Cybersecurity
Active Directory assessments and hardening, identity protection, Microsoft Defender, segmentation and practical remediation plans.
Senior IT consultant · Team Lead · Montréal + remote
I help organizations modernize, secure and operate their Microsoft, Cisco, VMware and Azure environments.
Security assessments
Two complementary scopes, practical findings and a roadmap aligned with your operations.
MFA, privileged access, OAuth apps, email protection and external sharing.
Explore scope and deliverables →02 — On-premises identityPrivileged accounts, GPOs, Kerberos, legacy protocols and AD CS attack paths.
Explore scope and deliverables →01 — Expertise
Recommendations grounded in operational reality and designed to remain maintainable by your team.
Active Directory assessments and hardening, identity protection, Microsoft Defender, segmentation and practical remediation plans.
Architecture, modernization and advanced troubleshooting for Microsoft and Azure environments, virtualization and core services.
Design, migration and optimization of Cisco and Meraki networks, firewalls, VPNs, segmentation and 802.1X-secured enterprise Wi-Fi.
Storage platform design and modernization, backup strategy, recovery and business continuity.
Microsoft 365, roadmaps, architecture reviews, PowerShell automation, monitoring, documentation and team enablement.
Microsoft Copilot integration, AI agent design and MCP server deployment to connect assistants with business data, tools and workflows, with a strong focus on security and governance.
02 — Approach
I turn complex technical issues into decisions that are understandable, prioritized and achievable.
Goals, risks, constraints and operational reality.
Separate urgent from important, without over-engineering.
Implement with discipline, visibility and control.
Document and empower your team to own the result.
03 — Selected work
A selection of anonymized transformations delivered in critical healthcare and financial environments.
Tenant-to-tenant migration, enterprise application integration in Entra ID, and migration of VPN and NetScaler authentication to SAML.
Assessment and hardening of Active Directory environments with LAPS, LDAPS, SMB Signing, Microsoft Defender for Identity, PingCastle and Purple Knight.
Migration of legacy Windows Server systems to 2019, 2022 and 2025 across environments with several hundred virtual machines.
Modernization of Cisco switching, Wi-Fi and firewall infrastructure, migration to Cisco ISE, and 802.1X wireless access security.
04 — Ways to work together
A senior review of a defined issue, with prioritized findings and an immediately actionable plan.
From design to production: migration, security uplift, modernization or resolution of a complex problem.
Ongoing technical reinforcement for key decisions, sensitive projects and growing your team's capabilities.
05 — Credentials
Certifications earned and specialized training completed throughout my career.
06 — Residential solutions
A distinct offering to design, integrate and improve the reliability of your home automation environment, separate from my enterprise services.
Automations, dashboards, connected-device integration, and Zigbee or Matter protocols.
High-performance Wi-Fi, optimized coverage, VLANs, network segmentation and secure remote access.
Installation, migration and security for Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS and Unraid solutions: file sharing, RAID, snapshots and 3-2-1 backup strategy.
Deployment and maintenance of containers, media platforms, monitoring tools and other services hosted at home.
UniFi Protect platform setup, camera installation, detection zones, notifications and secure remote access.
07 — Technical blog
Practical guides, field notes and key considerations to make better decisions, secure systems and modernize environments.
Browse all articles →Isolate intermittent DNS failures across clients, caches, resolvers, zones, and forwarders, then validate a pilot correction with rollback.
Read article→Monitor certificates actually served with OpenSSL and PowerShell, check SNI and chains, then renew with actionable alerts, a pilot, and rollback.
Read article→Separate recovery, Purview retention, and eDiscovery holds, then build a tested strategy for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.
Read article→Deploy useful DLP policies in simulation, measure false positives, pilot tips and exceptions, then enforce proportionate controls without disrupting work.
Read article→Triage a Defender alert with incident context, timelines, evidence, and KQL, then choose proportionate containment instead of reflexive device isolation.
Read article→Pilot Token Protection with compatible clients, Windows and Apple devices, web limitations, sign-in logs, KQL queries, and Conditional Access rollback.
Read article→Inventory hidden inbox rules, mailbox forwarding and transport rules, preserve evidence, and stop suspicious forwarding with controlled business exceptions.
Read article→Connect Home Assistant to Claude, Codex, or ChatGPT with minimal entity exposure, then build local, validated, and reversible automations and dashboards.
Read article→Separate antivirus exclusions, ASR rules, EDR, and indicators, then validate every exception with minimal scope, an owner, and an expiry date.
Read article→08 — About
Senior IT consultant · Team Lead · Systems and network architecture
A senior IT consultant and Team Lead based in Montréal, I bring more than 14 years of experience in the architecture, administration and security of technology infrastructure. I have supported healthcare, financial and professional-services organizations through migration, modernization and cloud-transformation projects. My approach combines technical expertise, business understanding, automation and knowledge transfer to internal teams.
09 — Contact
Tell me briefly about your context. I'll reply with the first useful questions to scope the engagement.