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With 20 years in the IT industry, I design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructures ranging from straightforward single-server setups to complex multi-provider architectures. My background spans MSPs, SaaS startups, and enterprise hosting operations, where I've led technical teams and delivered reliable, scalable systems from the ground up. I work asynchronously and do not conduct screen-share sessions. You'll get thorough documentation, clear communication, and results delivered efficiently on your timeline. * AWS Certified * Linux (All flavors, including RHEL/CentOS/Alma/Rocky, Debian/Ubuntu) * Most cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, OVH, Contabo, Digital Ocean, Linode, etc) * Wordpress and most common CMSs * cPanel & WHM, Plesk, Cloudpanel * Server and Infrastructure Migrations * Infrastructure hardening and SOC compliance Full resume available upon request.

23+ years in Linux/Windows administration, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. I build, secure, and scale production systems 24/7 — for MSP clients and direct engagements across industries. If your server is down, your deployment is failing, or you need infrastructure built right the first time — I'm the engineer you call. ━━ SERVER & SYSTEMS ━━ Linux (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, Rocky Linux) and Windows Server (2012–2025). Active Directory, Group Policy, Intune, hybrid identity. Nginx, Apache, Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, Exim — MTA setup, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, OpenDKIM, SPF/DKIM/DMARC. Veeam, Acronis, cloud-native DR. Hypervisors: KVM, VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE — HA clusters, live migration, Ceph/ZFS, Proxmox Backup Server. Redis, Varnish. QNAP NAS — storage management, Plex Media Server deployment, VPN tunnel integration. WHM/cPanel, Plesk, Virtualmin, CloudPanel, CyberPanel. ━━ CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ━━ AWS: EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Route 53, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Disaster Recovery. GCP: Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Firestore, GKE, IAM, VPC, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, Cloud Monitoring. Cloudflare (WAF, Workers, Zero Trust, CDN). DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr. MinIO: S3-compatible object storage on bare metal, VMs, Kubernetes — distributed mode, SSE-S3/KMS, lifecycle policies, drop-in S3 for backups and MLOps. Railway: Full-stack PaaS — GitHub/Docker auto-build, managed DBs (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis), private networking, env variables, cron workers, auto-scaling. ━━ SECRETS MANAGEMENT ━━ HashiCorp Vault: Dynamic secrets for AWS IAM, databases, cloud providers — TTL-bound credentials, auto-revoke. PKI for internal CA and on-demand TLS. Vault Secrets Operator for Kubernetes (etcd-free pod injection). Raft HA, RBAC, audit logging, Shamir unseal. Transit engine for encryption-as-a-service. CI/CD integration to eliminate hardcoded credentials. ━━ DEVOPS & CI/CD ━━ Docker, Kubernetes (EKS + self-managed: kubeadm, k3s, RKE2), Helm, Kamal. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines. Terraform, Ansible. ArgoCD, Flux (GitOps). Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog. Traefik: Cloud-native ingress — auto TLS, Docker/K8s service discovery, ForwardAuth, rate limiting, canary routing. Caddy: Zero-config-TLS reverse proxy — automatic HTTPS, on-demand certs. Preferred for self-hosted stacks. ━━ NETWORKING & SECURITY ━━ WireGuard, OpenVPN (MFA/ZTNA), IPSec/Libreswan, Xray/REALITY. Tailscale/Headscale — self-hosted mesh VPN, VPS tunnel setup, ACL policies, subnet routing. MikroTik, Juniper, SonicWall, Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer). pfSense, OPNsense. BGP, OSPF. Auth0, OAuth2, OIDC, Duo Security. LDAP/RADIUS, 802.1x, NPS/AD CS/Intune. ━━ DEVELOPMENT & AUTOMATION ━━ Python: FastAPI, Flask, Django, RESTful APIs, OpenAI API, ETL pipelines (Airbyte), orchestration (Airflow, n8n), data processing (pandas), Retool internal tools. Clean, documented, production-ready code. ━━ CONTAINERIZATION & DEPLOYMENT ━━ Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, Helm. Portainer, Coolify, Elestio, Traefik, Caddy. MinIO (K8s Operator/Tenant). Nextcloud, n8n, self-hosted app deployment. Vercel, Railway, Netlify, Replit. ━━ MSP & VOIP ━━ Duo Security, SpamTitan, ScreenConnect, ESET, Acronis. M365 multi-tenant administration. Asterisk and Vicidial (AWS + on-prem) — SIP trunks, IVR, call center setup, NetSIP integration. ━━ LEGACY & EARLY CAREER ━━ Foundational background in Windows desktop application development (VB, C#, Access) and web development (Core PHP, Laravel). ━━ WHAT CLIENTS HIRE ME FOR ━━ ► Emergency triage: servers down, services failing, breaches in progress ► Greenfield AWS/cloud environments built to security and compliance best practices ► CI/CD pipelines rebuilt to work reliably — no more failed deployments at 2am ► Self-hosted stacks that cut cloud bills without cutting uptime ► Kubernetes from scratch: EKS, k3s, RKE2 — setup, Helm, GitOps, day-2 operations ► HashiCorp Vault rollouts — eliminate hardcoded credentials across all pipelines ► Proxmox VE clusters: HA, live migration, Ceph storage, Proxmox Backup Server ► Network redesigns: Zero Trust, WireGuard mesh, BGP multi-homed, FortiGate, pfSense ► Ongoing managed infrastructure support and 24/7 incident response ► GCP solution design & delivery — Cloud Run, microservices, IAM, developer onboarding/offboarding ► Infrastructure, Security & Application Audits — server, network, database, cloud, and web stack ━━ INDUSTRIES SERVED ━━ SaaS · Fintech · Healthcare · E-commerce · Legal · Real Estate · Media · Education · Government · Telecoms · Startups · Enterprise. Single-server MVPs to multi-region, multi-account production environments. ━━ COMMUNICATION & PROCESS ━━ I don't disappear after the kickoff call. Clear updates at every stage, thorough documentation, and a proper handover on every engagement. Timezone-flexible. Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, Zoom, or Webex. If the work matters, it gets done right.

Enterprise level Linux system engineer and Cloud architect with 8+ years of experience in:- -- LAMP/LEMP(Nginx) administration and server security hardening (Ubuntu, Debian, Centos,RHEL,HAProxy, Ruby deployment, DevOps, Python/Django deployment DevOps,Nagios, fail2ban, CloudFlare..) -- Amazon web services - AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Route53, Cloudfront, Elastic Load Balancer, AutoScaleing, etc..) -- DDoS mitigation and prevention -- Nginx rewrites -- Google pagespeed -- Linux troubleshooting -- VPS providers: Linode, Rackspace, Amazon(AWS), MediaTemple, HostGator, Cloudflare, MaxCDN, CloudFront, NameCheap, GoDaddy, DigitalOcean, EC2, Bluehost -- Parallels Plesk -- Odoo/OpenERP installation -- VPS administration -- AWS EC2 administration -- VMware vSphere --NewRelic -- fail2ban -- openswan -- HAProxy -- keepalived, vrrp -- elasticsearch -- Nagios monitoring -- Elastic Load Balancer -- LINUX deployment and migration -- Rackspace Cloud Services -- Ruby on Rails app deployment -- Python - Djengo app deployment -- CPANEL, PLESK, WEBMIN, SHELL/SSH administration -- proftpd, pure-ftpd, pure ftp -- DNS, BIND, PowerDNS -- SSL certificates -- Site migration -- Network troubleshooting -- CSF firewall -- VPN -- Cisco, Mikrotik, Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks.. -- Linux PENTAHO deployment -- Squid, AiCache, AiScaler. Experience with various providers such as:- -AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS, EC2..) -RACKSPACE -HOSTGATOR -GoDaddy -MediaTemple -Cloudflare -NameCheap -LINODE -QuickWeb -HAProxy -heroku -etc.. -WHMCS RESELLER setup and migration on project or permanent basis. Including DNS, EMAIL, WORDPRESS migration -CPANEL, PLESK, WEBMIN, H-sphere, SHELL administration -SSL certificates

I have more than 15 years of working experience as a Linux admin. Installing updating testing new Confluence plugins using Apache JMeter and Jenkins !! Tuning and upgrading the Environment, Apache tomcat, Oracle JDBC, Monitoring the JVM. USING Grafana and Influx DB. checking for Java threads problems !! check CPU and Memory usage and Apache tomcat ORACLE errors. Installing configuring Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP .postfix Nagios,Zabbix.MySql . troubleshooting . and log monitoring and docker. I studied both cyber security and digital forensics coursed. So I have practical experience on the following . Security: Ethical Hacking & Countermeasures, Managing Secure Network Systems,Linux Networking, and Security, Conducting Penetration and Security Tests, Securing Wireless Networks, Investigating Network Intrusions and Computer Forensics. Malware analysis. Reverse Engineering. Principles of Secure Software Design.Hadoop. networking Tools: Wireshark.

⭐️ Top Rated Plus - Top 3% Expert on Upwork 🕒 9000+ Working Hours ✅ 20+ Years of Expertise ✅ 100% Job Success ✅ 300+ Successful Projects Finished ✅ 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: ▪ DevOps & Automation: Successfully implemented automated provisioning using Ansible, streamlining deployment processes and reducing manual intervention. ▪ Linux & FreeBSD Maintenance: Managed and optimized server environments on CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, and FreeBSD, ensuring high availability and performance. ▪ Cloud Hosting: Deployed and maintained scalable cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, and DigitalOcean, enhancing infrastructure reliability and scalability. ▪ Virtualization: Utilized Docker, VirtualBox, and OpenVZ to create flexible and efficient virtual environments, supporting diverse application needs. ▪ Web & Database Servers: Configured and maintained Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB servers, ensuring secure and efficient data handling. ▪ 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.

👨‍💻Professional DevOps Engineer & SRE Engineer for 5+ Years with Servers, Databases, Networks, and Cloud experience! 👨‍💻Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHEL 9) - Working more than 3300 Hours 💻 With the following qualifications:- ● ⚙️ System and software configuration, installation, deployment, optimization, troubleshooting, and automation. ● 🐧 Linux kernel management. ● OS 💿: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Arch Linux, Manjaro, Proxmox. ● Web and Proxy services 🌐: Apache, Nginx 🄽, Varnish, HAProxy. ● Databases and Datastores 💽: MySQL🐬, MariaDB, PostgreSQL🐘, Redis, Memcached ● Self-hosted apps and Control panels: Control Webpanel (CWP), cPanel, Plesk, Webmin, Cockpit, Nextcloud, Confluence, Jira, WordPress, Git, Gitea. ● DNS: Cloudflare, PiHole, Bind, AWS Route53, experience with SPF, DMARC, DKIM, and PTR records for Email services. ● EMail ✉️: Mailu, iRedmail, Mailman, Postfix, Dovecot. ● Automation with Bash, Python, Web scraping, and Ansible ● Virtualization, Containers, and Cloud☁️:: Docker🐋, Kubernetes, K3s, QEMU/KVM, LXC, Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Hashicorp Terraform. ● Cloud Providers ☁️: Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, and Vultr. ● Object Storage 💾: AWS S3 and Wasabi ● Secrets & Certificates 🔏: SSL Self-signed Certificate and Certificate Authority, Let's Encrypt ( ACME.sh, Certbot, others), SSH PKI, Vault. ● Networking 🕸: TCP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, FTP, SFTP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, FTPS, DNS, TLS, WebSockets, Tor onion routing, ngrok, ebtables, iptables, firewalld, iproute2, NetworkManager, netplan. ● VPN 🔏: OpenVPN, Wireguard, Tinc VPN, Outline VPN, OpenConnect, Anyconnect. ● Web scraping 🌐🕷️: Python requests, scrapy, beautiful soup, selenium. ● Development with Python 🐍, Bash scripting, Flask, SQL, HTML, JQuery, and JSON. ● Packaging 📦: Rpm, Deb, and Pacman.