Monica-Georgiana Puiu
Pitești,Romania
Summary
Technology Expert with 16+ years of experience delivering complex infrastructure and cloud transformation initiatives in enterprise environments.
Delivered complex technical solutions through design, implementation, testing, and integration, enhancing technology initiatives.
Fostered collaboration across cross-functional teams to drive the adoption of advanced technologies, including AI-enabled solutions and cloud services.
Overview
3
3
Languages
1
1
Certification
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Infrastructure Designer Expert
Vodafone Romania Technologies (VOIS)
Bucharest
04.2021 - Current
- Designed and delivered infrastructure solutions supporting cloud transformation, modernization and technology adoption across VMware ESXi, OCI and Microsoft Azure environments.
- Coordinated technical activities related to the migration and modernization of 350+ servers, including infrastructure integration and operating system upgrades.
- Contributed to the transformation and modernization of 3 enterprise data centers, from assessment of existing environments through implementation of modernized solutions.
- Managed 20+ concurrent technical activities and workstreams, tracking priorities, dependencies and deliverables.
- Collaborated with Product Owners, Infrastructure Architects and Technical Project Managers to clarify requirements and coordinate technical delivery.
- Applied Agile (Kanban) and Waterfall methodologies and used Jira and Confluence for activity planning, tracking and documentation.
- Contributed to the exploration and conceptualization of AI agent solutions for intelligent workflow automation, technical assistance and process optimization in enterprise environments.
- Developed centralized technical documentation and knowledge repositories, reducing engineering handoff times by 25%.
- Supported business continuity and operational requirements throughout infrastructure transformation activities.
Platinum Implementation Engineer
Oracle Romania SA
Bucharest
06.2014 - 04.2021
- Implemented and integrated monitoring and fault-management solutions for complex enterprise systems, including Oracle Exadata, Exalogic and SuperCluster.
- Configured and validated remote monitoring solutions across 200+ enterprise engineered systems.
- Performed target discovery and hardware compatibility validation to identify and resolve complex operating system and deployment issues.
- Managed network configuration, troubleshooting and system debugging in enterprise environments.
- Collaborated with technical and operational teams to investigate issues, prioritize activities and implement solutions.
- Developed 8 technical procedures, contributing to a 15% reduction in configuration errors during physical infrastructure deployments.
IMS Level 2 Engineer
Orange Romania SA
Bucharest
06.2010 - 06.2014
- Performed root-cause analysis and resolved service-impacting configuration issues across Huawei IMS and BroadSoft environments.
- Executed end-to-end testing, technical smoke checks and hardware integration activities for platform upgrades.
- Identified and validated solutions for 40+ platform configuration defects, preventing major service disruptions.
- Collaborated with Level-1 Operations teams to manage incidents and maintain corporate SLA requirements.
Operation and Maintenance Engineer
Ericsson Romania
Bucharest
06.2009 - 06.2010
- Monitored 2G/3G mobile core networks using Nokia and Ericsson infrastructure.
- Analyzed circuit-switched and packet-switched network elements to maintain service stability.
- Evaluated connectivity and infrastructure health across Cisco, Juniper and Redback routing platforms.
xDSL Support Technician
Romtelecom
Bucharest
07.2008 - 11.2008
- Provided remote technical support and diagnostics for 50+ business ADSL lines, dedicated leased data lines and dial-up connectivity.
Education
MSc - Mobile Communications
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
01.2011
BSc - Telecommunications Systems and Technologies
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
01.2009
Skills
- OCI AI Foundations
- Generative AI
- Prompt Engineering
- AI-assisted workflows
- OCI
- Microsoft Azure
- VMware ESXi
- P2V Migration
- Enterprise Infrastructure
- Systems Integration
- Infrastructure Design
- Infrastructure Monitoring
- Oracle Linux (OEL)
- RHEL
- Solaris Administration
- Technical Coordination
- Requirements & Dependency Management
- Agile (SAFe, Kanban)
- Waterfall
- CCNA
- TCP/IP
- IMS
- VoIP
- 2G/3G/4G Core Networks
- Jira
- Confluence
- ITIL Framework
- SLA Management
- Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Knowledge sharing
- Process optimization
Certification
- OCI AI Foundations Associate
- OCI Architect Associate
- OCI Foundations Associate
- Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Fundamentals of Unix and Linux System Administration
- IMS Signalling and Protocols
Languages
Romanian
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
French
Upper Intermediate
B2
Websites, Profiles
https://linkedin.com/in/monica-puiu1/
Timeline
Infrastructure Designer Expert
Vodafone Romania Technologies (VOIS)
04.2021 - Current
Platinum Implementation Engineer
Oracle Romania SA
06.2014 - 04.2021
IMS Level 2 Engineer
Orange Romania SA
06.2010 - 06.2014
Operation and Maintenance Engineer
Ericsson Romania
06.2009 - 06.2010
xDSL Support Technician
Romtelecom
07.2008 - 11.2008
MSc - Mobile Communications
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
BSc - Telecommunications Systems and Technologies
Polytechnic University of Bucharest