George Makroglou

Advanced to System Architect within the same team, assuming complete responsibility for technical design, system documentation, and architecture decision records. Architected end-to-end automation solutions for the complete lifecycle (ordering, billing, provisioning) of enterprise networking products, including L1 Transmission, L2 Connectivity, L3 VPN, and IoT Edge SIM. Engineered multi-step orchestration pipelines utilizing Camunda BPMN to guarantee reliable state management and comprehensive observability across distributed provisioning workflows. Developed Jira Forge Apps and Automation Rules integrations to optimize internal engineering and operational processes. Collaborated directly with product and business stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment with commercial timelines and constraints.

Evolved from Junior to Senior Engineer over eight years on a sustained maritime technology engagement, progressively assuming Team Lead duties including junior mentorship, sprint planning, feature scope definition, Kanban management, and direct client communication. Architected and deployed a GIS vessel fleet monitoring platform that processes real-time satellite location and meteorological data, utilized operationally by maritime fleet managers. Designed a modular, multi-map GIS platform featuring a drag-and-drop dashboard interface, a web-based scripting editor powered by an in-memory DFS file-walk algorithm, and a backend code execution engine for running user GIS scripts within isolated VM sandboxes.

Constructed a Vessel Performance Monitoring Dashboard that ingests IoT sensor telemetry to visualize CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions metrics, alongside engine Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This system includes a custom component library featuring asynchronously paginated tables, JSON Forms, DateTime pickers, and CanvasAPI gauge components.

Developed and implemented a real-time fleet monitoring platform that ingests live telemetry from IoT sensors, ECUs, and third-party devices using WebSockets (Socket.IO),AWS Kinesis Data Streams, MongoDB Watchers, and scheduled Lambda/EC2 tasks. Integrated HubSpot CRM APIs to automate data ingestion, trigger pipeline updates, and streamline marketing workflows. Built a QR-code based vehicle tracker onboarding tool, significantly reducing the time required for manual device registration. Delivered new features for the main company website and internal tooling, utilizing Vue/Nuxt for the frontend and a Strapi CMS for the backend.