pm9313
Dev Ops / Infrastructure Engineer | Automation | Blockchain
Blockchain infrastructure engineer with extensive experience in mainnet and testnet environments across multiple networks, including Solana, Mina, Ethereum, and dozens of emerging L1/L2 ecosystems. Skilled in designing and operating high-availability validator setups, RPC endpoints, and large-scale node deployments.
Strong background in Linux systems, automation (Docker, Ansible), and building custom tooling with Python and Bash. Experienced in advanced monitoring design using Zabbix and Grafana, including creating project-specific triggers, metrics, and integrations.
Focused on reliability, security, and performance optimization of blockchain infrastructure. Adept at rapid adaptation to new protocols, deep debugging, and maintaining stable operations across distributed environments.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $100,000
Hourly rate: $75
Nationality: πΊπ¦ Ukraine
Residency: πΊπ¦ Ukraine
Experience
DevOps/Automation/Infrastructure Engineer
Startup, AI/LLM Infrastructure 2025 - 2025
- Design, deploy, and maintain bare-metal Linux clusters with OS, networking, storage, monitoring, and security hardening - Build infrastructure from scratch, including user access management, security policies, and service architecture - Automate infrastructure, monitoring, and failover processes using Python and Bash, including custom Zabbix API integrations and dashboards - Optimize GPU/CPU utilization and performance for LLM training and inference workloads - Deploy and manage databases for LLM pipelines, including PostgreSQL and vector DBs (Chroma, Milvus, Qdrant) - Implement scalable, high-availability, and fault-tolerant infrastructure
DevOps
Everstake, Ukraine 2023 - 2025
- Configure and maintain dedicated and virtual Linux servers for blockchain infrastructure deployment - Automate blockchain software installation processes using Docker and Ansible - Conduct in-depth research, testing, and tuning to implement best practices for project-specific software - Design interserver configurations to support validator failover mechanisms - Monitor server and blockchain software performance using Zabbix; develop custom templates, triggers, and items for advanced monitoring - Implement Python-based tools for validator key monitoring, integrating into Grafana dashboards - Develop Bash scripts to streamline routine DevOps operations
Systems Administrator/DevOps/Tech Lead
Ingainer, Ukraine 2021 - 2023
- Coordinate team of 10 engineers in order to deploy software for different blockchain projects. Over 100 dedicated and virtual servers in total. Best practice implementation. - Information gathering for strong understanding of blockchain processes and project features. - Implement automation and infrastructure tools like ZeroTier, Rundeck etc - Build, configure, patch, upgrade and troubleshoot dedicated and virtual Linux servers - Server and software monitoring and failover automation with Zabbix. Managing custom items, triggers and actions according to project needs, features or bugs. Zabbix server tuning. - Software deploy and routine tasks automation using Ansible - Gathering data from APIs and implementation of custom monitoring features with Python and Bash
Systems Administrator
YVentures Group Ltd, Singapore 2020 - 2021
- Build, configure, patch, upgrade and troubleshoot virtual Linux servers - Product deployment on Linux images inside GCP - Collaborate with software engineers to modernize internal applications and services - Provide server and network hardening, servers and applications monitoring, performance tuning, backup management - Develop and maintain detailed maintenance and contingency plans and documentation for server infrastructure
Systems Administrator
24x7studios, Singapore 2018 - 2020
- Provide support and maintenance of virtual Linux servers - Perform administration activities such as setting user accounts, roles, access and privileges - Software deployment on Linux images - Server hardening and monitoring
SQL Analyst
IT4Empire, Chernihiv 2017 - 2018
- Perform tuning and troubleshooting of applications, modules and reports to improve performance and minimize system resource constraints - Develop triggers and stored procedures to manipulate data - Create, modify and troubleshoot SQL queries, stored procedures and jobs
Systems Administrator
Transparen, Chernihiv 2015 - 2017
- Participate in on-call rotation to provide 24x7 production support - Provide support and maintenance of virtual Linux servers - Provide detailed project status reporting as directed by management - Investigate, resolve, escalate and close customer server problems and application issues through ticketing system - Work on moderately complex assignments, using judgment to resolve problems and make routine recommendations
Hardware Engineer
Piezosensor, Chernihiv 2014 - 2015
- Conduct hardware architecture design and development per customer requirements - Maintain hardware design and acceptance documentation - Test computer system components, assemblies and subsystems to ensure compliance with design requirements - Perform precision measurement debug and troubleshoot - Utilize engineering diagrams and schematics to prepare prototype models
Skills
blockchain
docker
ethereum
grafana
linux
python
solana
sys-admin
terraform
devops
english
german
ukrainian