Viacheslav K.

Viacheslav K.

Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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About Me

Viacheslav is a Senior DevOps Engineer crafting creative solutions to meet complex challenges. He implements new tools and matures existing capabilities to meet growing user demand. Viacheslav has experience in cloud platforms and related products and services, delivering solutions to enable teams to deploy, manage, configure, scale, and monitor on-premise and cloud platforms per the latest security benchmarks and controls.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior DevOps Engineer
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • 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.

  • Working cross-functionally with other teams to deliver stable and functional production environments.

  • Owning and managing various database clusters, networks, and the underlying infrastructure that supports different apps and services.

Freelance
Freelance
DevOps Architect
2021 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Building and maintaining infrastructure solutions that meet security, availability, and performance requirements.

  • Codifying infrastructure solutions using modern automation tools and making monitoring more proactive.

  • Creating and updating documentation on solutions, debugging, and solving complex problems across the stack.

ABCloudz
ABCloudz
DevOps Lead
2021 - 2024 (3 years)
Remote
  • Built and deployed CI/CD tools and an IaC wrapper to enhance pipeline processes and IaC operations on solutions.

  • Implemented new approaches to boost development speed and minimize bugs on solutions during projects.

  • Led efforts to maintain best practices within the DevOps team using new approaches and industry trends.

EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems
Senior DevOps Engineer
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Remote
  • Designed and implemented solutions for SysOps, automation and integrations, and system architecture in a fast-paced environment.

  • Automated manual processes, migrated services, allocated resources, and handled project tasks for clients.

  • Gained promotion to technical lead and technical manager positions within EPAM, delivering solutions and resolving complex issues.

SOS Children's Village Kyrgyzstan
SOS Children's Village Kyrgyzstan
National IT Coordinator
2016 - 2019 (3 years)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • Redesigned, re-architected, and renovated the client's entire IT infrastructure with modern solutions, tools, and functionalities.

  • Supervised daily operations and ensured top-level service delivery on all technical operations within SOS.

  • Introduced automation solutions to streamline work processes and eliminate manual work within the organization.

Critical Factor
Critical Factor
DevOps Engineer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • Led processes to improve automation throughout builds, deployments, management, and tooling.

  • Configured the build infrastructure, automated installations, and maintained build tools and dependencies.

  • Recommended new solutions and tools to improve the dev process on the project.

Octopus Microfinance
Octopus Microfinance
System & Network Engineer
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • Handled all system infrastructure processes, working on product research, definitions, and verifications.

  • Worked on design, integrations, and infrastructure implementation, improvement, and maintenance.

  • Supported operational and engineering functions on projects and ensured solutions met client needs.

International Finance Corportation
International Finance Corportation
IT Consultant
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • Designed, implemented, and maintained the back-end infrastructure on IFC's server platform.

  • Identified, troubleshot, and resolved issues on solutions.

  • Prepared operational and technical documentation and assisted with special projects within IFC.

Gazprom Kyrgyzstan
Gazprom Kyrgyzstan
Senior System Engineer
2012 - 2013 (1 year)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • Designed and deployed solutions for a new billing system.

  • Built and implemented innovative reporting software apps on the project.

  • Implemented new solutions to enhance and maintain operations of the call center.

Ministry of Economy
Ministry of Economy
Head of IT department | IT Consultant
2011 - 2017 (6 years)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • Designed, built, and maintained a pilot ERP solution for the Kyrgyz government to enhance operations.

  • Implemented top-level engineering tasks to enhance service delivery and ITIL processes on the ERP.

  • Worked on IT infrastructure architecture using different tools, frameworks, and platforms.

Showcase

DevOps Engineer -  Pulumi IaC Wrapper
DevOps Engineer - Pulumi IaC Wrapper

Worked with a Go syntactic wrapper for the Pulumi IaC platform, designed to improve the performance of IaC operations. While addressing numerous AWS resources, it dramatically simplified syntax and decreased the amount of effort required. This is a POC and MVP project successfully implemented in real-world software development projects.

DevOps Engineer - CI/CD Micro Tools
DevOps Engineer - CI/CD Micro Tools

Created a set of CI/CD technologies for increasing pipeline speed and lowering operational costs, including environment variable substitution, distribution into Kubernetes clusters, virtual machine deployment, and more. Efficiencies were demonstrated on a number of real-world production initiatives.

DevOps Engineer - MACDA-Bot
DevOps Engineer - MACDA-Bot

Developed a Python-based trading bot that trades using the MACDA technique on BitBy. Worked as a back-end developer on this mini-project, adapting code for use on AWS Cloud as an AWS Lambda function with AWS DynamoDB integration.

Education

EPAM Master's Degree Program in Software Engineering
EPAM Master's Degree Program in Software Engineering
EPAM University - Kiev, Ukraine
2021 - 2023 (2 years)
MBA Business Administration and Management
MBA Business Administration and Management
Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2010 - 2012 (2 years)
Engineer's Degree, Software Engineering
Engineer's Degree, Software Engineering
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2005 - 2010 (5 years)