Cloud Automation & Defence Engineer

Wout Belmans

Cloud engineer with a focus on Azure. I set up infrastructure as code, build CI/CD pipelines, and write automation and AI tooling in Python.

01 / Stack

What I build with

Cloud platforms

Azure first, multi-cloud when a project calls for it.

Azure
AWS
Oracle Cloud
Linux

Infrastructure as code

Reproducible infrastructure and containers.

Terraform
Ansible
Docker
Kubernetes

CI/CD and version control

Pipelines that build, test and ship.

Git
GitHub
GitLab
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
CI/CD

Observability and data

Monitoring, dashboards and databases.

Grafana
Prometheus
PostgreSQL
MySQL

Languages and scripting

The glue that automates the boring parts.

Python
PowerShell
YAML

AI and automation

Building AI driven tooling on Azure.

AI
Azure AI Foundry
Claude API

02 / Background

About me

I'm a Cloud Automation & Defence engineer. I like building secure, automated cloud infrastructure, and the point where infrastructure, code and automation come together.

During my internship at Cegeka I designed multi-cloud architectures across Azure, OCI and Scaleway, deployed FortiGate firewalls, and built a Python firewall policy analyzer with AI recommendations.

My foundation goes back to a high school program in Accountancy & IT, where I first got hands-on with programming (C#, MySQL, web development) and business IT systems. That mix of technical and analytical thinking is something I bring to every project.

I work well on my own and in a team, I adapt quickly, and I'm always keen to pick up new technologies and take on new challenges.

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Education
Graduated cum laude at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences
Internship
Cegeka. Multi-cloud architecture across Azure, OCI and Scaleway
Built
FortiGate firewall deployments and a Python firewall policy analyzer with AI recommendations
Foundation
Accountancy & IT. C#, MySQL and web development, plus business IT systems
Certifications
Two industry certifications backing cloud and Linux

03 / Contact

Let's talk cloud & automation

me@woutbelmans.com