Baptiste Betelu

Technology leader in Enterprise architecture, Cloud strategy, and Governance & Compliance
baptiste@betelu.org(+33)674452002Issy-les-moulineaux, Île-de-France, FRLinkedIn

Professional Summary

Accomplished technology leader with over 15 years experience in driving architectural strategy, technical governance, and enterprise transformation. Demonstrates a strong ability to align business objectives with engineering delivery, ensuring scalable, secure, and compliant systems. Experienced in building cross-functional architecture teams, implementing governance frameworks, and leading cloud and compliance initiatives in line with ISO 27001 and SecNumCloud standards. Committed to fostering innovation through strategic alignment and operational excellence.

Professional Experience

Chief of Technology Governance

NumSpot
Jul 2025 - Present

Led cross-functional engineering alignment to ensure strategic coherence and operational efficiency across all technical initiatives. Partnered with Product and Security leadership to balance innovation with compliance, driving scalable and secure technology choices that aligned with long-term organisational goals.

  • Fostered alignment between Engineering, Product, and Security leadership.
  • Established governance practices enhancing transparency and decision velocity.
  • Guided architectural and tooling strategies to ensure scalability and compliance.

Head of Architecture

NumSpot
May 2023 - Sep 2025

Played a key role in building NumSpot’s technical foundation from inception to scale. Designed the initial architecture, defined the technology stack, and led early recruitment and vendor selection. Built and managed an architecture team, defined engineering processes, and implemented an Agile organisation adapted to the company’s growth. Later phases focused on strengthening governance, ensuring compliance (ISO 27001/27002, SecNumCloud), and embedding a product-driven mindset across teams.

  • Defined the company’s initial technical architecture and core stack.
  • Recruited and led a team of 6–8 architects across multiple domains.
  • Implemented Agile and architectural governance processes at scale.
  • Aligned systems with ISO 27001/27002 and SecNumCloud compliance frameworks.
  • Promoted a product-first culture and leadership alignment across engineering.

Lead Architect

Docaposte
Jun 2022 - Apr 2023

Served as Lead Architect within Docaposte’s digital transformation initiatives, guiding technical architecture design and standardisation across teams. Contributed to modernisation efforts, ensuring architectural scalability, maintainability, and compliance with corporate standards.

  • Defined technical architecture standards and documentation practices.
  • Supported cross-functional projects ensuring architectural consistency.
  • Contributed to the modernisation of enterprise systems and development pipelines.

Lead Architect

Viaccess-Orca
Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

Led the technical coordination of agile teams within the Agile Release Train. Evaluated and demonstrated GCP Anthos for hybrid and on-premise environments. Designed a modernisation roadmap for CI/CD pipelines (Artifactory, GitLab, ArgoCD, Vault), driving adoption of cloud-native architectures. Managed AWS FinOps optimisation using the CUDOS framework to enhance cost efficiency.

  • Led evaluation and implementation of hybrid cloud with GCP Anthos.
  • Modernised CI/CD toolchain for cloud-native development.
  • Drove FinOps optimisation across AWS Organisation using CUDOS framework.
  • Coordinated multiple agile teams to align technical direction with product goals.

Cloud Architect

Viaccess-Orca
Sep 2019 - Dec 2021

Designed and deployed large-scale DRM backend platforms on AWS, serving millions of connected devices globally. Drove infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible. Collaborated with business stakeholders to optimise cloud costs and define pricing models. Ensured performance, resilience, and security across multi-region deployments.

  • Built multi-region DRM backend platforms on AWS (EC2, RDS, Kinesis, EKS, etc.).
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible.
  • Defined cloud cost optimisation models in collaboration with business teams.
  • Enhanced reliability and scalability through architecture refactoring.

Technical Engineer / Cloud Engineer

Viaccess-Orca
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019

Managed AWS deployments and DRM solution rollouts on customer environments. Championed the transition from Puppet/Chef to Ansible, introducing infrastructure automation that improved operational reliability. Supported DevOps transformation initiatives across the organisation.

  • Deployed DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, VODRM) solutions on AWS.
  • Migrated configuration management to Ansible, reducing manual operations.
  • Enabled DevOps best practices adoption across engineering teams.

System and Network Engineer

SETELIA
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018

Contributed to network infrastructure projects and system operations within enterprise environments. Ensured high availability, security, and performance of network services across clients and internal systems.

Level 3 Network Engineer

SFR Business Team
Feb 2009 - Mar 2017

Served as Level 3 support for enterprise WAN/LAN incidents. Provided advanced troubleshooting, mentoring for L1/L2 teams, and developed automation scripts for network monitoring and upgrades. Ensured high service availability across critical customer infrastructures.

  • Resolved complex network incidents impacting enterprise clients.
  • Mentored junior support teams (L1/L2) to improve incident resolution.
  • Developed internal automation tools in Perl, Bash, and Python.

Technical Support

SFR Business Team
Mar 2007 - Feb 2009

Delivered technical support for enterprise network and connectivity services. Diagnosed and resolved customer issues while collaborating with engineering teams to improve service quality.

  • Ensured customer satisfaction through proactive communication and follow-up.
  • Collaborated with engineers to improve system reliability and knowledge sharing.

Education

IUT de Mont-de-Marsan (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour)

Licence (Bachelor’s degree) in Network Administration and Security
Sep 2002 - Jun 2005

Professional Skills

Technology Governance:

Enterprise Architecture:

Cloud Strategy:

Engineering Leadership:

Compliance & Security (ISO 27001, SecNumCloud):

Languages

French:

Native speaker

English:

Fluent

Spanish:

Basic