About Lucian
Results-driven DevOps Engineer and Platform Engineering leader with 20+ years of hands-on experience spanning ISP network engineering, enterprise cloud infrastructure, SRE, CI/CD pipeline development, and IaC-driven cloud migrations.
Proven track record architecting and operating AWS-native platforms at scale - including a full infrastructure re-engineering that achieved 99.98% uptime and 2.5-second average load times for a 2M unique visitor platform. Deep expertise in Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability tooling.
Led DevOps and Platform Engineering teams of 40+ engineers across Romania, South Africa, and Switzerland. Former Head of IT / CIO at imobiliare.ro (Ringier / Axel Springer) and Platform Engineering Lead at Bitstamp (acquired by Robinhood). Currently co-founding prismalOS - building agentic CI/CD release gates and cloud-native AI infrastructure.
Eligible to work in Serbia and Romania. Available immediately for remote roles - on-site in Berlin or Stuttgart if required.
German
Conversational
English
Native or bilingual
Romanian
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Timișoara (up to 50km)
Experience
- prismalOSCo-Founder & Platform Infrastructure ArchitectOctober 2025 - Today (10 months)Novi Sad, SerbiaBuilding AI-native infrastructure with a focus on agentic CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native platform engineering, and secure autonomous system deployment.- Architected cloud-native SaaS platform on AWS using Terraform, Python, and FastAPI designed for multi-cloud portability across GCP and Azure- Designed and integrated adversarial eval swarms as CI/CD release gates - automated red-team agents probe every deployment with audit-trail validation as pass/fail criteria- Built agentic CI/CD pipelines with tool use, memory, and structured reasoning for automated infrastructure validation- Co-authored the WARRANT Standard - open, JSON Schema-based specification for autonomous agent authorization, aligned with NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act- Engineered DAEMON validation layer and KERNEL enforcement layer for auditable, permission-bounded agentic deployments
- BitstampPlatform Engineering & DevOps EngineerDecember 2022 - January 2025 (2 years and 1 month)Platform Engineering and DevOps Engineer at Bitstamp (world's oldest crypto exchange, acquired by Robinhood) in a regulated, high-availability FinTech environment.- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins with a shift-left mindset, improving delivery quality, speed, and reliability across engineering teams- Authored and deployed Infrastructure as Code on AWS using CDK for Terraform; migrated legacy projects to fully automated CI/CD delivery pipelines- Led release management for non-CI/CD legacy projects in a regulated, high-availability financial production environment- Drove CI/CD adoption across legacy systems, reducing manual release overhead and improving deployment velocity- Authored the GitLab Business Proposal as a formal delivery strategy initiative- Contributed to governance, delivery processes, and platform engineering standards during the Robinhood acquisition due diligence
- Interwork Systems SRLCloud Infrastructure Consultant & DevOps Engineering AdvisorDIGITAL AND ITSeptember 2010 - Today (15 years and 11 months)Timișoara, RomaniaDelivering DevOps automation, CI/CD pipeline design, IaC implementations, and cloud architecture advisory across a diverse client portfolio since 2010.- Delivered AWS platform engineering, DevOps automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Puppet) implementations- Provided IS/IT management advisory, systems design, incident management, and IT project management at expert level- Applied statistical and data-driven approaches to infrastructure performance and cost optimization- Delivered AI and cloud technology advisory for startups and SMEs- Consultancy and freelance projects spanning DevOps, cloud migrations, and platform engineering
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Education
- Master in Computational Finance (MCF)Union Computer Science University2015Quantitative finance, statistical modelling, AI/ML in financial markets, data science, blockchain and DeFi applications
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science"Ioan Slavici" University2008Bachelor's degree, Computer Science