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Serhii Slobodian

Serhii Slobodian

Warsaw,14

Summary

Passionate about DevOps and its methodologies, with a firm belief in the transformative power of automation across all aspects of work and life. Embracing the motto "Everything is possible; the impossible just takes a little longer," I aim to push boundaries and drive efficiency in every project undertaken. Possessing a deep understanding of DevOps principles and a strong commitment to continuous improvement, dedicated to delivering exceptional results and driving organizational success.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior DevOps Engineer

Growe
07.2024 - Current
  • Create terraform module – Prefix List, Security Groups, EC2, etc.)
  • Integrating a new department (team 1) – Deploying infrastructure and applications – Docker images, Kubernetes manifests), configuring KrakenD gateway, setting up CI/CD for to staging/production. Providing full support for a quarter and training all developers
  • Create Solution for AWS Device Farm , creating CI/CD pipelines for its usage, providing training for testers, access to applications, terraform module
  • Setting up infrastructure for the externally developed : meeting with the external team to define requirements, creating Docker image pooling with GitLab, CI/CD, analyzing application functionality, deploying components to stage/prod, separate deployments for each application part, ensuring a fully operational in stage/prod
  • Integrating a 40-person department (team 2) into our processes : Supporting user/wallet migration (from root to per brand/region account, k8s deployments), conducting workshops, and training on component usage
  • Code Review and Release Management

Technology Stack: AWS, GitLab CI, Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis, Ansible, K8s, Helm, Argo, Flux, Haproxy, Kafka, Vault, Vector, Grafana&Prometheus, Victoria Metrics, PagerDuty, Rancher, OpenSearch, CloudFlare, RedPanda

Middle DevOps Engineer

Growe
01.2024 - 07.2024
    • Per brand architecture implementation (cell based architecture): Define conception and architecture, divide Flux-repos, deploy AWS account & SSO, system&application components
    • Linters implementation: K8s & Terraform: investigate, POC, rule configuration, implementation, fix all problems (tflint, yamllint)
    • Create job, for check and auto-formatting terrafrom
    • Splitting the application repository into a repository by account
    • Moved 3600+ resource in tfstate
    • Optimization Openserach: ISM, new module, index shards, use master nodes
    • Code Review and Release Management
    • Technology Stack: AWS, GitLab CI, Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis, Ansible, K8s, Helm, Argo, Flux, Haproxy, Kafka, Vault, Vector, Grafana&Prometheus, Victoria Metrics, PagerDuty, Rancher, OpenSearch, CloudFlare, RedPanda

Middle DevOps Engineer (Project 4)

VITech
06.2023 - 12.2023
    • Design and implementation of architecture using AWS Organizations, with separate accounts for different regions
    • Designing and writing Terraform modules and code for deploying accounts and applications to these accounts, with environment-by-click functionality
    • Developing and implementing CI/CD processes for automating the deployment of Terraform code
    • Redesigning CI/CD for developers
    • Migrating manually created resources from the root account to regional accounts, ensuring efficient management and organization
    • Technology Stack: AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Terraform Cloud, NewRelic, Docker

Middle SRE Engineer (Project 3)

VITech
06.2022 - 06.2023
    • Integrating and managing TFLint across 4 repositories, addressing and fixing over 100 issues identified in the codebase
    • Setting up EC2 Auto Scaling groups for Spacelift to ensure efficient scaling and resource management
    • Integrating Datadog for project and create a module for user access, permission management, leveraging data from our global user management module
    • Deploy new Environments with Terraform, user support assistance
    • Code Review and Release Management
    • Technology Stack: AWS, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, DataDog, SpaceLift, K8s, Docker

Junior DevOps Engineer (Project 2)

VITech
06.2021 - 09.2022
  • Transfer all CI/CD from AWS Pipeline/CodeBuild to GitHub Actions
  • Set up new environments – Stage & UAT using CloudFormation
  • Knowledge sharing and mentoring new team members
  • Implementing separate release pipelines for Production, Staging, and UAT environments
  • Automating semantic versioning of Docker images in AWS ECR via GitHub Actions
  • Migrating infrastructure code from CloudFormation to Terraform

Technology Stack: AWS, GitHub Actions, SalesForce, CloudFormation, Terraform, CloudWatch, Docker

Junior DevOps Engineer (Project 1)

VITech
01.2021 - 09.2021
  • Project Integration with 3 APIs: Breathe HR Integration – Atlassian Jira – Tempo
  • PHP development
  • CI/CD Pipeline Development: GitLab CI
  • Testing Procedures, Postman API
  • Support, Maintenance, Release

Technology Stack: AWS, GitLab CI, PHP, API, Postman, Docker

IT Engineer & Junior DevOps Engineer

VITech
02.2020 - 01.2021
  • Maintaining firewalls update, customization – FortiOS, Dlink, Tp-Link)
  • Optimized WiFi setup and VPN configurations, ensuring stable and secure remote access
  • Managed local AWS infrastructure
  • Working with Active Directory (AD) and LDAP for centralized user management
  • Deployed and maintained Zabbix, enabling proactive network and system monitoring
  • Providing support to coworkers with network issues and laptop troubleshooting – Linux, Windows, MacOS
  • Ensuring cost-effective and strategic allocation of resources, planning the budget

Technology Stack: FortiOS, D'Link, TP'Link, Windows Server, Active Directory, LDAP, AWS, Google Workspace, Azure, WiFi, VPN, TCP/IP, Firewalls, DNS, Zabbix, Linux, Windows, macOS

Computer Systems Engineer

LLC Taste Technologies
10.2016 - 02.2020
  • Migrated the enterprise to a domain-based network structure, enhancing security and management
  • Implemented VMware ESXi 6 for server virtualization, optimizing resource utilization
  • Configured a remote Windows Server 2012 R2 with Active Directory (AD), DNS, FTP, and integrated PfSense for enhanced security
  • Reorganized network access by implementing resource access filtration, improving security and compliance

Technology Stack: HikVision, Windows Server 2008/2012, ZkTeco, TCP/IP, LPR, RTSP, DNS, Hetzner VDS, VMware ESXi

Education

Master Specialized - Computer Systems

Ternopil National Economic University
Ternopil
05.2017

Master - Computer Systems and Networks

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National
Ternopil
06.2015

Skills

  • Clouds (AWS): S3, DynamoDB, IAM, Route53, VPC, ALB, EC2, RDS, ECR, ECS, EKS, EFS, WAF, AWS Organizations, MSK, KMS, Cognito, OpenSearch
  • Containerization: K8S, Docker, Docker Compose
  • CI/CD: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Flux
  • IAC/CD IAC: CloudFormation, Terraform, Spacelift, Terraform Cloud, Pulumi
  • Monitoring/Logging: Grafana&Prometheus, NewRelic, DataDog, Vector, Viktoria Metrics
  • Other Skills: Bash, PHP, Assembler, TCP/IP, ESX, Azure, Postman, Sonar Cloud

Certification

Terraform Certification

HIPPA Certification

Interests

Communication, Teamwork, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Analytical Skills, Process Automation, Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, Stress Management, Self-Motivation

Languages

English
Intermediate (B1)
Ukrainian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Polish
Elementary (A2)

Software

Playing the Guitar

Gym Workouts

Singing

Volleyball

Tabble Tennis

Timeline

Senior DevOps Engineer

Growe
07.2024 - Current

Middle DevOps Engineer

Growe
01.2024 - 07.2024

Middle DevOps Engineer (Project 4)

VITech
06.2023 - 12.2023

Middle SRE Engineer (Project 3)

VITech
06.2022 - 06.2023

Junior DevOps Engineer (Project 2)

VITech
06.2021 - 09.2022

Junior DevOps Engineer (Project 1)

VITech
01.2021 - 09.2021

IT Engineer & Junior DevOps Engineer

VITech
02.2020 - 01.2021

Computer Systems Engineer

LLC Taste Technologies
10.2016 - 02.2020

Master Specialized - Computer Systems

Ternopil National Economic University

Master - Computer Systems and Networks

Ternopil Ivan Puluj National
Serhii Slobodian