DevOps Engineer / Certified Linux Architect with over 20 years of hands-on experience in large-scale infrastructure management, automation, and DevOps engineering. Proactive and solutions-focused professional with deep expertise in Ansible, Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. Skilled in designing resilient systems and automating workflows for hybrid on-prem and cloud environments. Proficient in Bash, Go, Python, and PHP scripting, with proven success in building CLI tools, Infrastructure-As-Code pipelines, and monitoring frameworks. Extensive experience across Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu, with a strong focus on system reliability, patch management, and performance optimization.

Attila Papai

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DevOps Engineer / Certified Linux Architect with over 20 years of hands-on experience in large-scale infrastructure management, automation, and DevOps engineering. Proactive and solutions-focused professional with deep expertise in Ansible, Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. Skilled in designing resilient systems and automating workflows for hybrid on-prem and cloud environments. Proficient in Bash, Go, Python, and PHP scripting, with proven success in building CLI tools, Infrastructure-As-Code pipelines, and monitoring frameworks. Extensive experience across Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu, with a strong focus on system reliability, patch management, and performance optimization.

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DevOps Engineer / Certified Linux Architect with over 20 years of hands-on experience in large-scale infrastructure management, automation, and DevOps engineering. Proactive and solutions-focused professional with deep expertise in Ansible, Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. Skilled in designing resilient systems and automating workflows for hybrid on-prem and cloud environments. Proficient in Bash, Go, Python, and PHP scripting, with proven success in building CLI tools, Infrastructure-As-Code pipelines, and monitoring frameworks. Extensive experience across Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu, with a strong focus on system reliability, patch management, and performance optimization.

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Language

Hungarian
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer at Yahoo Paranoids (Security Team)
March 18, 2024 - January 31, 2026
Manage and monitor high uptime and reliability for large-scale on-premises infrastructure while supporting migration to cloud platforms. Perform advanced Linux system administration and troubleshooting to optimize performance, OS and application patching for security and stability, and investigate and resolve network connectivity issues to ensure secure and efficient communication across systems as part of Yahoo's Paranoids security team.
Senior Linux Systems Engineer at Vodafone New Zealand
October 1, 2016 - Present
Delivered 3rd-level infrastructure support for government and commercial clients. Automated build processes using Terraform and Ansible for AWS and vCloud environments; administered OpenShift and Kubernetes; performed patching to maintain security and high availability; hardened Linux distributions; collaborated with hardware and network teams; led patch cycle management and system monitoring to ensure constant uptime.
Senior Linux Systems Engineer at Vodafone New Zealand
October 1, 2012 - Present
Delivered 3rd-level infrastructure support for government and commercial clients. Automated builds using Terraform and Ansible; administered OpenShift and Kubernetes; patch management; system monitoring; contributed to multi-site cluster operations.
Application Support Specialist at Vodafone Hungary / Vodafone Magyarország
April 20, 2006 - Present
Provided 24/7 monitoring for the Application Operations Centre; single point of contact for application-related issues and queries; built and maintained Unix shell scripts to process data and load into dashboards; created PL/SQL scripts to extract data from databases; supported production change requests and routines.

Education

Associate Degree: Programming at Forrai Private School, Budapest
January 1, 2010 - February 19, 2026

Qualifications

Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
January 11, 2030 - February 19, 2026
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
January 11, 2030 - February 19, 2026
Red Hat Certified Administrator (RHCSA)
January 11, 2030 - February 19, 2026
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Diagnostics
January 11, 2030 - February 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Education, Professional Services, Other