Security Architect Track | Personal coaching to become a security architect

first, a little about me

I didn't start at the top either.

I'm Fabien. Fifteen years in cybersecurity, nine of them freelance. Along the way I picked up the CISSP and the Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification, I teach security architecture at the Sorbonne, and I built dmarc-expert.com. But none of that is the point.

The point is: I began as someone who simply executed. Then I changed how I worked and how I showed up, and slowly the number on my paycheck started to climb.

2.000 € → 5.000 € → 8.000 € → …and then a number I'd rather tell you over a coffee than print on a website.

I want to be clear: there's no secret, no trick, no magic phrase. I just did the work, one step at a time. Everything I figured out, I'll hand to you. That's the whole offer.

here's the real gap

Two roles. Almost double the rate.

Look at these side by side. The wall between them isn't more technical skill. You very likely already have that. It's altitude: the architect is the one who decides, frames the trade-off, and carries the weight in the room.

Where you are

Dev · DevOps · Pentester

400 – 600 €per day, freelance

Where you're going

Cloud / Security Architect

800 – 1.200 €per day, freelance

same person, same skills, just a different seat at the table ✦

why you can't afford to wait

When a security architect role is posted, here's what happens.

~200 CVs submitted

→

~30 interviews

→

1 hired

Most CVs are filtered out before a human reads them. Most interviews go to people who were already positioned as architects before they applied. The longer you wait to make that move, the more crowded the field gets, and the smaller your window.

here's exactly how I'll help you

Six steps. We do every one of them together.

Nothing on this list is theory I haven't lived myself. I'll be right next to you, one-on-one, the whole way.

I read your CV, line by line.

We look at it together and find the real gap between where you are and the architect seat you want.

We map your plan.

A clear path from your execution job to an architect job, with the shift in mindset right at the centre of it.

You land a cloud certification.

I help you earn the cloud architect certification the market actually asks for, and prepare for it without drowning.

We make you wanted.

I rebuild your CV and your desirability so the right roles and clients start coming to you.

I get you interview-ready.

We prepare so you don't just get architect interviews. You walk in and win them, calm and ready.

I stay by your side for 3 months.

Scared of feeling like an impostor on day one? You won't be alone. For the first 3 months I shadow you, so your new employer or client is genuinely happy they chose you, and so are you.

where this takes you

Your paycheck, climbing as you do.

The same climb I made, now mapped for you, month by month, step by step:

2.000 €per month · today

→

5.000 €per month

→

8.000 €per month

These numbers are for the French market, and they're take-home, net of income tax, so what they look like where you live will differ. They're only here to show the kind of progression that becomes possible when you change the way you work.

and if you want to go further…

There's a road beyond this, toward a number I'd rather tell you face to face than print on a website. I'll happily share what it takes once we know each other, but it isn't for everybody, and that's okay. We only talk about it once your first jump is real and solid.

One last thing, straight from me: I'm not a guru, and this isn't magic. I teach exactly what I did, nothing I haven't done myself.

If you commit and follow the steps, clear, measurable progress every couple of years is almost a given. If you don't put the work in, no course and no coach can do it for you. That's the deal, and it's the only one I'd ever offer you.

Fabien

Your coach · Pentest School

before you write to me

Questions I get asked a lot.

Who is this coaching for?

For security people who feel stuck: pentester, SOC analyst, security engineer, DevSecOps. You have real technical chops but you don't know how to position yourself for an architect or leadership role. That gap is exactly what we close together.

What exactly do we work on together?

Four things: your CV, the cloud architect certification the market actually asks for, interview preparation, and three months of shadowing once you land the role so day one isn't scary. Nothing on that list is theory I haven't lived myself.

How much time does it take per week?

Plan for 5 to 7 hours: one weekly session with me (around one hour) plus the work you do in between. The cadence is flexible. If life gets busy, we adjust.

The program runs over 3 months. Not because it takes that long to get you up to speed, but because 90 days is long enough to have concrete, measurable goals. That time constraint adds the right pressure: you move, you ship, you have impact. After that, the coaching continues through your first 3 months in your new role, with a shadowing format so you land solidly and don't make the classic first-timer mistakes.

I'm not sure I'm senior enough yet. Is that okay?

If you have 3 or more years in a technical security role, you very likely have more than enough to start. We'll know after our first conversation, and if the timing is off I'll tell you plainly.

In which language do we work?

French or English, whichever you think in when the problem is hard.

What if I don't see results?

This is personal coaching, not a course you forget in a drawer. If you show up and do the work, progress is visible within weeks. If something isn't working, we course-correct together. That's the whole point of having a coach rather than a curriculum.

If you feel you're stuck in your security career, here's the key that unlocks the security architect role, and the pay that comes with it.