Summary
Ilir Bekteshi is a DevOps engineer with 8 years of focused software engineering experience and a 20+ year IT background spanning system administration, testing, packaging and CI/CD. Currently at IKEA Home Smart, he specializes in enabling teams to ship securely and efficiently through automation, GitOps, containerization, and cloud infrastructure. At Qlik he led packaging and pipeline initiatives—replacing legacy installers with Wix, building fast patch delivery, and owning delivery pipelines across Terraform, Kubernetes, CircleCI and GitHub Actions. He combines hands-on implementation with a knack for automating repeatable work so teams can move faster without sacrificing quality. Based in Kalmar County, Sweden, Ilir is known for pragmatic, developer-friendly tooling and for turning operational constraints into measurable delivery improvements. An early-career background in virtualization and VOIP deployments gives him a practical systems-level perspective that complements his modern DevOps practice.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Gymnasium, Mathematics & natural science, Gymnasium, Mathematics & natural science at Kuvendi Arberit
Management and information technology, Management and information technology at University of Prishtina