William Payen
Cloud Enablement Team Lead
Intro
What I am all about.
With over a decade of experience across cloud platforms, enterprise architecture, and managed services, I have built deep expertise spanning Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, and a wide range of infrastructure and application technologies. My journey began at Syselcom SA and Bedag, where I worked hands-on with SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, Hyper-V, VMware, Active Directory, Oracle WebLogic, and early cloud platforms — building the technical foundations that shaped my architectural thinking.
After several years at Swisscom leading global public cloud initiatives and designing managed cloud services for enterprise customers, I joined Axpo Group in February 2025 as Cloud Consulting Team Lead, where I now lead a team delivering cloud strategy, architecture, and transformation services in the energy sector.
I believe that the role of the modern IT professional — whether engineer, architect, or consultant — is to make business processes run securely, consistently, and cost-effectively. Cloud-native approaches are the most powerful enabler of that goal today.
It is only a matter of the right people, the right platform, and the right investment.
Expertise
Batman would be jealous.
01
Microsoft Azure
10+ years of expertise delivering managed cloud services: Architect, Design, Deploy, Manage and Optimize. Scope: Lift & Shift migrations, full cloud transformations with PaaS/SaaS, landing zone design, and cloud governance.
02
Microsoft 365
10+ years of expertise on managed services: Architect, Design, Deploy, Manage and Optimize. Scope: Full M365 tenant migrations, hybrid configurations, governance and security.
03
Amazon AWS
7+ years of expertise delivering managed cloud services: Deploy, Manage and Optimize. Scope: Lift & Shift migrations, full cloud transformations with PaaS/SaaS usage.
04
DevSecOps & Platform Engineering
Cloud infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and security-by-design practices. Tooling: Terraform, Azure DevOps, Ansible, and modern DevSecOps frameworks aligned with SAFe.
Skills
Simple Visualization
90%
Microsoft Azure
75%
Amazon Web Service
90%
Microsoft SharePoint
75%
Microsoft SQL Server
75%
Oracle WebLogic
75%
Azure DevOps
75%
Cloud Orchestration (AzureRM, CloudFormation, Terraform)
75%
Cloud Configuration(PowershellDSC, Ansible, Chef)
Experience
What I did, What I am.
2025 – Present
Axpo Group
Cloud Enablement Team Lead
District de Baden, Aargau
Leading the team responsible for the operational management of the Axpo Group Cloud Platform and delivering Azure-focused cloud consultancy to group entities and subsidiaries. Driving FinOps practices to optimize cloud spend and governance across the organization.
2023 – 2025
Swisscom
Cloud Native Solutions — Product Development Manager
Bern, Switzerland
Led the development of cloud-native products leveraging public cloud platforms to deliver value to enterprise customers. Responsibilities spanned product vision and strategy, cloud-native architecture, agile delivery, cross-functional collaboration with engineering and DevOps teams, and defining KPIs to guide data-driven product decisions.
2019 – 2023
Swisscom
Cloud Managed Service — DevOps Manager
Bern Area, Switzerland
As DevOps Manager of the Public Cloud enabling team, led the design and delivery of managed services on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Built and led a high-performing DevOps team, implementing IaC practices, CI/CD pipelines, security and compliance controls, and robust monitoring — ensuring reliability and cost-efficiency for enterprise customers.
2016 – 2019
Swisscom
Senior Application DevOps Engineer
Delémont, Jura
Member of the special application operation team, acting as operational coordinator for application initiatives across several enterprise clients. Contributed to the definition of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS service descriptions for AWS and Azure, and to the Microsoft stack service and operation team responsible for application platforms.
2014 – 2016
Bedag Informatik AG
Technical Account Manager / Change Manager / SharePoint Specialist
Delémont, Jura
Held three concurrent roles: Technical Account Manager responsible for all technical customer relationship aspects; Change Manager coordinating and validating changes across Romandie; and SharePoint Specialist acting as technical leader for all SharePoint products in customer environments, including membership in the SharePoint architecture board defining Bedag's installation standards.
2013 – 2014
La Montre Hermès SA
System Engineer (outsourced via Syselcom)
Brügg, Berne
Embedded as an external consultant within the IT service team. Responsible for the VMware-based private cloud infrastructure and critical business platforms including SQL Server clusters and line-of-business services.
2012 – 2014
Syselcom SA
IT Consultant
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Vaud
Member of the Technical Consultant Team, administering a Hyper-V private cloud and delivering IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS products to end-user customers. Developed new products and supervised deployments across SharePoint 2010/2013, Exchange 2010/2013, Windows Server, and SQL Server environments.
2012
Netguardians
Intern — Professional Services
Yverdon-les-bains, Vaud
Member of the Professional Services team, integrating the NG|Screener fraud detection solution within customer infrastructures and developing connector modules for customer products.
Education
Working for the future
2007 – 2012
ECE Paris
Master of Science — École d’Ingénieur en Électronique et en Informatique
Paris, France
Engineering degree covering information systems analysis, design, and management. Core subjects include data-driven decision making, information systems architecture, web services, network security, and artificial intelligence.
2011 – 2012
Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale
Master of Science — Sécurité Informatique
Switzerland
Erasmus Exchange Program (2011–2012)
2009 – 2009
Concordia University
Bachelor’s degree — Management & Computer Sciences
Montréal, Canada
Exchange Program (2009)
Awards
Not chasing them, but eh.
FinOps Certified Practitioner
FinOps Foundation certification validating expertise in cloud financial management — aligning engineering, finance, and business teams to optimize cloud value through cost visibility, governance, and continuous optimization.
DevSecOps Foundation
Issued April 2024. Valid to April 2027. DevOps Institute certification validating knowledge of DevSecOps concepts, practices, and tools for integrating security throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner / Product Manager
Issued April 2024. SAFe certification demonstrating expertise in Agile product ownership and product management within Scaled Agile Framework environments.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Issued August 2023. This certification validates expertise in designing and implementing solutions on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, and security components that meet business requirements.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Issued March 2019. Validates understanding of Azure services across the IT lifecycle — provisioning, managing, monitoring, and optimizing cloud resources including storage, security, networking, and compute.
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
Issued April 2018. Validates technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform for hands-on practitioners.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Issued January 2018. Validates the ability to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS — covering availability, cost-efficiency, fault-tolerance, and scalability.