Viorel Zidariu Popa
About Viorel Zidariu Popa
Viorel Zidariu Popa is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Endava with extensive experience in high-demand web services and cloud environments.
Current Position at Endava
Viorel Zidariu Popa is currently employed as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Endava, based in Târgu Mureş, Mureş, Romania. In his role, he leverages his extensive expertise to enhance and maintain high-demand web services applications through advanced server technology integration.
Previous Experience at Reea Srl
Prior to his position at Endava, Viorel Zidariu Popa worked at Reea Srl for 12 years as a Lead Systems Engineer. His tenure at Reea Srl also included a year-long role as a PHP Developer from 2005 to 2006. During this time, he developed his skills in multiple areas of systems engineering and PHP development.
Education in Computer Science
Viorel Zidariu Popa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, which he earned from Universitatea „Petru Maior” din Târgu-Mureș. His educational background, spanning from 2003 to 2007, laid the foundation for his extensive knowledge and expertise in various IT and engineering domains.
Specializations in DevOps
Viorel has specialized skills in load balancing solutions using Linux LVS and HAProxy. He is proficient in cloud environments like AWS, with and without RightScale, and skilled in configuration management tools such as Puppet and Cfengine. Additionally, he has experience with monitoring systems like Nagios, Cacti, collectd, and mon.
Expertise in Server and Database Management
Viorel Zidariu Popa is experienced in managing email servers such as Sendmail, Postfix, and Qmail, including large emailing solutions with Qmail. His database management skills encompass MySQL replication and clustering, MsSQL, and PostgreSQL. His expertise extends to version control systems (SVN, Git, CVS) and he is proficient in shell scripting and LAMP development.
Early Career Roles
Earlier in his career, Viorel worked as a Network Administrator / Programmer at E-Point SRL for a year and as a PHP Developer at eWeb for 11 months. These roles provided him with critical experience that contributed to his later successes in more advanced positions.