himaster

Dev Ops Lead

Seasoned DevOps Executive with 15+ years driving infrastructure transformation and hands-on engineering excellence across AWS & GCP, including Web3 and blockchain infrastructure deployments. Adept at leading and mentoring teams of up to 18 engineers, balancing strategic leadership with deep technical involvement in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Helm automation. Trusted partner to executives and product stakeholders, delivering cost-efficient, resilient cloud solutions with an unyielding focus on reliability and scalability. Actively shapes high-performance cultures by remaining engaged in day-to-day architecture, automation, and troubleshooting—advancing DevOps maturity and accelerating business growth in dynamic, distributed environments.


Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $120,000

Hourly rate: $75

Nationality: 🌏 Remote


Experience

Head of Infrastructure
NEON Labs
2023 - 2025
Directed a high-performing DevOps team of 4 engineers, architecting and managing scalable AWS and GCP infrastructures to support an innovative blockchain platform, handling traffic increases of over 200% year-over-year. Drove the adoption of advanced DevOps practices, reducing deployment cycles by 40% and improving system uptime to 99.95%. Enhanced cross-departmental collaboration by integrating software development, operations, and QA processes, accelerating issue resolution by 30%. Designed and executed comprehensive DevOps strategies leveraging Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, and Terraform, enabling rapid scaling and environment consistency. Led a critical migration initiative from on-premises infrastructure to cloud services, achieving 3x scalability improvement and a 25% reduction in operational costs. Designed and delivered 5 customized technical training modules on AI fundamentals and MLOps to infrastructure team; increased team proficiency by 40% as measured by project completion rate. Automated deployment pipelines, cutting manual interventions by 60% and reducing deployment-related errors by 75%. Identified and resolved infrastructure bottlenecks proactively, enhancing application response times by 35% and ensuring high availability. Managed a cloud infrastructure budget, achieving a 20% cost reduction through optimized resource allocation and rigorous monitoring.
DevOps Lead / Engineering Manager
AUTODOC
2020 - 2023
Led a comprehensive cloud infrastructure overhaul that resulted in a 32% cost-efficiency improvement, reducing operational expenses and reallocating saved resources to innovation projects. Enhanced system scalability and resilience by implementing Kubernetes and Helm, increasing daily transaction-handling capacity by 44%, which supported a growing user base with zero downtime. Established and led a high-performing team of 18 engineers, implementing a knowledge-sharing program that boosted team productivity by 23% and reduced onboarding time for new hires by 29%. Orchestrated cross-functional initiatives to implement CI/CD, enhancing deployment speed and reducing downtime by 26.5%.
DevOps Team Lead
AUTODOC
2019 - 2020
Grew the team from 2 to 18 members and established a grading process for performance evaluation. Developed a structured knowledge-sharing framework that enhanced collaboration and decreased project completion times by 16.5%, fostering a proactive learning culture. Designed and implemented a grading system for performance evaluations, improving transparency and feedback quality, which led to a 24% increase in employee satisfaction scores in yearly surveys. Orchestrated cloud resource optimization across GCP, reducing monthly cloud costs by 26% while maintaining service performance and scalability.
Cloud Engineer
AUTODOC
2017 - 2019
Developed complex Helm charts and Terraform modules for customized solutions in cloud and on-premises environments. Enhanced CI/CD observability and predictability, ensuring deployment processes remained consistent and reliable. Optimized workload management in hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructures, ensuring high system stability. Implemented GitOps and advanced DevOps practices to streamline deployment and version control.
Senior DevOps Engineer
IT Program Group
2016 - 2017
Founder, Lead System Administrator
HIPERNET
2010 - 2014

Skills

engineering-manager
devops
english
russian