CONTACT

Hany Meličkovej 43, 84105 Bratislava, Slovakia

+421 915 744 997

juraj@brabec.sk


SKILLS

  • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (K8s), RedHat OpenShift, Helm, Minikube, MicroK8s
  • Infrastructure & CI/CD: Azure Public Cloud, Hetzner Cloud, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Docker
  • Observability Stack: Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Backup & Restore Platforms (Veritas, HP)
  • Backend & APIs: Node.js, Express, PHP, JavaScript (React), REST APIs (NetBackup API)
  • Systems & Infrastructure: Linux/Bash, Nginx, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, Windows Server Platform

EDUCATION

2-years graduation

Economy school, Bratislava

9/1991-6/1993


4-years high school

Gymnazium Jura Hronca, Bratislava

9/1986-6/1990

ABOUT

Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer with over 20 years of foundational IT experience, specializing in cloud-native infrastructure automation, container orchestration, and full-stack development. Proven expertise in managing production Kubernetes environments, architecting GitOps/CI-CD automation pipelines, and engineering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions. Expert at bridging enterprise backend software systems with modern observability and infrastructure stacks.

WORK EXPERIENCE

DevOps / Backend Engineer

Excalibur s.r.o. 6/2024 - 5/2026

  • Kubernetes Management: Managed and optimized a multi-stage cluster topology spanning Dev, Staging, and Production environments oz Azure Public Cloud (AKS - Azure Kubernetes Services), utilizing Minikube and MicroK8s for local development parity.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Designed and implemented automated continuous integration (CI) workflows using GitHub Actions to accelerate containerized software deployment.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Package-managed Kubernetes deployments by developing custom Helm charts standardizing microservice configurations across environments.
  • Configuration Management: Leveraged Ansible to automate configuration tasks, ensuring environmental consistency and preventing configuration drift.
  • Observability Stack: Deployed and configured full-stack cluster monitoring and logging using the Prometheus stack, Loki, and Grafana for proactive troubleshooting.

Multi Cloud Platform as a Service (MCPaaS) Engineer

DXC Technology, a.s. 7/2023 - 5/2024

  • Cloud Platform Engineering: Engineered and supported multi-cloud platform architectures, enabling seamless application delivery across diverse enterprise environments.
  • Modernization: Worked with enterprise cloud automation toolsets to minimize manual infrastructure configuration and maximize cloud-native agility.

DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

DXC Technology, a.s. 8/2022 - 6/2023

  • Infrastructure as Code: Developed enterprise infrastructure automation solutions using **Terraform and Kubernetes** tailored for the Italian public sector.
  • Platform Standardization: Implemented **RedHat OpenShift** and Docker workflows to containerize legacy enterprise services.

VPC Backup & Software Engineer (Combined Roles)

DXC Technology, a.s. / HPE / HP 4/2017 - 7/2022

  • API Integration: Converted enterprise client/server reporting architectures into a modern headless API using Node.js, Express, and the Veritas NetBackup API.
  • Application Migration: Spearheaded the technical migration of core internal Apache/PHP web applications into modern Nginx/Node.js stacks with React frontends.
  • Full-Stack Development: Designed, owned, and continuously developed a worldwide Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) enterprise client-server reporting solution using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL/MariaDB.
  • Global Delivery Leadership: Served as the EMEA Regional Delivery Lead for Backup & Restore operations across multi-tenant Virtual Private Cloud environments.

Delivery Lead for Backup & Restore

Hewlett-Packard Slovakia, a.s. 10/2009 - 3/2017

Delivery Lead for Backup & Restore in Utility Services EMEA region. Backup & Restore reporting specialist in VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) EMEA region.

  • Delivery Lead

2nd line support for Windows

Soitron, a.s. 10/2005 - 9/2009

2nd line/rd line remote administration of IT infrastructure on Microsoft (Windows NT4/2000/XP, Exchange) platform. Contingent worker for HP.

  • 2nd line/3rd line WINTEL support

IT infrastructure administrator / Programmer

Komerční banka Bratislava, a.s. 1/2004 - 9/2005

administration of IT infrastructure on Microsoft (Windows NT4/2000/XP, Exchange, Office) platform, administration of electronic banking infrastructure - OfficeLine, statistics report programming from various banking systems on MS-SQL/MS-Access platform, installations of electronic banking at client side, telephone support

  • Conversion of legacy Excel macros to Access database/application

IT infrastructure administrator

WASEC, s.r.o. 2/2001 - 12/2003

administration of a wide platform of Microsoft products - a project for Poštová obchodná novinová spoločnosť (PONS), administration of more customers IT infrastructures. Analysation and realisation of possible use of newest Microsoft technologies in praxis.

  • Enabled VPN access over ISDN lines on PONS state-wide branches

Programmer / Administrator

Bank Pro Team, a.s. 9/1996 - 1/2001

administration of a wide platform of Microsoft products - a project for NsP Cyrila a Metoda Bratislava, programmer in languages FoxPro, Delphi, HTML and SQL, administration of customers IT infrastructure.

  • IT/Internet of NsP Petrzalka

Programmer

SWS Slovakia, a.s. 6/1993 - 8/1996

programmer of database applications in FoxPro for Windows - a project for Slovenská poľnohospodárska a potravinárska inšpekcia (SPPI). Wrote program documentations, guides and help systems, hardware assembly of computers and software installations.

  • SPPI application