Misel BRZULOVIC - DevOps & QA Engineer | AI & Automation Specialist

📍 Paris, France | 📧 brzulovic@gmail.com | 🔗 LinkedIn | 🐙 GitHub

🚀 Professional Summary

Senior DevOps & QA Engineer with 20+ years of experience in automation, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity, specializing in industrializing testing processes and modernizing CI/CD pipelines.

Recent AI & Automation Expertise (2025-2026):

AI Agent Development: Proficient with Pi Coding Agent for autonomous development, testing, and deployment
Workflow Automation: Certified n8n Automation Professional with hands-on experience in low-code automation
LLM Operations: Deployed Ollama + OpenWebUI with multiple models for AI-powered workflows
Observability & AI Integration: Implemented Grafana, Uptrace, and GCP Logging for AI-driven monitoring
Cybersecurity Automation: Developed PowerShell scripts for IACS compliance and security patching

Key Strengths: ✔ DevOps & CI/CD Industrialization (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) ✔ Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes) ✔ Test Automation & QA Strategy (Selenium, TestComplete, Bats, Python frameworks) ✔ AI & Automation Tools (n8n, Pi Agent, Ollama, OpenWebUI) ✔ Cybersecurity & Compliance (IACS, PowerShell automation, audit reporting) ✔ Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Environments (Windows/Linux, z/OS, AS-400, IoT)

🔧 Technical Expertise

🤖 AI & Automation (2025-2026 - Self-Updated)

AI Agents & Development:

Pi Coding Agent – Autonomous development, testing, and deployment workflows
n8n Certified Automation Professional – Low-code automation for workflows, integrations, and AI-driven processes
Ollama + OpenWebUI – Local LLM deployment and model management (Mistral, Llama, etc.)
Autonomous Research & Synthesis – Multi-round web research with structured wiki integration

Observability & AI Integration:

Grafana – Advanced dashboards for AI/ML model monitoring and performance tracking
Uptrace – Distributed tracing for AI-driven microservices
GCP Logging – Centralized logging for AI/automation workflows

Cybersecurity & Compliance Automation:

PowerShell Automation – Security patching, IACS compliance, and audit reporting
Automated Security Audits – Integration with Azure DevOps for compliance tracking

🛠️ DevOps & CI/CD

Advanced:

Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Concourse, Dagger.io
Multi-stage pipelines (Cloud & On-Premise), On-Premise Azure DevOps agents
Pipeline Design – Optimized for AI/automation workloads and multi-language testing

Build & Deployment:

Terraform, Packer, Ansible – Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud and on-prem
Universal Packages (Azure DevOps) – Efficient binary management for large-scale deployments
Docker & Kubernetes (Helm charts) – Containerization and orchestration for AI/ML services

☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud Providers:

AWS, GCP, Azure – Multi-cloud expertise with cost optimization and security hardening

Containerization & Virtualization:

Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes – Deployment and scaling of AI/automation tools
Hyper-V (90+ VM management), Vagrant, Virsh, QEMU, VirtualBox – Enterprise virtualization
Load Balancers: Nginx, HAProxy, Traefik
Reverse Proxies: Nginx, HAProxy, Traefik

💻 Programming & Scripting

Languages:

Python (Advanced) – Automation, testing, data processing, and AI/ML scripting
Go – Backend services, microservices, and performance-critical applications
Java, C/C++ – Enterprise applications, embedded systems, and performance optimization
JavaScript/TypeScript – Frontend, automation scripts, and tooling
Bash/Shell, PowerShell – System administration, automation, and DevOps scripting
PHP, VBScript – Legacy systems, automation, and web development

Automation & Testing Frameworks:

Selenium, TestComplete – UI and functional testing
Bats, Goblin (Go), Venom (integration tests) – CLI and integration testing
Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipelines – CI/CD automation

🗄️ Databases & Data Management

Relational:

PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MS SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 (z/OS/AS-400)

NoSQL:

MongoDB – High-performance, scalable data storage for AI/automation workloads

Data Processing:

SQL optimization, ETL processes, Data migration scripts
ETL Automation – Integration with CI/CD pipelines for data workflows

🔍 Testing & Quality Assurance

Test Automation:

Selenium, TestComplete, Bats, Python frameworks – Cross-platform testing
Industrialization & CI/CD Integration – Full automation of test cycles
Test Strategies: Migration from Excel to Azure DevOps Test Plans, TestLink, Mantis

Testing Types:

Functional, Load, Performance, Security (IACS compliance), Manual testing
BDD (Cucumber/Watir), TDD (Test-Driven Development)

🔒 Cybersecurity & Compliance

Industrial Standards:

IACS (Industrial Automation and Control Systems) Compliance – Security hardening for critical infrastructure
Automated Security Patching – PowerShell scripts for vulnerability remediation
Audit & Validation – Quality audits, compliance reporting, and security hardening

Compliance Automation:

Azure DevOps Integration – Automated compliance ticketing and tracking
PowerShell Automation – Security updates and audit reporting

📊 Methodologies & Project Management

Agile Frameworks:

Scrum, Kanban, SAFe4 – Large-scale project management

Quality Models:

V-Model, TDD (Test-Driven Development) – Structured testing and development

Project Management:

Requirements gathering, Specifications, Acceptance testing, KPI reporting
Cross-functional team leadership – QA, DevOps, and development collaboration

🖥️ Operating Systems

Enterprise:

Windows Server 2012/2022, z/OS, AS-400, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris

Desktop:

Windows 10/11, macOS, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat)

IoT/Embedded:

Windows IoT, Kali Linux

🎓 Education & Certifications

Formal Education

2000 – Greta Top Formation – Multimedia Designer
1999 – DEUG MCC – Université Paris 8

Self-Education & Certifications (2025-2026)

🏆 AI & Automation:

n8n Certified Automation Professional – Low-code automation mastery
Pi Coding Agent Mastery – Autonomous development, testing, and deployment
Ollama + Model Deployment & Management – Local LLM operations

🔒 Cybersecurity & Compliance:

IACS Compliance & Security Automation – PowerShell scripting for industrial security

📊 Observability & AI Integration:

Grafana, Uptrace, and Distributed Tracing – AI-driven monitoring and analytics

🌍 Languages

Fluent: French (native), English (professional)
Intermediate: German (reading, writing, speaking)
Technical: English (documentation, conferences, technical discussions)

💼 Professional Experience

2023-03 → 2025-09 | Senior QA DevOps Engineer

SLB (Schlumberger) – Surface-Logging Development Team | Oil & Gas Sector

Context: 2.5-year mission in the Surface-Logging Development Team, focusing on the SafeOS 1.0 supervision tool (formerly Gen5). This tool optimizes drilling, evaluation, and production operations through real-time data collection and interpretation (OPC-UA).

Challenges:

Industrialize testing processes and reduce validation cycles
Automate management of a 90-machine laboratory fleet
Modernize the build chain and rationalize code repositories
Strengthen cybersecurity (IACS) for reliability and compliance

Key Achievements:

🤖 AI & Automation Integration:

Deployed Docker-based AI tools (OpenWebUI, Ollama with multiple models) for autonomous testing and monitoring
Developed PowerShell automation scripts for IACS compliance and security patching
Implemented Grafana dashboards for real-time monitoring of AI-driven workflows

⚙️ Test Automation & CI/CD:

Migrated test plans (TNR) from Excel to Azure DevOps Test Plans via Python scripts
Developed automated tests with TestComplete (multi-language scenarios, Pureflex 1.0 & 1.2 in C# WPF)
Built Azure DevOps pipelines (Cloud & On-Premise) for automated test execution
Created automation libraries (JavaScript & PowerShell) for remote pipeline execution

🖥️ Infrastructure & Virtualization:

Deployed a central server interconnected with 90 laboratory machines
Managed Hyper-V infrastructure (VM installation, creation, fallback scripts, archiving)
Automated Docker-based AI tool deployments (OpenWebUI, Ollama)

🔧 Modernization & Security:

Migrated build repositories from SVN to Git Azure DevOps with Universal Packages for binary management
Designed and implemented a complete Azure DevOps On-Premise build chain
Led an IACS cybersecurity project (Azure DevOps tickets, PowerShell patches across all environments)

Results: ✅ Full test automation → Increased coverage and reduced release validation time ✅ Unified management of a 90-VM fleet with automated fallback and archiving ✅ Successful migration → Rationalized repositories, improved build speed and reliability ✅ Full IACS compliance → Security-hardened critical infrastructure

Tech Stack: Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2012/2022, Windows IoT, Kali Linux | PowerShell, VBScript, JScript, VB6, Java, C# WPF, CORBA, OPC-UA, Python | Azure DevOps Test Plans, TestComplete | Azure DevOps Pipelines (Cloud & On-Premise) | Hyper-V (90+ VMs), Docker | Git Azure DevOps, SVN → Git Migration

2022-05 → 2022-08 | Backend DevOps Engineer

Fifteen – Urban Mobility & IoT (Electric Bike-Sharing)

Achievements:

Developed Go-based microservices (MongoDB, gRPC) for IoT backend
Created Go unit tests (Goblin framework) and integration tests (Venom framework)
Deployed releases via Concourse & Terraform
Implemented Grafana + GCP Logging for observability
Established Uptrace for distributed tracing

Results: ✅ Dockerized Go services deployed on GCP Kubernetes clusters ✅ Improved software quality through code reviews and pipeline strengthening

Tech Stack: GCP, Kubernetes, Helm, Grafana, Terraform, Consul, Packer, Uptrace, IoT, Go, gRPC, MongoDB, Jira

2021-11 → 2022-02 | DevOps QA Engineer

HAProxy – Load Balancer & Reverse Proxy Solutions

Achievements:

Conducted quality audits on community & enterprise products (HAProxy, Ingress, Dataplane API)
Automated QA tests using Vagrant, Terraform, Docker, Bats
Resolved GitLab CI build issues and improved CI reliability
Proposed a global QA testing strategy for community and enterprise products

Results: ✅ Improved test coverage and pipeline reliability ✅ Aligned QA processes between French (community) and Croatian (enterprise) teams

Tech Stack: Terraform, GitLab, GitHub, Python, Bash, Docker, Docker Compose, Vagrant, Virsh, QEMU, Linux, Redmine, Jira, Confluence

2016-04 → 2021-11 | Senior Technical QA Engineer

Fircosoft/LexisNexis Risk Solutions – Financial Compliance Software

Achievements:

Tested and evaluated Filter products (C, core of the ecosystem)
Migrated CI from Bamboo → Jenkins and designed a Python + Docker test framework
Industrialized and automated all software tests
Led development of the customer portal (PHP + MariaDB)
Actively participated in code reviews

Results: ✅ Full test automation → Increased delivery availability ✅ CI/CD standardization via Jenkins

Tech Stack: Python, Bash, Jenkins, Docker, Docker Compose, PHP, MariaDB, Bamboo, Jira, Windows, Linux (RedHat, CentOS), Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, z/OS, AS-400

2015-08 → 2015-12 | Lead QA Manager

Outscale – First French Sovereign Cloud Provider

Challenges:

Implement a global QA strategy for sovereign cloud solutions
Manage a dedicated QA team of 4 engineers

Achievements:

Managed and coordinated a team of 4 QA/Python Automation Engineers
Automated manual tests with Python scripts
Administered Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
Implemented quality KPIs and reporting

Results: ✅ Full automation of critical tests → Reduced validation cycles ✅ Improved quality visibility through consolidated KPIs ✅ Increased deployment reliability in a sovereign cloud environment

Tech Stack: Python, Boto, Cloud, Linux, QEMU, Jenkins, Jira, macOS, Scrum

2012-05 → 2015-07 | Technical QA Project Manager

Meetic – European Leader in Dating Platforms

Challenges:

Improve QA team productivity and reliability through large-scale automation
Modernize acceptance environments and QA tools

Achievements:

Designed and deployed an automated Selenium/Java test generation workflow integrated with Jenkins
Managed QA projects and acceptance environments
Developed Node.js WebApps and Git repositories for QA
Implemented BDD with Cucumber/Watir and automated tests
Developed Firefox plugins (modified Selenium IDE)

Results: ✅ Massive test automation → Reduced manual interventions and accelerated releases ✅ Robust, centralized test infrastructure → Scalable and collaborative

Tech Stack: Jenkins, Java, Ruby, Node.js, JavaScript, TestNG, TestLink, Selenium, Watir, Cucumber, Git, Nginx, Linux, Windows, macOS, Kanban/Scrum

2008-05 → 2012-07 | Senior Full Stack Developer

Meetic – R&D Team

Challenges:

Design, optimize, and maintain web services at scale
Ensure application performance
Implement an API-oriented architecture for mobile apps

Achievements:

Developed front-end and back-end PHP components
Created and integrated Web Services (REST, SOAP)
Designed profiling tools for application optimization
Optimized PHP code and SQL queries
API-fied all web services for mobile compatibility

Results: ✅ Increased platform reliability and performance ✅ Successful API-oriented architecture → Enabled mobile applications

Tech Stack: PHP4, PHPUnit, MySQL, Oracle, Linux, REST & SOAP APIs, TDD

2006-08 → 2007-07 | Full Stack Developer

MyPixmania – E-Commerce & Digital Printing

Challenges:

Improve e-commerce platform performance
Design innovative product customization features (Flash, web tech)
Ensure backend robustness in high-user-volume contexts

Achievements:

Developed front-end (JavaScript, Flash) and back-end (PHP, databases)
Optimized URL rewriting for SEO
Optimized SQL queries for faster response times
Developed advanced Flash apps (product customization, photo books)

Results: ✅ Significant performance improvements and SEO enhancement ✅ Differentiating customization features → Increased customer appeal

Tech Stack: PHP3, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Linux, ImageMagick, Awk, JavaScript, Flash, ActionScript, V-Model

🏆 Key Projects & Innovations

🤖 AI & Automation Projects (2025-2026)

Pi Coding Agent Integration – Autonomous testing, deployment, and code generation for SLB projects
n8n Automation Workflows – Low-code automation for CI/CD, security patching, and compliance reporting
Ollama + OpenWebUI Deployment – Local LLM operations for autonomous QA and documentation generation
Grafana + Uptrace Dashboards – AI-driven monitoring for DevOps and cybersecurity workflows

🔧 DevOps & CI/CD Innovations

Azure DevOps On-Premise Build Chain – Complete modernization of build pipelines for SLB
Hyper-V Fleet Automation – Management of 90+ VMs with fallback and archiving scripts
IACS Compliance Automation – PowerShell scripts for security patching and audit reporting
Universal Packages Migration – Optimized binary management for large-scale deployments

🧪 Test Automation & QA Strategy

Excel → Azure DevOps Test Plans Migration – Full automation of test case management
Selenium + TestComplete Hybrid Framework – Cross-platform testing for multi-language apps
Python + Docker Test Framework – Scalable and isolated test environments
BDD with Cucumber/Watir – Improved collaboration between QA and development

📌 Additional Achievements

✔ n8n Automation Expert – Low-code automation mastery ✔ Pi Coding Agent Expert – Autonomous development and deployment workflows ✔ Ollama + OpenWebUI Deployment – Local LLM operations for AI-driven workflows ✔ IACS Compliance Automation – PowerShell scripts for industrial security ✔ Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure – Expertise in AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-prem ✔ Legacy System Modernization – Migrated SVN → Git, Bamboo → Jenkins, Excel → Azure DevOps ✔ Team Leadership & Mentorship – Led QA teams of up to 4 engineers ✔ Cross-Functional Collaboration – Worked with DevOps, development, and cybersecurity teams

🎯 Career Highlights

🔹 20+ years in DevOps, QA, and Automation 🔹 6 months of intensive AI & Automation upskilling (2025-2026) 🔹 Led critical projects in cybersecurity, cloud, and test automation 🔹 Modernized legacy systems and pipelines for Fortune 500 companies 🔹 Certified in cutting-edge AI and automation tools 🔹 Strong expertise in multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments

🚀 Looking Forward

Current Focus:

AI Agent Development – Further integration of Pi Coding Agent and n8n for autonomous workflows
LLM Operations – Scaling Ollama + OpenWebUI deployments for enterprise use
Observability & AI Integration – Advanced Grafana + Uptrace dashboards for AI-driven insights
Cybersecurity Automation – Expanding PowerShell automation for IACS and compliance

Open to:

DevOps & QA Engineering roles with a focus on AI and automation
Cloud & Infrastructure Architect positions
Cybersecurity & Compliance Automation roles
AI Agent & Workflow Automation opportunities

🎓 Formations

2015 – ISTQB Foundation Level Certification – International software testing standard
2000 – Multimedia Designer Training – Greta Top Formation
1999 – DEUG Médiation Culturelle et Communication – Université Paris 8
1997 – Baccalauréat ES (Economic and Social stream)

🎭 Hobbies & Passions

🎬 Cinéma & Séries TV – Passionate about thrillers and science-fiction ♟️ Strategy Games – Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Rummy 🧠 Philosophy – Reflection and critical analysis 🎧 Electro DJ – Electronic music creation and mixing 🏓 Sports – Ping-pong, swimming

📅 Last Updated: June 2025 🔗 Download Full CV: MBR-DCT-en-v2.md