Iljo De Poorter
making
elegant
stuff
since
2021
About me
What i do
IaC
Blueprinting cloud estates with Terraform and Ansible, pressed as sharp as a waxed Barbour at dusk
IaC
Blueprinting cloud estates with Terraform and Ansible, pressed as sharp as a waxed Barbour at dusk
Kubernetes
Orchestrating containerized applications with K3s, ArgoCD, and GitOps workflows
Kubernetes
Orchestrating containerized applications with K3s, ArgoCD, and GitOps workflows
CI/CD
Automated pipelines with GitLab CI, Jenkins, and automated deployment strategies
CI/CD
Automated pipelines with GitLab CI, Jenkins, and automated deployment strategies
Monitoring
Full observability stacks with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and custom alerting
Monitoring
Full observability stacks with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and custom alerting
Automation
Conducting self-healing runbooks and event-driven workflows, that age like smoked vanilla.
Automation
Conducting self-healing runbooks and event-driven workflows, that age like smoked vanilla
Experience
History
DevOps Team Lead
VIC HoGent • Oct 2025 - Jul 2026
Terraform Wrangler
VIC HoGent • Oct 2025 - Jul 2026
DevOps Intern
Jan De Nul Group • Feb 2026 - Jul 2026
YAML Archaeologist
Jan De Nul Group • Feb 2026 - Jul 2026
Student DevOps Engineer
VIC HoGent • Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
Infrastructure Tinkerer
VIC HoGent • Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
BSc Informatics
HoGent • It infrastructure engineer
Professional Googler
HoGent • Stack Overflow University
15+ Certifications
AWS • GCP • Cisco CCNA • Linux Foundation
Certification Collector
Like Pokémon cards but for nerds
Projects
Homelab Platform
Homelab Platform
End-to-end DevOps platform with Proxmox, K3s, ArgoCD, and self-healing automation
VIC HoGent
VIC HoGent
Migrated hosting platform from Terraform to OpenTofu, and vsphere to proxmox, building custom K8s modules
Jan De Nul
Jan De Nul
Maritime infrastructure with Proxmox, Terraform, Ansible, and OpenShift cluster standards
WHAT THEY SAID
“
Iljo is
very driven,
a great student
and he
does
what is asked
Peter Gythiel
Lecturer Applied Computer Science and my mentor (r.i.p.)
Smi-Aalst
MY MOTTO
Automate
everything
you can
The DevOps Handbook
Connect
Breaking
prod
since
2021
About me
What i do
IaC
Terraform love letters that coax the cloud into line before tea time
IaC
Terraform love letters that coax the cloud into line before tea time
Visual
I search the internet for visual references and then combine them to create my own work.
Visual
I search the internet for visual references and then combine them to create my own work.
Motion
I use fancy motion that makes my design more interesting that it actually is
Motion
I use fancy motion that makes my design more interesting that it actually is
Product
I utilize common design best practices, test, and re-iterate until it works (hopefully).
Product
I utilize common design best practices, test, and re-iterate until it works (hopefully).
Automation
Cron rituals polished like mahogany so releases land while the kettle sings
Automation
Cron rituals polished like mahogany so releases land while the kettle sings
Experience
History
Terraform Wrangler
VIC HoGent • Oct 2025 - Jul 2026
Kubernetes Wrangler
VIC HoGent • Oct 2025 - Jul 2026
YAML Archaeologist
Jan De Nul Group • Feb 2026 - Jul 2026
YAML Archaeologist
Jan De Nul Group • Feb 2026 - Jul 2026
Infrastructure Tinkerer
VIC HoGent • Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
Infrastructure Tinkerer
VIC HoGent • Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
Professional Googler
HoGent • Stack Overflow University
Professional Googler
HoGent • Stack Overflow University
Certification Collector
Like Pokémon cards but for nerds
Certification Collector
Like Pokémon cards but for nerds
Projects
Homelab Platform
Where I learned DevOps by repeatedly breaking everything
Homelab Platform
Where I learned DevOps by repeatedly breaking everything
VIC Infrastructure
Developed the Future of UFC Sports Ecosystem despite not being a sports fan.
VIC Infrastructure
Terraform to OpenTofu migration sounds fancy, right?
Jan De Nul
Consulting for boats while never being on one
WHAT THEY SAID
“
He’s terrible, but it’s
his birthday so I’d
say something nice
“
He’s awful, but
it’s his birthday
so I’d say
something
nice
Peter Gythiel
Lecturer Applied Computer Science and my mentor (r.i.p.)
Smi-Aalst
MY MOTO
It works
on my
machine
Iljo De Poorter
Connect