📍 Breda, Netherlands

Hello, I'm

Bogdan Patrascanu

Results-driven engineer with proven experience in cloud infrastructure, platform automation and service reliability. Adept at optimizing systems for scalability and resilience while fostering strong collaboration, communication and cross-team alignment.

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Bogdan Patrascanu - Cloud, Platform & Reliability Engineering Consultant

About Me

Hi! I'm Bogdan Patrascanu, a consultant with 15+ years in IT, specialized in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering tasks. My journey has taken me from Romania to the Netherlands, where I work with clients in diverse industries.

Currently based near Breda 🇳🇱, I'm deepening my skills in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in order to be up to date with the latest trends, with a focus on MLOps 🤖. I have experience with the most popular tools and technologies such as Kubernetes, Infrastructure as a Code, CI/CD pipelines, Observability to build intelligent and resilient systems for tomorrow's needs.

I'm passionate about IT, learning and applying emerging technologies that can solve complex problems. At IB Coding, I assist customers develop resilient platforms with a security-focused approach while reducing costs via FinOps practices.

Outside work, I enjoy 📚 reading, 🚗 driving, 🐈 my pets, 🎮 gaming and ✈️ traveling.

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Quick Facts

Current Role

Cloud, Platform & Reliability Engineering Consultant at IB Coding

Education

University of Galati, Sociology

Languages

🇬🇧 English (Full Professional)
🇷🇴 Romanian (Native)
🇮🇹 Spanish (Intermediate)
🇫🇷 French (Intermediate)
🇳🇱 Dutch (Beginner)
🇯🇵 Japanese (Beginner)

Skills

💻Software Development

Build scalable platforms with modern technologies, focusing on automation, security and observability.

🤖Technical Expertise

Expanding expertise in MLOps for implementing & maintaining LLM platforms and workloads.

📊FinOps

Implement strategies to monitor & optimize cloud costs across teams and departments.

🏗️Technical Expertise

Broad knowledge areas with traditional system administration background and modern methodologies (ITIL, Agile).

👥Leadership & Project Management

Lead cross-functional teams in R&D and software development, manage complex projects and coordinate multidisciplinary initiatives.

💼Communication

Discuss and coordinate complex technical topics with multiple stakeholders using clear, concise milestones for tracking progress.

Experience

Skills Cloud

Azure | AWS | Azure DevOps | GitLab | Jenkins | Docker | Kubernetes | Helm | ArgoCD
Microsoft 365 | Power Platform | Red Hat Linux | Bash | Python | PowerShell
Terraform | Vault | Ansible | Traefik | Prometheus | Grafana
VMware | Proxmox | Agile | ITIL


Certifications

CKAD, Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert, LFCS, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
M365 Teams Administrator Associate, CCNA Collaboration, CCNA R&S

IB Coding

Cloud, Platform & Reliability Engineering Consultant

JAN 2022 - Present
  • Designed & implemented secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, improving delivery efficiency
  • Delivered infrastructure automation with Ansible and Terraform, reducing manual operations by 70%, standardizing deployments
  • Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters (AKS & on-prem), guiding teams through monolith-to-microservices migrations
  • Enhanced system reliability and observability using Prometheus, Grafana and alerting strategies, cutting incident resolution times
  • Achieved cost optimization by right-sizing workloads and enabling auto-scaling policies, reducing cloud expenses by up to 25%
  • Specialized in secure, air-gapped environments for public institutions, ensuring compliance with strict security standards
  • Tech Stack: Azure, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Kubernetes (AKS), Terraform, Ansible, Grafana

Nationale Nederlanden

Office Communications DevOps Engineer

JUL 2020 - DEC 2021
  • Implemented & secured Skype for Business & Microsoft Teams voice infrastructure (AudioCodes, Direct Routing) in Azure
  • Led the migration of multiple business units from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams with zero user disruption
  • Developed automated migration workflows using Ansible and Terraform, ensuring repeatable, error-free deployments
  • Built and maintained Power BI dashboards & Power Automate workflows to automate billing and usage reporting
  • Tech Stack: M365, Power BI, Ansible, Terraform, Azure, Azure DevOps, Windows Server, AudicoCodes OVOC, ARM

Microsoft

Modern Workplace Support Escalation Engineer

JAN 2020 - JUL 2020
  • Provided in-depth support for large and very large environments concerning M365 products
  • Advised customers how to leverage M365 solutions to enhance collaboration, security and productivity
  • Created test environments from scratch to reproduce reported issues and find a suitable solution to fix them
  • Provided solutions for administration, design, migration, integration or deployment issues related to Skype for Business, Lync, SharePoint, Exchange on a variety of clients, platforms and deployments in cloud, hybrid and on-prem architectures
  • Assisted with third-party solution integration

Microsoft

Modern Workplace Support Engineer

NOV 2017 - DEC 2019
  • Provided premium support for large and very large environments in accordance to SLA
  • Collaborated with third parties depending on the issue / integration (AudioCodes, Sonus, Cisco, Citrix, Polycom etc)
  • Tech Stack: M365, Windows Server 2016, Active Directory, VMware, Hyper-V, Azure, SfB, SharePoint, Exchange

IBM

Unified Communications Specialist

NOV 2015 - OCT 2017
  • 24/7 shifts for 120 customer locations worldwide, 20k+ telephony users, 6k+ presence users
  • Administrated & troubleshoot CUCM, CUP, CUC, TMS, VCS, video & audio endpoints, WebEx, Jabber, Linux servers
  • VMware vSphere, EXSi, vCenter, Nagios administration
  • Contributed with internal documentation, various projects to improve staff efficiency

Huawei

Unified Communications Engineer

NOV 2014 - OCT 2015
  • Day shifts & weekly on-call
  • Troubleshooted issues sent to the GTAC according to the agreed SLA
  • Unified communications support: VC endpoints, MCU, codecs, IP phones, PBX systems
  • H.323 stack troubleshooting & trace interpretation, SIP troubleshooting
  • Videoconferencing equipment troubleshooting: endpoints (TEx0 series, soft phones), SMC (1.0, 2.0), MCU (8000 series, 9000 series), codecs (7000 series), room presence & TelePresence systems
  • Equipment license provisioning
  • Handled escalated tickets from other technical centers around the world
  • Tech Stack: Windows Server 2012, Linux (RHEL), SIP, H.323

Iristel

NOC Technician

NOV 2012 - OCT 2014
  • Ensured service availability & monitoring, collaborated with partners to handle any technical issues concerning service
  • Performed regular Windows & Linux server patching & any needed remediation to restore service
  • Rolled out new services in VMware environment as needed
  • Administered & troubleshot Active Directory (new user provisioning, user updates, password resets)
  • Tech Stack: Windows Server 2008 & 2012, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL), Active Directory, VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi

Tech Stack

CI/CD Platforms

Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps
GitLab
GitLab
GitHub
GitHub
Jenkins
Jenkins

Containerization & Orchestration

Docker
Docker
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Helm
Helm
Vault
Vault

Cloud Adoption

Azure
Azure
AWS
AWS
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
CloudFlare
CloudFlare

Observability

Prometheus
Prometheus
Grafana
Grafana
Loki
Loki
OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry

Infra as Code & Configuration Management & GitOps

Ansible
Ansible
Terraform
Terraform
ArgoCD
ArgoCD
Crossplane
Crossplane

Operating Systems

Windows
Windows
RedHat
RedHat
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Unix
Unix

System Administration

Virtualization
Virtualization
Databases
Databases
Networking
Networking
Security
Security

Scripting

Python
Python
Bash
Bash
PowerShell
PowerShell

Let's Connect

Get in Touch

Thank you for visiting my website! If you'd like to get in touch, please download my CV for detailed contact information and my complete professional background.

I'm always interested in hearing about new projects, opportunities and collaborations in Cloud, Platform or Site Reliability Engineering.

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Contact Information

Email

contact<@>bogdanpatrascanu.info

Phone

+40 740 539 259

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/bogdan-patrascanu

Location

Breda, Netherlands