Top Rated Plus DevOps Engineer | Cloud Architect specializing in CI/CD, Kubernetes, and CloudOps on AWS & GCP. I help companies reduce deployment time by 40%, optimize cloud costs by 30%, and enhance security with automated solutions. A seasoned professional with over 18 years of hands-on experience in advanced multiplatform DevOps, system administration, and programming. Expertise in architecting and managing large-scale infrastructure on cloud platforms, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring network security. Proven ability to deliver high-performance solutions, improve system reliability, and align IT operations with business goals. --- ⚡ Core Competencies • ☁️ Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Yandex Cloud, DigitalOcean, Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud), Scaleway • 🚀 CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, CircleCI • 🐳 Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm • 🛠️ Configuration Management: Ansible, Puppet, Chef • 🏗️ Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation • 📈 Monitoring & Logging: ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Icinga2 • 🌐 Networking & Security: VPN, DNS, SSL, Firewalls, Load Balancers (HAProxy, NGINX), SOC2 Compliance • 💻 Operating Systems: Linux (Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu), FreeBSD, Windows, Vagrant, VMware • 🔄 Version Control & Collaboration: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Slack, Confluence • 🗄️ Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached • 💻 Scripting & Programming Languages: Bash, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, Node.js • 🕸️ Web Servers & Stacks: Apache, Nginx, LAMP, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, WordPress, Magento • 🔐 Security & Compliance: SOC2, ITIL, ITSM, Drata --- 📚 Additional Skills • 🔒 Cloud Security: IAM, Security Groups, VPC, Encryption (KMS) • ⚙️ High Availability & Scalability: Auto-scaling, Load Balancing, Disaster Recovery Planning • 🛠️ DevOps Practices: Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Blue-Green Deployments, Canary Releases • 🗄️ Database Administration: Backup & Recovery, Replication, Performance Tuning • 💰 Cost Optimization: Cloud Cost Management & Budgeting, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances • 📜 Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert --- 🎯 Specialization • ⚙️ DevOps & Automation: Streamlining software development processes through automation, reducing time-to-market, and improving system resilience. • ☁️ Cloud Architecture: Designing and implementing secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure across various providers. • 🔒 Networking & Security: Ensuring secure communication and robust network architectures, adhering to best practices in security and compliance (SOC2). ---

Howdy, I'm Robert and I hope you're having a great day! I'm a Linux Sys Admin and Devops/Automation engineer with 9+ years in the industry. I'm also Top Rated Plus on Upwork! Problems with scaling that application? Downtime keeping you up at night? Not sure how AWS can have so many different products? I'm the guy who can help! Technologies Ive worked with include Amazon AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, etc), Ansible, Terraform, and many others related to web hosting such as Nginx and MySQL/MariaDB. Lets schedule an initial consultation and talk about how I can help improve the scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency of your IT infrastructure. Hope to work with you soon!

✅ ✅ ✅ TOP-RATED PLUS Cloud Engineering & CTO Consulting! As an accomplished CTO consultant, my specialization in Cloud DevOps Engineering spans an impressive 12 years. I've successfully designed, implemented, and maintained cloud-based infrastructure and systems, harnessing the latest technologies and best practices in Cloud DevOps. My expertise includes AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with a deep understanding of optimizing and securing these environments. Beyond this technical wizardry, I offer a business-oriented mindset honed from successfully operating my own startup in 2012. Be it budget management, team leadership, creative ideation, or company growth, I have the right business acumen to propel your company forward. If you need assistance with cloud migration, infrastructure scaling, or deployment pipeline automation, I have the expertise and experience to guide you to your goals. 🌟 Why am I unique amongst other freelancers? 🌟 I prioritize "QUALITY of Work", always striving for client success and satisfaction. A brief 10-minute conversation is all it takes for me to grasp your business needs. Your privacy matters, hence my readiness to sign an NDA to protect your business. I'm passionate about my work, balancing speed and quality in every task I undertake. My expansive skill set includes: Mastery in cPanel / WHM. ● Expertise with cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Digital Ocean, etc. ● Specialization in managing application cloud platforms like OpenStack, OpenShift. ● Proficiency in Linux distributions (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian). ● Expertise in computer clustering, data replication, and disaster recovery. ● Skill in containerization orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes). ● Mastery in monitoring solutions such as ElasticSearch, Kibana, Zabbix, Nagios, NewRelic, etc. ● Familiarity with DevOps automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins. ● Experience working closely with developers to design CI/CD pipelines. ● Expertise in CMS & eCommerce platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Shopify, PrestaShop). ● Proficiency in email migration to GSuite, Office365. ● Proficiency in implementing HIPAA compliance in your infrastructure. I'm excited to discuss your unique needs and explore how I can be of service. Let's chat!

Thanks for viewing my profile. - Certified AWS Solutions Architect I deliver my work at 100% quality and accuracy! I have Consistently proven my ability to provide outstanding customer service and solve most difficult of technical issues. I have 10+ years of experience as a Linux, Windows administration, Nagios, Devops and AWS Cloud. Highly competent, dynamic and motivated Professional with several years of comprehensive experience in Amazon Web Services, High Availability architecture, Linux/Windows system administration, Fault resolutions, troubleshooting, guiding & mentoring. A versatile Professional possesses a high awareness of practical issues and trends, particularly regarding accessibility, usability and emerging technologies in the Cloud and IT Industry. Results-oriented professional with proven ability of excellence to get results, conduct researches, ensure adequate supervision and efficiency. Excellent team player with a high capacity to organise and present complex solutions clearly and accurately. Operating Systems - Debian,CentOS,Fedora,Redhat,Ubuntu, Windows Family. Cloud Platforms - AWS, Azure, IBM Softlayer, etc. Automation tools - Ansible, terraform, Chef, Puppet, AWS OpsWork, etc. Devops Tools - Jenkins, Git, Bamboo, Cloud Formation, etc.. Monitoring Solutions- Nagios, NagiosXI, Distributed Monitoring, Businness Process Module, NRPE, Perf. Data Graphs, SNMP & Trap Programming - Shell & Perl Scripting Virtualization - OpenStack, Vmware ESXi, VirtManger, etc. Managed Database - Mysql, MariaDB, MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB. Experties : - Different clouds like AWS, Azure, Rackspace, IBM Softlayeretc. - Infrastructure Design, Develop and Administration. - SLA Based In Monitoring, Reporting Auditing Solution Provider. Nagios, - Scripting to automate repetitive tasks - Infrastructure automation and Devops work. Performance Tuning and Hardening. I believes in client's satisfaction and perfect job delivery and I want to earn your business and help you succeed with your next project or job!

• Bachelor's degree in computer science • 9+ years of working experience • Highly skilled in configuring CI/CD pipelines, working with Azure DevOps (ex-VSTS), ArgoCD, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, AWS. • Google Cloud Certified as Professional Cloud Architect. • Experience in bash, Powershell and Python scripting. • Experienced in IaC - creating ARM templates with JSON and configuring pipelines for deploying resources to Azure. • Experienced in Terraform and Puppet infrastructure automation, On- hands experience with Ansible. • Experience with creating yaml pipelines for Azure DevOps • Responsible and easy-learning person, able to meet deadlines and work on systematic troubleshooting. • Management experience within own startup (team was up to 10 people) EDUCATION Name of the Education Establishment: National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" Faculty/College: Informatics and Computer Technology Degree (diploma): Bachelor Specialty: Computer Science CERTIFICATION Microsoft 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Google Cloud Certified: Professional cloud Architect PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES • Responsibility • Business-orientation • Self-organisation • Time management • Ability to prioritise • Team orientation • Openness • Integrity LANGUAGES • English - C1 • Ukrainian - native • Russian - native • Norwegian (bokmål) - A1

I am an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer with a proven track record of designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud solutions for small to medium-sized enterprises. With 100+ large-scale deployments under my belt, I specialize in Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures that drive efficiency, scalability, and operational excellence.I help businesses build scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructures. What I Offer: ✅ AWS Cloud Expertise – Designing resilient, cost-optimized, and security-hardened infrastructures. ✅ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Automating deployments with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation. ✅ Kubernetes & Containerization – EKS, ECS/Fargate, Helm, ArgoCD, and GitOps workflows. ✅ End-to-End DevOps Solutions – CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and ArgoCD. ✅ Zero Downtime Deployments – Seamless release management for platforms like Java Spring Boot, Magento, Laravel, MERN, Django, and more. ✅ 24/7 Monitoring & Incident Response – Implementing robust observability with AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack. I have successfully helped numerous clients reduce operational overhead, improve performance, and enhance security. Whether you need architectural guidance or hands-on implementation, I can deliver customized solutions that align with your business goals. Let’s discuss how I can help you optimize your AWS and DevOps workflows! 🚀

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've nearly 14 Years of experience with Small, Medium & Enterprise companies Implementing and Managing various IT Solution. I have good Expertise on Cloud IaaS & PaaS Solutions, Linux & Windows System Administration, DevOps Engineering. I have been involved in wide range of projects concerning the Planning, R&D, Execution and Maintenance. Since last 5 years as Freelancer/Consultant I have delivered many project on DevOps, GCP, Azure, AWS Clouds, linux & Windows server, Automation, CI/CD Pipeline with Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipeline, TeamCity, Bitbucket Pipeline on various Technologies like; .Net, .Net Core, Java, Nodejs, Dockerization, Docker Orchestration with Kubernetes, Swarm, ECS, EKS, AKS, Azure container Instance, GPU Containers & VM, Automation with Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Azure Automation -Run Book, CloudFormation Template, Serverless technologies, SQL, no-SQL and many more. Learning, Troubleshooting, Understanding Technical Details are my core competencies. Key Skill Stack: - Certificate - CCNA | SCSA | MCSE DevOps – Docker | Jenkins | CI/CD Pipeline | Ansible | Chef | Puppet | Packer | Terraform | RabbitMQ | Redis | Jira | SCM | Circal CI | TeamCity | Kubernetes Monitoring - Zabbix | Nagios | ELK | Icinga | Solarwind | New Relic Operating Systems - Linux | Microsoft Windows | Unix/Solaris | Mac Firewalls / UTM – Iptables | Packetfence | Endian | Utangle | Pfsense | FortiGate | Juniper | Sophos | Barracuda | SonicWall Web Servers - Apache | IIS | Nodejs Messaging/Communication – Lync for business | Smartermail | Exim | Postfix | Sendmail | Google App | O365 | MS Exchange | Zimbra | Asterisk | MailEnable Control Panels - Plesk | cPanel | Helm | Websitepanel Other Technologies – ADFS | OpenVPN | OpenDNS | OpenSSL | SSRS | Crystal Report | TFS | SVN | GIT | Dynamic DNS | MS System Centre (CM, OM, VMM, DPM) | Jetro Cockpit | 2X | PowerShell | Wordpress | Google Site | JIRA | DRUPAL | ZOHO Site | Office 365 | Red5 | FFMPEG | Wowza | MFT IaaS/PaaS – Azure | AWS | Google Cloud | OpenStack | Alibaba Cloud Virtualization – Vmware | Hyper-V | Xen | KVM | OpenVZ Networks - TCP/IP, SSL/IPSEC VPN, VLAN, IPv6(6to4 Tunnel), MPLS, PRI, DHCP, DNS, IDS, IPS, DLP, NFS, ISCSI, CIFS, SMB 3.0, NLB, NAS, SAN Database - MySQL | MS SQL | Oracle

I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of hands-on experience delivering scalable, secure, and automated cloud solutions across more than 15 production-grade projects worldwide. I specialize in designing and implementing highly available infrastructure using AWS and Azure, leveraging modern DevOps practices to accelerate delivery pipelines and ensure infrastructure compliance. I have extensive expertise in automation, infrastructure as code, containerization, and CI/CD, and I’ve worked with a wide array of tools including Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Packer, TeamCity, ArgoCD, and more. I also lead a small but specialized team, each member skilled in a different area of DevOps and cloud technologies, allowing us to handle complex projects end-to-end. 🔧 Core Technical Skills: ☁️ Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, CloudFront, Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, Route 53, Lambda, SSM, S3, CloudFormation, DynamoDB, etc.) Azure (AKS, Resource Manager, VM Scale Sets , Database's, Azure Containers , Azure Functions ,Azure DevOps, etc.) 🧱 Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation 🚀 CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD, TeamCity Blue/Green & Canary deployments 🐳 Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Amazon ECS 🔐 Security & Compliance: Infrastructure hardening, AMI security, IAM best practices PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST compliance 📊 Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Kafka, Athena, Dynatrace 🛠️ Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, Puppet 🖥️ Other Tools & Technologies: Python, Java, PHP, Shell scripting NGINX, Redis, MongoDB, SQL Akamai, CloudFront, Kafka-Manager Whether you're looking to automate infrastructure, migrate workloads to the cloud, implement CI/CD, or secure your cloud environment, I bring both the expertise and real-world experience to deliver results efficiently and reliably. Let’s discuss how I can help you scale your infrastructure and streamline your DevOps operations.

With over 10 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in DevOps and Cloud technologies, I bring a deep understanding of designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions. My professional journey has been shaped by my work with leading system integrators and consulting companies, where I honed my skills and delivered impactful, enterprise-grade solutions. Key Skills: - Cloud Architectures ☁️ - Advanced Kubernetes (K8s) Optimization ☸️ - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) 🛠️ - CI/CD Pipeline Development ∞ - Automation & Orchestration ⚙️ - Security Best Practices 🛡️ - Scalability & Performance Optimization 🏎 - Advanced Infrastructure Monitoring 📊 - Cost optimisation 💰