Yuri – AWS, GCP, Kubernetes
Yuri is a Senior DevOps and SRE engineer with a Master's in Engineering Economics. He has a strong expertise in Kubernetes, Linux system administration, and AWS. During our vetting process, Yuri demonstrates solid communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and adaptability to client needs. Areas for growth include deeper proficiency in AWS and CI/CD. Candidate is fluent in English and experienced in client-facing roles!
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Senior DevOps Engineer
The conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform for the health care and life sciences industry. Its HIPAA-compliant, privacy-safe system of engagement leverages advanced natural language processing, medically trained natural language understanding, and contextual AI to transform conversations into highly personalized interactions via intelligent agents.
- Infrastructure Automation & Reliability: Designed and maintained AWS-based infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, achieving full IaC reproducibility for multi-environment deployments (staging, production). Improved provisioning time by 60%.
- Kubernetes & Cloud Operations: Managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS) hosting microservices with automated scaling, ensuring >99.95% uptime for production workloads. Deployed secure ingress and admission control policies to harden clusters against threats.
- Incident Response & Security: Led incident response and crisis management processes, including root cause analysis (RCA), post-mortems, and automation of recovery steps. Integrated Datadog and AWS GuardDuty for proactive anomaly detection and real-time alerting.
- CI/CD Modernization: Migrated legacy pipelines to GitHub Actions, implementing automated build, test, and deployment workflows. Reduced release cycle time by 40% and improved deployment reliability through blue-green rollouts.
Senior DevOps Engineer
A leading global MedTech company delivering cloud-enabled 3D scanning and CAD/CAM platforms for dental and orthodontic professionals.
- Continuous Integration & Deployment: Guided the implementation of Spinnaker for automated CI/CD, integrating secure configurations like Istio, mTLS, and AAD SSO.
- Automation & Migration: Migrated legacy CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to Github Actions, optimizing performance and reducing deployment time.
- Artifact Management: Performed the upgrade and migration of Artifactory to Azure Artifacts, enhancing reliability and scalability.
- Incident Response: Troubleshoot and resolve critical infrastructure issues involving GCP, DNS, and deployment configurations, improving system stability.
Technical Operations Director
Modular and API-driven solutions for iGaming, sportsbook, and online casino. Payment processing gateway.
- Infrastructure Management: Directed the deployment and management of large-scale production environments, focusing on compliance with PCI DSS and ITIL principles.
- Reliability Engineering: Ensured system reliability and performance by implementing robust monitoring and logging solutions using Nagios, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Team Leadership: Directed a team of engineers, conducting performance evaluations and competency assessments to foster continuous improvement.
- Incident Analysis: Conducted root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews to prevent recurring incidents and enhance operational efficiency.
Devops Team Lead
Nordic IT provider specializing in managed hosting, IT outsourcing, and cloud services (Sitecore, Windows), acquired by the company in 2018.
- Team Management: Established and guided a 24x7 DevOps support team, overseeing the implementation of ITIL-based processes for incident management.
- Operational Excellence: Managed the deployment and maintenance of mission-critical applications, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Documentation & Process Improvement: Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation of all infrastructure processes, facilitating knowledge sharing and continuity.