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Edi Recica

Solution architect

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About Me

I have extensive interest in IT in general and passion for Cloud & security in particular. I am currently working as a Solution Architect at Alliander via Luminis.eu. Here are a few technologies and services I've been working with recently:

Experience

Solution Architect - Alliander
Jul 2022 - present
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Cloud Security Engineer - Luminis
Apr 2022 - present
Visit luminis.eu
Cloud & DevSecOps - New Story
Jan 2016 - Mar 2022
Visit newstory.nl

Blogs and Achievements

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Successfully passed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam.

Achievement from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Learning: Architecting
This Learning Plan is designed to help Cloud Architects and Solutions Architects design solutions on AWS using best practices. The digital training included in this Learning Plan will expose you to architecting concepts relevant to AWS, while the self-paced lab activities provide a mechanism to build your skills.

Achievement from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Serverless Technology
AWS offers technologies for running code, managing data, and integrating applications, all without managing servers. Serverless technologies feature automatic scaling, built-in high availability, and a pay-for-use billing model to increase agility and optimize costs.

Achievement from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
GitOps at scale
When multiple environments are in play (e.g. qa/staging/production), you need a sound strategy for managing all applications and knowing which version is deployed where.

Achievement from Codefresh.io
Well-Architected Proficient
AWS Well-Architected helps cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for a variety of applications and workloads.

Achievement from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner
Earners of this badge have demonstrated basic solution building knowledge using AWS services and have a fundamental understanding of AWS Cloud concepts.

Achievement from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
GitOps Fundamentals
GitOps is a set of best practices that make Git the source of truth for everything (and not just the application source code).

Achievement from Codefresh.io
CalicoCon + Cloud-Native Security Summit
My colleague Jurgen Allewijn and I will present a Hands-on workshop to implement Calico networking and security policy for Azure!

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Phishing attack!
What is it, how to recognize a phishing attack, prevention and what to do when receiving a phishing email and why it is important to create awareness within your organization.

Read the blog on Luminis.eu
Developing a (Cloud) Security strategy
In an increasingly digital world, security has become an important subject for every organization, regardless of its size.

Read the blog on Luminis.eu
Working @ Luminis: First weeks
On April 1st 2022, I started as a Senior Cloud Security Engineer at Luminis. My colleague Janneke Gijzel wrote a blog about the job interviews, the first weeks and my impressions. (Dutch blog!)

Read the blog on Luminis.eu
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
Learn how to design and build secure, scalable, high-performing solutions in Azure using the pillars of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework.

Achievement from Microsoft (Azure)
Certified Calico Operator: AWS Expert
This course will contrast several options for deploying Kubernetes in AWS and examine how the default AWS networking works. It will also describe how to best configure and manage Calico in AWS, and how to use it to secure your AWS Kubernetes clusters.

Achievement from Tigera (Calico)
Fundamentals of Bicep
Bicep enables you to deploy Azure resources. Bicep uses a declarative syntax that you treat like application code. Treating your infrastructure as code enables you to track changes to your infrastructure requirements and makes your deployments more consistent and repeatable.

Achievement from Microsoft (Azure)
Certified Calico Operator: Level 1
This course covers how Kubernetes networking works, how to configure and manage a Calico network, and how to secure your Kubernetes cluster.

Achievement from Tigera (Calico)
Certified Calico Operator: CCO-L2-eBPF
This course provides an introduction to eBPF and then describe Calico’s eBPF pluggable data plane, reviewing the benefits and recommended scenarios for use, and demonstrating the data plane in live labs across multiple deployment scenarios.

Achievement from Tigera (Calico)
Certified Calico Operator: Azure Expert
This course will cover an introduction to Azure cloud, learnings about managed, self-managed and hybrid cluster deployment using Calico in Azure, and hands-on labs to help learners explore most of the features in Calico & Azure integration.

Achievement from Tigera (Calico)