resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "Marko Valing",
    "label": "Infrastructure Engineer / Team Lead",
    "picture": "",
    "email": "marko@radr.eu",
    "phone": "(+372) 5623 8977",
    "website": "",
    "summary": "I would like to say that I am like a multipurpose tool. I am good at communicating, funny and joyful. My skills include analytical thinking and if neccessary very creative problem solving with minimum technical debt. Very good understanding of e-governance. Experienced working in big corporations, public sector and also in startup, which has provided me high stress tolerance. I am a good listener and always there for my teammates to help untangle technical issues and also personal concerns. Fan of CI/CD/DevOps and cloud infrastructure.",
    "location": {
      "address": "",
      "postalCode": "",
      "city": "Viimsi",
      "countryCode": "EE",
      "region": "Harjumaa"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "tuudik",
        "url": "httpss://github.com/tuudik"
      },
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "Marko Valing",
        "url": "httpss://www.linkedin.com/in/marko-valing"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "company": "Planetway Europe",
      "position": "PlanetCross Team Lead / Infrastructure Engineer / Product Development Manager",
      "website": "https://www.planetway.com",
      "startDate": "2017-07-01",
      "summary": "Planetway Europe is R&D branch of Estonian/Japanese startup Planetway. Planetway's mission is to implement Estonian X-road and in-house developed electronic ID in Japan as entry level market. I setup the X-road instance called PlanetCross in Japan and maintain it. I also helped a lot to assemble development, infrastructure and InfoSec team in Estonian branch.",
      "highlights": [
        "X-road - Setup Japanese instance, called PlanetCross",
        "Terraform - For X-road base infrastructure",
        "Ansible - Configuring X-road software",
        "Jenkins - Continuous integration and development",
        "Git",
        "Amazon AWS",
        "Docker",
        "PKI",
        "ELK",
        "Zabbix",
        "HR - Hiring & building team"
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "Estonian Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre",
      "position": "Infrastructure Engineer",
      "website": "https://www.tehik.ee",
      "startDate": "2017-03-29",
      "endDate": "2018-09-30",
      "summary": "Estonian Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre is responsible for maintaining and developing Estonian health and welfare information systems. Responsibilities includes also consulting health and welfare organizations regarding the information systems. My responsibility was to resolve any issues connected with X-road and also other health related information systems. I did my best also to introduce DevOps culture in the organization.",
      "highlights": [
        "X-road - Managing X-tee security servers, through which all the communication between information systems take part",
        "Ansible - Configuring information systems application servers",
        "Jenkins - Continuous integration and development",
        "Git",
        "ELK",
        "Zabbix",
        "Docker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "Kyrgyz Republic X-road Pilot Project",
      "position": "Software Adviser",
      "startDate": "2016-04-01",
      "endDate": "2016-04-31",
      "summary": "Trainer and expert in Kyrgyz Republic X-road pilot project X-road center technical setup in Kyrgyz Republic. Article from Estonian newspaper Postimees, 25th April, 2016, \"Kyrgyztan to start using Estonian X-road, locally named Tunduk\" http://tehnika.postimees.ee/3668539/korgozstan-vottis-kasutusele-eestis-loodud-x-tee-kohaliku-nimega-tunduki http://ega.ee/project/interoperability-framework-in-kyrgyzstan/."
    },
    {
      "company": "BSR TaxI",
      "position": "Software Adviser",
      "startDate": "2015-02-01",
      "endDate": "2015-02-31",
      "summary": "X-road data exchange expert. Cross-border cooperation on the electronic exchange of tax information in the Baltic Sea Region."
    },
    {
      "company": "Playtech Estonia",
      "position": "Live Operations Specialist",
      "website": "https://www.playtech.com",
      "startDate": "2015-02-09",
      "endDate": "2017-03-17",
      "summary": "Playtech is a gambling software development company. The company provides software for online casinos, online poker rooms, online bingo games, online sports betting, scratch games, mobile gaming, live dealer games and fixed-odds arcade games online. My responsibility was to maintain Live gambling application servers and also debug issues between client and server application.",
      "highlights": [
        "Ansible - Configuring information systems application servers",
        "Jenkins - Continuous integration and development",
        "Git",
        "ELK",
        "Zabbix",
        "Puppet",
        "HTML5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "Estonian Information Systems Authority",
      "position": "X-tee Product Manager / Product Owner / Application administrator",
      "website": "https://www.ria.ee",
      "startDate": "2010-08-02",
      "endDate": "2015-02-05",
      "summary": "Estonian Information Systems Authority key task is to develop and manage secure data exchange (X-Road, document exchange) between institutions, an overview of state information systems and data (RIHA), the use of electronic identity, the functioning and protection of the state broadband network, organisation of e-elections, the activities of the State Portal eesti.ee, and the work of the ID card help centre. I was responsible for keeping Estonian X-road working 24/7/365. Also consulted everykind of Estonian public sector organizations, regarding developing X-road services.",
      "highlights": [
        "X-road - Managing and developing Estonian X-road instance, called X-tee",
        "Git",
        "PKI",
        "Zabbix",
        "vSphere"
      ]
    },
    {
      "company": "ABB",
      "position": "IT specialist",
      "website": "https://www.abb.ee",
      "startDate": "2010-08-02",
      "endDate": "2008-04-01",
      "summary": "ABB Estonian is branch of international energetics corporation ABB. My responsibilties included helpdesk, workstation maintenance, cabling. Very universal position, anything connected to IT was actually in my responsibilties."
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Estonian Information Technology College",
      "area": "IT Systems Administration",
      "studyType": "Diploma",
      "startDate": "2008-09-29",
      "endDate": "2013-06-21"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "keywords": [
        "Ansible",
        "Terraform",
        "Packer",
        "Jenkins",
        "Bash",
        "Python scripting",
        "Network",
        "Amazon AWS",
        "Git",
        "Zabbix",
        "PKI",
        "X-road",
        "Docker",
        "ELK stack"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "Estonian",
      "fluency": "Native speaker"
    },
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Very good"
    },
    {
      "language": "Finnish",
      "fluency": "Beginner"
    },
    {
      "language": "Russian",
      "fluency": "Beginner"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "name": "Tõnu Samuel",
      "reference": "When I was looking for best X-Road specialist to hire, people instantly told \"Marko Valing\". He is the best and I have learned to agree completely.  Best engineers are not ones who spend ages on solving complicated problems. Best are ones who can answer these questions in minutes. This is what Marko does and reason why I would hire him anytime anywhere. I know I can throw problems to him and he solves these in real time like Uma Thurman chops fingers off the bad guys. Quick and efficient!"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rodrigo Zeppini",
      "reference": "Marko is a great team player, always helping other team members and sharing knowledge, a responsible and trustful colleague. He is constantly thinking out of the box, bringing new ideas and suggesting improvements.Marko also stands out with a very good mix of technical skills and soft skills, capable of dealing with different audiences. Overall I can recommend Marko to any team that values someone accountable, dedicated and with good sense of humour. He is definitely a very nice professional to work with!"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kadri Tahsildoost",
      "reference": "Marko has high technical capabilities and he is thorough in everything he does. He works well under pressure and is able to prioritize tasks efficiently. He is highly reliable and always gets tasks done on time. Additionally to this, he has proven to be excellent at teaching others very technical skills and is able to explain highly complex technical info to business people in a way that they understand it. In short, Marko is a pleasure to work with."
    }
  ]
}