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Oleksandr D.

Nikopol, Ukraine

$60/hr
4.9
355 jobs

⭐️ 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.

  • 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
Ali H.

Islamabad, Pakistan

$40/hr
4.9
105 jobs

DevOps and Linux engineer with 4+ years running production infrastructure for businesses that cannot afford downtime. 100+ projects delivered on Upwork at a 96% success rate, currently managing systems that handle millions of requests a day. Most clients reach out for one of three reasons. Something broke and they need it fixed fast. They are scaling and their setup will not hold. Or they want someone to review their cloud and tell them honestly what is wrong. I handle all three, find the root cause, fix it properly, and document everything so your team can maintain it. ☁️ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 & 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, DigitalOcean, Hetzner. Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS, K3s), Docker, Terraform, Ansible. CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and ArgoCD. GitOps, zero-downtime deployments, autoscaling, cloud migration, and cost optimization. 🐧 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 & 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Rocky, AlmaLinux. Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, HAProxy. Server setup and hardening, SSL, performance tuning, cPanel, WHM, Plesk, WordPress hosting, backups, and disaster recovery. 🌐 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗗𝗡𝗦 & 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 WireGuard, OpenVPN, NAT and floating IP routing, firewalls, and DNS architecture. Email deliverability (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI), mail servers (MailCow, Postfix, iRedMail, Amazon SES), and VoIP (Asterisk, FreePBX, SIP). 🛡️ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 & 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 Cloudflare WAF, DDoS and bot mitigation, Zero Trust, Tunnels, and load balancing. DevSecOps, Vault secrets management, fail2ban, and full security audits. 📊 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudWatch, and ELK. Logging, alerting, and observability that catches problems before your users do. Python and Bash automation throughout. ✅ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 I communicate clearly and give honest timelines. I own the problem instead of handing it back. I leave you with clean documentation. And I am there when production breaks, including outside business hours. If your infrastructure is unstable, your costs are climbing, or you just need a reliable engineer who takes responsibility for the outcome, send me a message. Happy to review your setup and tell you honestly what I would do. Ali

  • DevOps Engineering
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Linux System Administration
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD
  • GitHub
  • NGINX
  • Cloudflare
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Server Administration
  • WordPress
  • Docker
  • Network Administration
  • DNS
  • System Administration
  • Email Deliverability
  • Network Security
Mohammed Abul Azad F.

Chittagong, Bangladesh

$25/hr
5.0
56 jobs

Struggling with unreliable infrastructure, VMware licensing costs, or a stalled cloud migration? I'm a DevOps & Cloud Engineer who builds and stabilizes production environments across AWS, Azure, Proxmox, and Ceph — with a focus on uptime and automation. Most DevOps engineers specialize in either cloud or on-prem infrastructure. I do both: I've run production Proxmox VE clusters with Ceph storage alongside AWS, Azure, and GCP deployments, and I handle VMware-to-Proxmox migrations end-to-end — a combination few freelancers on Upwork cover with hands-on production experience. Here's how I typically help clients: ✔ Design and deploy cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP ✔ Build and troubleshoot Proxmox clusters, including VMware-to-Proxmox migrations ✔ Optimize and recover Ceph storage clusters ✔ Set up Docker and Kubernetes environments with CI/CD pipelines ✔ Implement monitoring with Zabbix and Grafana ✔ Plan and test backup and disaster recovery strategies ✔ Secure infrastructure with VPNs, firewalls, and Zero Trust practices Top Rated Plus on Upwork with a 4.98 rating across 51 completed jobs and over 2,870 hours worked. AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials certified. Clients include startups, MSPs, SaaS companies, and enterprise teams relying on me for production-grade infrastructure. Send me a message with what you're working on and I'll respond with next steps within a few hours.

  • Docker
  • Proxmox VE
  • AWS Application
  • Linux System Administration
  • System Administration
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • VMware Administration
  • VMware ESX Server
  • Microsoft Azure Administration
  • Windows Server
  • Azure DevOps
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Ceph
  • Cloud Architecture
  • OpenStack
  • OpenShift
Pravin T.

Kathmandu, Nepal

$30/hr
4.8
102 jobs

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.

  • Python
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • NGINX
  • System Administration
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • DevOps
  • Linux System Administration
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • Network Administration
  • Google Cloud Platform Administration
  • Cloudflare
  • OpenVPN
  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • Terraform
Mohamed S.

Alexandria, Egypt

$3/hr
4.6
53 jobs

A highly motivated individual with over 7 years of hands-on experience in the hosting and website industry. I specialize in web design, live chat support, and delivering professional solutions across various domains with efficiency and precision. support, and adept system administration. I bring a wealth of experience and a proven track record What i can do : ✨ Website Setup & Design: Transform your ideas into stunning websites. I specialize in creating visually appealing and user-friendly designs tailored to your brand. ✨ WordPress Setup & Management: Get your WordPress site up and running smoothly. I provide installation, configuration, customization, and ongoing management to ensure optimal performance. ✨ Virus Removal & Security: Protect your online presence with my expert virus removal services. I conduct thorough scans to clean malware and implement security measures to safeguard your website. ✨ Website Migration: Seamlessly migrate your websites between different hosting platforms. I handle all aspects of the migration process to minimize downtime and ensure a smooth transition. ✨ Server Setup & Configuration: Whether it’s DigitalOcean, AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Azure, or any other host, I can set up and configure your server to meet your specific needs. ✨ Apache/Nginx Configuration: Optimize your web server for peak performance. I provide installation and configuration of Apache or Nginx to ensure efficient handling of web traffic. ✨ Email Delivery Solutions: Troubleshoot and resolve email delivery problems, ensuring your messages reach their intended recipients without issues. ✨ General IT Tasks: From troubleshooting to various IT-related tasks, I am here to assist you with any technology needs you may have. Feel free to reach out for any of these services or if you have specific requirements!

  • System Administration
  • Computer Network
  • Network Engineering
  • Computing & Networking
  • cPanel
  • WordPress
  • Web Hosting
  • Windows Server
  • Linux
  • WHMCS Development
  • WooCommerce
  • Shopify
  • AWS Server Migration
  • Domain Name
  • Cloudflare
Alana Mariam T.

Cochin, India

$18/hr
5.0
202 jobs

With more than a decade of hands-on experience in Linux server administration, I bring deep expertise in managing, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex Linux infrastructures. I have provided enterprise-grade web hosting and server support for major platforms including Hostinger, GoDaddy, Bluehost, OVH, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, and IONOS, supporting large-scale shared, VPS, and dedicated environments. My skill set includes comprehensive WordPress management and migrations, covering site deployments, performance optimization, security remediation, malware cleanup, and zero-downtime migrations. I also specialize in architecting and maintaining robust web stacks using Apache, Nginx, BIND DNS, PHP (5.x–8.x), and MySQL/MariaDB, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and security. I have a proven track record of handling critical tasks such as server security hardening, kernel upgrades, and server performance optimization. Additionally, I am proficient in administering and monitoring Linux servers remotely using advanced tools and technologies. Key Specialties: Linux System Administration (CentOS, AlmaLinux, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CloudLinux) Large-scale server migrations, including WordPress and Joomla migrations Server upgrades, including CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8/9/10 transitions Expertise in web hosting panels (cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, Virtualmin) and cloud solutions (AWS EC2, Lightsail, DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr, Google Cloud) Expertise in DNS integration for Shopify, Wix, Cloudflare, Google WorkSpace, Microsoft 365 DNS administration, including advanced configurations for SPF, DMARC, and DKIM PCI compliance management, server disaster recovery, and data restoration Website security, including hack cleanups and proactive hardening Tools and Technologies: LAMP stacks, DNS, and mail servers (Exim/Postfix) Backup solutions (R1Soft, rsync-based scripting) Server monitoring (Nagios) and optimization tools Security-focused tools like CSF and LFD If you're looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Linux server administrator who can ensure your systems run smoothly and securely, let's collaborate to meet your technical goals.

  • Server
  • WordPress Migration
  • DNS
  • CentOS
  • MariaDB
  • AWS Server Migration
  • Backup & Migration
  • Bash Programming
  • MySQL
  • Amazon Lightsail
  • Website Migration
  • cPanel
  • Debian
  • Linux System Administration
  • Ubuntu

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