Ludovic Ortega is a NetOps/NetDev engineer based in Lyon with eight years of experience building and automating network and DNS infrastructure. He designs microservice-based network services, integrates IPAM (NetBox) and workflow engines (Temporal), and implements compliance workflows, telemetry and CI/CD for production environments. A hands-on contributor to notable open-source projects like napalm and external-dns, he has improved multivendor network data accuracy and hardened a cloud DNS provider with tests and robust config handling. His background spans SD-WAN automation, NSO integrations and Kubernetes cost/hardening work, reflecting strong cross-domain DevOps and networking skills. Entrepreneurial through freelance operations for large LAN events, he pairs real-world infrastructure ops with software tooling and deployment experience. Fluent in both security and telecoms from master’s studies, he brings a practical blend of network engineering, automation and security-minded development.
8 years of coding experience
DUT Réseaux et Télécommunications, Telecommunications Engineering, DUT Réseaux et Télécommunications, Telecommunications Engineering at Université Grenoble Alpes
Master Organisation et Protection des Systèmes d'Information en Entreprise, Sécurité informatique, Master Organisation et Protection des Systèmes d'Information en Entreprise, Sécurité informatique at Université Lumière Lyon 2
Master Télécommunications et réseaux informatiques, Telecommunications Engineering, Master Télécommunications et réseaux informatiques, Telecommunications Engineering at Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Configure external DNS servers (AWS Route53, Google CloudDNS and others) for Kubernetes Ingresses and Services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:3 PRs, 7 comments, 4 issues in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ludovic primarily contributed to the Scaleway provider within the external-dns project. They implemented configuration loading and error handling improvements for the Scaleway provider, addressing issues related to missing profiles and configuration file loading. The user also added regression tests to the Scaleway provider, improving its reliability. The user's work involved modifying existing code, introducing new features, and correcting minor formatting issues.
Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 12 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ludovic primarily focused on fixing and improving the functionality of the network automation project. They made several updates related to data models and driver implementations, specifically adjusting data types (e.g., `speed` to `float`) and fixing incorrect values (e.g., `uptime`). Their work also included updates to several device-specific drivers to address and fix issues related to the uptime of network devices. These changes improve the accuracy and reliability of the library.
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