Career Profile

I am a person who is looking to develop and improve continuously. Proficient in English, versatile, and able to easily adapt to changes and generate results in no time. I have a knack for innovation and for experimenting with new technologies, and I’m usually one of the first persons in the team to look for areas of improvement and do something about it.

Experiences

Branch Manager

01/03/2023 - Present
SC Spy Shop SRL, Cluj-Napoca
  • Develop and implement strategic plans to achieve branch objectives and targets;
  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the branch;
  • Monitor and analyze branch performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions;
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers;
  • Prepare and present reports on branch performance and financial results;
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends;
  • Foster a positive and inclusive work environment, promoting teamwork, and open communication.

Software Engineer - DevOps

01/04/2020 - 30.10.2022
SC Tractor Set GO SRL, Cluj-Napoca
  • working in Agile and Scrum methodology;
  • management and monitoring of networking infrastructure;
  • user management on Windows-based workstations;
  • Zabbix server deployment and management;
  • GitLab server deployment and management;
  • Nextcloud instance deployment and management;
  • working with Oracle Virtual Box for VM instances;
  • Linux;
  • BASH.

Deputy General Manager

01/05/2020 - 15/12/2021
SC Residence Imobiliare Mot SRL, Arad
  • team leadership;
  • team activity management;
  • establish connections with new partners;
  • staff coordination in everyday activities on-site;
  • researching for best offers of the construction materials;
  • management of IT equipment within the company.

Purchasing Manager

01/10/2019 - 31/04/2020
SC Residence Imobiliare Mot SRL, Arad
  • maintaining connections with existing partners;
  • researching for best offers of the construction materials;
  • inventory management
  • real estate sales.

Technical Support

01/09/2018 – 30/09/2019
SC Spy Shop SRL, Timisoara
  • technical support via phone/live video or face-to-face;
  • creating youtube content;
  • Maintenance, Installation, Setting, and Repair of SLINEX Analogue/IP-based and IP Direct product lines;
  • sales.

Sales Consultant

01/11/2015 – 31/08/2018
SC Spy Shop SRL, Timisoara
  • direct sales to the end customer and B2B (CCTV; thermal cameras; fire detection systems; smart-home automation; automation gates etc)
  • personalized offers for the client.

Security Systems Technician

01/03/2014 – 31/03/2015
SC Matrix Computers & Security SRl, Arad
  • Installing and programming Paradox detection systems and mounting detection systems, video surveillance, access control, and their maintenance.

PC Operator

01/02/2013 – 28/02/2014
SC Finprom SRL, Arad
  • obtain the life insurance from one of the authorized companies: AXA, Net Insurance, Cardiff, MetLife, for clients who wanted to obtain loans like Cessione del Quinto which means the assignment of the fifth part of the salary;
  • data entry.

Assistant Mechanic

01/10/2011 – 01/11/2012
SC Auto Schunn SRL, Arad
  • I worked in a team with an authorized mechanic and I learned how to do maintenance and vehicle diagnostic tests.

Projects

Raspberry PI - Penetration Testing Lab - ethical hacking - Using a Raspberry Pi 5 and Kali Linux. This setup was made for educational purposes, to learn about Kali Linux and Penetration Testing. It is used against and only on my router to launch all attacks in my safe environment. I learned about hashcat tool and how to attack a hash with this tool using the rockyou wordlist. Another great tool is Wifite, which is more powerful and this tool can launch attacks in several modes against WIFI targets to force devices connected to the targetted router to leak some packages (as handshakes and much more).
Raspberry PI - AI tool - Using a Raspberry PI Zero 2W and custom OS without GUI which was set up to work with an e-ink display and powered by AI. This tool was created to train AI for capturing handshakes between two devices such as smartphones, laptops, or any devices connected to a router. After the handshake is captured, the devices will not be affected anymore.
Raspberry PI - Travel Router - Using a Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry PI OS Lite (a Debian distribution without GUI, same as Ubuntu Server). On the Travel Router, I set WireGuard(VPN) to work as a client and all devices connected to my router will take advantage of a secure connection. The Travel Router was made for security purposes when we travel and connect our devices to a free WIFI there are many possibilities for a hacker to abuse the pieces of information that are stored in our devices.
Raspberry PI - HomeAssistant - Using a Raspberry Pi 5 and HOME ASSISTANT OS, I have my own smart home server which is working in my local area network. To be able to access my Home Assistant from external networks, I use a DNS and SSL certificate for encryption and security. To get rid of this Low-Power server, for my comfort at home I use AdGuard. To be able to use AdGuard, the router must be set with my custom DNS Server IP as the primary DNS Server.
Text to Speech - Web Application - Convert a PDF file (written in LATEX) into an audio file. It was my thesis project, deployed on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) with Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS, and for security, I used Certbot for autorenewal of the SSL certificate by 'Let's Encrypt'. My code is stored on GitHub in a private repository and I made a bash script in OCI Instance to update the modified code in GitHub. The primary language is Python and the framework FastAPI was utilized to create the web app. The application utilizes JavaScript for audio interpretation and I used Bootstrap for styling.
Monitoring solution using Zabbix Server - Using a VPS with OS Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS, installed and configured the Zabbix Server to monitor SSL certificates of 32 websites, monitoring servers: disk, CPU, memory usage, and if there are OS updates. Monitoring workstations, and automating sending a mail with notifications about certain triggers that I configured.
Personal email server (Axigen) - Created a Ubuntu 20.04 VM instance, hosted in Oracle Cloud, then installed and configured the Axigen Mail Server Software. This machine now serves as my personal email server.
Personal Curriculum Vitae website - Created a personal curriculum vitae website, using the Jekyll static site generator. The website is hosted with GitHub Pages.
Personal home server - I have repurposed an old laptop to create a personal home server that runs various software/services and is also used for tests when needed. It uses Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as OS and resides on my local network. Software that currently runs on said server: Cockpit, Plex Media Server, Sonarr(for tv series), Radarr(for movies), Transmission(download client), Jackett (works as a proxy server and more), Bazarr(for subtitles), Requestrr(chatbot integrated with my discord server that is using API from Sonarr & Radarr)
Volunteering - Information Technology - Hardware & Software maintenance for computers to Youth & Family non-governmental charity organization.

Skills & Proficiency

macOS, Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Kali Linux, Windows

hashcat, wifite, aircrack-ng, pwnagotchi - ethical hacking tools

BASH

Git & GitHub

Basic Python programming skills

Oracle Cloud

Visual Studio Code / PyCharm

General hardware and networking knowledge

HTML / CSS

Cryptocurrency