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Mikhail D. Status: Offline
Kharkov, Ukraine
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Senior DevOps & Laravel Engineer | AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, IaC Expert

DEVOPS ENGINEER & FULL STACK DEVELOPER YOU CAN RELY ON ✅ 💼 7+ years of experience in DevOps & 9+ years Laravel & scalable Laravel architecture 🌟 5-star feedback | Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and automation — done right ⚙️ AWS • Docker • Kubernetes • Terraform • GitHub Actions • Monitoring • Zero-Downtime Deployments Hello to my future clients and collaborators! I’m Mykhailo — or simply Mike — a Senior Laravel Developer, Full Stack Developer, DevOps expert and Technical Advisor with 13+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance applications for businesses across the USA and Europe. Back when I had 5+ years of experience, I focused on clean code, mastering PHP development and diving deep into the Laravel ecosystem. Now, with over 10 years of hands-on expertise, I lead complex platforms as a full stack developer, guide teams, and implement systems that scale businesses forward — all powered by Laravel and supported by solid DevOps foundations. 🔧 What I Help With: 🔹 Laravel & Full Stack Web Development I’m a Laravel-focused full stack developer who builds everything from backend logic to modern JavaScript-based interfaces. My role as a full stack developer includes combining elegant UIs with clean, testable backend logic. I specialize in: Laravel development with Livewire, Filament, and Symfony Frontend (Vue.js, React.js, Alpine.js) and Tailwind CSS MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB integration Reusable, scalable code patterns and domain-driven design Clean, optimized PHP development using Laravel best practices 🔹 RESTful & GraphQL API Development Stripe, Firebase, Xero, Google Drive, Microsoft Graph, OpenAI API integration with Laravel RESTful & GraphQL API development in Laravel WebSockets for real-time Laravel applications Robust API-driven systems implemented with Laravel and PHP 🔹 SaaS Architecture Full stack Laravel-based SaaS solutions Scalable backend design in Laravel Booking systems, multi-tenant apps, admin dashboards ERP integration, automation — all in Laravel As a full stack developer, I ensure every SaaS component is seamlessly connected from backend to frontend, and fully supported by DevOps best practices 🔹 DevOps Engineering & Infrastructure As a seasoned DevOps engineer and full stack developer, I’ve deployed 25+ AWS infrastructures using Terraform and CloudFormation. I build Dockerized systems with automated pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitLab CI. Scalable solutions for startups, scaleups, and enterprise — all DevOps-driven and integrated end-to-end by a full stack developer. I provide: AWS architecture audits and setup Auto-scaling group configuration and AWS Load Balancer design Multi-region AWS deployment with failover strategies Disaster recovery plans built with AWS S3, RDS snapshots, and Lambda Secrets and parameter management via AWS Systems Manager and Secrets Manager Security and access policies (IAM, AWS GuardDuty, Config) Custom AWS CloudFormation & Terraform modules for repeatable infrastructure CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions with AWS ECR, ECS, EC2, and Lambda Monitoring-first DevOps using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana Cost optimization across AWS services, leveraging right-sizing and usage reports 🔹 Performance, Monitoring & Code Quality Code optimization, database tuning, frontend performance in Laravel Logging with ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana for Laravel projects Testing with PestPHP, PHPUnit for Laravel applications Git workflows, CI pipelines, and code reviews using Laravel context Observability pipelines through DevOps tooling Load testing, alerting, and rollback pipelines — all through a DevOps lens 💡 How I Work as DevOps: ✅ Infrastructure-First: I build secure, scalable, and cost-efficient AWS DevOps architectures from day one. ✅ Automation-Focused: I streamline CI/CD, monitoring, and recovery using modern DevOps practices. ✅ Long-Term Reliability: Your infrastructure remains resilient post-launch thanks to proactive DevOps monitoring and alerts. ⚙️ Tech Stack Summary: Backend: Laravel 10, PHP 8.x, FilamentPHP, Livewire, REST API, GraphQL, Redis, WebSockets Frontend: Vue.js, React.js, Inertia.js, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis (for queues & cache) AI & Integrations: OpenAI API, Stripe, Firebase, Xero, Google Drive DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, ECR, ECS, CloudWatch), Terraform, CloudFormation, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, AWS CloudWatch, Sentry, New Relic Security & Performance: Nginx, Fail2ban, UFW, SSL/TLS, disaster recovery, server hardening, autoscaling, zero-downtime deployments — all under a DevOps approach 🚀 Why Clients Trust Me: 9+ years of Laravel & PHP development 7+ years in DevOps, cloud automation & CI/CD Delivered 30+ DevOps projects and 20+ complex Laravel systems Architected 25+ AWS
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Skills

Skills

  • Amazon EC2
  • Docker
  • RESTful API
  • Amazon Web Services
  • CI/CD
  • Web Development
  • MySQL
  • DevOps
  • API Development
  • Deployment Automation
  • JavaScript
  • Terraform
  • DevOps Engineering
  • CI/CD Platform
  • Amazon ECS for Kubernetes

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