DevOps Engineer|

Hi, I'm Ivan Bratović

A guy from Croatia.

Doing DevOps through code and automation. Passionate about software and open source technologies. Trying to always learn new things and challenge myself.

guest@browser:~
$ ssh hostname
ivan:~$ whoami
Ivan Bratović, DevOps Engineer
ivan:~$ cat skills.yaml
platforms: [Docker, Kubernetes, Azure]
iac: [Terraform, SaltStack, Puppet, Ansible]
code: [Python, Bash, PowerShell]
os: [Linux, Windows Server]
observability: [Grafana, Prometheus, ELK]
cicd: [Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub Actions]
ivan:~$ location lookup
Country : Croatia
ivan:~$ _

About Me

A master in Computer Science with over 4 years of experience in DevOps, Sysadmin and System Engineering.

From Croatia

Based in Zagreb

Computer Science Major

My alma mater is FER

DevOps Engineer by trade

System Engineering & Reliability

Open Source supporter

Passionate advocate of FOSS

Continuous learner

Always exploring new technologies

Internet security enthusiast

Privacy & Security focused

I'm well-versed with the Linux operating system, but I also have experience with Windows Server systems. I've used version control tools like Git and Mercurial. I also have experience in implementing on-prem and cloud solutions using tools such as Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins/Bamboo, Proxmox/vCenter and tools for observability - Elasticsearch+Kibana, Prometheus+VictoriaMetrics+Grafana stack, AppDynamics...

I program in various programming languages, but I mostly use Python, since I'm the most experienced and knowledgeable in it. I have also used Bash, Ruby and PowerShell scripting languages.

I'm a passionate advocate of Open Source technologies.

Work Experience

Jul 2025 - Present

DevOps Engineer

Happening

Part of Happening's Retail Engineering team, managing Linux machines with Salt. Heavily focusing on modern DevOps practices, observability and infrastructure automation.

Linux SaltStack AWS
Dec 2022 - Jul 2025 • 2 yrs 8 mos

DevOps Engineer

NEOGOV Croatia

Part of NEOGOV's DevOps team, working with multiple development teams across many projects. Very wide scope of work due to NEOGOV's many products, working with on-prem Windows machines, cloud-native applications on Azure and supporting tools on Linux machines.

Windows Server Terraform Puppet Bamboo PowerShell Azure
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022 • 1 yr 11 mos

SysAdmin, IT, InfoSec, DevOps Engineer

Helix d.o.o.

Worked as the sole Sysadmin, IT Engineer, InfoSec Engineer and DevOps Engineer. Supported a small Grails development team with a highly efficient on-prem CI/CD pipeline. Implemented and improved all parts of the tech stack, mostly through Docker optimizations, Bash and Python scripts and observability tools.

Linux Bash Docker Jenkins IBM Informix

Skills & Technologies

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Proxmox/vCenter

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform
  • SaltStack
  • Puppet
  • Ansible

CI/CD & Automation

  • Git
  • Jenkins
  • Bamboo

Monitoring & Observability

  • Elasticsearch + Kibana
  • Prometheus + VictoriaMetrics + Grafana
  • AppDynamics

Operating Systems

  • Linux (Advanced)
  • Windows Server

Programming & Scripting

  • Python
  • Bash
  • PowerShell

Featured Projects

DevOps Projects

Minik8s

Kubernetes • Helm

A small sample of a K8s deployment with Helm showcasing modern orchestration practices.

PaperMC Deployment

Docker Compose • Scripting

Automatic Minecraft server deployment with Docker Compose and automation scripting.

Fish Functions

Fish Shell • Automation

Collection of Fish shell functions I use daily for productivity and automation.

Programming Projects

Laebelmaker

Python • Traefik

Python project for creating labels - a practical utility for generating custom labels with ease.

Brainfuck Interpreter

Python • Interpreter

A Python-based interpreter for the Brainfuck programming language, demonstrating language implementation concepts.

Network Programming

C • Network Programming

Network programming examples using libuv library in C, showcasing asynchronous I/O and event-driven programming.

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities, collaborations, or just chatting about DevOps and technology. Feel free to reach out!