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Hi there! I’m Alexander Catana, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer focused on architecting and automating scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments with a strong emphasis on secure release processes and cross-functional collaboration. I thrive on building scalable automation, delivering innovative cloud solutions, and maintaining rigorous security and compliance. I work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and advanced observability tools, and I continuously improve processes through automation and AI-assisted tooling.…Hi there! I’m Alexander Catana, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer focused on architecting and automating scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments with a strong emphasis on secure release processes and cross-functional collaboration. I thrive on building scalable automation, delivering innovative cloud solutions, and maintaining rigorous security and compliance. I work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and advanced observability tools, and I continuously improve processes through automation and AI-assisted tooling.

Alexander Catana

DevOps Developer, Cloud Developer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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Hi there! I’m Alexander Catana, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer focused on architecting and automating scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments with a strong emphasis on secure release processes and cross-functional collaboration. I thrive on building scalable automation, delivering innovative cloud solutions, and maintaining rigorous security and compliance. I work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and advanced observability tools, and I continuously improve processes through automation and AI-assisted tooling.…Hi there! I’m Alexander Catana, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer focused on architecting and automating scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments with a strong emphasis on secure release processes and cross-functional collaboration. I thrive on building scalable automation, delivering innovative cloud solutions, and maintaining rigorous security and compliance. I work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and advanced observability tools, and I continuously improve processes through automation and AI-assisted tooling.

Available to hire

Hi there! I’m Alexander Catana, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer focused on architecting and automating scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. I design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments with a strong emphasis on secure release processes and cross-functional collaboration.

I thrive on building scalable automation, delivering innovative cloud solutions, and maintaining rigorous security and compliance. I work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and advanced observability tools, and I continuously improve processes through automation and AI-assisted tooling.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

Russian

Fluent

Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan

Fluent

English

Fluent

German

Intermediate

Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer at Mbition (Mercedes-Benz Group)

April 1, 2023 - Present

Led migration of CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to GitLab, standardizing workflows and reducing build times by 75%. Implemented AI-powered automation with n8n, developed autonomous GenAI agents, integrated OpenTelemetry collector with custom metric transforms, and designed a SemVer-based unified release process across systems. Built end-to-end release pipelines with Jira integration, implemented mock debuginfod services, deployed a LLaMA server infrastructure (IaC with Terraform), and established observability dashboards (Datadog, Grafana, Signoz). Implemented reusable pipeline components and AI-assisted automation for approvals, documentation, and RCA analyses; developed a Rust-based webserver (axum) with MFA authentication.

Cloud DevOps Engineer (Contract) at Accenture

May 1, 2022 - April 30, 2023

Built GitLab and Kubernetes clusters from scratch on GCP; led SaaS deployment processes; managed deployment pipelines for full-stack JHipster apps; secured CI/CD workflows with Argo CD, TLS certificates, and compliance checks; integrated Elastic Stack for centralized logging and monitoring.

Cloud DevOps Engineer at Thales (ex-Gemalto)

October 1, 2021 - May 31, 2022

Supported hybrid infrastructure on AWS and GCP; implemented performance monitoring via Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus exporters; automated certificate renewals and configuration management with Ansible; accelerated software deployment cycles by 40% through comprehensive CI/CD pipeline implementation; reduced cloud costs by 25% through rightsizing and reserved instance strategies; fortified system security with automated vulnerability scanning and patching; improved uptime to 99.99% via robust disaster recovery and failover mechanisms.

DevOps Engineer at Endava

September 1, 2019 - October 31, 2021

Built full infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation; orchestrated Kubernetes EKS clusters; implemented CI/CD with Jenkins; integrated Elastic Stack and Prometheus for observability and alerting; automated release processes and established a centralized observability framework, achieving 99.9% uptime; reduced provisioning time by 70% and enabled 20+ weekly releases.

Education

Bachelor of Technical Innovation Management at Electrotechnical State University 'LETI' - Saint Petersburg, Russia

September 1, 2011 - July 1, 2016

C++ Programming; MSSQL & Oracle Database Systems; Scripting (bash, cli); Linux & Windows System Administration at IT Academy 'STEP', Chisinau, Moldova

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018