Cécile Morange
Freelance Cloud Builder
Location: Luxembourg
Email: contact[at]cecilemorange.fr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilemorange
Website: https://cecilemorange.fr
Freelance Cloud Builder
Designing and operating open-source virtualization platforms
with a strong focus on XCP-ng / Xen Orchestra,
resilient datacenter architectures
and automation-driven operations.
Profile
IT professional with a strong hands-on background in
datacenter operations,
open-source virtualization, network
architecture and Linux systems.
Over the past years, I have specialized in the design, migration and
operation of
XCP-ng / Xen Orchestra infrastructures, supporting
organizations through
complex VMware and XenServer exit strategies, including
multi-datacenter setups.
Pragmatic, field-oriented mindset with a strong focus on
reliability,
simplicity, automation and
operational efficiency.
Professional Experience
February 2026 – Present
Disruptive Minds – Co-Founder & Technical
Lead
Luxembourg
Co-founder and technical lead of an IT infrastructure services company
focused on open-source virtualization.
- Design and delivery of XCP-ng / Xen Orchestra platforms
- VMware to XCP-ng migration projects (single and
multi-datacenter)
- Design of resilient, automated and cost-efficient
infrastructures
- Definition and enforcement of technical and operational
standards
- Hands-on involvement in complex migrations and production environments
February 2023 – February 2026
Independent Infrastructure & Virtualization
Consultant
Paris
Independent consulting activity focused on datacenter operations,
open-source
virtualization and infrastructure architecture.
- Design, audit and implementation of XCP-ng / Xen Orchestra
infrastructures
- Migration projects from XenServer and VMware to XCP-ng
- Deployment and administration of XCP-ng pools, including user
training
- Infrastructure audits (XCP-ng, Proxmox, network) and
remediation
- Linux systems administration (Debian, Docker-based workloads)
- Network architecture design across up to three datacenters (BGP,
OSPF)
- Datacenter operations: hardware selection, installation and
maintenance
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity design and
implementation
- On-call duties, production support and incident response
- Infrastructure automation (Packer, Terraform, Ansible, Bash)
- Contributions to open-source projects in the XCP-ng ecosystem
- Hardware and software R&D around XCP-ng platforms
August 2020 – January 2023
Aqua Ray – Systems, Network & Datacenter
Specialist
Paris
Hands-on infrastructure role combining datacenter operations, network
design
and early production implementations of open-source virtualization.
- Network design and implementation (BGP, OSPF, MPLS-LDP)
- Deployment and operation of XCP-ng / Xen Orchestra platforms
- Linux systems administration (LAMP stacks, HAProxy)
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning (PRA)
- Datacenter migration operations
- Infrastructure automation and tooling (Ansible, Bash)
- User and production support
August 2018 – July 2020
RTE – Réseau de Transport d’Électricité – Regional
IT Operations Support
Aix-en-Provence
Support role within a large-scale, mission-critical public infrastructure.
- Management of regional IT asset inventory and workstation
fleet
- Level 1 user support and incident coordination
- Liaison with external managed service providers
- Administration and evolution of SharePoint platforms (2010 &
2013)
- User training, documentation and process support
Education
Administrateur Système et Réseau
AFORP – Pôle Formation UIMM Île-de-France (2021 – 2023)BTS SIO – SISR
Pôle Formation des Industries Technologiques du Vaucluse (2018 – 2020)Bac STI2D – option SIN
La Salle Avignon (2015 – 2018)
Certifications
- MOOC l’Atelier RGPD
- IPv6 Certification
- SecNum Académie
- Objectif IPv6
Languages
- French: Native or bilingual
- English: Professional working proficiency
- German: Elementary