lexor
Senior Dev Ops Engineer
I’ve led initiatives spanning private cloud and PaaS, multi‑cloud Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD modernization, observability, and incident management. I enjoy mentoring engineers, clarifying priorities with stakeholders, and turning complex requirements into simple, repeatable solutions.
Focus areas: platform engineering, SRE, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, security by design, standardization via reusable tooling.
Core stack: Kubernetes (AKS/GKE/on‑prem), OpenShift, OpenStack, Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Argo CD, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/ECK, Cloudflare, PostgreSQL/ClickHouse/Redis/RabbitMQ/ScyllaDB, Linux, networking and Python.
Focus areas: platform engineering, SRE, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, security by design, standardization via reusable tooling.
Core stack: Kubernetes (AKS/GKE/on‑prem), OpenShift, OpenStack, Terraform/Terragrunt, Ansible, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Argo CD, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/ECK, Cloudflare, PostgreSQL/ClickHouse/Redis/RabbitMQ/ScyllaDB, Linux, networking and Python.
Experience: 8 years
Yearly salary: $156,000
Hourly rate: $75
Nationality: 🌏 Remote
Residency: 🇪🇸 Spain
Experience
DevOps Team Lead
Wallarm 2024 - 2025
• Led the development and launch of an on‑premise deployment offering, expanding deployment flexibility for customers. • Designed a Kubernetes‑based architecture for streamlined installation, scaling, and efficient resource management. • Built a CLI for deployment and lifecycle management, simplifying setup and day‑2 operations. • Implemented comprehensive monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery; collaborated with product, support, and security to harden the solution and deliver clear runbooks.
DevOps Team Lead
PressReader 2022 - 2024
• Led and mentored the DevOps team, fostering a high‑performing, collaborative culture and strong cross‑functional alignment. • Set the DevOps vision and roadmap; managed budgets and vendors; translated stakeholder needs into actionable platform plans. • Oversaw secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure; embedded security by design and governed change and incident management. • Established engineering excellence with branching standards, CI/CD and workflow automation, self‑service, and comprehensive documentation/ runbooks. • Engineered scalable hybrid infrastructure on Azure, GCP and on-premises, enabling teams with DevOps/SRE practices and collaborative SLO/SLI adoption. • Built and operated Kubernetes platforms (AKS, GKE, on‑prem), standardized deployments with Helm, and automated provisioning/operations with Terraform, Terragrunt, and Ansible (IaC). • Streamlined delivery with Azure DevOps CI/CD and GitOps via Argo CD; implemented observability with Prometheus/Grafana, centralized logging with ECK, and incident response with OpsGenie and postmortems. • Managed data and edge services (Redis, ClickHouse, RabbitMQ, ScyllaDB, Cloudflare Zero Trust), supported an OpenStack private cloud, and administered Linux/networking/VPN while mentoring engineering teams.
DevOps Engineer
WiseBits Group 2020 - 2022
• Improved reliability and scale of a high-traffic platform, elevating service availability and reducing incident MTTR. • Delivered OpenStack private cloud and OpenShift PaaS; automated infrastructure with Terraform/Ansible and standardized app rollouts with reusable Helm charts. • Streamlined delivery via GitLab CI/CD and implemented end-to-end observability with Prometheus/Grafana and ELK. • Managed data layers (MariaDB, ClickHouse, Redis) and enhanced edge performance and security with Cloudflare.
DevOps Engineer
LTFS.Enterprise 2019 - 2020
• Supported and enhanced critical infrastructure operations, ensuring high availability and reliability. • Optimized CI/CD workflows in GitLab, enabling uninterrupted daily releases and improving deployment efficiency. • Migrated applications from LXC to Docker, modernizing the deployment stack and enhancing scalability.
DevOps Engineer
RekSoft 2018 - 2019
• Successfully delivered two key projects focusing on Kubernetes and CI/CD infrastructure. • Developed scalable Kubernetes and Ceph clusters for internal operations, enhancing reliability. • Designed a dynamic GitLab CI/CD pipeline for a bank, automating approval processes using Python. • Received client recognition for project completion, showcasing strong team leadership and collaboration.
Skills
ansible
aws
ci-cd
elasticsearch
gcp
git
grafana
kubernetes
linux
open-stack
postgres
python
redis
terraform
devops
english
russian
spanish