Experienced Platform Engineer and Technical Consultant

Mate Kocsis

Experienced Platform Engineer and Technical Consultant

Available to hire

Experienced Platform Engineer and Technical Consultant

Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent
Hungarian
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Lead Platform Engineer at Tessellative Solutions
September 1, 2023 - Present
Consulting services, PoCs, MVPs, and technical workshops; founding lead and business manager; responsible for platform modernization initiatives and client projects.
External Consultant: Interim DevOps Technical Team Lead at Mettler Toledo
June 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Interim technical lead for a 9-person DevOps team; CI/CD design and management; dynamic Kubernetes cluster management via Terraform/Rancher on vSphere; security-focused release preparation; Chainguard integration; cloud security vendor evaluation; mentoring.
External Consultant: Pipeline Integration at Belimo AG
September 1, 2024 - March 1, 2025
Led R&D project for CI pipeline integration; package management via Conan and Artifactory; dependency management and build integration.
Lead Platform and DevOps Engineer at Transgourmet Schweiz AG
March 1, 2022 - December 1, 2024
Designed and implemented SDLC solutions and CI/CD pipelines; migration from VM to OpenShift/Kubernetes; IaC migrations; API gateway integration (APISIX) for internet-facing services; Artifactory, Jenkins, Vault, ArgoCD, and Kustomize integration.
Lead Platform and DevOps Engineer at Leica Geosystems
May 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
Implemented modern DevOps practices; established monitoring/alerting; dynamic infrastructure via Terraform + Ansible; junior training; supported CI/CD for C/C++ developers; Artifactory setup and migration.
Solution Architect / Platform Engineer at SEBA Bank / Amina Bank AG
January 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021
Built one of the first hybrid banks; crypto/blockchain integration; SDLC environments (DEV/TEST/PROD); release management; vendor software integration; internal microservice architecture; OWASP Top 10 controls; Kotlin/Python development; security audits.
Technical Lead at Sapient Consulting (supporting Glencore)
November 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018
Led a team of 20-25 engineers; designed and implemented Kubernetes deployment for trading systems; defined CI/CD strategy and testing framework; mentored engineers.
Lead Software Engineer at EPAM Systems (supporting UBS, Zurich)
January 1, 2016 - October 1, 2017
Implemented non-functional banking software for client onboarding; designed/implemented CID management, distributed caching, message routing, logging/monitoring; migrated SVN to Git; built CI/CD pipelines; mentored 8-12 developers.
Senior Software Engineer (Scala, Java) at LEONTEQ Securities AG
September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2015
Developed order management backend and frontend; integrated position keeping and pricing; managed structured product workflows; built custom microservice frameworks; provided IT support for sales and trading teams.
Senior Software Engineer (Freelancer) at Freelancer (Hungary)
April 1, 2014 - August 1, 2014
Designed and developed a web application for construction material procurement; backend architecture and development.
Software Engineer at EPAM Systems (supporting UBS, Hungary, Budapest)
June 1, 2013 - April 1, 2014
participated in a highly available forex order management system; bridged three online markets (US/EMEA/APAC).
Software Engineer at EPAM Systems (supporting SportingBet, Hungary, Budapest)
October 1, 2012 - June 1, 2013
Online betting and e-gaming monitoring system; caching and messaging backend; feature planning and development.
Software Engineer at MSCI (Hungary, Budapest)
July 1, 2011 - October 1, 2012
Implemented software solution to support decision management for portfolio managers and hedge funds.
Software Engineer at Prodosoft (Hungary, Budapest)
January 1, 2010 - June 1, 2011
Implemented a custom ERP for manufacturing; modules for order management, product planning, manufacturing, storage, and shipping.

Education

BSc at University of Pannonia
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2010

Qualifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2025 - January 12, 2025
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
January 11, 2025 - January 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Manufacturing, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other, Computers & Electronics

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
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