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Anton N.

Lisse, Netherlands

$50/hr
5.0
44 jobs

Multi-discipline system engineer with more that 25 years of experience on Linux/Unix, networking, high performance computing and high availability / high reliability systems. Interested in: - Building large scale high-loaded web platforms running in heterogeneous environment - High performance networking with SDN/NFV - Embedded development and wireless technologies, mostly small-sized and power-efficient (IoT, etc).

  • FreeBSD
  • Systems Engineering
  • Linux
  • NGINX
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Network Administration
  • VPN
  • Lua
  • Database Administration
  • NoSQL Database
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Debian
  • MySQL
  • Linux System Administration
Oleksandr D.

Nikopol, Ukraine

$60/hr
4.9
355 jobs

โญ๏ธ Top Rated Plus - Top 3% Expert on Upwork ๐Ÿ•’ 9000+ Working Hours โœ… 20+ Years of Expertise โœ… 100% Job Success โœ… 300+ Successful Projects Finished โœ… 5 Star Rating Hello, I'm Oleksandr. As a seasoned Linux System Administrator and DevOps Engineer with over 20 years of experience I specialize in delivering robust IT solutions that enhance operational efficiency and security. My expertise spans across various domains, including: โ–ช DevOps & Automation: Successfully implemented automated provisioning using Ansible, streamlining deployment processes and reducing manual intervention. โ–ช Linux & FreeBSD Maintenance: Managed and optimized server environments on CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, and FreeBSD, ensuring high availability and performance. โ–ช Cloud Hosting: Deployed and maintained scalable cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, and DigitalOcean, enhancing infrastructure reliability and scalability. โ–ช Virtualization: Utilized Docker, VirtualBox, and OpenVZ to create flexible and efficient virtual environments, supporting diverse application needs. โ–ช Web & Database Servers: Configured and maintained Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB servers, ensuring secure and efficient data handling. โ–ช Networking & Security: Implemented secure networking solutions, including VPNs and firewalls, to protect sensitive data and maintain network integrity. I am committed to continuous improvement and staying abreast of the latest industry trends. My approach is rooted in ITIL best practices, ensuring incident management and business continuity planning are at the forefront of my work. Let's collaborate to drive your IT projects to success with innovative solutions and expert guidance.

  • Ubuntu
  • DNS
  • Web Hosting
  • SSL
  • WordPress
  • Network Administration
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Git
  • Linux
  • CI/CD
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Terraform
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Integration
  • DevOps
  • DevOps Engineering
  • Amazon Web Services
  • System Administration
Denis V.

Herceg Novi, Montenegro

$35/hr
4.9
700 jobs

I'm a proficient Linux Server Administrator and PHP/Python programmer with over 15 years of experience. My expertise extends to web hosting, cloud, cluster, DevOps and blockchain technologies. Throughout my career, I have worked with numerous hosting providers and have gained extensive experience in addressing vulnerabilities, viruses, spam detection, server optimization, and server software optimization. As a DevOps professional, I collaborate with various companies with developer teams ranging from 1 to 50. I have extensive experience in automating infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and ensuring system reliability and scalability. Below are my general skills: * Blockchain platforms: Bitcoin, Tron (TRX, USDT), Ethereum (ETH, USDT, USDC), XRP (full node & API) * DevOps: GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps. Project support, CI/CD * Optimization of Google Pagespeed, Magento, WordPress, ODOO, Mautic, Drupal, Joomla, Bitrix, Bitrix24, and other CMS * Operating Systems: Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, RedHat, CloudLinux, Gentoo, FreeBSD (administration, configuration, audit, optimization) * Software Configuration Management: Salt, Ansible * Web servers: Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed (installation, configuration, optimization) * Database servers: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Percona, MongoDB (installation, configuration, optimization, profiling, cluster creation) * Mail servers: Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, Zimbra, Qmail, Dovecot + Spamassassin, ClamAV * Webhosting Administration Panels: cPanel / WHM, Plesk, aaPanel, Proxmox, CyberPanel, VestaCP, HestiaCP, ISPManager, Billmanager, ISPConfig, DirectAdmin, Webmin * Monitoring: Zabbix, Wazuh, Munin, Nagios, Icinga * Amazon: AWS setup or Amazon tools * Virtualization: Proxmox, OpenVZ, XEN, KVM, VMWare, VirtualBox, Docker * Load balancing via: HAproxy, Nginx, Pingora, ProxySQL, PowerDNS, BIND, Route53, Alibaba Cloud DNS * System Backup and Restore automation * Removal of viruses and malicious software * Network services: DNS (Bind, PowerDNS), VPN (MPD, PPTPD, OpenVPN), firewalls (iptables, ipfw), file server (samba3/4), proxies (Squid, 3proxy, Privoxy, Nginx), DRBD, Ceph, GlusterFS, lsyncd * FTP: Vsftp, Pureftp, Proftpd Thank you for viewing!

  • MySQL
  • PHP
  • NGINX
  • DevOps
  • Ubuntu
  • System Administration
  • Database Administration
  • CentOS
  • Debian
  • cPanel
  • Plesk
  • Apache Administration
  • Blockchain
  • Web Hosting
  • Linux System Administration
Marty L.

Rochester, New York

$120/hr
4.6
176 jobs

Looking for challenging new projects which can effectively use my talents and creativity, to generate cost effective software solutions. I'm a world class C programmer (primarily on Unix/Linux) and I'm used to making "impossible" tasks "possible". I have a great deal of expertise in: * real time embedded systems * cross compilation/software construction * source control * network programming * system administration * kernel level programming/device drivers * image processing * performance and metrics

  • FreeBSD
  • DHCP
  • Unix System Administration
  • Object-Oriented Design
  • Version Control
  • TCP/IP
  • Assembly Language
  • Git
  • Driver Development
  • Linux System Administration
  • Embedded Linux
  • Agile Software Development
  • Apache Subversion
  • C
  • Image Processing
Avi B.

Winter Springs, Florida

$100/hr
5.0
73 jobs

US-Based. Ex-Google Senior Systems Engineer. I have over 25 years of running Linux infrastructure, websites, system administration and technical services. I can help with: * Linux server troubleshooting, setup & security (CentOS, Ubuntu, Alma, Rocky, etc.) * Apache & nginx web servers * MySQL & MariaDB SQL servers * Email services (dovecot, exim, sendmail) * PHP, Golang, Python programming, Bash scripting * SSL certificate issues * DNS issues * Wordpress issues * Server & website migrations. * VPI/PBX: Asterisk, Kamailio, Twilio, etc. * Compiling software * Web hosting control panels (including cPanel/WHM, etc) * GCP & AWS management * Networking: VPNs, VLANs, routing, switching, DHCP, PXE, BGP, etc * SRE, Devlops, monitoring & logging, etc. After running a web hosting company for 17 years and then working as a systems engineer at Google for 7 years I am now ready to help you with your internet & website infrastructure. I live in the US, work in the Eastern Time Zone and I am available via email, WhatsApp, phone or video calls. If you need a trusted partner to work with your website or infrastructure, then look no further :)

  • Computer Network
  • Computing & Networking
  • Network Engineering
  • System Administration
  • DevOps
  • Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • CentOS
  • NGINX
  • PHP
  • Custom PHP
  • WordPress Installation
  • DNS
  • MySQL
Andrii K.

Dnipro, Ukraine

$70/hr
4.9
126 jobs

I focus on building reliable systems and enjoy digging into complex issues โ€” performance tuning, disaster recovery, finding root causes, and solving problems that aren't always straightforward. With 20+ years in system administration and infrastructure engineering, I work with both legacy systems and modern environments โ€” from bare metal servers to virtualized and containerized setups. ๐Ÿš€ Key areas I work with: โ€ข Infrastructure setup and migrations (bare metal โ†” VM โ†” cloud) โ€ข Troubleshooting and performance tuning (high CPU/load, slow systems, bottlenecks) โ€ข Email deliverability (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, spam issues, warmup, mail server reputation restoration) โ€ข Virtualization and containerization (VMware, Proxmox, KVM, Docker) โ€ข Networking and VPN solutions โ€ข Disaster recovery, backup strategies, malware cleaning, and finding the point of intrusion. โ€ข Long-term systems support and maintenance ๐Ÿ›  Legacy Systems & Industrial Equipment Support โ€ข Migration and virtualization of legacy systems (DOS, Windows 3.x/9x/NT/2000) โ€ข Running outdated software on modern hardware via virtualization โ€ข Recovery systems from old working HDD to VM, if native hardware fails. Including industrial PCs. ๐Ÿ”ง Core Expertise โ€ข OS: FreeBSD, Linux (CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky, RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo), Windows, Windows Server โ€ข Virtualization: VMware vSphere, ESXi, Proxmox, KVM, oVirt, VMware Workstation, Virtualbox โ€ข Containers & Automation: Docker, Docker Compose, Jenkins, Ansible โ€ข Web: Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, Tomcat, Lighttpd, Caddy โ€ข Databases: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB โ€ข Mail systems: Postfix, Dovecot, Courier Cyrus, Rspamd, Postgrey, PostfixAdmin, SquirrelMail, Roundcube, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, AWS SES, Mailgun, Sendy โ€ข Control panels: WHM/cPanel, VestaCP, Virtualmin, Cyberpanel, and so on ๐Ÿ” Networking & VPN โ€ข WireGuard, AmneziaWG, OpenVPN, StrongSwan, tinc, mpd5, IPSec, L2TP, IKEv2 โ€ข BGP (quagga), Squid (including LDAP and Kerberos auth), DNS (BIND), DHCP, TFTP โ€ข Fail2ban, iptables, ipfw, pf, csf ๐Ÿ’พ Storage & Backup โ€ข TrueNAS Core/Scale, FreeNAS, SAN (iSCSI), ZFS, AWS S3, Backblaze, Wasabi โ€ข Veeam Backup & Replication, XSI Backup, rsync, rsnapshot, rclone โš™๏ธ Other โ€ข Samba3 + LDAP, Samba4 (NT4 and AD domains analog, LDAP, domains up to 500 users, GPO, roaming profiles) โ€ข Monitoring: Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana โ€ข Services: Memcache, Redis, OpenLDAP, NFS, SVN, Git, GitLab (self-hosted), FTP, SFTP โ€ข Platforms: Moodle, Nextcloud, OnlyOffice, BigBlueButton, DAViCal, WordPress, Magento โ€ข Remote management: AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Radmin, Ammyy Admin, RustDesk, MeshCentral โ€ข Hardware: Dell, HP, Supermicro servers, Dell PowerVault storages โ€ข Networking equipment: HP, Dell, 3Com switches โ€ข Embedded/firmware: DD-WRT (including software cross-compiling for ARM) โ€ข Scripting: Shell scripting, Python, PHP Have an interesting or unusual problem? That's exactly what I enjoy โ€” feel free to reach out. I value long-term collaboration and quality over quick fixes.

  • FreeBSD
  • Ubuntu
  • Linux
  • CentOS
  • NGINX
  • DNS
  • Postfix SMTP Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Windows Administration
  • Linux System Administration
  • Dovecot
  • LDAP
  • Virtualization
  • VMWare
  • Proxmox VE
  • VPN
  • Performance Optimization
  • Backup & Migration
  • Troubleshooting

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