About Me
DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 4+ years of infrastructure and platform engineering experience. Specialized in high availability and hybrid cloud automation - focused on building reliable production platforms across Azure and on-prem virtualization, applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to keep environments predictable, versioned, and auditable.
Kubernetes and GitOps with Argo CD are at the center of delivery, supported by CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and GitHub, Terraform and Ansible for automation, and Prometheus and Grafana for observability. Published IEEE researcher (MIPRO 2025). RHCE certified.
Experience
[ View CV (PDF) ]DevOps Engineer
SICK MOBILISIS d.o.o.
- Architected and maintained highly available Kubernetes infrastructure on Azure, supporting production microservices across 3+ environments (dev/staging/prod).
- Implemented GitOps workflows using Argo CD, enabling declarative, auditable deployments with zero-downtime rollouts.
- Automated multi-environment infrastructure provisioning with Terraform (IaC), reducing environment setup time from hours to minutes and ensuring full reproducibility.
- Designed and operated an observability stack monitoring 10+ services with sub-minute alerting via Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Grafana Alloy, and PRTG for endpoint health monitoring.
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI, integrating security checks and automated testing stages - reducing manual release overhead.
- Acted as primary technical liaison between the DevOps team and project managers, translating business requirements into infrastructure delivery plans.
- Authored and maintained internal technical documentation including architecture diagrams, runbooks, and deployment procedures to ensure operational continuity.
DevOps Engineer (Internship)
SICK MOBILISIS d.o.o.
- Joined as structured onboarding to production DevOps team, contributing to Kubernetes and Azure Cloud projects from day one.
- Developed Terraform modules and configured Argo CD for internal platform services, applying IaC principles to replace manual provisioning.
Junior System Engineer
Combis d.o.o.
- Administered hybrid cloud environments connecting on-premises infrastructure to Azure, including Azure AD Connect, identity synchronization, and Azure Virtual Machine provisioning for enterprise clients.
- Configured and managed web server infrastructure including Nginx and IIS, implementing load balancing and reverse proxy setups for client-facing applications.
- Managed virtualized infrastructure across VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, provisioning and maintaining VMs, storage clusters, and high-availability configurations.
- Deployed and maintained Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) for automated software distribution, patch management, and Windows fleet administration.
- Administered MSSQL Server instances including installation, configuration, and basic clustering for client workloads.
- Automated recurring administration tasks via Bash and PowerShell scripting, measurably reducing manual operational overhead and improving task reliability.
- Managed enterprise backup and recovery operations with Veeam across hybrid environments.
Infrastructure & Web Engineer
Freelance
- Designed, deployed, and maintained cloud-hosted WordPress sites for 5+ local businesses, managing full lifecycle: PHP customization, MariaDB optimization, Apache configuration, DNS setup, and SEO implementation.
- Provided ongoing technical support and performance monitoring, maintaining high availability and consistent uptime across all client sites.
Information Technology Instructor
Enter Koprivnica d.o.o.
- Designed and delivered IT workshops for 50+ participants (youth and adults), covering programming fundamentals, embedded systems, and IoT project development.
Projects
Azure AKS GitOps Boilerplate with Terraform, Argo CD and GitLab CI/CD
Jan 2024 - Present
Production-ready AKS platform with Terraform, GitLab CI/CD and pull-based GitOps via Argo CD - hub-spoke networking, WAF v2 ingress, zero secrets in Git, external SSO integration, and full observability stack.
Hybrid Cloud Homelab Automation with OCI, WireGuard and Rootless Podman
Sep 2025 - Present
Hybrid homelab connecting OCI Always Free ARM instances to an on-premise WSL2 server via WireGuard VPN - 22+ self-hosted services in rootless Podman, Terraform + Ansible pipelines, Cloudflare Zero Trust, all at zero cloud cost.
Education
Master's Degree
Faculty of Informatics and Digital Technologies, University of Rijeka
Bachelor's Degree
Algebra Bernays University
Final Thesis
Windows Computer Administration using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager in the Microsoft Azure Cloud
Certifications
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Issued: April 2025
Expires: April 2028
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
Issued: April 2022
Expires: April 2028
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
Issued: July 2026
Expires: July 2028
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Issued: July 2022
Expires: No Expiration
MTA: Networking Fundamentals
Issued: June 2019
Expires: No Expiration
MTA: Windows Operating System Fundamentals
Issued: June 2019
Expires: No Expiration