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Kristian Z

@kristianzh1

Principal Software Engineer and Technical Writer

Bulgaria
English
About me
I am a Principal Software Engineer with extensive experience in Edge Computing, Kubernetes, and Golang. I specialize in managing clusters using Rancher and K3s, developing K8s operators, and working across major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP. I am also an active open-source contributor and maintainer.... Read more

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Technical Writing
I will write technical blog posts and documentation for devops, cloud, and ai
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DevOps Containerization
I will design, fix, or optimize your kubernetes and devops architecture
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Work experience

SUSE

SUSE

Full-time • 4 yrs 8 mos

Principal Software Engineer

Jun 2025 - Present • 1 yr 4 mos

Creating and managing clusters using Rancher and K3s. Working with Open Build Service (OBS) for streamlined packaging, building, and distribution of software, ensuring efficient development workflows. Researching and testing bare-metal open-source solutions like MetalLB and Metal3 to enhance infrastructure resilience and scalability. Creating K8s operators.

Sr. Edge Container Engineer

Jun 2023 - Present • 3 yrs 4 mos

Focused on Edge computing solutions and container orchestration. Responsible for managing Kubernetes clusters and researching bare-metal open-source infrastructure solutions to improve scalability and resilience within the SUSE ecosystem.

SAP

Senior Gardener Developer

SAP • Full-time

Apr 2023 - May 2023 • 1 mo

Contributed to Gardener core functionalities, an open-source project designed to manage Kubernetes clusters as a service across various cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack. Handled large-scale cluster maintenance and conformant Kubernetes deployments.