Nicolas Hubert

Technology Manager - DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure
Montreal, CA.

About

A highly versatile Technology Manager with nearly a decade of experience in DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure, adept at translating complex technical challenges into strategic solutions. Specializing in designing scalable architectures and optimizing operational workflows, Nicolas excels in leading multidisciplinary teams and fostering technical governance. Passionate about leveraging innovative technologies to drive sustainable production and impactful agricultural advancements.

Work

Sollum Technologies
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Technology Manager - DevOps and Infrastructure

Montreal, QC, Canada

Summary

Led DevOps and infrastructure strategy, driving technical governance and optimizing solutions to align multidisciplinary teams and enhance production environments.

Highlights

Established an architecture committee, structuring technical governance and facilitating critical alignment across diverse engineering, sales, and support teams.

Drove operational efficiency by implementing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for project tracking and performance measurement, enhancing accountability and strategic decision-making.

Enhanced system security by formalizing practices and streamlining access processes, significantly reducing vulnerabilities and improving compliance across production environments.

Mentored and trained multiple internal teams on best practices, developing comprehensive documentation to ensure consistent operational standards and knowledge transfer.

Engineered and deployed a centralized Kubernetes cluster management system with Rancher, significantly improving orchestration, scalability, and reliability for production workloads.

Spearheaded the modernization and optimization of network infrastructure and monitoring systems, boosting overall system reliability and performance.

Sollum Technologies
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DevOps Specialist

Montreal, QC, Canada

Summary

Designed and delivered robust Edge/Cloud microservices architecture and managed GCP infrastructure, ensuring scalable and reliable systems for greenhouse lighting control.

Highlights

Designed and deployed a robust Edge/Cloud microservices architecture in production, enabling precise greenhouse lighting control and enhancing system responsiveness.

Collaborated with growers to define technical requirements for edge devices and provided critical support for field installations, ensuring seamless integration at facilities.

Executed a comprehensive codebase migration and redesigned CI/CD pipelines, achieving automated deployments and accelerating development cycles.

Managed and optimized Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure, including GKE, BigQuery, SQL, and VMs, leveraging Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

Proactively mitigated the deprecation of GCP IoT Core by implementing an alternative MQTT solution, ensuring uninterrupted service for critical IoT operations.

MotorLeaf
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DevOps Specialist

Montreal, QC, Canada

Summary

Developed AWS cloud architecture and data processing pipelines, integrating agricultural control systems to deliver accurate greenhouse crop predictions.

Highlights

Developed scalable AWS cloud architecture, providing robust infrastructure for all crop prediction services and ensuring high availability.

Contributed to the development of the grower client integration process, improving data onboarding efficiency and client satisfaction.

Seamlessly integrated with leading agricultural control systems (Priva, Hortimax, Let's Grow) via API, enabling comprehensive data exchange.

Engineered an end-to-end data processing pipeline, from raw data ingestion to delivering actionable crop predictions.

Automated client data acquisition and time series data analysis, significantly reducing manual effort and accelerating insights.

Constructed advanced regression models for greenhouse crop predictions, enhancing accuracy and supporting data-driven decision-making.

Videotron
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Support Analyst and Security Analyst

Montreal, QC, Canada

Summary

Provided critical technical support and security analysis, managing large-scale Splunk deployments and translating business needs into effective technical solutions.

Highlights

Managed and operated one of Canada's largest Splunk data aggregation tool deployments, ensuring robust security information and event management.

Translated diverse business requirements from various teams into effective technical solutions, enhancing operational efficiency and user satisfaction.

Provided critical operational security support and resolved complex technical issues, maintaining system integrity and user productivity.

Authored comprehensive technical documentation and conducted employee training, improving knowledge transfer and system adoption.

Developed and maintained executive performance indicators (KPIs), providing leadership with actionable insights into operational performance.

Videotron
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Engineering Intern and Part-time Employee

Montreal, QC, Canada

Summary

Supported engineering operations through server room maintenance and documentation, contributing to operational efficiency and performance monitoring.

Highlights

Managed and maintained critical server room equipment inventory, ensuring accurate asset tracking and operational readiness.

Assisted in writing technical documentation and employee training materials, contributing to team knowledge sharing and system understanding.

Supported the creation and maintenance of executive performance indicators (KPIs), aiding in performance monitoring and strategic reporting.

City of Montreal
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Telecommunications Technician (Internship)

Montreal, QC, Canada

Summary

Gained practical experience in telecommunications systems, assisting with infrastructure maintenance and support within municipal networks.

Highlights

Gained foundational practical experience in telecommunications systems and network support within a municipal infrastructure environment.

Education

Université Laval
Quebec City, QC, Canada

Certificate

Horticulture and Green Space Management

École de Technologie Supérieure
Montreal, QC, Canada

Bachelor of Engineering

Technologie de l'information

Cegep Lionel Groulx
Ste-Thérèse, QC, Canada

College Diploma

Électronique - Télécommunications

Languages

French
English

Skills

Professional Skills

Adaptability, Analytical and Problem-Solving, Strategic Planning, Initiative, Mentorship, Cross-functional Collaboration, Mission-Driven.

Cloud Platforms

GCP, AWS.

DevOps & Orchestration

Terraform, Ansible, Hashicorp Vault, Kubernetes, Rancher, GitLab, BitBucket, CI/CD.

Networking & IoT

MQTT, Fortinet.

Monitoring & Logging

Datadog, Splunk, Grafana Stack, Fluentd, InfluxDB.

Databases & Data Processing

SQL, BigQuery, Time Series Data Analysis, Data Pipelines.

Programming & Scripting

Python, Go.

Interests

Hobbies

Running, Cycling, Cooking, Cocktails, Horticulture, Music, Lego.