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Bogdan Oprea

Technical Support Lead

Bogdan Oprea
Bucharest, Romania

Experience

Jan 2021 - Present
5 years 3 months
Bucharest, Romania

Technical Support Lead

HCLTech

  • Troubleshooting and problem resolution: diagnose and resolve technical issues related to telecom infrastructure and services (network connectivity, performance, equipment malfunctions, service disruption) according to SLA definitions; account management and SLA impact responsible
  • Installation, configuration, update and upgrade of infrastructure equipment, operating systems and services
  • Customer support: answering queries and defects, guiding through problem resolution and providing technical advice related to hardware, virtualization, operating systems and telecom services
  • Single point of contact for support and project activities: maintain daily master plan with the customer and liaise with external vendors and service providers to keep the plan up-to-date
  • Work closely with product and project managers, architects, network engineers, system administrators, DBAs and customer service representatives
Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
1 year 1 month

IT Project Manager

BRD

  • Contract negotiation: terms and conditions, financial estimation and project resources
  • Project resource planning and activities for infrastructure and service migration of banking system
  • Local point of contact for executive management
  • Account management and SLA impact
  • Project coordination for migration activities
Apr 2017 - Mar 2019
2 years

DevOps Project Manager

NXP

  • Automation of infrastructure management using Ansible playbooks for creating and maintaining Windows, RedHat and Ubuntu operating systems
  • Implement Jenkins and Docker as software-as-a-service for development teams
  • Scrum master for DevOps team: project coordination
  • Change management and release management
May 2014 - Mar 2017
2 years 11 months
Bucharest, Romania

Infrastructure Technical Project Manager

Expert One Research

  • Plan, execute and monitor IT infrastructure deployment for flood prevention system upgrade to protect population and mitigate destructive consequences
May 2014 - Mar 2017
2 years 11 months
Bucharest, Romania

Infrastructure Technical Project Manager

Teamnet

  • Design and deploy cloud, hardware and software infrastructure for public sector
Apr 2013 - May 2014
1 year 2 months
Romania

IT Project Manager

Airbus Defence and Space

  • IT infrastructure deployment and validation of interfaces between IT infrastructure and border protection applications

  • Create new testing environment for border security solution and build international multi-site showroom

  • Integrate systems in monitoring, backup and restore solutions

May 2011 - Dec 2012
1 year 8 months
Bucharest, Romania

Integration, Verification and Validation Engineer

Airbus Defence and Space

  • Integrate all systems in system monitoring and backup and restore solutions
Aug 2008 - May 2011
2 years 10 months
Bucharest, Romania

UAT Project Leader

Vodafone Romania

Mar 2008 - Aug 2008
6 months
Bucharest, Romania

UAT Analyst

Vodafone Romania

Aug 2006 - Feb 2008
1 year 7 months
Bucharest, Romania

Software Tester

Vodafone Romania

Mar 2005 - Aug 2006
1 year 6 months
Bucharest, Romania

Software Tester

ENEA

Jan 2004 - Feb 2005
1 year 2 months

Junior Reviewer

PSS - Prosoft Solutions

Jul 2002 - Dec 2003
1 year 6 months
Bucharest, Romania

Junior Reviewer

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Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (10.5 years), Telecommunication (10 years), Government and Administration (4.5 years), Utilities (3 years), Aerospace and Defense (2.5 years), and Manufacturing (2 years).

Information Technology
Telecommunication
Government and Administration
Utilities
Aerospace and Defense
Manufacturing

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (14 years), Project Management (10 years), Quality Assurance (9 years), Customer Service (5 years), Operations (5 years), and Product Development (1.5 years).

Information Technology
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Customer Service
Operations
Product Development

Summary

Supporting high-risk responsibility for IT related telecom-banking-military/national defense-semiconductors industries.

Managing projects, offering support and integrating systems in the above areas, for both private or public sector.

Having interactions with people along the entire software development life cycle (from testers, developers, project managers to CEOs, CIOs, CTOs) from public and private sector.

Collecting worldwide cultural experience from work friends (Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Saudi Arabia, UK, USA).

Skills

  • Integration

  • Testing

  • Telecommunications

  • User Acceptance Testing

  • Requirements Analysis

  • Project Management

  • Itil

  • Business Analysis

  • System Testing

  • Solution Architecture

  • Organisation

  • Creativity

  • Communication

  • Teamwork

Languages

Romanian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Elementary
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 2000 - Jun 2002

University of Economic Studies

Economist · Economist · Bucharest, Romania

Oct 1997 - Jun 2000

University of Economic Studies

Economist · Economist · Buzău, Romania

Oct 1994 - Jun 1997

Economic Lyceum

accountant statistician · Economics · Buzău, Romania

Certifications & licenses

Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)

Vodafone Romania

ITIL Foundation v3.0

APM Group

Foundation Certificate in Software Testing

British Computer Society

Software Tester

ENEA

Software Tester

PSS - Prosoft Solutions

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Where is Bogdan based?

Bogdan is based in Bucharest, Romania and prefers 100% remote projects.

What languages does Bogdan speak?

Bogdan speaks the following languages: Romanian (Native), English (Advanced), German (Elementary), French (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Bogdan have?

Bogdan has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Bogdan has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 9 months. Note that Bogdan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Bogdan be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Bogdan would be well-suited for roles such as: Technical Support Lead, IT Project Manager, DevOps Project Manager.

What is Bogdan's latest experience?

Bogdan's most recent position is Technical Support Lead at HCLTech.

What companies has Bogdan worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Bogdan has worked for HCLTech.

Which industries is Bogdan most experienced in?

Bogdan is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Telecommunication, and Government and Public Administration. Bogdan also has some experience in Utility Services, Aerospace and Defense, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas is Bogdan most experienced in?

Bogdan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Quality Assurance (QA). Bogdan also has some experience in Customer Service, Operations, and Product Development.

Which industries has Bogdan worked in recently?

Bogdan has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication.

Which business areas has Bogdan worked in recently?

Bogdan has recently worked in business areas like Customer Service, Information Technology (IT), and Operations.

What is Bogdan's education?

Bogdan attended University of Economic Studies for Economist.

Does Bogdan have any certificates?

Bogdan has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV), ITIL Foundation v3.0, and Foundation Certificate in Software Testing.

What is the availability of Bogdan?

Bogdan will be available from March 2026.

What is the rate of Bogdan?

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