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Gilles Le Bourdais

Roxton Pond,QC

Summary

Robust architectures for small to large-scale environments. My expertise spans hardware infrastructure, software solutions, security, data management, and a strong mastery of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS concepts, enabling the design and deployment of hybrid and cloud environments tailored to business needs. Throughout my career, I have contributed to several large-scale strategic projects, including application modernization, data security, governance policy implementation, and the deployment of backup and recovery solutions. These solutions combined both local copies for rapid restoration and replication to secondary data centres, ensuring resilience and business continuity. Certified across a wide range of technologies (Oracle Exadata, VMware, Unix – Solaris, Tru64, HP-UX, AIX – and Linux, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux), I have been involved in all phases of the project lifecycle, from pre-sales and workshop facilitation to implementation and post-deployment support. With a structured, results-driven approach, I leverage strong listening and problem-solving skills to ensure project success and customer satisfaction. Fully bilingual (French/English), I thrive both in team settings and independently, consistently contributing to organizational growth through tailored, high-performance architectures.

Consulting professional with strong track record in delivering impactful business solutions. Adept at strategic planning, data analysis, and process improvement. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to evolving project needs. Brings expertise in client relations, problem-solving, and driving measurable results.

Experienced with delivering strategic consulting services to enhance client business operations. Utilizes in-depth industry knowledge and analytical skills to identify and implement effective solutions. Track record of building strong client relationships and driving measurable results.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Consultant / Enterprise Architect

Centrilogic
04.2025 - Current
  • Led data centre development with strategic technical guidance, overseeing solution implementation and vendor engagement for HPUX and AIX migrations.
  • Led VMware infrastructure design and deployment while collaborating on network engineering to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-performance data centre connectivity.
  • Planned data centre resources and performance, integrating Nutanix, Cisco UCS, and HPE Alletra solutions while documenting procedures, run books, and security compliance.
  • Led AIX and HP-UX storage and Oracle migrations, including the containerization of workloads on HP-UX.
  • Technology used: SAN (Brocade, Storage Alletra HPE, EMC, Cisco), HP-UX, IBM pSeries, AIX, LVM, Word, Excel, Visio ChatGPT, Co-pilot.

Consultant / Infrastructure Architect

Desjardins
03.2022 - 04.2025
  • Provide consulting services for infrastructure.
  • Architected ransomware-isolated infrastructures, enterprise DR. strategies, and secure migrations (AAP, BI, DBs) ensuring compliance and resilience.
  • Design and document data centre migration, including layout for backup and storage solutions (block, file and Oracle).
  • Delivered DR. solutions, enforced security best practices, validated infra requests, and accelerated BI migration to meet compliance deadlines.
  • Applied AD security best practices (RBAC/ABAC, data-in-transit/at rest), validated VM and firewall requests based on classification and network segregation, and accelerated BI migration to meet deadlines and AMF compliance.
  • Managed compliance and solution security; led data centre migrations (storage, backup, Oracle, SRM); migrated Oracle copy environments (Stand Alone, DataGuard, RAC) to Cohesity; and designed a NAS copy solution for Documentum with millions of files, coordinating Cohesity and NetApp vendors.
  • Technology used: Storage, NetApp. Cohesity, CommVaullt, DS8000, IBM iSeries, Intel Server, Oracle, Oracle Data Guard and RAC, ESX, vRA, vRO, SRM, BizzDesign, Control-M, SQL, Ansible Tower (APP), F5, Paolo Alto, Zscaler, Word, Excel, Jira, Visio.

Infrastructure Architect

Desjardins
01.2021 - 03.2022
  • Provide consulting services for infrastructure and software architecture.
  • Designed Azure/Tanzu, VMware, IP and backup solutions.
  • Technology used: Tanzu, Intel Server, ESX, NSX, Cohesity, Oracle, NetApp, Cisco CUCM, IPC (NICE), F5, Paolo Alto, Zscaler, Word, Excel, Visio, BizzDesign, ESX.

Solution Architect

IT Weapons
04.2020 - 01.2021
  • Performed technical reviews, knowledge sharing, and customer environment analysis; designed solutions from entry-level to enterprise; guided Azure cloud transfers and event-based cloud projects; developed infrastructure standards; documented penetration and vulnerability tests; designed VMware data centre migrations; and contributed to opening the Montreal market.
  • Technology used: Microsoft Cloud tools (Azure), F8, Fortinet.

Solution Architect

Benchmark Corp
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Performed technical reviews, knowledge sharing, and troubleshooting with customer IT teams; guided AWS cloud transfers and startup multi-server projects; developed infrastructure standards and backup/archiving solutions; designed VMware data centre architectures; and contributed to opening the Montreal market.
  • Technology used: Oracle Exadata, Cloudian, Data Domain, Vertica Micro Focus, Veeam, RHEL Cloud Management and Platform.

Senior Solution Architect

CGI
03.2017 - 03.2019
  • Consulting in infrastructure, DR. storage, Linux services, security compliance, and documentation.
  • Technology used: Macroscope, EMC VMAX.

Senior Solution Architect

EMC
04.2006 - 03.2017
  • Company Overview: Provide technical services in the financial, retail, manufacturing, government and many other fields located on the east coast of Canada and the United States.
  • Consulting with companies during pre-sales and / or after-sales cycles and providing technical leadership.
  • Presales support
  • Team lead for 1,300+ server/data migrations (Windows, Solaris, Linux, Oracle DB, AIX, HP-UX)
  • Designed VMware, Unix/Linux, SAN & storage solutions
  • Cisco switch health checks & migrations
  • DR. & performance optimization
  • Documentation (Excel, Visio)
  • Provide technical services in the financial, retail, manufacturing, government and many other fields located on the east coast of Canada and the United States.
  • Technology used: EMC VMAX, VNX, CAS, SAN Brocade, SAN Cisco, health check tools for SPEED, CSPEED, San Copy, SRDF sync and async, SYMCLI, Unisphere, CAS replication (Migration).

Senior Implementation Specialist

EMC
07.2003 - 04.2006
  • Deliver implementation, migration and knowledge transfer services for SAN and CAS storage environments. Provide mentoring, training and procedures.
  • Implemented and configured SAN/CAS solutions and application migrations (Oracle, SQL, AD, Exchange, IIS) across Windows, Linux, and Unix; deployed SNMP v3.0, SYSLOG, and DR. infrastructure (VMware, Cisco); led SAN switch merges and hosts migrations using EMC tools (SRDF, MirrorView, SAN Copy) and VMware Storage vMotion; designed high-availability storage; and delivered coaching and knowledge transfer.
  • Technology used: EMC VMAX, VNX, CAS, SAN Brocade, SAN Cisco, health check tools for SPEED, CSPEED, San Copy, SRDF sync and async, SYMCLI, Unisphere, CAS replication (Migration).

Education

Electronics - Electronic Engineering

CEGEP Lionel Groulx
Sainte-Thérèse, Qc

Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering

Control Data Institute
Montréal, Qc
05-1981

EMC - Cloud, EMCTA, EMCTAe, DCS-IE, DCS-TA, VCP, SPEED, CSPEED, USPEED, RSPEED

EMC

PMP 5.0 - undefined

Protrain-Canada

AWS Architecture - undefined

CGI

Cloudian Certified Engineer - undefined

Cloudian

NASP Sales accreditation - undefined

NetApp

Black Belt - undefined

Cisco Meraki

Network Security - undefined

Fortinet

Fundamentals - undefined

Azure

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • O/S
  • Virtualization & Cloud
  • Storage and Backup
  • Network Security
  • DR
  • Problem-solving

Timeline

Consultant / Enterprise Architect

Centrilogic
04.2025 - Current

Consultant / Infrastructure Architect

Desjardins
03.2022 - 04.2025

Infrastructure Architect

Desjardins
01.2021 - 03.2022

Solution Architect

IT Weapons
04.2020 - 01.2021

Solution Architect

Benchmark Corp
02.2019 - 03.2020

Senior Solution Architect

CGI
03.2017 - 03.2019

Senior Solution Architect

EMC
04.2006 - 03.2017

Senior Implementation Specialist

EMC
07.2003 - 04.2006

EMC - Cloud, EMCTA, EMCTAe, DCS-IE, DCS-TA, VCP, SPEED, CSPEED, USPEED, RSPEED

EMC

PMP 5.0 - undefined

Protrain-Canada

AWS Architecture - undefined

CGI

Cloudian Certified Engineer - undefined

Cloudian

NASP Sales accreditation - undefined

NetApp

Black Belt - undefined

Cisco Meraki

Network Security - undefined

Fortinet

Fundamentals - undefined

Azure

Electronics - Electronic Engineering

CEGEP Lionel Groulx

Computer Engineering - Computer Engineering

Control Data Institute
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