Summary
Grzegorz Opara is a Technical Solutions Engineering Manager at Google with eight years of formal experience and a two-decade deep technical background that evolved from SQL Server DBA and information security roles into cloud-native, DevSecOps and data engineering leadership. He has led migrations from on-prem to Azure, built data platforms and modernized monoliths into microservices while managing globally distributed DevOps, Security and Data teams to improve scalability, availability and operational excellence. As Director of Engineering at EcoVadis he drove organizational change, championed Kubernetes and cloud-native practices, and fostered continuous improvement in informal environments. Known for mentoring and building teams from the ground up, he pairs hands-on infrastructure expertise with strategic people leadership. Based in Warsaw, he blends curiosity-driven learning — inspired by a lifelong shift from traditional DBA work to cloud-first architecture — with a pragmatic focus on measurable outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Informatics, Master's degree, Informatics at Uniwersytet Łódzki
Polish, English