Welcome! 👋

I'm a DevOps Engineer passionate about building reliable, scalable infrastructure. With expertise in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native technologies, I help teams deliver software faster and more reliably.

This site is my professional home — download my CVs in English or Hungarian, and explore my work history and technical expertise below.

Bertalan Kristof

Bertalan Kristof

Senior DevOps Engineer

Azure DevOps • Terraform • ArgoCD • Kubernetes

📧 kristofbertalan4@gmail.com

📋 Professional Summary

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience in enterprise environments, specializing in Azure DevOps CI/CD, GitOps delivery with ArgoCD, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Strong background in Kubernetes/OpenShift, Linux systems, and automation using Python and Bash.

⚡ Core Skills

Azure DevOps
Terraform
ArgoCD
GitOps
Kubernetes
OpenShift
Docker
Helm
CI/CD
Linux
Bash
Python
Ansible
PostgreSQL

💼 Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

ZF Group 2023–Present
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Built and optimized 12+ Azure DevOps pipelines. Reduced build times from 25 min to 10 min through parallelization.
  • GitOps & Deployment: Implemented ArgoCD-based GitOps for 6 microservices. Enabled zero-downtime deployments across environments.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Managed Terraform configurations for cloud resources. Automated environment provisioning reducing setup time by 80%.

DevOps Engineer

OTP Bank 2021–2023
  • Pipeline Development: Maintained 18+ Azure DevOps pipelines. Implemented automated testing reducing manual QA by 35%.
  • Deployment Automation: Created Ansible playbooks for application deployments. Improved deployment consistency and reduced errors by 40%.
  • Tooling & Documentation: Built internal DevOps guides and runbooks. Accelerated team onboarding from 2 weeks to 3 days.

Junior DevOps Engineer

SCADEMY 2020–2021
  • CI/CD Setup: Developed GitLab CI/CD pipelines for 5 Python/Node applications. Automated build and test processes.
  • Docker & Containerization: Containerized legacy applications reducing deployment complexity. Standardized deployment process across team.
  • Scripting & Automation: Created Bash/Python scripts for repetitive tasks. Eliminated manual processes saving 10+ hours per week.

🎓 Education

BSc Computer Engineering

Óbuda University

2018 – Present