Tomislav Plavcic
Senior QA Engineer at Percona
Croatia
Summary
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Top SchoolTomislav Plavcic is a Senior QA Engineer with 13 years of experience blending testing, DevOps and database engineering, currently working remotely from Croatia for Percona. He specializes in exploratory and automated testing, Linux scripting and administration, and operationalizing MySQL and MongoDB workloads using Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes. Over a decade at Percona he progressed from build/release roles into senior QA, contributing directly to high-profile open-source projects like the Percona MongoDB operator and Docker collections where he implemented features, hardening backup/restore flows and improved CI/CD builds. Known for tackling both code and infrastructure, he often bridges gaps between QA, DevOps and release management to deliver reliable, production-ready database tooling.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Technology, Master's degree Information Technology at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Github Skills (34)
kubernetes10
docker10
develop10
mysql10
scripting10
bash10
kubernetes-operator10
database-administration10
perl10
recovery10
dockers10
cicd10
mongodb-database10
release-management10
automation10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Percona Operator for MongoDB
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:469 reviews, 134 commits, 301 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Tomislav primarily contributed to the Percona Operator for MongoDB project by implementing new features and addressing existing issues. Their work included adding functionality for custom init images, fixing typos, and updating versioning information. They also made changes to the project's build and deployment scripts and configuration files, demonstrating involvement in DevOps aspects of the project. In addition, they fixed defects and made code changes based on Jira tickets and release preparations, implying they are involved in project management processes.
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percona/percona-xtradb-cluster-operator
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:370 reviews, 220 commits, 306 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Tomislav primarily contributed to the operator's infrastructure and deployment aspects. Their work includes enhancing backup and restore scripts for compressed backups, updating configuration files, and fixing issues related to peer-list installation and functionality. The contributions also involve modifying the entrypoint and configuration scripts to ensure proper deployment and integration within the Kubernetes environment. Additionally, the user made updates for release preparations, including version updates and test fixes.
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