Gjorgji Stojkov

Experience

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  University of Oslo

  Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Teaching Assistant

  During the second year of my master studies, I was working as a teaching assistant for three master courses in the area of it security, system and network administration: "Scripting for System Administration"​ "Enterprise Networking: Practices and Technologies"​"Intrusion detection and firewall security". The courses are part of the MSc in System & Network Administration which is being taught at Oslo University College (HiOA) with cooperation of the University of Oslo (UiO). Some of my responsibilities included correcting and creating weekly practical assignments, as well as leading the laboratory work and cooperating with students on various projects. Weniger anzeigen

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  Dignio

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Linux System Administrator

  • Building and maintaining the company's infrastructure in Amazon AWS• Configuring and updating the new and existing Linux servers of the company• Creating documentation on deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, disaster recovery plans• Deploying infrastructure monitoring solutions based on open source technologies

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  Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus

  Jun 2015 - Jan 2015

  Assistant Professor

  During my employment at the Oslo University College of Applied Sciences, I was responsible for teaching, leading and examining a group of students who were taking a master level course named "Enterprise Networking: Practices and Technologies"​. The course is part of the MSc in System & Network Administration which is being taught at Oslo University College (HiOA) with cooperation of the University of Oslo (UiO).

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  Novartis

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Unix Platform Engineer

  I was part of a global team responsible for managing the Linux/Unix enterprise infrastructure(2000+ servers) of Novartis. Some of my responsibilities were:• Organizing and coordinating activities associated with installation,deployment, and upgrade or repairs to Unix/Linux infrastructure systems (RedHat, AIX, VIO, HMC).• Developing and enforcing deployment standards and best practices for the above mentioned Unix/Linux systems including installation, patching and management of systems;• Automation of infrastructure processes with scripting and configuration management utilities. • Assisting with technical design in projects and acting as a Subject Matter Expert for deployed solutions. Weniger anzeigen

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  Mitto AG

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2017

  IT Director

  Building, managing and expanding the infrastructure team located at three physical locations which supports Mitto's datacenter infrastructure and includes DevOps, System and Network engineersCreating and realizing technical roadmaps that align with the business goals to develop and improve new and existing products/services in an efficient and effective mannerEnsuring business continuity with the implementation of various tools and technologies

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  Babbel

  Apr 2018 - Apr 2022

  • End-to-end responsibility of cross-functional and cross-department projects related, but not limited to operations, feature development, product development, security, compliance• Ensuring continuous operation for mission critical services that allow Babbel's customers to use the product at all times• Unification of the company's engineering tooling landscape• Together with the Infrastructure team consisting of principal and senior engineers responsible for the reliability, stability and scalability of Babbel's Infrastructure/Platform which serves millions of learners across the world• Rolling out security tooling, principles and best practices for the engineering department across the company Weniger anzeigen

  • Principal DevOps Manager

    Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Senior Technical Product Manager

    Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Technical Product Manager

    Apr 2018 - Feb 2020
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  Nostos Genomics

  Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  Head Of Engineering

  • Leading, mentoring and scaling the engineering department that consisted of senior Backend, DevOps, FrontEnd and QA engineers• Re-built and maintained an AI based platform that generates analysis for patients based on their human genomics data. The platform/product was built with cutting-edge technologies and is currently used by laboratories to help and identify previously unknown rare diseases originating from genetic mutations of patients• Improved collaboration between departments, restructuring teams into cross-functional teams and by leveraging Agile principles primarily based on Kanban delivered increased product development velocity and code quality going from months between releases to releasing new features and changes on a daily basis Weniger anzeigen

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  Babbel

  Jan 2023 - now

  Head of Infrastructure

  • Integrated new cutting-edge AI models directly into Babbel's product• Optimized Babbel's cloud architecture resulting in 500,000$+ in yearly savings• Leading principal engineers and architects owning the reliability, stability and scalability of Babbel's systems which serve millions of learners daily• Key decision maker in contract negotiation and vendor management for tooling and external services used by the Babbel's engineering department