Alin is a multi-faceted DevOps Engineer skilled in SOLID principles, a performance addict, and a Linux enthusiast working on complex projects for clients. He specializes in infrastructure design, database design, software design, and server management using a vast array of tools and technologies. Alin is an avid learner, adaptable to different settings, and keen on writing and delivering clean code and solutions for clients. He is passionate about greenfield projects aimed at improving quality of life, processes, and the way people interact. In recent years, he has been gaining expertise in cryptocurrencies and Blockchain (Web3) with ultra-low latency requirements where availability and performance are paramount.
Delivering CI/CD as part of an Agile team to improve performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.
Helping build and improve infrastructure, application, and performance development and ensuring tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environmental scanning.
Ensuring high-quality deliverables and implementing DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments.
Oversaw the implementation, deployment, and integration of solutions by the development team to plan, build, configure, analyze, and approve new functionalities or strategies.
Managed the DevOps team handling infrastructure and Blockchain business requirements.
Automated and maintained a fast, performant, and clean pipeline to ensure minimum time to production.
Enforced best practices on cloud deployment and management via Terraform and Ansible.
Led development and operations, playing a significant role in establishing processes for an independent organization that facilitates standards development, product certification, testing, etc.
Designed, implemented, and supported a distributed Blockchain-based network.
Ensured new solutions are implemented and maintained existing ones.
Built an online platform to manage cryptocurrency mining rigs for users to download the ISO from their paid accounts before mining for coins.
Created an intuitive user dashboard to contain real-time data gathered from the mining rigs and displayed via Node/Socket.io for users.
Engineered the platform to manage and control all settings on the mining rigs (fan speed, reboot, overclocking amounts, and other features) using Zend 3, Doctrine 2 (MySQL), Bower, Redis, API, Docker, Composer, and Angular.
Provided technical leadership and direction for the setup deployment process on bare metal deployments with Red Hat Spacewalk and large-scale orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker as required.
Reviewed new and existing business objectives to enhance auto-completion, chat-like functionalities, and notification server features for an eCommerce application.
Provided enterprise-level support for efficient server monitoring using a Zabbix setup with MariaDB as a back-end service provider.
Led the strategic direction for the website built as an online catalog to help teachers and parents monitor students' progress in real time.
Developed the technical aspects for the platform features and functionalities with various options available based on the type of account a parent has on the system.
Regularly used user/parent feedback to improve the platform for optimal performance.
Worked on a custom-made infrastructure, clustered and engineered from scratch to accommodate a variable number of nodes depending on platform needs.
Supported the architecture development, building, testing, and deployment of a structure with the ability to run as an autopilot advertising platform, adjusting targeted ads through complex algorithms and specific system rules.
Implemented multiple technologies to develop required project capabilities using PHP/MySQL, Cassandra, Clustered Linux, Gearman, Kubernetes, and Redis.
Led a cross-functional team for initial server deployments, software setups, network setup/security/firewalls, and security audits based on client specifications.
Worked as a full-stack developer on client projects using various technologies and methodologies.
Managed project deployment and performance to ensure that all requirements and business needs are clearly defined and met.
PerfectMine is an online platform that manages cryptocurrency mining rigs by a small team of developers with a burning passion for cryptocurrency. It was created as an operating system needed by the entire mining community. The user dashboard contains real-time data gathered from the mining rigs and displayed via node/socket.io. The first part is a Linux-based image with custom kernel modifications and various packages. The second part is the actual platform, built to manage all the settings that are manageable on a mining rig.
perfect-servers.com is a server provider with website and hosting solutions. A server farm is a group of computers acting as servers and housed together in a single location. A server farm is sometimes called a server cluster. Worked on the initial server deployment and different software setups based on client specifications, network setup / network security and firewalls, and security audits.
WhiteCity Code is a banking project, a merchants' onboarding platform for a well-established bank. The application gave the bank the ability to register merchants and resellers with a customizable package of services. The process also generated the contract and all the required documents for onboarding. The back end provided many statistics and options to change the package.
Built several advertising networks that were active in different niches. Held multiple roles: software developer, performance optimizer, and Linux engineer.
