Job simulationDecember 2025
Issued: December 2025Credential ID: 6gQdx6sqmLXrqYSa9Find this credential on my LinkedIn profile
Skills4All logoMachine Learning: Concepts & Practical ProjectsSkills4All · Course completionDecember 2025
Issued: December 2025Credential ID: rtACixPkq6Find this credential on my LinkedIn profile
FinOps Foundation logoIntroduction to FOCUSFinOps Foundation · TrainingMarch 2025
Issued: March 2025 · Valid until March 2027Credential ID: 9aoc2sidni6zFind this credential on my LinkedIn profile
Career Essentials in Generative AIMicrosoft · LinkedIn · TrainingFebruary 2025
Skills4All logoFront-End Web DevelopmentSkills4All · Course completionFebruary 2025
Issued: February 2025Credential ID: 3pDXwg7VPZFind this credential on my LinkedIn profile
Generative AI FundamentalsDatabricks · AccreditationDecember 2024
Issued: December 2024 · Valid until December 2026Credential ID: 124917499Find this credential on my LinkedIn profile
Engineering degree — Sup de VinciEmineo Education · Sup de Vinci · DegreeSeptember 2024
Courses, accreditations and job simulations are distinguished from professional certifications.See the work behind the skills
03 / Selected workPLATFORMS & ENGINEERING

Projects & platforms.

A selection of professional work, independent products and technical resources.

8 projects

01

SFR · Gencia

Enterprise platform

Business-critical fibre connection workflows. Architecture redesign, BigQuery cost optimisation and CI/CD delivery at SFR.

GCP · BigQuery · Symfony · React · GitLab CIProfessional experience
02

Portfolio Terminal

Portfolio analytics

A multi-asset portfolio platform with AI-assisted imports, risk analysis and performance analytics. Designed and developed end to end.

Next.js · TypeScript · AI / LLM · Finance analyticsVisit platform
03

GoldenCompass

Financial education

Financial education, budgeting tools and mortgage simulations. A product combining structured content, data and interactive planning tools.

Next.js · Prisma · Data visualisationVisit platform
04

Databricks

Data analysis

Analysis of global vaccination data using the Databricks ecosystem: data cleaning, transformation and visualisation.

PySpark · Delta Lake · SQL · DatabricksView repository
05

System Design

Architecture resource

An educational roadmap covering scalability, distributed systems, caching and architecture fundamentals.

Architecture · Distributed systems · Learning resourcesExplore resource
06

Data Structures

Interactive learning

An interactive resource for learning data structures, algorithms and computational complexity.

Next.js · MDX · AlgorithmsExplore resource
07

Airneis

E-commerce

A premium furniture e-commerce platform, from catalogue and cart workflows to responsive interfaces and containerised delivery.

Next.js · REST APIs · Docker · GitLabView repository
08

Biomechanics

Investor prototype

An interactive prototype connecting biomechanical scan data with real-time 3D visualisation, developed at Station F.

3D rendering · Data integration · Product prototypingProfessional experience
Journal (4 articles)

Ideas & Perspectives

Notes on cloud, cost, governance and machine learning, written while building the things they describe.