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Ihor Mishalov Kyiv, Ukraine
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Summary
DevOps-oriented Infrastructure Engineer with hands-on experience managing and automating large-scale
on-premises environments (600+ VMs). Skilled in Linux administration, VMware virtualization, Ansible-based
automation, Docker containerization, and GitLab CI pipelines. Experienced in deploying and operating
Kubernetes clusters (VMware Tanzu and vanilla). Focused on infrastructure reliability, automation, and
improving development workflows.

Technical Skills
• Automation & CI/CD: Ansible (Playbooks/Roles), Bash, GitLab CI (pipeline creation)
• Containers & Kubernetes: Docker, Dockerfile development, Containerd, Kubernetes (vanilla), VMware Tanzu
Kubernetes Grid (VDS + HAProxy), kubectl, basic Helm
• Infrastructure: VMware vSphere 7/8, ESXi, vCenter, VM provisioning & templating
• Linux Administration: RHEL (RedHat 9/8), Oracle Linux, Ubuntu; system tuning, services, troubleshooting
• Monitoring: Zabbix, VMware Aria Operations for Logs
• Identity & Security: FreeIPA (RBAC, HBAC, DNS, CA, IDM), CIS hardening, SSL/TLS
• Backup Systems: Commvault Backup & Recovery, Veeam Backup & Replication
• Cloud (Lab): AWS EC2, S3, IAM, VPC

Experience
System Administrator Kyiv, Ukraine
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Universal Bank (JSC) Oct 2025 – Present
– Provision and maintain VMware-based virtual infrastructure supporting critical banking systems.
– Administer Linux servers (Oracle Linux/RHEL), ensuring stability, security compliance, and regular patching.
– Develop Ansible playbooks to standardize system configuration and reduce manual work.
– Manage Veeam backup jobs and test restore procedures for business-critical services.
– Assist development teams with containerization tasks and create Dockerfiles for internal applications.
– Deploy and support Kubernetes environments (vanilla K8s clusters for internal testing).

L2/L3 Support Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer Kyiv, Ukraine
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Enterprise & Government Sector (System Integrator) Jun 2024 – Oct 2025
– Provisioned and maintained 600+ VMs across 14 ESXi hosts in large enterprise environments.
– Created Ansible playbooks for provisioning, system setup, and routine operational tasks.
– Built GitLab CI pipelines for internal automation (build/test workflows).
– Wrote Dockerfiles to standardize application packaging and improve deployment consistency.
– Deployed VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (VDS networking + HAProxy load balancer).
– Deployed vanilla Kubernetes clusters for lab/testing environments.
– Configured and supported FreeIPA (identity, RBAC, certificates, DNS zones).
– Monitored infrastructure health using Zabbix and performed capacity planning for storage (1.5 PB SAN).
– Supported enterprise backup infrastructure using Commvault Backup & Recovery.

Education
• Bachelor — Software Engineering, Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian State University (2022–2024)
• Junior Specialist — Software Engineering, Professional College of Engineering, NAU (2018–2022)