Dugi Selmanaj

CEO DVS Konsult AB

Dukagjin Dugi Selmanaj is a senior cloud and platform architect, infrastructure engineer, and technology founder based in Sweden. He has extensive experience designing and operating enterprise-scale cloud platforms across Azure, Kubernetes, DevOps, Terraform, GitOps, security, and infrastructure automation. His work focuses on architecture, platform reliability, governance, and building scalable operating models for complex production environments. With a background spanning hands-on engineering, cloud architecture, platform strategy, and technical leadership, Dugi works at the intersection of infrastructure, security, and software delivery, with a particular interest in Kubernetes, Argo CD, infrastructure as code, and open-source technologies.

18:30-19:00

Friday 2 OCT | Talks

GitOps in the Real World: Lessons from Operating Kubernetes with Argo CD

Modern Kubernetes platforms are highly automated, but production environments can still become difficult to control as teams, applications, and infrastructure grow. This talk explores GitOps as an operating model for managing Kubernetes environments with greater consistency, visibility, and control. Using Argo CD as the central example, the session will look at how Git can become the source of truth for production configuration, how teams can detect configuration drift, improve auditability, manage changes through pull requests, and reduce unnecessary direct access to clusters. The focus will be on architecture and real-world operational lessons rather than a hands-on tutorial. The session will also cover common challenges around repository structure, secrets, RBAC, automation boundaries, and multi-environment setups, as well as situations where GitOps can introduce unnecessary complexity.