Open-source infrastructure operator for cloud and hosting services
Alter Way is a French infrastructure and cloud services operator built on open-source tools and methods. The tech stack is heavy on Linux, containers, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Proxmox)—consistent with an ops-first business model. Hiring is concentrated in operations (5 roles), but the company is struggling to scale engineering and pre-sales capacity, indicating a transition from pure infrastructure delivery toward higher-margin consulting.
Alter Way designs, deploys, and operates cloud infrastructure and hosting platforms for mid-market clients in France and Morocco. The business spans three layers: managed infrastructure (on AWS, Azure, or private Proxmox-based clouds), professional services (infrastructure automation, DevOps consulting, system integration), and support/training. The company works with a mix of open-source and commercial stack—MySQL, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Docker—and maintains strong ties to the open-source community through contributions and leadership roles in industry bodies.
Core stack includes Debian, CentOS, Kubernetes, Proxmox, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, and managed cloud (AWS, Azure). Monitoring via Centreon and Jenkins for CI/CD.
Saint Cloud, France. The company was founded in 2006 and employs 51–200 people, with active hiring in both France and Morocco.
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