I am a Software Engineer and DevOps Coach, passionate about making software development efficient and secure. I specialize in DevOps practices and team leadership.
My expertise includes team building, tech transformation, and promoting a culture of innovation and ownership. I am dedicated to improving efficiency and enhancing team performance.
Professional Experience
TechLead Manager (Platform)
π’ Grammarly, π May'23 - ongoing
DevEx Engineer (Platform)
π’ Grammarly, π Nov'20 - May'23
Making day-to-day work of software engineers more effective by:
- Providing automation and tooling for routine SDLC procedures
- Enriching experience in Infrastructure, Automation, Observability areas
- Standardizing commonly used infrastructure components
Notable Projects: macOS-based CI/CD, Platform University, GitLab CI Infrastructure on K8s
DevOps Coach
π’ Hillel IT School, π Jul'20 - Mar'23
Gave DevOps classes to diverse people with different backgrounds and skillsets: sysadmins and developers from IT, students from the university, and sales managers from retail. There was one thing in common: they all wanted to know what DevOps is and how it works.
Taught them how to work inside and with the development teams and use tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and Docker, and how to think DevOps.
It was a win-win for myself and my students: I could get a unique tutoring experience and fulfill my long-cherished dream of being a teacher, and my students gained new jobs or promotions.
DevOps Teamlead
π’ ITCraft, π Mar'17 - Jun'20
My biggest project β is my team. A skilled and highly motivated team of engineers sincerely cares about its work outcomes.
Key accomplishments
- Created a team of engineers that completed more than 40 successful projects of different sizes;
- Team size growth: from 1 to 8;
- Tripled the number of shared projects with other departments by boosting department reputation and team visibility within the company;
- Introduced DevOps as a Service business model in the department;
- Mentored senior and middle engineers from junior newcomers;
- Fostered the culture of ownership.
Challenges
- Transform team membersβ mindset toward ownership culture;
- Keep the team motivated throughout ups and downs;
- Justification of the advantages of my team to the clients in the pre-sales stage.
Chief Technologist
π’ YourServerAdmin, π Nov'14 β Sep'16
I was responsible for the technical side of processes inside the department and researching the new technologies we could implement for our clients.
Introduced ITIL practices with our COO and, what I like the most, could change how our sysadminβs department worked with the development department. As a result, the work became more coordinated and more integrated.
Key accomplishments
- Improved technical expertise of a support team;
- Improved task management;
- Increased team size;
- Fostered the change of team mindset to Agile thinking.
System Administrator, Support Engineer
π’ YourServerAdmin, π Jun'11 β Nov'14
Started my career in IT: grew up from a Level-1 tech support engineer (communication with customers and initial problem analysis) to Level-3 System Administrator responsible for complex technical tasks and daily shift management.
Skills
- π€ Team Leader
- Achieve engineering-wide goals through extensive guidance, helping engineers achieve success via coaching, engaging talks, and advocating for rising the bar. My approach prioritizes impactful results, carefully balancing team priorities with a keen understanding of cost versus customer benefits.
- π PM
- Proficient in autonomously managing and forecasting large-scale project tasks, with a track record of influencing engineering goals. Expert in designing new systems from scratch and providing pivotal design feedback to peers. Skilled in leading critical projects and systems.
- βοΈ Clouds
- Amazon Web Services. Design and fine-tuning of resilient and HA infrastructures; costs optimization and security hardening.
- βοΈ Techs
- GitlabCI, Github Actions, Terraform, Docker, Ansible, GoLang, BASH, Mobile CI/CD.
- π¬π§ English
- C2 (CEFR)
- π©πͺ Deutsch
- A1 (CEFR)
Activities and interests
- Travel
- I like to explore new cities and countries, and I like trekking. Iβve been to the Annapurna base camp, and now I want to visit Everestβs base camp.
- Blogging
- I love to write tutorials and articles about the technologies I use and learn. AWS Community Builder and HashiCorp Ambassador.
- Science
- Fond of History, Astronomy, and Physics. I wish to see the Betelgeuse supernova explosion someday, even though the expected explosion date is somewhere between today and 100k years.