IT Manager · Montenegro

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15+ years engineering secure, modern infrastructure — from FortiGate clusters to Azure cloud migrations. I build networks that don't fail.

15+
Years Experience
13
Offices Managed
4
Countries
Active 2025
Fortinet Certified
NSE Certified FortiGate Expert
About

Infrastructure
that holds.

I'm an IT Manager based in Budva, Montenegro, with over 15 years of hands-on experience across the textile, healthcare, and software industries.

My focus is data security first, modern systems second — keeping infrastructure current without unnecessary complexity or cost. I work at the intersection of enterprise networking, cloud architecture, and operational reliability.

Currently managing multi-country infrastructure at Digitech Marketing, spanning Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, and Poland.

Available for consulting · Budva, ME
Technical Stack

Built on solid ground.

Network & Security
Fortinet FortiGate MikroTik VPN / VLAN IPsec / SSL IPS / IDS FortiAnalyzer HA Clustering SD-WAN
Virtualization & Cloud
Proxmox Hyper-V Azure AVD Azure VPN Gateway Azure Entra ID VMware LXC Containers RDS
Systems & Infrastructure
Active Directory Windows Server Office 365 SQL Server Veeam Backup NPS / RADIUS DNS / DHCP 3CX PBX
Projects

Work that shipped.

02

Azure Virtual Desktop Pilot

Designed and deployed a full Azure AVD environment from scratch — VNet, NAT Gateway, host pool, session hosts, MFA, and Point-to-Site OpenVPN with Entra ID authentication. Planned departmental subnet segmentation and call center shift workflows.

Azure AVD VPN Gateway Entra ID OpenVPN
03

FortiGate 100F HA Cluster — Performance Optimization

Diagnosed and resolved high-latency issues on an Active-Passive FortiGate cluster serving ~400 concurrent RDP users. Identified SSL Inspection + IPS + Antivirus simultaneous processing as the throughput bottleneck and tuned accordingly.

FortiGate 100F HA Active-Passive Performance Tuning
Certifications

Verified expertise.

2025 · ACTIVE

Fortinet NSE Certified

Network Security Expert — FortiGate infrastructure and advanced threat protection.

15+ YEARS

Microsoft Ecosystem

Active Directory, Windows Server, Office 365, Azure administration and architecture.

FIELD

Multi-Vendor Networking

Hands-on deployment and troubleshooting across Fortinet, MikroTik, Ubiquiti, and Cisco environments.

Let's talk infrastructure.

Available for consulting, project work, and senior IT roles. Based in Budva, Montenegro — open to remote and international opportunities.

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