Alexandre Comet · Freelance · Paris
Cloud Architect and Tech Lead for Azure and Google Cloud foundations at scale.
For eight years, I worked on the cloud foundation of a large international retail group: around 900 applications, more than 90 Azure subscriptions.
≈ 900
applications on an Azure and Google Cloud foundation, in a large international retail group
72 hours
to deliver a cloud environment, instead of several weeks
3 agents
built on generative AI, in production, with access to AI services governed by policies
10 years
of experience, 8 of them on Azure and Google Cloud
The situations I handle
Subscriptions or projects have multiplied without a common framework.
Delivering a new cloud environment takes several weeks.
Identity, network and security rules are not applied the same way everywhere.
Your generative AI proofs of concept do not reach production.
A security or compliance audit is coming up.
Services
Three types of engagement
Cloud Architect & Tech Lead, for the long term
Landing zone, platform engineering, architecture standards and leadership of the teams.
Format: several months, in your teams or fractional
Azure / Google Cloud architecture audit and review
Governance, identity and security, network, FinOps guardrails, resilience.
Format: 1 to 15 days, depending on the question
Generative AI in production
RAG agents, MCP, n8n and governance of AI services (Microsoft Foundry, Gemini).
Format: a 10-day assessment, then industrialisation
Case studies
Two detailed cases, from context to outcome.
- Large international retail groupA cloud environment delivered in 72 hours instead of several weeksShortening the delivery of cloud environments, on a foundation of about 900 applications.
- Large international retail groupThree generative AI agents in productionMoving from a RAG proof of concept to three generative AI agents used in production, with governance of AI services.
About
Alexandre Comet, Cloud & AI Architect and Tech Lead
I worked for eight years in a large international retail group, as a freelancer from January 2021. From February 2024, I was Tech Lead of its Architecture team (3 architects). ETHERIA Conseil is my company: you work with me directly.
- Location
- Paris
- Languages
- French (native), fluent English
- Experience
- 10 years, 8 of them on Azure and Google Cloud · freelance since January 2021
- Active certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (first obtained in 2018, renewed in 2026)
- Cloud
- Azure (expert), Google Cloud (advanced) · landing zones, Cloud Adoption Framework, platform engineering · Entra ID, PIM, Azure Policy, Organization Policies
Contact
A platform, governance or AI project to scope?
Describe your context and I will get back to you within two working days.
Describe your context- Location
- Paris
- Network
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