Devops Engineer

Akylbek Saspakov

Philadelphia, PA *******.***@*****.*** 267-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/johnsdevops SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with 4 years of experience designing and automating scalable, secure cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines. Reduced provisioning time by 30% using Terraform and Ansible, orchestrated GitOps-driven Kubernetes deployments (ArgoCD), and improved system uptime to 99.9% through robust monitoring and SRE best practices. EXPERIENCE

Peaksoft – DevOps Engineer (Remote, Chicago, IL)

June 2023 – Present

● Automated provisioning of DEV, QA, and Stage environments via Terraform and Ansible, reducing setup time by 30%.

● Modernized CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and SonarQube, achieving 95% automated test coverage.

● Orchestrated multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters with ArgoCD for GitOps driven deployments.

● Optimized AWS Auto Scaling and Azure scaling solutions to achieve a 25% cost reduction while maintaining performance.

● Implemented SRE practices: defined SLIs/SLOs, managed error budgets, and participated in on call rotations, improving uptime from 60% to 99.9%.

● Enhanced monitoring and logging using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, reducing incident response time by 40%.

● Containerized applications with Docker, cutting deployment time from 8 to 6 minutes.

● Collaborated cross-functionally in Agile ceremonies using Jira and Slack. Integra Solutions – Cloud & System Administrator (Remote, Salt Lake City, UT) June 2021 – April 2023

● Improved Linux/UNIX system uptime from 60% to 99.9% by streamlining OS configurations and resolving key network issues.

● Diagnosed and resolved networking problems including DNS, DHCP, VPN, NFS, and Apache, ensuring optimal Tomcat and Apache performance.

● Developed and maintained SOPs for system performance analysis, supporting 24/7 operations.

● Designed and deployed secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant AWS infrastructure using ELB and CloudWatch, improving system reliability by 40%.

● Automated provisioning for DEV, QA, and Stage environments using Terraform and Ansible, reducing setup time by 30%.

● Integrated Docker for containerized deployments, reducing application deployment time from 8 to 6 minutes.

● Provided limited support for Windows and macOS systems in dev/test environments, including software installation and patching.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering – Kyrgyz State Polytechnic University

• Diploma in International Relations – Diplomatic Academy of MFA Kyrgyz Republic

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C01) SKILLS & TECHNOLOGIES

• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, EKS), Azure, VPC, Load Balancers

• Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD (GitOps)

• Automation & Configuration: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube

• Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK Stack

• Scripting & Security: Bash, Python, Git, IAM, Security Groups, SSH Key Management

• OS & Tools: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), Vagrant, VirtualBox, Windows/macOS, Jira, Slack

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