About Me

DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure

Professional Summary

DevOps Engineer with over 4 years of hands-on experience building and managing scalable cloud infrastructures using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Proven track record automating CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and infrastructure provisioning across multiple environments. Adept at improving deployment reliability, monitoring, and developer productivity through modern DevOps tooling.

Technical Skills

☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS GCP Terraform Helm Ansible

🚀 CI/CD & Automation

Jenkins GitHub Actions CircleCI Spinnaker

📦 Containers & Orchestration

Docker Kubernetes Docker Swarm

📊 Monitoring & Observability

Datadog Grafana Prometheus SonarQube

💻 Languages & Databases

Python Bash PostgreSQL MySQL Redis

🔒 Security & Compliance

IAM & RBAC Secrets Management SSL/TLS Security Groups Encryption

Professional Experience

DevOps Engineer

Yopeso

Sep 2023 – Current
  • Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Helm, improving environment provisioning time by 40%
  • Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters to support microservices at scale, improving system resilience and reliability
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration with Ansible, reducing deployment time and human error

Tech Stack: Terraform · AWS · Kubernetes · Helm · Jenkins · Ansible · Docker · Python · GitHub

DevOps Engineer

Quorum

Feb 2022 – May 2023
  • Managed and provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring consistent, scalable, and auditable deployments across environments
  • Configured and maintained key AWS services — including RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL), Elasticache (Redis), and OpenSearch — delivering reliable and high-performance data platforms
  • Implemented secure IAM roles and policies to enforce least-privilege access and strengthen cloud security posture
  • Oversaw EC2 instance lifecycles, improving resource utilization and cost efficiency
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI, accelerating software delivery and reducing manual errors
  • Integrated Datadog for real-time infrastructure monitoring, improving uptime and observability across distributed systems

Tech Stack: AWS · Terraform · Jenkins · CircleCI · GitHub · Datadog · Ansible · Kubernetes · Docker

DevOps Engineer

Grid Dynamics

Mar 2021 – Jan 2022
  • Hosting client applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring reliable accessibility and optimal performance
  • Maintaining Kubernetes infrastructure leveraging the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), resulting in smooth orchestration of containerized applications
  • Establishing and maintaining CI/CD processes using tools such as Jenkins, Chef, and Spinnaker, streamlining development and deployment workflows
  • Testing containerized workloads with Sonar and Black Duck, affirming the quality, security, and compliance of software
  • Introducing new microservices into the existing stack, creating necessary pipelines and recipes using Chef for VMs and Helm for Kubernetes
  • Actively responding to developer feedback and making appropriate changes to the infrastructure model to eliminate bottlenecks

Tech Stack: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · Helm · Spinnaker · Ansible · Kubernetes

Machine Learning Internship

Smart AItomation

Nov 2020 – Feb 2021
  • Developed end-to-end machine learning pipelines, accelerating model deployment and reducing time-to-delivery for production ML solutions
  • Collected and prepared custom datasets via Selenium and BeautifulSoup, enabling high-quality data inputs for training and evaluation
  • Performed data analysis and visualization with Pandas and Matplotlib, uncovering insights to guide model refinement
  • Implemented and trained models using scikit-learn (Logistic Regression) and spaCy (Named Entity Recognition), improving accuracy and processing speed
  • Integrated GitHub Actions to automate CI/CD workflows, ensuring efficient and reproducible ML experiments
  • Deployed containerized ML applications on Heroku, enabling seamless public access to project demos and prototypes

Tech Stack: Python · scikit-learn · spaCy · Selenium · BeautifulSoup · Pandas · Matplotlib · GitHub Actions · Docker · Heroku

DevOps Engineer

EBS-Integrator

Aug 2020 – Oct 2020
  • Implemented and maintained CI pipelines in GitLab, optimizing build, test, and deployment workflows across multiple environments
  • Developed and managed Ansible playbooks for configuration management and automated provisioning, reducing manual setup time
  • Built and deployed Docker containers, integrating Nginx for load balancing to enhance performance and ensure high availability
  • Orchestrated microservice deployments using Docker Swarm, enabling modular, scalable, and fault-tolerant application architecture
  • Collaborated with clients to design customized infrastructure solutions, aligning DevOps practices with specific performance and reliability goals

Tech Stack: GitLab · Docker Swarm · Ansible · Nginx · Redis · Elasticsearch · RabbitMQ · GitHub

DevOps Internship

Endava

Mar 2020 – Jul 2020
  • Implementing GIT for the seamless control of source-code, streamlining the version control process for efficient code management
  • Creating and maintaining multi-branch Jenkins pipelines using Docker, thereby enhancing the automation and deployment process within the team
  • Leveraging Docker multi-stage builds to isolate work, ensuring clean, efficient, and error-free code development
  • Utilizing Python scripting skills to send build metrics from the Jenkins pipeline to Grafana for visualization and in-depth analysis
  • Creating a deployment pipeline to push the newest Docker application images to AWS, enhancing the efficiency of app updates and ensuring timely delivery

IT Helpdesk

Gilat

Apr 2017 – Apr 2020
  • Providing 24/6 call center support, acting as the first point of contact for troubleshooting and resolving IT issues
  • Specializing in the administration and troubleshooting of a wide variety of Microsoft products to maximize productivity and efficiency
  • Implementing secure access within our domain network to uphold high security standards and protect against potential threats
  • Hands-on maintenance and management of SAP systems, ensuring their optimal performance for smooth business operations
  • Operating and performing minor development tasks on Salesforce to enhance its functionality and user experience

IT Helpdesk

Contraproducoes

May 2015 – Dec 2015
  • Computer maintenance
  • Software updates
  • Hardware infrastructure upgrade
  • Customer support face to face

Education

High School Diploma

Languages

  • Romanian (Native)
  • English (C2)
  • Portuguese (C1)
  • Russian (B2)

Let's Connect

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