- name: Lukáš Pastva
- title: DevOps, Pre-Sales architect
- bornDate: 1985-03-20
- contact:
- phone: +421 917 744 049
- email: [email protected]
- address: Malinovo, Slovakia
- social:
- linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/lukas-pastva/
- website: https://lukaspastva.com
- cv: https://cv.lukaspastva.com
- github: https://github.com/lukas-pastva
- summary:
- 0: 16 years as IT professional
- 1: Kubernetes Architect @ DevOpsGroup
- 2: CI/CD team + tech lead @ O2 Slovakia
- 3: SaaS platform creator @ FatChilliMedia
- 4: Pre-sales Architect @ Trustsoft
- 5: Observability Tech Lead @ Trustsoft
- 6: Product Owner of Observability solution @ DXC Technology
- talent_profile: Mechanic, Creator
- languageSkills:
- 0:
- language: English
- level: C1
- 1:
- language: Slovak
- level: C2
- 2:
- language: German
- level: A2
- 3:
- language: Polish
- level: A1
- technicalSkills:
- cloud_providers:
- 0: Hetzner
- 1: AWS
- 2: GCP
- 3: Azure
- 4: Digital Ocean
- 5: Vultr
- 6: Linode
- 7: Contabo
- container_orchestration:
- 0: Kubernetes (RKE2, RKE, K3s, EKS, AKS, GKE)
- 1: Docker
- 2: docker-compose
- 3: ArgoCD
- cicd:
- 0: GitHub Actions
- 1: GitLab CI
- 2: Jenkins
- 3: TeamCity
- 4: Argo Workflows
- 5: Argo Events
- iac_automation:
- 0: Terraform
- 1: Ansible
- 2: Salt
- 3: Helm
- programming_languages:
- 0: .NET C#
- 1: Java
- 2: PHP
- 3: JavaScript
- 4: Python
- 5: Groovy
- web:
- 0: HTML
- 1: CSS
- 2: WordPress
- 3: Joomla
- 4: Apache
- 5: IIS
- 6: Tomcat
- 7: REST APIs
- databases:
- 0: MySQL
- 1: MSSQL
- 2: Oracle
- 3: ElasticSearch
- 4: InfluxDB
- devops_tools:
- 0: Nexus
- 1: Grafana
- 2: Loki
- 3: Istio
- 4: Jaeger
- 5: Zipkin
- ops_service_mgmt:
- 0: ServiceNow
- 1: Microsoft BizTalk
- 2: ServiceBus
- 3: ITIL
- 4: Agile
- security_infra:
- 0: TLS
- 1: SSH
- 2: Cloudflare API
- 3: Windows Server
- 4: HashiCorp Vault
- 5: Keycloak
- observability:
- 0: Prometheus
- 1: Thanos
- 2: Loki
- 3: Tempo
- 4: Dynatrace
- 5: Datadog
- 6: CheckMK
- 7: InfluxDB
- messaging_platforms:
- 0: Kafka
- 1: MSK (Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka)
- 2: Cloudera Kafka
- 3: Strimzi
- chaos_engineering:
- misc:
- 0: Mailu
- 1: Traefik
- 2: Postman
- 3: API integrations
- softSkills:
- 0: Natural leader with formal training
- 1: Skilled people manager
- 2: Delivery-driven and enthusiastic
- 3: Critical, technical thinker
- 4: Understands balance of resources, quality, delivery
- 5: Receptive to feedback
- 6: Dedicated, multi-project professional
- 7: Quick learner and adaptable
- experience:
- 0:
- period: 2025 - present
- company: DevOpsGroup
- location: Bratislava
- role: Kubernetes Architect
- highlights:
- 0: Architected multi-cluster Kubernetes (RKE2, K3s, EKS): topology, lifecycle, upgrades, autoscaling
- 1: Implemented GitOps with ArgoCD: standardized Helm charts, AppProjects and promotion flows
- 2: Built complex workflows with Argo Workflows and Argo Events for parallel jobs and migrations
- 3: Designed secrets and identity: HashiCorp Vault + Keycloak for SSO/OAuth2 and RBAC patterns
- 4: Delivered observability (metrics, logs, traces), dashboards, alerts and runbooks
- 5: Hardened security with RBAC, network policies and admission controls
- 6: Enabled developer self-service; handled capacity/cost planning, autoscaling and DR
- 7: Acted as pre-sales architect: PoCs, demos, diagrams, proposals; mentored teams on GitOps
- 1:
- period: 2024 - present
- company: O2 Slovakia
- location: Bratislava
- role: CI/CD team lead, technical lead
- highlights:
- 0: Led CI/CD team of 6; delivery management, mentoring, sprint planning and reporting
- 1: Owned on‑prem GitLab Premium and Nexus/SonarQube; designed pipelines, branching, releases
- 2: Migrated 80 microservices (700 repos) to Kubernetes (RKE2, AKS); operated 7 clusters across envs
- 3: Implemented GitOps with ArgoCD; standardized Helm charts, multi‑values and AppProjects
- 4: Built advanced pipelines with Argo Workflows/Events for parallel and multi‑stage deployments
- 5: Developed Prometheus exporters and internal tools (e.g., ArgoCD App Manager, Flyway GUI)
- 6: Delivered KTs for 100+ developers; trained Operations (20+) on Kubernetes and deployments
- 7: Managed dedicated squad environments for isolated workflows and faster feedback
- 2:
- period: 2023 - 2024
- company: Trustsoft cloud
- location: Prague
- role: Pre-sales Architect, Observability Tech Lead
- highlights:
- 0: Led client engagements and solution architecture across CH, CZ, SK
- 1: Designed observability with Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Tempo, Dynatrace, Datadog, CheckMK
- 2: External for Tatra Banka: GitOps automation and app migration to AWS
- 3: Delivered internal cloud lectures
- 3:
- period: 2022 - 2023
- company: Fiserv
- location: Bratislava
- role: Messaging platform engineer, DevOps specialist
- highlights:
- 0: Kafka platforms: Cloudera, MSK, Strimzi
- 1: Kubernetes EKS orchestration
- 2: Monitoring and testing with Prometheus and JMeter
- 3: GitOps with GitLab, ArgoCD, Helm
- 4:
- period: 2021 - 2024
- company: FatChilliMedia
- location: Bratislava
- role: Platform engineer, SaaS architect
- highlights:
- 0: Built SaaS on Hetzner using RKE2 Kubernetes
- 1: Prometheus monitoring and ArgoCD CD
- 2: IaC with Terraform and Argo Workflows
- 3: Improved DevOps via IDP/SaaS/PaaS
- 5:
- period: 2020 - 2022
- company: DXC Technology
- location: Bratislava
- role: DevOps team leader
- highlights:
- 0: Led 10 DevOps engineers (junior/medior)
- 1: Deployed monitoring for 200+ clients and 500+ servers across on‑prem and AWS
- 2: EU SME for DXC-Platform-X (AWS)
- 3: Technologies: AWS, Jenkins, Nexus, Shell, PowerShell, C#, Java, Grafana, InfluxDB
- 6:
- period: 2017 - 2020
- company: DXC Technology
- location: Bratislava
- role: Ops senior - L4
- highlights:
- 0: SME and SPOC for case exchange systems
- 1: 2019 TLS migration of 200 interfaces with 120 customers
- 2: Top performer annually in 50‑member team
- 3: Tech: ServiceNow, ITIL, Java, Postman, Ansible, AWX
- 7:
- period: 2014 - 2016
- company: Hewlett-Packard
- location: Bratislava
- role: Ops medior - L3
- highlights:
- 0: Managed and onboarded case exchange systems for 120 customers
- 1: 2016 migration of 150 servers within AD domains
- 2: Top performer annually in 30‑member team
- 3: Tech: Windows Server, Microsoft BizTalk, ServiceBus, .NET, SoapUI, TLS, SSL
- 8:
- period: 2013 - 2014
- company: Hewlett-Packard
- location: Bratislava
- role: Senior developer
- highlights:
- 0: Developed Asset Management application (full stack)
- 1: Worked as Java EE developer for insurance company
- 9:
- period: 2008 - 2013
- company: ISSA Czech
- location: Ostrava, Czechia
- role: Senior Developer
- highlights:
- 0: Developed intranet/internet apps (PHP MVC, Oracle, Java)
- 1: Trained juniors; projects: Skylink.cz, Ostrava2015.cz, Ekka-gold.cz, Viadrus.cz
- education:
- 0:
- period: 2004 - 2008
- school: Technical University of Ostrava
- faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- notes:
- 0: Bachelor work: module for Visteon intranet system
- 1:
- period: 2000 - 2004
- school: Secondary Industrial School - Kysucké Nové Mesto
- specialization: Mechatronics
- notes:
- 0: Electronics, IT, Mechanical engineering, Hydraulics, Pneumatics
- 1: Siemens Vienna award – CNC S7-200 belt conveyor SW/HW
- projects:
- 0: Skatepark builder
- 1: Cooperation with city councils and mayors
- 2: Administrator of popular Slovak gravity-sports web pages
- 3: Key IT person for Ostrava 2015 European City of Culture
- 4: Creator of 100+ web pages
- 5: Creator of microcontroller hardware
- 6: Open‑source projects creator
- hobby:
- 0: RKE Kubernetes cluster owner; startups member
- 1: DevOps, Platform engineering
- 2: IoT, 3D printing, Smart Home HW (Arduino, ESP32, rPi)
- 3: KiCAD, AutoCAD, CNC
- 4: Skatepark, kindergarten, workout design and building
- 5: Local newspaper design and publishing
- 6: Wedding cameraman
- 7: Philanthropist