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Ioan Liviu Popa
IT Specialist/Application Developer
Experience
Jan 2013 - Dec 2021
9 yearsSchliengen, Germany
IT Specialist/Application Developer
HST Systemtechnik GmbH / Axel Zangenberg GmbH
- Development of web applications and integration with the Work4All ERP/CRM system using Node.js (Express.js, Socket.IO, TypeScript, Angular, Material, Angular Flex)
- Development of web applications with PHP (without framework)
- Frontend development with HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, JSON, Bootstrap, complex forms and data tables
- Database work with Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB and others
- Collaborative work using Agile/Scrum and version control with Git
- Configuration, maintenance, migration and backup of CMS (Joomla, Mediawiki, Piwik/Matomo)
- System administration until 2019: maintenance and configuration of servers (Windows, Linux), clients and network
- Virtualization with VMware ESXi and Veeam Backup & Replication
- Initial steps in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Jan 2010 - Present
16 years 1 monthIT Specialist
Self-employed
- System administration: maintenance, configuration and backup of servers (Windows Server 2025 including Active Directory, DNS, Linux, Solaris) and clients (Windows, Linux), network, firewalls and VPN (e.g., with WireGuard or OpenVPN)
- Virtualization (Proxmox, VMware ESXi, Veeam Backup & Replication)
- Apache web server, Certbot, server configuration with Plesk and Hestia Control Panel
- Documentation systems: Nextra, VitePress (static site generators with Markdown), draw.io (diagrams), Atlassian Confluence
- CMS: TYPO3, WordPress
- Web scraping with Node.js, Axios and Cheerio
- Cloud technologies: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Hetzner, Akamai
- DevOps with GitLab, Apache Subversion, testing with Karma/Jasmine and Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, Portainer, LXC, Ansible, Karma (alert dashboard)
- Database administration: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Informix and more
- Application development (REST APIs/Microservices) with Node.js/JavaScript (NVM, Socket.IO, AJAX, MySQL, MongoDB, JSON), React, Angular, TypeScript, D3.js/SVG, PHP and Python (without framework)
- AI experiments with PyTorch, TensorFlow and hardware acceleration
- AI assistance: VSCode with Ollama and local LLMs, Open WebUI and Msty
- Collaborative work using Agile, Scrum and Kanban; tools: Slack, Atlassian Jira, Trello, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Matrix with Element, Kopano, Jitsi Meet, OTRS
- These are all technologies I've used over the years, some more, some less, and some to this day.
- At home, I have four 19-inch servers for virtualization.
Jan 2000 - Dec 2011
12 yearsVolunteer
Various Organizations
- Volunteer work in various social institutions in Timișoara, Bucharest, Prague, Reykjavík and other places
- Roles as IT specialist, development aid worker and translator
Jan 1999 - Dec 1999
1 yearMilitary Service
Military Service
- Six months of military service
Languages
German
NativeRomanian
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
AdvancedItalian
AdvancedEducation
Oct 1995 - Jun 1999
West University of Timișoara
Bachelor's degree · Computer Science · Timișoara, Romania
Certifications & licenses
Driver's license class B
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