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Namik Plivcic, AWS DevOps Developer in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Namik Plivcic

AWS DevOps Developer in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Member since June 24, 2016
Namik is a DevOps engineer and educator with 15 years of experience with Microsoft and Linux ecosystems, automating processes and DB development and administration. He has great communication skills and has worked in teams of all sizes.
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Portfolio

Experience

Location

Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Kubernetes, Linux, Windows

The most amazing...

...thing I've done is support and maintenance for a cloud provider with tens of thousands of users and on Microsoft Exchange and VMWare infrastructure.

Employment

  • Owner

    2017 - PRESENT
    AstroLab
    • Planned, designed, and implemented complex infrastructures to speed up and support development processes.
    • Built CI/CD pipelines using different tools, mentored developers, and provided operational support.
    • Architected cloud infrastructure for both Azure and AWS.
    • Worked on building complex ETL pipelines for data ingestion.
    Technologies: DevOps, Data Engineering, AWS DevOps, Terraform

  • Senior System Engineer - CTO

    2007 - 2017
    ConnexIT
    • Supported Microsoft-based infrastructures, including Active Directory and Exchange Server.
    • Provided virtualization and disaster recovery.
    • Implemented backup and recovery on an Oracle database clustered environment.
    • Consolidated and migrated the database and platform from Linux to IBM AIX.
    • Designed and implemented a Cisco data center.
    Technologies: System Administration, Microsoft Exchange, Python, Windows PowerShell, Oracle Database, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft

  • Instructor

    2003 - 2015
    Center for Computing Education CCED
    • Taught courses in Microsoft Server OS, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, Oracle Database administration, and Microsoft SQL administration.
    Technologies: Database Administration (DBA), Microsoft Exchange, Azure Active Directory

  • Systems Engineer - Head of Storage Device Department

    2004 - 2007
    DNC
    • Planned and implemented storage networks.
    • Developed an OpenSource-based storage device and integrated it with Active Directory.
    • Utilized Windows storage technologies.
    • Implemented Microsoft Exchange.
    • Handled various sysadmin jobs on both Windows and Linux platform.
    Technologies: System Administration, iSCSI, NAS Servers, Storage Area Networks (SAN)

Experience

  • Azure Infrastructure and CI/CD Pipeline for .NET Core Apps

    Used Terraform to build the entire infrastructure and manage it as code. Used Azure AKS, MongoDB, and Azure CDN. Built a CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps.

  • Complex Queries and ETL Process

    I created complex T-SQL queries for a finance company along with different data pipelines with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Azure Data Factory, Python, and PowerShell. I also developed and maintained complex calculation processes for client reporting.

  • Data Center Design and Implementation

    Designed and implemented a data center based on Cisco UCS platform. Installed and configured Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange infrastructure.

  • Support for Cloud Provider

    Maintenance and support for a cloud provider as a freelancer. Infrastructure was based on VMWare Vcenter and Microsoft products on top of it.

  • Data Center Virtualization and Disaster Recovery

    I have planned, designed, and was part of implementation team for complete data center virtualization and creation of disaster recovery strategies and DR site for one international airport.

  • Microsoft VDI and Remote Desktop Deployment for a Large Public-sector Company

    Design and implementation of VDI and Remote desktop environment for a large company in the public sector.

Skills

  • Languages

    SQL, Python, C#

  • Frameworks

    ASP.NET, Windows PowerShell

  • Libraries/APIs

    Node.js, Puppet.js

  • Tools

    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft Exchange, MS Exchange, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Apache, Vagrant, Notepad++

  • Paradigms

    Database Development, ETL, DevOps, Azure DevOps

  • Platforms

    Kubernetes, Windows Server, Windows, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Red Hat OpenShift, Azure, Linux, Microsoft, Oracle Database, SharePoint

  • Storage

    Database Administration (DBA), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Active Directory, Oracle 11g, Microsoft Exchange Server, Storage Area Networks (SAN), NAS Servers, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

  • Other

    Kubernetes Operations (Kops), System Administration, Server Administration, AWS DevOps, Data Warehouse Design, Data Warehousing, Remote Desktop, IIS, Networks, iSCSI, Linux Administration, Azure Data Factory, Data Engineering, Computer Engineering, Hardware, Firewalls, Network Protocols

  • Industry Expertise

    Security

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
    2000 - 2005
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Sarajevo - Sarajevo, BiH

Certifications

  • MCITP - Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange 2010
    JUNE 2012 - PRESENT
    Microsoft
  • MCITP - Database Administrator
    APRIL 2012 - PRESENT
    Microsoft
  • Oracle Certified Professional 10g
    APRIL 2007 - PRESENT
    Oracle University
  • MCT
    NOVEMBER 2005 - PRESENT
    Microsoft

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