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I’m Vedran, a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in IT, cloud infrastructure and automation. I’ve led and contributed to high-impact projects across gaming, legal, finance, crypto, healthcare, construction, and geospatial industries. My practice focuses on cloud providers, IaC, and development tools to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. I excel at leading DevOps teams, driving projects from start to finish, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. In recent years I’ve migrated legacy environments to AWS and GCP using Terraform and SaltStack; built multi-cloud hybrid setups; containerized apps with Docker and deployed to ECS/EKS/Fargate; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; implemented comprehensive observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog; and strengthened security with Okta and VPN configurations. I also deliver hands-on workshops and tooling to boost client and internal teams’ capabilities, reducing operational overhead and enabling rapid feature delivery.…I’m Vedran, a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in IT, cloud infrastructure and automation. I’ve led and contributed to high-impact projects across gaming, legal, finance, crypto, healthcare, construction, and geospatial industries. My practice focuses on cloud providers, IaC, and development tools to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. I excel at leading DevOps teams, driving projects from start to finish, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. In recent years I’ve migrated legacy environments to AWS and GCP using Terraform and SaltStack; built multi-cloud hybrid setups; containerized apps with Docker and deployed to ECS/EKS/Fargate; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; implemented comprehensive observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog; and strengthened security with Okta and VPN configurations. I also deliver hands-on workshops and tooling to boost client and internal teams’ capabilities, reducing operational overhead and enabling rapid feature delivery.

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I’m Vedran, a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in IT, cloud infrastructure and automation. I’ve led and contributed to high-impact projects across gaming, legal, finance, crypto, healthcare, construction, and geospatial industries. My practice focuses on cloud providers, IaC, and development tools to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. I excel at leading DevOps teams, driving projects from start to finish, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. In recent years I’ve migrated legacy environments to AWS and GCP using Terraform and SaltStack; built multi-cloud hybrid setups; containerized apps with Docker and deployed to ECS/EKS/Fargate; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; implemented comprehensive observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog; and strengthened security with Okta and VPN configurations. I also deliver hands-on workshops and tooling to boost client and internal teams’ capabilities, reducing operational overhead and enabling rapid feature delivery.…I’m Vedran, a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in IT, cloud infrastructure and automation. I’ve led and contributed to high-impact projects across gaming, legal, finance, crypto, healthcare, construction, and geospatial industries. My practice focuses on cloud providers, IaC, and development tools to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. I excel at leading DevOps teams, driving projects from start to finish, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. In recent years I’ve migrated legacy environments to AWS and GCP using Terraform and SaltStack; built multi-cloud hybrid setups; containerized apps with Docker and deployed to ECS/EKS/Fargate; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; implemented comprehensive observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog; and strengthened security with Okta and VPN configurations. I also deliver hands-on workshops and tooling to boost client and internal teams’ capabilities, reducing operational overhead and enabling rapid feature delivery.

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I’m Vedran, a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in IT, cloud infrastructure and automation. I’ve led and contributed to high-impact projects across gaming, legal, finance, crypto, healthcare, construction, and geospatial industries. My practice focuses on cloud providers, IaC, and development tools to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions. I excel at leading DevOps teams, driving projects from start to finish, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

In recent years I’ve migrated legacy environments to AWS and GCP using Terraform and SaltStack; built multi-cloud hybrid setups; containerized apps with Docker and deployed to ECS/EKS/Fargate; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; implemented comprehensive observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog; and strengthened security with Okta and VPN configurations. I also deliver hands-on workshops and tooling to boost client and internal teams’ capabilities, reducing operational overhead and enabling rapid feature delivery.

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Croatian

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English

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Work Experience

Owner / DevOps Lead / Platform Engineer / SRE at Flying Penguin

January 1, 2016 - Present

Led the transformation of multiple IT infrastructures across industries into modern, automated environments using IaC and cloud technologies. Migrated legacy infrastructures to AWS using industry-standard best practices and automated the end-to-end deployment process. Created multi-cloud hybrid environments to connect on-premises and cloud resources. Containerized applications using Docker and deployed them to AWS ECS, EKS, and Fargate. Built and automated multi-environment development, staging, and production setups. Implemented CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration, testing, and deployment using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and CircleCI. Ran workshops on tools and cost optimization for internal employees and clients. Enhanced security by integrating Okta authentication, VPN access, and secure multi-environment configurations.

DevOps Lead - Contract at Octus (ex Reorg Research), USA

August 1, 2021 - October 1, 2024

Spearheaded large-scale infrastructure modernization of legacy systems on AWS, implementing Terraform for Infrastructure-as-Code and SaltStack for automated configuration management. Designed and deployed enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Facilitated knowledge transfer through comprehensive technical workshops. Engineered custom development tools to optimize developer experience and accelerate feature delivery. Architected robust monitoring and alerting using Datadog and PagerDuty to ensure 24/7 reliability.

DevOps Team Lead - Contract at OpenVPN International, USA

January 1, 2020 - August 1, 2021

Building and automating multi-environment Docker-based setups for development, staging, and production. Creating installation bundles for deploying multi-service platforms to on-premise isolated servers without internet access. Implemented IaC using SaltStack and Terraform. Managed site-to-site VPN connections between different on-prem locations and AWS regions. Created multiple developer tools.

DevOps Engineer - Contract at Blizzard, USA

January 1, 2016 - July 1, 2020

Using Jenkins and SaltStack for automation of processes. Migrating legacy applications and systems from Rackspace to AWS. Automating builds and deployments using Chef and SaltStack. Deploying Node.js, PHP, Scala, and Ruby on Rails applications. Managing multiple MySQL versions and migrating MySQL 5 to 8. Deploying AWS multi-region infrastructure and applications using CloudFormation. Implementing strong logging and monitoring/alerting with Datadog and PagerDuty. Utilizing Docker and Vagrant for various environments.

Systems Engineer at Water and Sewerage Company, Croatia

May 1, 2008 - January 1, 2016

Designed system architecture ensuring seamless integration of hardware and software components. Led system integration, installation, configuration, and testing of subsystems. Collaborated cross-functionally with software and hardware teams. Performed troubleshooting and performance optimization. Documented system processes and changes, supported lifecycle management including upgrades and scalability.

Computer Repair Technician Intern at Lama Computers

January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2005

Assembled servers and PCs; installed and configured Linux servers; performed cable management and server rack maintenance.

Enterprise Content Management Administrator at IT Systems, Croatia

January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2008

Administered internal IT systems, digitization and archival of bank loans. Installed and implemented Document Management Systems (Alfresco, Kofax). DMS database and client applications administration.