Ezra Hulsman

DevOps / Pega Engineer at Anamata ยท Utrecht, NL ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

Linux-first DevOps Engineer who automates manual workflows with Python & Bash to speed deployments and reduce friction โ€” driven to continuously improve systems and skills.

Skills

Languages

Dutch (Native) ยท English (Fluent)

Programming
PythonJavaTypeScriptReactBashRustC/C++ (academic)
Pega Platform
Pega DevelopmentPDCPega Debugging
Methods & Practices
AgileScrumKanbanDevOpsCI/CDIaCMonitoring
Infrastructure & Tools
LinuxDockerKubernetesGitSQLPrometheusGrafanaCloudflare

Experience

Consultant via Anamata (2023 โ€“ present)

2025 โ€“ present

DevOps & Software Engineer โ€” Major European bank

Sole developer of an enterprise self-service portal (React, Node.js, Oracle) used by ~20 tenants across 80+ Pega environments for pipeline management via Azure DevOps, operational audit logging, and ServiceNow ticketing. Manages incident resolution, platform upgrades, and infrastructure operations across multi-tenant DTAP environments using Ansible and AWX.

2024 โ€“ 2025

Platform & Software Engineer โ€” Nordic financial regulator

Replaced a legacy VM-based Pega setup โ€” where only 2.5 of 150 planned case types had shipped in 4 years โ€” with four fresh containerized DTAP environments on self-hosted Kubernetes (~18 pods each, including Kafka and SRS). Built and integrated a React portal backed by Pega's DX API with a custom OIDC flow, unifying internal and external access under strict network-separation policies and reducing the case type footprint from 150 to ~25.

2023 โ€“ present

DevOps Engineer โ€” European staffing company

Solo-built a Java/Playwright automation that replaced a daily 10โ€“15 minute manual health report across ~50 VMs, with CI/CD-triggered email delivery, Teams alerts, and an issue-annotation page. Created a Bash maintenance toolbox of scheduled scripts to prevent storage exhaustion and piped PDC notifications into Teams channels.

2023 โ€“ present

Pega Developer โ€” Anamata

Solo-built Anna โ€” a conversational AI assistant (Python, Claude, MCP) that unifies a consultancy's internal tools behind a single chat interface, giving employees natural-language access to leave tracking, case management, seat booking, and company policy instead of switching between separate apps. Also earned Pega System Architect and Business Architect certifications during this period.

Prior Experience

2022 โ€“ 2023

Junior Support Engineer โ€” MovingMedia BV

Replaced plaintext password storage in documentation with a Python-based OTP encryption system using XOR with random bitstrings on a secure remote VPS. Maintained client Synology NAS infrastructure and provided technical support.

2019 โ€“ 2022

Tutoring Teacher โ€” Self-employed

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Economics.

Education

2020 โ€“ 2023

BSc Computer Science โ€” Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Diploma 8.0 GPA

2019 โ€“ 2020

VWO 6 (VAVO) โ€” Nova College

Diploma

2013 โ€“ 2019

VWO โ€” Kaj Munk College

Certifications

2023

Professional Scrum Master I โ€” Scrum.org

PSM I
2023

Pega Certified System Architect 8.8 โ€” PegaSystems

CPSA 8.8
2023

Pega Certified Business Architect 8.8 โ€” PegaSystems

CPBA 8.8
2018

Cambridge Proficiency Exam โ€” Cambridge

CPE