Enterprise Full Stack Developer — ENTSO-E

Brussels, Belgium · Feb 2023 — present

Enterprise full stack developer combining software engineering, DevOps and platform administration, security governance, and vendor coordination — owning applications end-to-end rather than just shipping code for them, and acting as the bridge between business stakeholders, developers, suppliers, infrastructure teams, and security specialists.

Election Tool — governance-critical platform supporting association elections for around 40 TSO members, where representatives and substitutes vote for Assembly, Board, and Committee positions.

  • Owned the program end-to-end: Jira project setup, GitLab repository setup and governance, system architecture and design, application development, unit testing, and deployment/release.
  • Handled election configuration, user onboarding, and proxy management, and supported business operational readiness ahead of live election runs.
  • Coordinated threat modeling and penetration testing for the platform given its role in electing TSO association leadership.

GitLab Platform Administration — day-to-day platform owner for ENTSO-E's GitLab instance, used across multiple development teams and external vendors.

  • Own user lifecycle management, repository governance, runner administration, and access management.
  • Led runner strategy work spanning AWS-hosted runners and Azure Container Registry integration, and CI/CD scaling discussions as usage grew across teams.
  • Participate in platform security reviews, integration assessments, and Change Advisory Board governance for platform changes.

CI/CD Modernization — redesigned deployment tooling to cut manual steps and reduce reliance on DevOps availability.

  • Rebuilt GitLab CI/CD pipelines using Docker, Ansible, and Azure Container Apps/Registry, reducing deployment execution time by 20% and eliminating 100% of manual UAT deployment activities.
  • Enabled self-service production deployments, removing cross-team dependency and the deployment lead time caused by waiting on DevOps.
  • Contributed to Azure modernization proposals and development workflow standardization, including infrastructure-as-code approaches (Bicep) for container-based deployments.

Security & SSDLC — named DevOps owner and Security Enabler on the Governance & Voting Tool's responsibility matrix, with similar involvement across other applications.

  • Lead threat modeling and coordinate penetration testing engagements with external security vendors.
  • Investigated and coordinated remediation for exposed-secret incidents, and drive vulnerability remediation more broadly across the portfolio.
  • Participate in SSDLC processes and secure deployment practices alongside dedicated security specialists.

Identity Modernization — migrating enterprise application authentication from Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID.

  • Cover SSO, MFA, and OpenID Connect configuration, redirect URIs, and access control across affected applications.
  • Sequencing the migration to preserve security compliance and uninterrupted user access throughout the transition.

Application Portfolio & Vendor Management

  • Support and administer a broad portfolio of applications and services: Election Tool, Governance & Voting Tool, Network Codes, ENTREC, Implementation Monitoring Platform, GridMap Editor, GitLab, and STUM.
  • Prepare and coordinate security/compliance documentation and stakeholder communication across this portfolio.
  • Supported 4 RFP/procurement processes (GitLab, Netlify, Full Stack Developer engagements), including RFP preparation, supplier evaluation, and contract execution support.
  • Ran technical interviews and candidate screening using structured evaluation frameworks for consultant/internship hires.