Orano Support - Experience

Overview

IT & DevOps Support Officer at Orano Support, within the IT & DevOps department. A 5-month mission from September 2026 to January 2027, in a critical industrial environment with strong security, confidentiality and business-continuity constraints.

5 Months

2026 Sep → Jan 2027

NUC Critical Industry

Context

Orano is a French multinational specialized in the nuclear fuel cycle. Orano Support provides cross-functional IT and industrial support to the group's entities. Working in this environment means dealing with strict security requirements, high availability constraints, and rigorous documentation processes — a completely different scale from academic or startup projects.

Tech Stack

The mission revolves around the internal development and DevOps tooling used across Orano's teams.

Python

Internal tooling support

GitLab

Repositories & CI/CD

Nexus

Artifact repository

CI/CD

Pipeline practices

Cybersecurity

Requirements & reviews

PCA / PRA

Continuity & recovery

Missions

Development Tools Support

Support on internal development tools, mainly around Python and GitLab.
Assistance to development teams on their working environments.
Participation in the use and administration of the artifact repository Nexus.

DevOps Practices

Contribution to activities related to CI/CD pipelines.
Support for improving DevOps practices and the associated documentation.
Coordination of technical information between teams and services.

Cybersecurity Support

Tracking the integration of security requirements within projects.
Support on security reviews and good practices.
Raising awareness on secure development within the teams.

Documentation & Business Continuity

Contribution to the update of the technical documentation.
Participation in works related to PCA / PRA (Business Continuity Plan / Disaster Recovery Plan) — a critical requirement in a nuclear environment.
Update and distribution of application reference documentation.

Team & Coordination

Participation in team meetings and internal exchanges.
Contribution to ongoing projects depending on needs.
Support to information coordination between technical teams.

What I Learned

Technical

Working with a real enterprise CI/CD workflow (not just academic builds).
Managing artifacts and dependencies at scale via Nexus.
Understanding how security requirements are integrated into the SDLC.
Documentation as a deliverable — not an afterthought.

Soft Skills

Communication: adapting technical explanations for different audiences (developers, security, management).
Coordination: working across teams with conflicting priorities.
Rigor: understanding why documentation and traceability matter in a critical industry.
Autonomy: supporting developers without blocking their work.

Why This Experience Matters

Working at Orano Support is not just "an internship in IT". It is a first immersion into an environment where a mistake can have real consequences. It completely reshaped how I think about software engineering: security, traceability, documentation and continuity are not optional — they are the foundation of every decision.