Petr Sedmihradsky
Cloud Architect, Senior DevOps, and System admin
Contacts
email petr.sedmihradsky@gmail.com
phone 735 005 930
webcv CV page
address 8. listopadu 33, Praha 6 - Brevnov, 162 00, Czechia
Currently
IT Consultant for mostly AWS Cloud architecture and DevOps engineering
Specialized in
Cloud architecture and solution with a strong understanding of infrastructure components, advanced networking, and infrastructure designs.
DevOps governance and evangelization.
20+ years’ experience with networks and server Operating Systems gives me the ability to view IT projects’ challenges from a ‘big picture’ perspective.
I understand business needs, and I am happy to articulate technical ideas to non-technical people.
Occupation
2015 - 2020 Union Point s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
Industry Consulting
Job Title Cloud Architect
Main Activities Multicloud strategy
- AWS Cloud setup and governance for Skoda Auto a.s. (since 2018)
- DevOps team leader for Usertech and Creative Dock (2016 - 2018)
- DevOps for 20+ projects at 500+ servers
- Certified AWS Solution Architect (since 2016)
- Design and administration of cloud environments for startups up to enterprises
- Administration and maintenance of private clouds on the Azure platform
2013 - 2014 Advice Forge Ltd., Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Industry Datacenter provider
Job Title Technology Consultant
Main Activities Internal management system
- Design and administration of a private data center
- Management and administration of a private cloud
2004 - 2012 Pe3ny Net s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
Industry Internet Service Provider
Job Title CTO
Main Activities Teamleader of 20 team members
- Building a local ISP from the first WiFi hotspot up to a network of 6,000 client stations
- Administration of a multi GB backbone optical WAN and more than 250 hotspots
- A project of an autonomous system, including independent external connectivity and membership in NIX.CZ (the largest Neutral IXP in the Czech Republic)
- Building a system of network management and administration
- SNMP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS administration
2001 - 2004 Tesco stores a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
Industry Retail worldwide
Job Title Technology Architect
Main Activities Solution for the main Unix platform
- Development and testing end to end platform for a retail chain in Central Europe
- Administration of an IBM AIX environment for running the central business system
- Design and administration firewall and an email system for 2,000 users in 4 countries
1997 - 2000 APP System a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
Industry ITC System Integrator
Job Title Computer System Analyst
Main Activities Enterprise Application Integration
- Network operation for PRE a.s., Czech National bank, Czech Telecom a.s.
- Internet connections and WAN design
- Firewalls and servers design
1991 - 1996 ČEZ a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
Industry Power engineering
Job Title System Programmer
Main Activities System support
- Administration of mainframe and Unix systems
- Design and construction of a unified network of power plants
- Connecting a private data network to the Internet
Education
2002 - 2004 Charles University (Faculty of Arts), Prague
- The Advanced Master’s State Examination
- PhDr. (Lic.Phil.)
1992 - 2000 Charles University (Faculty of Arts), Prague
- Philosophy / Logic
- Theology of Christian Traditions
- Mgr. (Master of Arts)
1986 - 1990 Secondary Technical School, Presslova, Prague
- Operational Capability of Production Facilities
Skills, Competencies, and Knowledge
Technical
- UNIX / Linux advanced independent administrator of most types of Unix operating systems
- DBA administration of Oracle, Postgres, and MySql databases
- Networking design and administration of both WAN and LAN networks
- Experience with the implementation of large-scale information systems
- Expert knowledge of most cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, CloudFoundry Openstack)
- Advanced experience with most current LAN and WAN technologies, OSS, and Internet services
- CI/CD workflow technologies and agile methodology
Certification
- AWS Cloud Architect Professional
- Google SRE
- Azure 401
- AIX the IBM AIX 5.1 system training and certification
- HP-UX - HP-UX 10 training and certification
- Cisco - CCNP certification (exp 2018)
Organizational Skills
- Project and team management skills
- Good knowledge of project management methodologies
- PMP, ITIL, ISO 9000
- Experience with people and team management (3 to 20 people)
- Experience with the corporate culture of large companies
Social Skills
- Good presentation skills
- Technical Teaching and training - about 400 hours trained as an independent trainer
- Presentation for large auditorium
- Experience with business needs and negotiations
Other
- Reserve Officer in the Army of the Czech Republic (OR-4 Staff Sergeant)
- Psychotherapy training in group psychoanalysis (3 years of self-experience) provided by the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) in Prague, Czech Republic
- WSET Level 2 certification provided by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust in London, UK
- Sommelier certification provided by the Wine Academy in Valtice, Czech Republic
- Driving Licence Category B
- Publications for the CPress Brno publishing house - in the Computer magazine
- Lectures at the Czech Internet Forum conference
- Member of the National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) of the Czech Republic