Andrei Carîp

Cloud & Networking Enthusiast · Linux · Python · AWS / OCI Bucharest, Romania
Email: andrei.carip@gmail.com
Phone: +40 766 611 565
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Date of birth: 25/03/2000

Profile

Cloud and networking enthusiast with practical experience in Amazon Web Services, Linux systems and Python scripting. Highly motivated and eager to learn, I enjoy combining infrastructure, networking and backend development to build small end-to-end platforms and strengthen my understanding of modern cloud environments.

Professional Experience

System Engineer – Alstom
01/2024 – Present · Bucharest
ERTMS / railway signaling systems – design, configuration and validation.
  • Collaborate with interlocking architects on ERTMS system and architecture design.
  • Design indoor and outdoor railway signaling systems and prepare bills of quantities.
  • Configure and validate interlocking systems for Italian railway projects.
  • Develop application data, perform functional tests and ensure compliance with safety and operational requirements.
Electrical Network Engineer – Expleo Group
10/2023 – 12/2023 · Bucharest
Validation platform for automotive Electronic Control Units.
  • Created test sheets for the validation platform to verify communication and functionality between multiple ECUs.
MS Automated Operations Engineer – Ericsson Telecommunications Romania
07/2022 – 12/2022 · Bucharest
1st level support and monitoring across multi-technology Telecom networks (CORE, 2G/3G/4G/5G, IMS, OSS, PS, VAS).
  • Monitored and maintained systems, networks and applications to ensure optimal performance.
  • Responded to alerts, troubleshot incidents and performed routine maintenance and updates.
  • Collaborated with engineering teams to resolve issues and implement improvements.
  • Analyzed performance data to identify risks and reduce downtime or data loss.

Projects

Open Notes App Demo
Oracle Cloud · FastAPI · Nginx
Two-Tier Notes Application
Personal Project
  • Deployed a two-tier notes application on Oracle Cloud: public Nginx frontend and private FastAPI backend.
  • Implemented JWT-secured user authentication with per-user notes and SQLite persistence.
  • Configured Nginx reverse proxy to expose /api while keeping the backend accessible only via internal networking.
  • Hardened access using OCI security lists and iptables (restricted SSH, dedicated API port, persistent firewall rules).
Homelab · Docker · Monitoring
HomeLab Platform
Personal Project
  • Repurposed a Windows laptop into an always-on Ubuntu Server homelab running under VMware.
  • Exposed services securely via Tailscale-only access.
  • Used Docker Compose to orchestrate Jellyfin, FastAPI, Caddy, Prometheus/Grafana and SMB3 storage.
  • Automated backups with systemd timers and container updates with Watchtower.
Python · Neural Networks
Electricity Consumption Prediction System
Master’s Thesis
  • Built a short-term electricity consumption forecaster for Romania using artificial neural networks on 2019–2025 hourly data.
  • Designed a clean 72-hour input-window pipeline and fixed train/validation/test splits.
  • Implemented data preprocessing, model training and evaluation in Python.

Education

MSc – Automation and Industrial Informatics
UPB · 10/2023 – 07/2025
BSc – Electrical Engineering
UPB · 09/2019 – 06/2023