update codebase from upstream + add cv content

2026-01-18 22:05:50 +02:00 · 2026-01-18 22:05:50 +02:00 · 989077b327
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--- a/NETCONNECT_RESUME.md
+++ b/NETCONNECT_RESUME.md
@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+# NetConnect Experience Summary (Mar 2024 - Present)
+
+## Position: System/Network Administrator & DevOps Engineer
+**Company:** NetConnect Group  
+**Period:** Martie 2024 - Prezent (aprox. 22 luni)  
+**Location:** Remote
+
+---
+
+## Major Projects & Achievements
+
+### 1. PowerDNS High Availability Cluster (pdns, pdns2-6) 🎯
+**Timeline:** Nov 2023 - Dec 2025 (ongoing)  
+**Current Version:** v2.4.0-stable → v2.5.0 (in development)
+
+**Architecture:**
+- Master-Slave MySQL replication cluster
+- Keepalived VIP failover (automatic failback)
+- PowerDNS Authoritative servers (NS1: .214, NS2: .215)
+- Cloudflare API integration (20 zones, 581 records sync)
+- Custom CF-Sync v2.4.0 (Docker-based)
+
+**Key Achievements:**
+- Designed and deployed production HA DNS infrastructure
+- Implemented automatic failover/failback mechanism
+- Created comprehensive automation scripts (Bash, Python)
+- Cloud-init deployment automation
+- Extreme load testing and optimization
+- Production endpoint: `pdns.infra.netconnect.ro`
+
+**Technologies:** PowerDNS, MySQL/MariaDB, Keepalived, Docker, Bash, Python, Cloud-init, Ansible
+
+---
+
+### 2. InfraManager - Dynamic Infrastructure Management Tool
+**Timeline:** Ongoing development  
+**Purpose:** Lightweight infrastructure orchestration
+
+**Features:**
+- Dynamic service/node management via CLI
+- YAML-based state tracking
+- Template generation for configs
+- Future integrations: Ansible, Terraform, Proxmox API
+
+**Technologies:** Python, YAML, CLI development
+
+---
+
+### 3. ncTesseract - Nextcloud OCR & Elasticsearch Indexing
+**Timeline:** Dec 2024  
+**Problem:** Traditional Nextcloud indexing was extremely slow (350k files = 77 days!)
+
+**Solution:**
+- Custom Python parallel indexer with 48+ workers
+- Tesseract OCR integration
+- Direct Elasticsearch indexing in Nextcloud-compatible format
+- Massive performance improvement (single-threaded PHP → multiprocessing)
+
+**Technologies:** Python, Multiprocessing, Tesseract OCR, Elasticsearch, Nextcloud
+
+---
+
+### 4. Certificate Management Automation (certbotAuto)
+**Timeline:** Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
+
+**Features:**
+- Automated SSL/TLS certificate management
+- Multi-server deployment via Ansible
+- Let's Encrypt integration (certbot)
+- Centralized secrets management
+- Automated renewal and deployment
+
+**Technologies:** Bash, Certbot, Ansible, YAML
+
+---
+
+### 5. CDR Processing System (cdr2sql)
+**Timeline:** Feb 2024 - Jul 2025
+
+**Purpose:** Call Detail Records processing and SQL integration
+
+**Components:**
+- PHP backend for CDR parsing
+- Node.js/Gulp build system
+- Database integration for telecom billing
+
+**Technologies:** PHP, Node.js, Gulp, MySQL
+
+---
+
+### 6. Xen to KVM/Proxmox Migration Tools (xen2lxc, xenserver_to_xen)
+**Timeline:** Sep-Nov 2024
+
+**Purpose:** Automated VM migration from legacy Xen infrastructure
+
+**Features:**
+- XVA image extraction and conversion
+- Disk preparation for QEMU/KVM
+- Automated boot scripts
+- Proxmox integration
+
+**Technologies:** Python, Bash, QEMU, Proxmox, Xen
+
+---
+
+### 7. Cataleya Integration (cataleya2db)
+**Timeline:** Oct 2024
+
+**Purpose:** Telecom data integration with Cataleya platform
+
+**Technologies:** PHP, Database integration
+
+---
+
+### 8. Laravel Development Environment with SQL Anywhere
+**Timeline:** Aug-Sep 2024
+
+**Purpose:** Custom Docker-based development environment
+
+**Features:**
+- Laravel + SQL Anywhere integration
+- Nginx + PHP-FPM stack
+- Docker Compose orchestration
+
+**Technologies:** Docker, Laravel, PHP, Nginx, SQL Anywhere
+
+---
+
+### 9. Portability System - Czech Republic (portabilitateCehia.org)
+**Timeline:** Ongoing maintenance
+
+**Purpose:** Automated portability data download from Czech telecom portal
+
+**Challenges Solved:**
+- SSL certificate renewal for client authentication
+- Wildcard certificate management (*.netconnect.ro)
+- HTTPS client certificate authentication
+
+**Technologies:** OpenSSL, wget, SSL/TLS, Bash
+
+---
+
+### 10. Infrastructure Services
+**Timeline:** Ongoing
+
+**Deployed/Maintained:**
+- **Zabbix Monitoring:** Docker-based monitoring stack
+- **FreeSWITCH:** VoIP infrastructure (Docker)
+- **Traefik:** Reverse proxy and load balancer
+- **Infrastructure automation:** Various supporting services
+
+---
+
+## Core Competencies Demonstrated
+
+### DevOps & Automation
+- CI/CD pipeline development
+- Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform concepts)
+- Docker containerization
+- Cloud-init automation
+- Custom automation tooling (Bash, Python, Perl)
+
+### System Administration
+- High Availability cluster design and deployment
+- MySQL/MariaDB replication and failover
+- DNS infrastructure (PowerDNS)
+- Load balancing (Keepalived)
+- SSL/TLS certificate management
+
+### Development
+- Python (multiprocessing, CLI tools, automation)
+- Bash scripting (complex automation)
+- PHP (backend services, integrations)
+- Perl (legacy support, migration)
+- JavaScript/Node.js (build systems)
+
+### Networking
+- DNS management and troubleshooting
+- VIP failover mechanisms
+- Firewall configuration
+- VPN integration concepts
+- Network troubleshooting (tcpdump, netstat, ss)
+
+### Virtualization & Cloud
+- Proxmox management
+- Xen → KVM migration
+- Docker (multi-service orchestration)
+- Cloud-init deployment
+- VM provisioning and management
+
+### Databases
+- MySQL Master-Slave replication
+- Elasticsearch integration
+- SQL Anywhere (legacy support)
+- Database optimization and monitoring
+
+---
+
+## Key Technologies Used
+
+**Operating Systems:** Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Alpine Linux  
+**Scripting:** Bash, Python, Perl, PHP  
+**Orchestration:** Docker, Docker Compose, Ansible (planned)  
+**Databases:** MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, SQL Anywhere  
+**Web Stack:** Nginx, Apache, PHP-FPM, Tomcat (limited)  
+**Monitoring:** Zabbix, Systemd journaling  
+**Version Control:** Git  
+**Networking:** PowerDNS, Keepalived, Cloudflare API, OpenSSL  
+**Other:** Tesseract OCR, FreeSWITCH, Traefik  
+
+---
+
+## Soft Skills Demonstrated
+
+- **Problem Solving:** Reduced Nextcloud indexing from 77 days to hours
+- **Architecture Design:** Built production HA DNS from scratch
+- **Documentation:** Comprehensive guides for all major projects
+- **Automation Focus:** Consistently automated manual processes
+- **Tool Development:** Created custom tools when needed (InfraManager, CF-Sync)
+- **Migration Expertise:** Successfully migrated legacy Xen infrastructure
+
+---
+
+## For CV Update
+
+**Replace RnD Software Group entry (Apr 2021 - Present) with:**
+
+### NetConnect Group | Bucharest, Romania (Remote)
+**SYSTEM/NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR & DEVOPS ENGINEER**  
+*Mar 2024 - Present*
+
+- Designed and deployed production High Availability DNS infrastructure using PowerDNS, MySQL Master-Slave replication, and Keepalived VIP failover serving 20+ zones with automatic failover/failback
+- Developed custom automation tools including parallel OCR indexing system (48+ workers) reducing Nextcloud indexing time from 77 days to hours, and infrastructure management CLI tool (Python)
+- Automated SSL/TLS certificate management across multiple servers using certbot, Ansible, and custom bash orchestration
+- Migrated legacy Xen virtual infrastructure to Proxmox/KVM using custom Python/Bash tooling
+- Maintained and integrated telecom services including CDR processing, portability systems, and FreeSWITCH VoIP infrastructure
+- Technologies: PowerDNS, MySQL/MariaDB, Keepalived, Docker, Python, Bash, Ansible, Elasticsearch, Proxmox, Zabbix
+
+---
+
+**Note:** Această experiență arată o evoluție clară de la sysadmin tradițional (RnD) către DevOps modern cu focus pe automation, HA, și custom tooling development.
--- a/cv.pdf
+++ b/cv.pdf
--- a/cv.png
+++ b/cv.png
--- a/src/awesome-cv.cls
+++ b/src/awesome-cv.cls
@ -48,13 +48,14 @@
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+% Needed to make header & footer efficiently
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@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
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+% Needed to strip chars from telephone number
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-  pdfsubject={},
-  pdfkeywords={}
-}
-

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+% Not required anymore but left in place for backward compatability.
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-\fontdir

+%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+  Path=\@fontdir,
+  UprightFont=*-Regular,
+  ItalicFont=*-Italic,
+  BoldFont=*-Bold,
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+  ItalicFont=*-ThinItalic,
+  BoldFont=*-Medium,
+  BoldItalicFont=*-MediumItalic,
+]{Roboto}
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+\newfontfamily\roboto{Roboto}[
+  Path=\@fontdir,
+  UprightFont=*-Regular,
+  ItalicFont=*-Italic,
+  BoldFont=*-Bold,
+  BoldItalicFont=*-BoldItalic,
+  FontFace={l}{n}{Font=*-Light},
+  FontFace={l}{it}{Font=*-LightItalic},
+]
+
+\newcommand*{\footerfont}{\sourcesanspro}
+\newcommand*{\bodyfont}{\sourcesanspro}
+\newcommand*{\bodyfontlight}{\sourcesansprolight}
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+% Compatibility shim for faAlt (fontawesome6 feature)
+\newcommand*{\faAlt}[3]{#2\acvHeaderIconSep#3}

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@ -136,6 +166,7 @@
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@ -151,39 +182,12 @@
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-
-\newcommand*{\footerfont}{\sourcesanspro}
-\newcommand*{\bodyfont}{\sourcesanspro}
-\newcommand*{\bodyfontlight}{\sourcesansprolight}
+\newcommand*{\headerfont}{\roboto\selectfont}
+\newcommand*{\headerfontlight}{\roboto\fontseries{l}\selectfont}
+\newcommand*{\footerfont}{\sffamily}

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@ -197,7 +201,14 @@
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-\newcommand*{\sectionstyle}[1]{{\fontsize{16pt}{1em}\bodyfont\bfseries\color{text}\@sectioncolor #1}}
+\newcommand*{\sectionstyleface}[1]{{\fontsize{16pt}{1em}\bodyfont\bfseries #1}}
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@ -277,12 +295,25 @@

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-\newcommand*{\mobile}[1]{\def\@mobile{#1}}
+\newcommand*{\mobile}[1]
+{
+  \def\@mobile{#1}
+  \def\@teluri{tel:\@mobile}
+  % Strip unwanted characters
+  \StrDel{\@teluri}{ }[\@teluri]%
+  \StrDel{\@teluri}{-}[\@teluri]%
+  \StrDel{\@teluri}{(}[\@teluri]%
+  \StrDel{\@teluri}{)}[\@teluri]%
+}

 % Defines writer's email (optional)
 % Usage: \email{<email address>}
 \newcommand*{\email}[1]{\def\@email{#1}}

+% Defines writer's date of birth (optional)
+% Usage: \dateofbirth{<date>}
+\newcommand*{\dateofbirth}[1]{\def\@dateofbirth{#1}}
+
 % Defines writer's homepage (optional)
 % Usage: \homepage{<url>}
 \newcommand*{\homepage}[1]{\def\@homepage{#1}}
@ -299,6 +330,10 @@
 % Usage: \gitlab{<gitlab-nick>}
 \newcommand*{\gitlab}[1]{\def\@gitlab{#1}}

+% Defines writer's bitbucket (optional)
+% Usage: \bitbucket{<bitbucket-nick>}
+\newcommand*{\bitbucket}[1]{\def\@bitbucket{#1}}
+
 % Defines writer's stackoverflow profile (optional)
 % Usage: \stackoverflow{<so userid>}{<so username>}
 %   e.g.https://stackoverflow.com/users/123456/sam-smith
@ -309,10 +344,26 @@
 % Usage: \linkedin{<linked-in-nick>}
 \newcommand*{\linkedin}[1]{\def\@linkedin{#1}}

+% Defines writer's orcid (optional)
+% Usage: \orcid{<orcid-num>}
+\newcommand*{\orcid}[1]{\def\@orcid{#1}}
+
 % Defines writer's twitter (optional)
 % Usage: \twitter{<twitter handle>}
 \newcommand*{\twitter}[1]{\def\@twitter{#1}}

+% Defines writer's x (formerly twitter) (optional)
+% Usage: \x{<x account>}
+\newcommand*{\x}[1]{\def\@x{#1}}
+
+% Defines writer's Mastodon (optional)
+% Usage: \mastodon{<instance>}{<mastodon-nick>}
+\newcommand*{\mastodon}[2]{\def\@mastodoninstance{#1}\def\@mastodonname{#2}}
+
+% Defines writer's resarchgate (optional)
+% Usage: \researchgate{<researchgate-account>}
+\newcommand*{\researchgate}[1]{\def\@researchgate{#1}}
+
 % Defines writer's skype (optional)
 % Usage: \skype{<skype account>}
 \newcommand*{\skype}[1]{\def\@skype{#1}}
@ -329,6 +380,18 @@
 % Usage: \medium{<medium account>}
 \newcommand*{\medium}[1]{\def\@medium{#1}}

+% Defines writer's kaggle (optional)
+% Usage: \kaggle{<kaggle handle>}
+\newcommand*{\kaggle}[1]{\def\@kaggle{#1}}
+
+% Defines writer's Hackerrank (optional)
+% Usage: \hackerrank{<Hackerrank profile name>}
+\newcommand*{\hackerrank}[1]{\def\@hackerrank{#1}}
+
+% Defines writer's Telegram (optional)
+% Usage: \telegram{<Telegram username>}
+\newcommand*{\telegram}[1]{\def\@telegram{#1}}
+
 % Defines writer's google scholar profile (optional)
 % Usage: \googlescholar{<googlescholar userid>}{<googlescholar username>}
 % e.g.https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=wpZDx1cAAAAJ
@ -344,8 +407,8 @@
  }%
 }

-% Defines writer's extra informations (optional)
-% Usage: \extrainfo{<extra informations>}
+% Defines writer's extra information (optional)
+% Usage: \extrainfo{<extra information>}
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@ -396,7 +459,7 @@
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@ -409,6 +472,7 @@
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@ -419,6 +483,11 @@
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-          \href{http://\@homepage}{\faHome\acvHeaderIconSep\@homepage}%
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-          \href{https://gitlab.com/\@gitlab}{\faGitlab\acvHeaderIconSep\@gitlab}%
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        {%
          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
-          \faSkype\acvHeaderIconSep\@skype%
+          \faAlt{Skype: \@skype}{\faSkype}{\@skype}%
        }%
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@reddit}}%
        {}%
        {%
          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
-          \href{https://www.reddit.com/user/\@reddit}{\faReddit\acvHeaderIconSep\@reddit}%
+          \href{https://www.reddit.com/user/\@reddit}{\faAlt{Reddit: /u/\@reddit}{\faReddit}{\@reddit}}%
+        }%
+      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@researchgate}}%
+        {}%
+        {%
+          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
+          \href{https://www.researchgate.net/profile/\@researchgate}{\faAlt{ResearchGate: \@researchgate}{\faResearchgate}{\@researchgate}}%
        }%
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@xing}}%
        {}%
        {%
          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
-          \href{https://www.xing.com/profile/\@xing}{\faXingSquare\acvHeaderIconSep\@xing}
+          \href{https://www.xing.com/profile/\@xing}{\faAlt{Xing: \@xing}{\faSquareXing}{\@xing}}
        }%
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@medium}}%
        {}%
        {%
          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
-          \href{https://medium.com/@\@medium}{\faMedium\acvHeaderIconSep\@medium}%
+          \href{https://medium.com/@\@medium}{\faAlt{Medium: @\@medium}{\faMedium}{\@medium}}%
+        }%
+      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@kaggle}}%
+        {}%
+        {%
+          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
+          \href{https://kaggle.com/\@kaggle}{\faAlt{Kaggle: \@kaggle}{\faKaggle}{\@kaggle}}%
+        }%
+      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@hackerrank}}%
+        {}%
+        {%
+          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
+          \href{https://www.hackerrank.com/\@hackerrank}{\faAlt{HackerRank: \@hackerrank}{\faHackerrank}{\@hackerrank}}%
+        }%
+      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@telegram}}%
+        {}%
+        {%
+          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
+          \href{https://t.me/\@telegram}{\faAlt{Telegram: \@telegram}{\faTelegram}{\@telegram}}%
        }%
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@googlescholarid}}%
        {}%
        {%
          \ifbool{isstart}{\setbool{isstart}{false}}{\acvHeaderSocialSep}%
-          \href{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=\@googlescholarid}{\faGraduationCap\acvHeaderIconSep\@googlescholarname}%
+          \href{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=\@googlescholarid}{\faAlt{Google Scholar: \@googlescholarid}{\faGraduationCap}{\@googlescholarname}}%
        }%
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@extrainfo}}%
        {}%
@ -576,7 +699,7 @@
  \vspace{\acvSectionTopSkip}
  \sectionstyle{#1}
  \phantomsection
-  \color{gray}\vhrulefill{0.9pt}
+  \color{sectiondivider}\vhrulefill{0.9pt}
 }

 % Define a subsection for CV
@ -616,7 +739,9 @@
      {\entrypositionstyle{#1} & \entrydatestyle{#4} \\}
      {\entrytitlestyle{#2} & \entrylocationstyle{#3} \\
      \entrypositionstyle{#1} & \entrydatestyle{#4} \\}
-    \multicolumn{2}{L{\textwidth}}{\descriptionstyle{#5}}
+    \ifstrempty{#5}
+      {}
+      {\multicolumn{2}{L{\textwidth}}{\descriptionstyle{#5}} \\}
  \end{tabular*}%
 }

@ -659,25 +784,24 @@
 % Define a line of cv information(honor, award or something else)
 % Usage: \cvhonor{<position>}{<title>}{<location>}{<date>}
 \newcommand*{\cvhonor}[4]{%
-  \honordatestyle{#4} & \honorpositionstyle{#1}, \honortitlestyle{#2} & \honorlocationstyle{#3} \\
+  \honordatestyle{#4} & \honorpositionstyle{#1}\ifempty{#2}{}{,} \honortitlestyle{#2} & \honorlocationstyle{#3} \\
 }

 % Define an environment for cvskill
 \newenvironment{cvskills}{%
  \vspace{\acvSectionContentTopSkip}
  \vspace{-2.0mm}
-  \begin{center}
    \setlength\tabcolsep{1ex}
    \setlength{\extrarowheight}{0pt}
-    \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}} r L{\textwidth * \real{0.9}}}
+    \tabularx{\textwidth}{r>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}X}
 }{%
-    \end{tabular*}
-  \end{center}
+\endtabularx\par
 }
+
 % Define a line of cv information(skill)
 % Usage: \cvskill{<type>}{<skillset>}
 \newcommand*{\cvskill}[2]{%
-	\skilltypestyle{#1} & \skillsetstyle{#2} \\
+  \skilltypestyle{#1} & \leavevmode\skillsetstyle{#2} \\
 }

 % Define an environment for cvitems(for cventry)
@ -690,7 +814,7 @@
 }{%
  \end{itemize}
  \end{justify}
-  \vspace{-4.0mm}
+  \vspace{1.0mm}
 }


@ -709,8 +833,9 @@
  \par\addvspace{2.5ex}
  \phantomsection{}
  \lettersectionstyle{#1}
-  \color{gray}\vhrulefill{0.9pt}
+  \color{sectiondivider}\vhrulefill{0.9pt}
  \par\nobreak\addvspace{0.4ex}
+  \lettertextstyle
 }

 % Define a title of the cover letter
--- a/src/cv/education.tex
+++ b/src/cv/education.tex
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    {Master Studies in Cyber Security} % Degree
    {„Titu Maiorescu” University} % Institution
    {Bucharest, Romania} % Location
-    {In progress...} % Date(s)
+    {Jul. 2025} % Date(s)
    {} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
 %---------------------------------------------------------
 %---------------------------------------------------------
--- a/src/cv/experience.tex
+++ b/src/cv/experience.tex
@ -30,18 +30,56 @@
 %
 %%---------------------------------------------------------

+%---------------------------------------------------------
+  \cventry
+    {System/Network Administrator \& DevOps Engineer} % Job title
+    {NetConnect Group} % Organization
+    {Bucharest, Romania (Remote)} % Location
+    {Mar. 2024 - Present} % Period
+    {\begin{cvitems} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
+        \item{Infrastructure \& Automation
+            \begin{itemize}
+                \item{Designed and deployed production High Availability DNS infrastructure using PowerDNS, MySQL Master-Slave replication, and Keepalived VIP failover serving 20+ zones with automatic failover/failback mechanism}
+                \item{Developed custom automation tools including parallel OCR indexing system (48+ workers) reducing Nextcloud indexing time from 77 days to hours using Python multiprocessing and Tesseract OCR}
+                \item{Built infrastructure management CLI tool (InfraManager) for dynamic service/node orchestration with YAML-based state tracking}
+                \item{Automated SSL/TLS certificate management across multiple servers using certbot, Ansible, and custom bash orchestration}
+            \end{itemize}
+        }
+        \item{Migration \& Integration
+            \begin{itemize}
+                \item{Migrated legacy Xen virtual infrastructure to Proxmox/KVM using custom Python/Bash tooling}
+                \item{Maintained and integrated telecom services: CDR processing, portability systems, FreeSWITCH VoIP infrastructure}
+                \item{Implemented Elasticsearch indexing with Nextcloud-compatible format for full-text search}
+            \end{itemize}
+        }
+        \item{\textbf{Technologies:} PowerDNS, MySQL/MariaDB, Keepalived, Docker, Python, Bash, Ansible, Elasticsearch, Proxmox, Zabbix}
+    \end{cvitems}}
+
+%---------------------------------------------------------
+
 %---------------------------------------------------------
  \cventry
    {System / Network Administrator} % Job title
    {RnD Software Group} % Organization
    {Bucharest, Romania} % Location
-    {Apr. 2021 - Present} % Period
+    {Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024} % Period
    {\begin{cvitems} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
-        \item{System \ Network Administration
+        \item{Infrastructure \& Virtualization
            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{The same kind of job as with mySMTP, only using maybe slightly different tools - Zabbix instead of Nagios / monit, mostly KVM / Proxmox for virtualization, but overall the same System Administrator job}
+                \item{Deployed and managed Proxmox KVM clusters on Hetzner bare-metal infrastructure with ZFS RAID1 storage}
+                \item{Designed multi-tier networking: VLANs (10.249.0.0/16), NAT networks (10.248.x.x/24), centralized DHCP}
+                \item{Built Debian VM templates with automated provisioning (LVM, qemu-agent, Docker pre-installed)}
+                \item{Migrated legacy virtual infrastructure to newer Proxmox clusters with minimal downtime}
            \end{itemize}
        }
+        \item{Monitoring \& Automation
+            \begin{itemize}
+                \item{Deployed Zabbix monitoring infrastructure with Ansible automation (agent deployment, configuration management)}
+                \item{Created custom automation scripts: PostgreSQL backups, integrity checks, system maintenance}
+                \item{Managed multi-site VPN infrastructure: OpenVPN (multi-port routing), Tinc VPN for site-to-site connectivity}
+            \end{itemize}
+        }
+        \item{\textbf{Technologies:} Proxmox, KVM, ZFS, Ansible, Zabbix, OpenVPN, Tinc, Docker, PostgreSQL, Debian Linux, Hetzner Cloud}
    \end{cvitems}}

 %---------------------------------------------------------
@ -89,7 +127,7 @@
    {Software Implementation and Support Specialist} % Job title
    {UTI GRUP} % Organization
    {Bucharest, Romania} % Location
-    {Apr. 2014 - Jul. 2014} % Period
+    {Apr. 2014 - Apr. 2015} % Period
    {\begin{cvitems} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
        \item{Installing and maintaining software on UTI equipments for RATB (now STB - Bucharest Transport Company).
            \begin{itemize}
@ -106,25 +144,18 @@

 %---------------------------------------------------------
  \cventry
-    {Freelancer during studies on Spiru Haret Music University and 2 years after} % Job title
+    {Freelancer} % Job title
    {Self-employed} % Organization
    {Bucharest, Romania} % Location
    {Jan. 2010 - Apr. 2014} % Period
    {\begin{cvitems} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
-        \item{Projects for personal usage and small businesses (real estate firms, computer shops, etc) including:
+        \item{Linux system and network administration for small businesses
            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{Linux desktop configurations (DE, WM installation / configuration) for clients wanting to migrate on linux but keep a traditional interface look to make the transition smoother}
-                \item{Linux server configurations (apache, postfix, bind, ftp, openvpn, firewall, sshd)}
-                \item{NAS configurations based on linux and/or embedded linux}
-                \item{Network setups (cabling, routers setup, switches installations)}
-                \item{Web Development}
+                \item{Server configurations: apache, postfix, bind, ftp, openvpn, firewall, sshd}
+                \item{NAS configurations and network infrastructure setups}
+                \item{Web development and system integration projects}
            \end{itemize}
        }
-        \item{DTP work for various small advertising firms (most relevant: Complete Image, Brasov)}
-            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{graphics for: business cards, flyers, meshes /banners, logos, catalogs / brochures, posters, etc}
-            \end{itemize}
-        \item{Music transcription for various projects including the "LearnToPlay" app (not available on AppStore anymore)}
    \end{cvitems}}

 %---------------------------------------------------------
@ -136,19 +167,7 @@
    {Bucharest, Romania} % Location
    {Jun. 2008 - Sep. 2009} % Period
    {\begin{cvitems} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
-        \item{System Administration for Windows server 2008
-            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{Domain Management}
-                \item{User Management}
-            \end{itemize}
-        }
-        \item{System Administration for Windows workstation}
-            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{users setup on client side (user deploy enrollment)}
-                \item{data backup, restore and recovery}
-            \end{itemize}
-        \item{Computers and other office equipment repair and maintainance (printers, print servers, copy machines)}
-        \item{VoIP equipment setup and maintenance for internal communication}
+        \item{Windows Server 2008 administration (Domain/User Management), workstation support, VoIP equipment setup and maintenance}
    \end{cvitems}}

 %---------------------------------------------------------
@ -160,26 +179,8 @@
    {Bucharest, Romania} % Location
    {Oct. 2005 - May. 2008} % Period
    {\begin{cvitems} % Description(s) of tasks/responsibilities
-        \item{Managing network infrastructure teams on projects for UPC (Astral Telecom)
-            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{Receiving project tasks from UPC}
-                \item{Organising tasks among the specialised teams}
-                \item{Managing the workflow for high efficiency}
-                \item{Quality control after each task was completed}
-                \item{Reporting back to UPC about both completed and in progress tasks}
-                \item{Analysing (system/technological) situations which exceed the competence of the team and forwarding the issues towards the relevant higher level departments}
-                \item{Managing working materials for the teams}
-                \item{Participating in meetings concerning the infrastructure expansion and our role in it}
-            \end{itemize}
-        }
-        \item{Hands-on cabling and network configuration for UPC and own clients of Macsys-Conectix
-            \begin{itemize}
-                \item{Optical Fiber soldering, Cabling CATV, UTP}
-                \item{Client side network setup for different OSes (Windows, Linux, MacOS)}
-                \item{Server side network setup for Linux (DHCP, iptables)}
-                \item{Network Troubleshooting}
-            \end{itemize}
-        }
+        \item{Led network infrastructure teams for UPC (Astral Telecom) projects: task organization, workflow management, quality control, and technical escalation}
+        \item{Hands-on network deployment: Optical Fiber soldering, CATV/UTP cabling, multi-OS client setups, Linux server configuration (DHCP, iptables)}
    \end{cvitems}}

 %---------------------------------------------------------
--- a/src/cv/skills.tex
+++ b/src/cv/skills.tex
@ -11,34 +11,40 @@
 % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Comfortable Linux Distros} % Category
-        {ArchLinux, Debian, RedHat}
+        {ArchLinux, Debian}
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Shells} % Category
        {Bash, Zsh, Fish} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Scripting} % Category
-        {Perl, Shell, JavaScript} % Skills
+        {Bash, Python, Perl, JavaScript} % Skills
+%---------------------------------------------------------
+    \cvskill{Databases} % Category
+        {MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch} % Skills
+%---------------------------------------------------------
+    \cvskill{Networking \& VPN} % Category
+        {OpenVPN, Tinc VPN, PowerDNS, BIND, VLANs, DHCP} % Skills
+%---------------------------------------------------------
+    \cvskill{Storage \& Filesystems} % Category
+        {ZFS, LVM, RAID} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Monitoring} % Category
-        {Nagios, Monit, Zabbix} % Skills
+        {Zabbix, Nagios, Monit} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{DevOps Tools} % Category
-        {Docker, Git, .deb Packaging} % Skills
+        {Docker, Git, Ansible, .deb/.rpm Packaging} % Skills
+%---------------------------------------------------------
+    \cvskill{High Availability} % Category
+        {Keepalived, MySQL Replication, Failover} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Markup} % Category
    {Markdown, HTML, CSS, {\fontfamily{lmr}\selectfont{\LaTeX}}} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Virtualization} % Category
-        {KVM, Citrix-Xen, VmWare, Proxmox} % Skills
+        {Proxmox, KVM, Citrix-Xen, VmWare} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
-    \cvskill{2D Graphics} % Category
-    {Krita, Inkscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw} % Skills
-%---------------------------------------------------------
-    \cvskill{3D Graphics} % Category
-    {Blender} % Skills
-%---------------------------------------------------------
-    \cvskill{CADesign} % Category
-    {FreeCAD, KiCad} % Skills
+    \cvskill{Cloud \& Hosting} % Category
+        {Hetzner, Azure, AWS} % Skills
 %---------------------------------------------------------
    \cvskill{Spoken} % Category
        {Romanian, English} % Skills