DevOps Engineer

    Negotiable
    Serbia
    Belgrade
    Full
    Remote
    Work experience
    5 years 9 months
    Last work experience

    CROC

    Devops Engineer
    2 years 5 months

    About

    About
    Devops Engineer with 5+ years of experience in B2B and SaaS environments, building scalable cloud-native infrastructure. I specialize in Kubernetes-based platform engineering, AWS cloud architecture, and end-to-end CI/CD automation, with expert knowledge of Kubernetes, AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, IAM, VPC), cloud platforms, and GitLab CI. I help B2B and SaaS companies build reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure that accelerates product delivery and improves system resilience. Key Highlights: • Designed and operated production-grade Kubernetes clusters supporting high-availability SaaS workloads • Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time and increasing release frequency • Architected AWS-based cloud infrastructure improving scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency Email: alekimwork@gmail.com WhatsApp: +381621446196 Telegram: @alekskimwork

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    Work experience
    5 years 9 months

    June 2024 - to date
    (2 years 5 months)
    CROC
    Devops Engineer
    Enterprise-grade private cloud platform based on Kubernetes • Architected and deployed production-grade Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments (dev/stage/prod) • Designed and deployed a clustered Apache Kafka setup in Yandex Cloud using Terraform for dev, stage, and production environments • Integrated HashiCorp Vault for centralized and secure secrets management • Refactored and standardized Helm charts to ensure consistent application deployments • Automated cluster provisioning and deployments using GitLab CI and Ansible • Implemented observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) improving monitoring and incident response • Configured KEDA in Kubernetes based on custom application metrics to enable flexible and event-driven autoscaling • Built CI/CD workflows for artifact migration across container registries • Developed a custom Python-based monitoring tool to analyze cluster state and improve capacity planning Stack: Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, GitLab CI, Yandex Cloud, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Vault, Apache Kafka, KEDA, Nexus
    July 2023 - June 2024
    (1 year)
    EPAM Systems
    DevOps Engineer
    ERP system development and implementation project for Barenbrug • Designed and maintained AWS-based infrastructure to support ERP system deployment and operations. • Provisioned and configured EC2 instances in AWS, including setup of VPC Peering connections and Route Tables for secure inter-network communication • Created and configured S3 buckets with appropriate access policies for integration with CloudFront distributions • Managed and configured IAM roles and policies for user accounts following least-privilege principles • Developed Ansible roles for integration with Zabbix API, enabling automated host registration and monitoring setup • Wrote Ansible playbooks to bootstrap new EC2 instances, including dependency installation, security hardening, and automated deployment of Wazuh agents • Led migration from AmazonMQ to self-hosted RabbitMQ, reducing infrastructure costs while maintaining system reliability • Conducted cost analysis in AWS; optimized RDS and EC2 by leveraging Spot Instances and rightsizing - achieving 35% cloud cost savings Stack: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudFront), Ansible, Zabbix, Wazuh, RabbitMQ
    February 2021 - June 2023
    (2 years 5 months)
    Linux System Administrator
    Linux System Administrator
    IT outsourcing company focused on customer infrastructure setup and maintenance (hardware and virtual environments). • Deployed and managed VMware/ESXi infrastructure using Terraform. • Created Pythons to patch vulnerabilities on Huawei servers. • Developed Ansible roles with Jinja2 templates to configure VMs, manage users, and deploy Zabbix/Wazuh agents. • Configured Zabbix alerting to improve SLA compliance during incidents. • Recovered data from RAID arrays, analyzed logs, and maintained SAN/NAS systems: Dell, HPE, IBM, Huawei, Lenovo, Cisco. • Configured Redfish APIs and LACP aggregation on physical servers. Stack: Terraform, VMware, Ansible, Zabbix, Python, Cisco, HPE, Huawei, SAN, Linux

    Skills

    helm
    Vault
    Apache Kafka
    GitLab CI
    Python
    Ansible
    CI/CD
    Terraform
    AWS
    Linux
    Docker
    Kubernetes
    Prometheus
    Grafana
    PostgreSQL

    Language proficiency

    Professional English
    Native Russian

    Employment

    Employment
    Full, Part-time, Project-based
    Work format
    Remote, Hybrid, Office
    Work schedule
    Flexible, Shift, 5/2
    Relocation
    Possible
    Business trips
    Business trips possible