Matjaž D.

DevOps Practitioner / Kubernetes Administrator / Terraform Developer

Grosuplje, Slovenia

Experience

Jun 2022 - Present
3 years 5 months
The Hague, Netherlands

Kubernetes Administrator · Terraform Developer · SUSE Rancher Specialist · DevOps Practitioner

European Agency

  • Designed, managed, and optimized Kubernetes infrastructure, including cluster and service upgrades, workload resource management, scheduling, and a full migration from RKE to RKE2.
  • Automated cluster provisioning and resource deployment with Terraform, enabling scalable Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
  • Administered and customized Rancher for multi-cluster management, access control, and workload orchestration, supporting both developers and sysadmins across environments.
  • Collaborated with teams to streamline workload deployment, troubleshoot complex issues, and improve Kubernetes and Rancher component performance.
  • Contributed to a more resilient, secure, and efficient DevOps environment by aligning infrastructure automation with operational best practices.
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
6 months
Luxembourg

Senior Consultant

POST Luxembourg

  • Customization and maintenance of Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus v8.1, Tivoli Netcool/Impact v7.1, and IBM Tivoli Monitoring v6.3.
  • Omnibus integration with ServiceNow.
  • Advanced dashboard creation in JazzSM DASH showing data from the ServiceNow CMDB.
  • Implementation of Cloud APM Private v8.1.4.
  • Day-to-day tasks including standard and advanced monitoring, platform alerts management, and threshold adjustment.
Feb 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year 11 months

Senior Consultant

Euroclear

  • Built architecture, implemented, customized, and maintained Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus v8.1 and Tivoli Netcool/Impact v7.1 software in a three data center environment.
Feb 2014 - Present
11 years 9 months

IBM Certified Trainer, Consultant, Product Specialist, DevOps

PillarIS d.o.o.

Jun 2012 - Feb 2014
1 year 9 months

IBM Certified Trainer, Consultant and Product Specialist

Hi5, Matjaž Dolinar s.p.

  • Provided training, consulting, and product specialist services for IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager, IBM Tivoli Network Manager, and IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.
Apr 2011 - Dec 2012
1 year 9 months
Ljubljana, Slovenia

IT Specialist, Consultant

Comparex d.o.o.

  • Instructed official IBM courses (ITM, Netcool/OMNIbus, TNM, TEM).
  • Conducted technical pre-sales by setting up proof of concept (POC) and proof of technology (POT) solutions.
  • Managed and maintained Tivoli products for different customers.
  • Organized meetings with clients.
  • Prepared comprehensive solutions based on customer needs.
  • Created work plans, organized work, managed product delivery, and reported on work progress.
Oct 2004 - Nov 2009
5 years 2 months
Grosuplje, Slovenia

Product Specialist, Consultant

SIMT d.o.o.

  • Head of IS management and monitoring group.
  • Served as work manager, architect, and product specialist for Tivoli products (ITM, TPM, and TNM).
  • Collaborated on projects.
  • Organized meetings with clients.
  • Prepared comprehensive solutions based on customer needs.
  • Created work plans, organized work, managed product delivery, and reported on work progress.
  • Mentored new staff.
Oct 1999 - Oct 2004
5 years 1 month

Oracle Database Administrator and HP Unix System Administrator

Bankart d.o.o.

  • Ensured smooth functioning of Oracle databases running on HP Unix systems.
  • Performed comprehensive database management including:
  • Data partitioning.
  • SQL statement optimization.
  • Maintaining indexes and tablespaces.

Summary

DevOps and SRE Specialist with over 25 years of experience in IT and more than 8 years specializing in containerization, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Expert in managing and automating RKE2, Rancher, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.

Recognized for driving automation, improving observability, and mentoring teams.

Open to opportunities that combine DevOps, consulting, and training roles.

Languages

Slovenian
Native
English
Advanced

Certifications & licenses

IBM Cloud Private For Data Essentials

Docker Certifications (DCA)

IBM Certified Architect - Cloud Solutions V3

Kubernetes CKA

Kubernetes CKAD

Kubernetes KCNA

Kubernetes KCSA

Suse Rancher IBM Cloud Private - Continuous scds_ran2_7

Suse Rancher IBM Cloud Private - Continuous scds_rke2

Terraform (003)

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