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Valentina Bordei

Valentina Bordei

DevOps Engineer
Bucharest

Summary

DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in Data Lake ecosystems and Azure DevOps automation. I enjoy optimizing processes, building scalable solutions, and continuously improving both systems and myself. Reliable, detail-oriented, and driven by impact.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

DataOps Engineer & Scrum Master

ING Hubs Romania
Bucharest, Bucuresti
01.2023 - Current
  • Developed and maintained Azure DevOps pipelines for deploying data products, using modular templates to streamline CI/CD flows across environments.
  • Automated infrastructure tasks such as STUNNEL and NFS configuration through reusable script modules and system integration.
  • Designed and deployed DBT workflows integrated with Apache Airflow (GCP Composer), including DAG deployment automation and Cloud Run triggers.
  • Contributed to the migration from legacy PVW VI to PAM, including impact assessments, secure secret management, and role mapping.
  • Held technical presentations and live demos to stakeholders and cross-functional teams, showcasing delivery flows, automation tools, and architecture improvements.
  • Authored and maintained technical documentation for pipelines, deployment strategies, and reusable components.
  • Delivered L2/L3 support for production pipelines while implementing monitoring and alerting improvements to reduce incident response times.
  • Facilitated sprint ceremonies (planning, retrospectives, daily standups) in the absence of the dedicated Scrum Master.
  • Coordinated backlog grooming and helped remove team blockers in collaboration with the Product Owner.
  • Promoted a collaborative, feedback-driven team culture and supported continuous improvement practices.

QA Automation Engineer

Luxoft
Bucharest, Bucuresti
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Created and maintained automated tests for networking features using Python, PyTest, Scapy, and IXIA traffic generators.
  • Participated in test planning and contributed to test strategy aligned with Agile iterations.
  • Developed and refactored modules within the test framework to increase stability and reusability.
  • Executed tests in both manual and automated modes to validate feature behavior and enhancements.
  • Worked in an Agile Scrum environment with regular collaboration and alignment with the development team.

Junior QA Engineer

Bitdefender
01.2022 - 07.2022
  • Wrote and executed functional test cases based on structured test plans and feature specifications.
  • Automated test scenarios using the company’s internal Python-based framework.
  • Updated and extended internal test framework components to support new features and edge cases.
  • Reported, investigated, and tracked defects, collaborating closely with developers to validate fixes.
  • Performed regression testing before each release and ensured stability across macOS versions.
  • Executed performance tests to evaluate system impact and responsiveness.
  • Actively contributed to product quality assurance by maintaining test coverage and identifying gaps.

Education

Bachelors in engineering - Telecommunications

Universitatea POLITEHNICA Din București
Bucharest
01.2019 - 1 2023

Skills

  • DevOps: Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD, Docker, YAML, Bash, GitHub Actions

  • Cloud & Infra: Terraform for provisioning, GCP (Cloud Run, Composer, GCS, BigQuery, GKE), Ansible for configuration management

  • Data Engineering: DBT, Apache Airflow, Spark, IBM IIS stack for ETL and metadata management

  • Networking & Protocols: Traffic monitoring and virtualization (Wireshark, Scapy, IXIA), Basic knowledge of entire OSI stack

  • Scripting&Programming: Bash, Powershell, Python (scripting advanced and basic knowledge of Backend using FastAPI, Flask, Django)

  • Fast learner & adaptable

  • Problem-solving mindset

  • Ownership & reliability

  • Good communicator

  • Agile/Scrum collaboration

Certification

Google Associate Cloud Engineer (in progress)

Timeline

DataOps Engineer & Scrum Master

ING Hubs Romania
01.2023 - Current

QA Automation Engineer

Luxoft
01.2022 - 01.2023

Junior QA Engineer

Bitdefender
01.2022 - 07.2022

Bachelors in engineering - Telecommunications

Universitatea POLITEHNICA Din București
01.2019 - 1 2023
Valentina BordeiDevOps Engineer