Idan Bidani

DevOps Manager

About Me

Husband toπŸ₯‡, Intern Dad πŸ‘§πŸ‘¦.

Optimistic technologist. Specialist in application development and build environments, source control, infrastructure, CI/CD, quality and security. Enjoys solving problems at a large scale. Passionate about empowering individuals to do more with less (βŒšπŸŒ²πŸ’ΈπŸ‘)

Experience

Cox Communications

Manager

February 2018 - Present

cox.com

The third-largest cable provider in the nation, Cox Communications Inc. is noted for its high-capacity, reliable broadband delivery network and superior customer care.

Manages the Software Configuration Management team of 5 providing DevOps services for over 100 development and operations teams. The primary purpose is to provide automation services to increase productivity for over 3,000 developers. Advocates for DevOps maturity across Cox teams by promoting a culture of high trust, empowered individuals, and customer focus in order to increase development velocity and shorten lead time.

Software Configuration Manager

September 2013 - February 2018

cox.com

Lead engineer of the Software Configuration Management team. Supplied source control, automated compiling, deploying, and testing to support application development and operations teams. Introduced and rolled out (CI) Continuous Integration pipelines to Cox as part of its Digital Transformation initiative. Maintained a large-scale CI/CD Jenkins environment generating a daily average of 550 automated activities (builds, deployments, tests) facilitating 3,975 releases in 2018

SAP Labs, Israel

DevOps Engineer

February 2010 - July 2013

sap.com

The R&D center in Israel, usually referred to as SAP Labs Israel, is one of the global strategic development centers for SAP.

Development Operations Engineer of SAP Portal Cloud solution, SAP Social Intelligence and SAP Business Objects supporting over 80 developers. Specialist in development and build environment, source control, infrastructure configuration, Continuous Integration and quality control in Agile environment.

A Little More About Me

Alongside my interests in technology some of my other interests and hobbies are:

  • Spending time with my dearest Joanna Bidani, our daughter and son πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘¦
  • Friends time
  • Playing the piano - Yamaha P-125
  • Hacking Home Automation Using Home Assistant
  • Traveling Earth (for now…) - Israel, United States, Germany, Canada, Scotland, England, Ireland, Thailand, Japan, France, Italy
  • Running + Biking