Summary
I have 10+ years experience in the IT field where I worked mostly as consultant for external or internal customers. I am interested in anything that is related to Cloud and Container Technologies, CI/CD Automation and Security. I have several certificates in these fields.
My life motto is: “I will either find a way or make one”
Working experience
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack, VMWare Integrated OpenStack (VIO)
- Kubernetes, Docker
- Ansible, Puppet
- GitLab CI, Jenkins, TeamCity
- Ubuntu, CentOS, Amazon Linux, RedHat, Oracle Linux
- Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK Stack), GrayLog
- MySQL, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g
- FreeIPA, OpenLDAP, Zentyal 3.5, 4.0
- Icinga2, Nagios
- Python, Bash, PL/SQL
- InSpec
- FreePBX
Hobby Experience
- RancherOS
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Vagrant
- Alienvault OSSIM
- Different security testing tools
- HUGO static site generator
Certificates
| Certificate name | Exam Date |
|---|---|
| Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) | 2021.Dec |
| Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) | 2021.Dec |
| Certified OpenStack Administrator (OCM100) | 2014.Nov |
Education
| Institute and Major | Exam Date |
|---|---|
| University of Szeged Computer Scientist MSc. | 2019. Jan |
| University of Szeged Software Information Technologist BSc. | 2012. Jun |
Expired Certificates
| Certificate name | Exam Date |
|---|---|
| AWS Certified Developer Associate | 2018.Nov |
| AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate | 2018. Jul |
| Certified OpenStack Administrator | 2016.Oct |
| Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator | 2016.Dec |
| Certified Ethical Hacker – EC-Council | 2014.Mar |
Public Presentations
- French summary of my presentation of the Ivory Cyber Security Conference 2016 (later rebranded to Africa Cyber Security Conference)
- OpenStack Certified Administrator exam tips video about volume management and some general advice from 2017
- OpenStack Days Budapest 2017
- OpenStack Days Uk 2017 related part starts here my actual short presentation starts here
Career
SENIOR IT SPECIALIST - OPENSTACK 2021. October - Present
Fortinet
As a core member of the OpenStack Admin team I am responsible to multiple OpenStack deployments running thusands of virtual machines
Responsibilities
- Maintaining OpenStack deployments
Achievements
- Migrated multiple VMWare Integrated OpenStack (VIO) datacenters from VDS to NSX-T
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER 2019. Jul - 2021 September
WorldQuant Inc.
As an Infrastructure Engineer my responsibility was to modernize test, dev and production environments following IaC (Infrastructure as Code) and DevOps methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining and improving Ansible codebase to deploy AWS infrastructure
- Provide support for developers regarding the underlying AWS infrastructure
- Worked on “Kafka as a Service” internal project running on-prem
Achievements
- Helped delivered Kafka As a Service
- Deployed and configured full SSO integration between AWS environments and company internal Active Directory
DEVSECOPS ENGINEER 2018. Jan - 2019 Jul
LogMeIn Inc.
I was a core member of the LogMeIn Security Team whose task was to “shift security left” in the CI/CD pipeline by giving tools to the teams using DevOps methodologies, and being involved in the development process from the beginning at any LogMeIn product.
Responsibilities
*Evaluated and integrated 3rd party vendor security tools to the CI/CD pipeline *Created custom security tools which was integrated to the CI/CD pipeline (AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Python) *Provided internal trainings (Docker)
Achievements
- 2nd place at LMI Budapest Hackathon 2018 with my team. My role was to create the CI/CD pipeline for aServerless project using AWS SAM and TeamCity
- 1st and 2nd places at LMI Quarterly Security Team’s Hackday with internal security testing tool idea
LEAD SYS AND SEC ADMIN 2014. Oct - 2015. Jun
IT CONSULTANT 2015. Aug - 2018. Sep
Jighi Inc.
My main responsibility at Jighi was to maintain the company’s internal infrastructure and modernize it. I was also a key member of helping the company entering new markets. I worked at Jighi between 2014 Oct. and 2015. Jun. full-time. After that, it was part-time until the end of 2018 Sep.
Responsibilities
- Maintained Jighi’s internal infrastructure
- Provided reports for the Africa Cyber Security Conference
- Communicated with consultant partners
Achievements
- Migrated the internal infrastructure from multiple VPS providers to AWS and created a seamless internal virtual LAN experience for employees
- Introduced VM deployment and configuration automation using first Puppet then later Ansible
- Helped the management to enter the IT Security Market and organize the Cyber Security Conference in Abidjan
IT CONSULTANT AND INSTRUCTOR 2016. Jul - 2017. Dec
Component Soft Ltd.
I worked as a full-time OpenStack L3 support consultant and instructor between 2016 July and 2017 June. After that I was a part-time instructor until end of 2017 December.
Achievements
- Provided OpenStack L3 support and consultancy to one of the major Hungarian telecommunications
- companies
- Presented OpenStack, Docker, Linux, Ansible and SQL courses in several countries
- Managed company internal infrastructure
- Anonymous feedbacks from students showed high satisfaction in any topic presented by me
ORACLE DBA CONSULTANT 2011. Jun - 2014. May
Webvalto Ltd
I started working on a demo project for a public tender in PL/SQL, later I transitioned to the Oracle DBA Consultant team which provides different services for different enterprises in the telco, bank, insurance and pharmacy sector in Hungary.
Responsibilities
- Provided Oracle Database (10g, 11g) administration, troubleshooting and performance tuning on UNIX,
- Oracle Linux and Windows 2008R2
- Provided 24/7 on-call production database support
PROJECT ASSISTANT 2010. Jul - 2010. Dec
University of Szeged
Everybody has to start somewhere… I started as a technical document writer for different projects at the Department of Software Engineering during my studies at the University of Szeged.