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
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