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DevOps Engineer
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SerbiaBelgrade
FullRemote
Work experience
5 years 5 months
Last work experience
CROC
Devops Engineer
2 years 1 month
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 experience5 years 5 months
June 2024 - to date
(2 years 1 month)
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