Ramzi Trabelsi — Sr Cloud Operations Architect @ AWS

Core Expertise

Specialized in mission-critical workloads, business risk mitigation, and operational resilience.

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Cloud Architecture & Strategy

Cloud transformation & adoption, strategic advisory, customer engagement, and executive stakeholder alignment.

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Operational Excellence & Resilience

Business continuity, risk management, reliability engineering, and operational excellence at scale.

IT Governance, Security & Compliance

Cybersecurity strategy, ISO 27001, security assessments, and governance frameworks across industries.

Professional Experience

A career built across cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT governance.

Senior Cloud Operations Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS) — France

Senior Technical Account Manager

Nov 2023 — Present

Act as a strategic advisor to enterprise customers, aligning cloud strategy with business priorities and executive-level objectives
Lead business-critical event readiness initiatives, ensuring resilience, performance, and alignment for high-impact workloads
Translate business risks into cloud mitigation strategies — drive remediation across reliability, performance, and security
Influence senior stakeholders and orchestrate cross-functional teams
Drive customer value realization through cloud operations, risk mitigation, and transformation initiatives
Drive Cloud Operations AI transformation — leverage generative and agentic AI to enhance operational efficiency, accelerate incident response, and modernize support workflows

Key achievements

Led business-critical event readiness: zero downtime, -30% latency, +50% traffic growth for Media & Gaming customers
Improved security posture for a manufacturing group by 38% over 2 years, reaching the highest AWS security score benchmark
Supported cloud foundation & transformation program targetting 8,000 VM migration — 1,200 VMs migrated in year 1

Strategic Advisory Resilience Risk Mitigation Executive Engagement

Cloud Operations Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS) — France

Technical Account Manager

Nov 2020 — Nov 2023

Supported and optimized large-scale enterprise AWS environments focusing on scalability, reliability, and security
Conducted architectural reviews and improvement roadmaps
Led incident analysis and continuous improvement
Implemented governance and cost optimization practices

Well-Architected Migration Security Cost Optimization

Information Security Consultant — Deputy CISO

ADNEOM — France

Nov 2018 — Nov 2020

Advised executive stakeholders on cybersecurity strategy and risk management
Maintained and improved ISO 27001-aligned Information Security Management System
Led internal and external audits and security assessments
Oversaw SOC, security incidents, and vendor operations
Drove security governance for major IT projects and infrastructure
Conducted cyber threat monitoring and awareness training

ISO 27001 CISO Risk Management SOC

Technology Advisory Manager

Ernst & Young (EY) — Tunisia

Aug 2016 — Oct 2018

Led development and delivery of IT and Enterprise Architecture advisory services
Delivered advisory services for multi-million transformation programs

Key achievements

Led large-scale IT transformation programs across banking, industrial, and public sectors
Conducted IT operations audit for a major commercial bank — created internal IT audit function
Delivered cybersecurity program assessment for an international industrial group
Defined IT Master Plans for central banks and financial institutions
Delivered a national biometric identity program study for government digital transformation
Led multi-bank IT transformation feasibility study (6 public banks) — datacenter mutualization at national scale

Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Banking Public Sector

Technical Architect — Systems Engineer

Sofrecom (Orange Group) — Tunisia

Sep 2014 — Jul 2016

Designed architectures for mobile platforms across international Orange subsidiaries
Implemented infrastructure security and system hardening
Delivered deployments, PoCs, and disaster recovery strategies

Architecture Mobile Platforms DR Telecom

Systems Engineer — IPTV Platforms

Sofrecom (Orange Group) — Tunisia

Nov 2011 — Sep 2014

Designed and implemented IPTV service platforms
Implemented monitoring solutions and provided L3 support
Developed documentation and training

IPTV Monitoring L3 Support

Systems & Network Administrator — Security Engineer

Bitaka Group — Tunisia

Feb 2011 — Oct 2011

Managed mobile top-up production platforms and security controls
Implemented automation scripts and monitoring solutions
Provided technical support and infrastructure management

Sysadmin Security Automation

Speaking Highlights

Sharing knowledge and engaging with the cloud community at AWS Summit Paris

AWS Summit Paris 2026

Breakout session speaker

🎬 Upcoming

AWS Summit Paris 2026

On stage

🎬 Upcoming

AWS Summit Paris 2025

Technical session

▶ Watch recording

AWS Summit Paris 2025

Presenting to the audience

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AWS Summit Paris 2024

On stage

▶ Watch recording

AWS Summit Paris 2024

Ask an Expert - Security Booth

Technical Skills

☁️ Cloud & Strategy

AWS Cloud Architecture Cloud Transformation Migration Well-Architected Cost Optimization Strategic Advisory GameDay

🛡️ Security & Governance

ISO 27001 Risk Management IAM Security Hub GuardDuty COBIT 5 IT Governance Compliance Threat Detection & Incident Response Security in Depth Post-Quantum Cryptography

⚡ Resilience & Operations

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Operational Excellence Reliability Incident Management ITIL

🔧 Infrastructure & Tools

AWS Linux VMware Cisco Juniper F5 BIG-IP NetApp Storage Infrastructure Observability

AI & Innovation

Generative AI Agentic AI Amazon Bedrock Kiro

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect

Professional

AWS Security

Specialty

Certified Blockchain Expert

Blockchain Council

COBIT 5 Foundation

ISACA

ITIL OSA

Operational Support & Analysis

ITIL v3 Foundation

IT Service Management

Education

Engineering Degree

Computer Networks & Telecommunications

University of Carthage — INSAT, Tunisia

2005 — 2011

Languages

French

Fluent

English

Fluent

Arabic

Native

Awards

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Coach — EcoCoin, Blockchain & AI Challenge Winner

SUP'COM & IHEC Carthage

Coached the winning team out of 33 competitors for the Entrepreneurial Challenge in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.

April 2018

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Orange IMT Distinction — "Celebrate our success"

Division Innovation, Marketing & Technologies

The "NewTV Senegal" project received the distinction of the IMT Division Committee and congratulations from the SVP of Orange Labs Products & Services.

July 2014

Community

SECURINETS

First information security club in Tunisia

Member since 2009

ATECYS

Association of Tunisian Cybersecurity Experts Abroad

Member since 2019

Get in Touch

Let's discuss your cloud strategy and transformation projects

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Email

contact@ramzitrabelsi.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/ramzitrabelsi

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Location

Paris Area, France