Summary
Francois Bayart is a seasoned Cyber Security Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience across cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure roles, now contributing at the NATO Communications and Information Agency. He blends strategic leadership—having co-founded and served as VP of Engineering at a data startup—with practical delivery of IaC, AKS, Terraform, Azure CI/CD, and observability solutions. Known for clear communication and cross-team empathy, he has repeatedly led migrations, SOC2 readiness, and IoT-to-Azure projects while coaching teams and shaping hiring and operational processes. Pragmatic and curious, he favors the KISS approach yet keeps alignment with business objectives and long-term strategy. Based in Mons, Belgium, he pairs enterprise security rigor with startup agility, often moving between management, hands-on platform work, and technical training.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Network and System Administration/Administrator, Bachelor's degree Network and System Administration/Administrator at BTS Network Administrator (Government Diploma)
high school Industrial Technology/Technician, high school Industrial Technology/Technician at Baccalauréat STI
DEUG Technologies Industrielles, DEUG Technologies Industrielles at Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
French, English