Pipiasi Bogdan

DevOps Engineer | Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Linux

Romanian citizen, based in Rome, Italy|Open to remote or relocation in Romania
[email protected]|linkedin.com/in/pipiasi-bogdan|github.com/DemOnJR

Summary

DevOps Engineer with 15+ years of running Linux infrastructure for gaming platforms. Founder of GameQuery.dev (50,000+ servers) and Counter-Strike-Boost.com (10M+ players tracked), both running on a Kubernetes cluster I built and operate.

Skills

Linux & Scripting: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Bash, Python, systemd, Git
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (K3s), Helm, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis
IaC & CI/CD: Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, SOPS, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Sentry
Networking & Security: nginx, Cloudflare (Tunnel, Zero Trust), DNS, TLS, Firewalls
AI-Assisted Engineering: Claude Code (daily driver), Gemini CLI, Codex
Also familiar with: AWS, GCP, Jenkins, Argo CD, Vault, Trivy

Experience

Freelance Web Developer, Game Developer & Server Administrator

Self-employed, Remote | 01/2008 – Present

Full-stack web development with PHP, Node.js and Go: websites, online shops, REST APIs, hosting control panels, admin dashboards and automation tools for gaming communities and game server networks.
Game development and hosting: custom systems for MMORPG and Counter-Strike servers, community forums and Discord communities, and setup, hosting, monitoring and support of game and web servers.

Founder & DevOps Engineer

GameQuery.dev, Counter-Strike-Boost.com, Remote | 08/2019 – Present

Built GameQuery.dev, an API with live data from 50,000+ servers for 300+ games, fed by a VPS worker fleet with failover.
Built Counter-Strike-Boost.com from scratch, the largest Counter-Strike community server tracker: 10,000+ servers, 10M+ players, 60,000 maps.
Built Tree, a self-hosted platform where AI agents troubleshoot and deploy behind approvals.

Supervisor

Eurobet Italia, Rome, Italy | 01/2024 – 12/2025

Supervised a team of 5+ across 3 venues: operations, logistics, cash handling and gaming systems.

Owner & Hosting Administrator

CynicHost, Remote | 01/2019 – 12/2023

Ran and hardened web hosting and VPS servers for 100+ clients, and resold domain names with DNS management.

Projects

Infrastructure Migration to Kubernetes

IT School DevOps Program | 2025 – 2026

Migrated 30+ services from 8–10 VPS to one K3s server with zero downtime deploys, cutting hosting from EUR 500 to EUR 100/month.
Operate ~40 workloads with IaC (Terraform, Pulumi, SOPS), CI/CD via GitHub Actions and Claude Code, staging, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki monitoring and restore-tested backups. Also host stiripolitica.ro and tutunfiricel.ro.

Education

DevOps Engineer Program, IT School (2025 – 2026): 120 hours, 12 modules: Linux, Git, Bash, Python, Docker, Jenkins pipelines, Ansible playbooks and roles, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes with Helm, Prometheus and Grafana.
High School Diploma (Maturità), IIS Luigi Trafelli, Nettuno (10/2015 – 07/2018): Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
Vocational Qualification, CIVIFORM, Italy (09/2012 – 06/2015): Electrician.

Certifications

Google (2021): System Administration and IT Infrastructure Services, IT Security, Technical Support, Python
LinkedIn Learning (2022): Apache Web Server Administration, Cybersecurity with Cloud Computing, OWASP Top 10
ECDL (2017): Full Standard

Languages

Romanian (Native), Italian (Fluent), English (Professional working proficiency)