Hi, I’m Walid Zaouch, a Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer based in Munich who designs and operates scalable cloud‑native data and AI platforms on AWS. I bring a strong DevOps and software engineering foundation to build reliable, secure solutions, from lakehouse data platforms to serverless AI tooling. Over 6+ years I’ve led DevOps for large teams in regulated environments, delivering robust CI/CD, data pipelines, and multi‑tenant AI tooling. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable architectures and collaborating across product, data, and platform teams to ship secure, maintainable systems. My focus is on end‑to‑end platform reliability, data integrity, and enabling ML/AI workflows with practical engineering practices and strong governance.

Walid Zaouch

Hi, I’m Walid Zaouch, a Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer based in Munich who designs and operates scalable cloud‑native data and AI platforms on AWS. I bring a strong DevOps and software engineering foundation to build reliable, secure solutions, from lakehouse data platforms to serverless AI tooling. Over 6+ years I’ve led DevOps for large teams in regulated environments, delivering robust CI/CD, data pipelines, and multi‑tenant AI tooling. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable architectures and collaborating across product, data, and platform teams to ship secure, maintainable systems. My focus is on end‑to‑end platform reliability, data integrity, and enabling ML/AI workflows with practical engineering practices and strong governance.

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Hi, I’m Walid Zaouch, a Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer based in Munich who designs and operates scalable cloud‑native data and AI platforms on AWS. I bring a strong DevOps and software engineering foundation to build reliable, secure solutions, from lakehouse data platforms to serverless AI tooling. Over 6+ years I’ve led DevOps for large teams in regulated environments, delivering robust CI/CD, data pipelines, and multi‑tenant AI tooling.

I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, scalable architectures and collaborating across product, data, and platform teams to ship secure, maintainable systems. My focus is on end‑to‑end platform reliability, data integrity, and enabling ML/AI workflows with practical engineering practices and strong governance.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Advanced
French
Advanced
Arabic
Fluent

Work Experience

Principal DevOps Engineer (DevOps Lead) at Brusa GmbH (Customer: Porsche)
September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
Led the DevOps function as sole accountable owner for an SDLC serving 40+ engineers across Linux, Windows, and embedded targets. Built and operated CI/CD infrastructure with Bamboo/Bitbucket, Azure Artifacts, and containerized deployments, standardizing pipelines and automating build/test/deploy/release workflows. Reduced release cycle time by ~35% through automated processes and governance. Planned migrations (Bitbucket Windows → Linux/Docker), re-engineered build agents (WSL → native Linux), and implemented SSH/ACL hardening, security monitoring, and incident response practices, cutting MTTR by ~40%. Collaborated with product owners and engineering leads to translate requirements into scalable DevOps improvements and communicated trade-offs to stakeholders.
DevOps Engineer at AGCO
August 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024
Designed and implemented CI/CT pipelines using Jenkins to orchestrate end-to-end builds, tests, and deployments for Linux-based engineering workflows (15+ developers). Built Docker images for standardized containerized environments, improving reproducibility to 95%+. Integrated GitHub, SonarQube, and Jenkins for automated quality gates; enhanced pipeline observability and reduced failure triage time by ~30%. Worked with Docker, AWS, and Kubernetes to create scalable containerized execution environments; applied IaC to manage Jenkins configurations.
DevOps Engineer at Livanova (Essenz Perfusion System)
June 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023
Designed a Python-based automation framework for an embedded Linux GUI application, integrating Squish, CANoe, and Jenkins into the CI/CD pipeline; increased automated test coverage by ~50%. Built a Win32 COM API bridge to simulate feature-specific communication logic with CAPL; automated end-to-end tests and improved release reliability. Enhanced Jenkins job configurations for end-to-end test automation and structured result reporting.
System Integration Responsible at Stellantis
September 1, 2018 - February 28, 2022
Co‑started the business activity and helped ramp the team from 3 to 20 engineers; led the functional management of the validation phase across multiple workstreams. Performed analysis of software and safety-related failures from validation tests, including reliability testing and root cause investigations. Managed test bench coordination with contractors, ensuring knowledge transfer of validation and verification processes to the Paris tech center.
Embedded Systems Intern Engineer at Alten
February 1, 2018 - August 31, 2018
Developed a car cluster prototype integrating maps navigation and OBD CAN vehicle data on embedded Linux (Raspberry Pi); delivered V‑cycle documentation conforming to Automotive SPICE Level 2. Rotated across Dev & Test and function owner roles with Agile rituals and regular reporting to product owners.

Education

Electronics & Embedded Systems Engineering Degree at National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Tangier
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2018

Qualifications

AI Solutions Architecture
January 1, 2025 - February 23, 2026
Harvard CS50X (Computer Science)
January 11, 2030 - February 23, 2026
IBM Linux & Bash Scripting
January 11, 2030 - February 23, 2026
C++ for Developers
January 11, 2030 - February 23, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Professional Services, Other