Milan Simonović - Cloud architect and DevOps engineer with two decades of expertise and a proven track record of taking ideas and delivering them

Q: Where is Milan based?

Milan is based in Zürich, Switzerland and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Milan speak?

Milan speaks the following languages: Serbian (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Milan have?

Milan has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Milan has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 7 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 4 months . Note that Milan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Milan's latest experience?

Milan's most recent position is Cloud Architect & DevOps at Avaloq .

Q: What companies has Milan worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Milan has worked for Avaloq , Squirro , Cognition Controls , galleria.de , and University of California .

Q: Which industries is Milan most experienced in?

Milan is most experienced in industries like Education , Biotechnology , and Banking and Finance . Milan also has some experience in Retail , Real Estate , and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas is Milan most experienced in?

Milan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Product Development . Milan also has some experience in Research and Development and Sales .

Q: Which industries has Milan worked in recently?

Milan has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance , Education , and Retail .

Q: Which business areas has Milan worked in recently?

Milan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Sales .

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Zürich, Switzerland

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Experience

Jul 2024 - Present

2 years 1 month

Switzerland

Cloud Architect & DevOps

Avaloq

Main cloud solution architect on a banking SaaS offering hosted in Azure.
Fully automated the Azure infrastructure in Terraform.
Reduced cloud costs by 50%.
Responded to incidents, found root-causes and closed with post-mortems.

Dec 2023 - Jun 2024

7 months

Switzerland

Solutions Architect

Squirro

Enterprise Generative AI for Search and Insights, with clients such as OCBC and Bank of England.
Working as a senior solutions engineer in presales and also DevOps.
Contributed to two successful sales to enterprise clients by making custom-tailored demos.
Improved document handling efficiency and reduced errors for a large foreign bank by implementing a document status tracking system.

Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

3 months

United States

Solutions Architect

Cognition Controls

A cloud-based building intelligence software running on IoT devices.
Designing and implementing AWS infrastructure for device management.

Apr 2023 - Oct 2023

7 months

Germany

DevOps Engineer

galleria.de

A large ecommerce platform with over 80M monthly visits.
Managed infrastructure with Terraform.
Monitoring and alerting with Prometheus and Grafana.
Incident detection and root cause analysis.
100% uptime during infrastructure upgrades and application deploys.

Dec 2021 - Sep 2022

10 months

United States

Solutions Architect & DevOps

University of California

A scalable AI framework.
Solved scalability and reliability problems.
Implemented CI/CD, monitoring and alerting.

Apr 2021 - Sep 2021

6 months

United States

Solutions Architect

HelloEquity

A real estate startup.
Designed and implemented the data pipeline and solution architecture.
After finishing the MVP and signing two business customers, the startup was successfully sold to a credit union.

Jan 2008 - Dec 2019

12 years

Switzerland

Solutions Engineer & Devops

University of Zürich

Worked in a bioinformatics lab on data processing pipelines and web application development. Accomplishments include full stack development of 3 projects, data pipeline automation, building and operating an HPC cluster, building and maintaining an external data center to run our web applications, participating in an international scientific group that was developing a standard for representing protein interaction data, and working as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate Python course.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Education, Biotechnology, Banking and Finance, Retail, and Real Estate.

Education

Biotechnology

Banking and Finance

Retail

Real Estate

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Product Development, Research and Development, and Sales.

Information Technology

Operations

Product Development

Research and Development

Sales

Skills

Devops (15y)
Python | Node.Js | Java (8y)
Amazon Web Services (8y)
Terraform (5y)
Ci/Cd (5y)
Kubernetes (2y)
Azure (2y)
Sql & Nosql (10y)

Languages

Serbian

Native

English

Advanced

German

Intermediate

Education

Oct 2001 - Jul 2008

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Niš

Bachelor's degree · Electrical Engineering · Serbia

Oct 2001 - Jul 2008

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Niš

Master of Science · Computer Science · Serbia

Certifications & licenses

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 7

Experience in Education 12.5 y

Avg length 2 y 4 m

Longest experience 11 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Switzerland, United States, Germany)

Primary country Switzerland

Expertise

Recent roles Cloud Architect & DevOps, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer

Main industries Education, Biotechnology, Banking and Finance

Main business areas Information Technology, Operations, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Created

July 2026

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Where is Milan based?

Milan is based in Zürich, Switzerland and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Milan speak?

Milan speaks the following languages: Serbian (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Milan have?

Milan has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Milan has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 4 months. Note that Milan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Milan be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Milan would be well-suited for roles such as: Cloud Architect & DevOps, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer.

What is Milan's latest experience?

Milan's most recent position is Cloud Architect & DevOps at Avaloq.

What companies has Milan worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Milan has worked for Avaloq, Squirro, Cognition Controls, galleria.de, and University of California.

Which industries is Milan most experienced in?

Milan is most experienced in industries like Education, Biotechnology, and Banking and Finance. Milan also has some experience in Retail, Real Estate, and Information Technology.

Which business areas is Milan most experienced in?

Milan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development. Milan also has some experience in Research and Development and Sales.

Which industries has Milan worked in recently?

Milan has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Education, and Retail.

Which business areas has Milan worked in recently?

Milan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Sales.

What is Milan's education?

Milan holds a Master in Computer Science from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Niš and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Niš.

Does Milan have any certificates?

Milan has 2 certificates. These include: AWS Solutions Architect Associate and HashiCorp Terraform Associate.

What is the availability of Milan?

Milan is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Milan?

Milan's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.