

Pragmatic Solution Engineer focused on cloud infrastructure, network security, and automation within the Open Telekom Cloud ecosystem. Experienced in maintaining live production environments, handling Linux administration, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters. Driven by a proactive 'automate everything' mindset, leveraging Python and Robot Framework to eliminate manual toil and ensure release stability. Currently expanding my DevOps toolkit with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines to build scalable, resilient cloud architectures.
Cloud Network & Security ("Network Champion"): Managed enterprise-grade firewalls, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) traffic routing, and Security Groups within the Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) environment.
Infrastructure Operations: Executed daily cloud infrastructure operations, including the autonomous management of Linux OS upgrades, system patching, and maintenance windows in live production environments.
Container Troubleshooting: Performed dedicated troubleshooting and complex log analysis for Kubernetes (K8s) clusters, microservices, and pods to resolve network bottlenecks and application-level anomalies.
Test Automation & QA: Developed and maintained API integration and regression tests using Robot Framework to ensure the stability and quality of infrastructure releases.
Scripting & Monitoring: Authored custom Python scripts to automate manual operational workflows and enhance network monitoring capabilities.
Technical Documentation & SOPs: Authored comprehensive Change Guides and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure the seamless, standardized, and risk-free execution of critical infrastructure modifications
Networking
Linux Administration
Open Telekom Cloud
Kubernetes (K8s) troubleshooting
Docker
Incident management
Python
Robot Framework
Linux environments
CI/CD
Terraform
Software development tools: JIRA, confluence
Agile