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Dmytro Bogdanov
DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | GitOps | Monitoring
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Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Work format: Remote
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Profile
DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and supporting production and non-production infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and data services. Experienced with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps/ArgoCD, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse, ELK, Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, Bash, Python, and automation tooling. Strong in platform thinking, reducing manual operational effort through automation, improving reliability, and supporting engineering teams working with diverse application stacks.

Key Achievements
• Designed and implemented Parameter Checker — a Python-based service for monitoring and validating Apache Kafka / AWS MSK cluster parameters, topic configurations, and volume usage. Integrated with Prometheus, Slack, and AWS ECR, with support for alerting, reporting, versioning, and separate build pipelines for PROD and NON-PROD environments, reducing manual checks and improving operational control.
• Automated a wide range of manual operational tasks using Python, Bash, and Go, improving repeatability and reducing engineering overhead.
• Restored and standardized backup processes across core databases, refactored backup-related code, and improved maintainability and operational consistency.
• Optimized Elasticsearch cluster architecture for production and non-production environments, improving platform stability and manageability.
• Designed and implemented Elasticsearch and VictoriaMetrics clusters from the ground up.
• Actively contributed to the migration of services from Docker Compose to Kubernetes.

Core Competencies
• AWS Infrastructure / Cloud Networking / Platform Engineering
• Kubernetes / EKS / Helm / GitOps / ArgoCD
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
• CI/CD with GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins
• Monitoring / Logging / Tracing / Alerting
• PostgreSQL / MySQL / MongoDB / Redis / ClickHouse / Kafka
• Production support / troubleshooting / migrations / backup & restore
• Bash / Python / Go automation
• Cloudflare / NGINX / ALB / DNS / VPN / Networking

Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS: EKS, EC2, RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora), MSK, ECR, S3, EFS, Route53, ALB, IAM, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, Karpenter
Additional AWS services: CodeCommit, Cognito, Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Athena
Cloudflare
Proxmox
Infrastructure as Code & Configuration
Terraform, Helm, Kustomize (Kubernetes overlay configuration management), Ansible
Containers & Orchestration
Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, EKS, Karpenter
CI/CD & GitOps
GitLab CI/CD
ArgoCD, ApplicationSet, Nexus Repository, Jenkins, semantic-release
Monitoring, Logging & Alerting
VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Filebeat), Jaeger, ElastAlert, PMM, Burrow, Sentry, Zabbix
Databases & Data
PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, MySQL / MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis / ElastiCache / Redis Sentinel, ClickHouse, Aerospike
Messaging
Apache Kafka / MSK, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka UI, Strimzi Operator
Security & Access
OPA / Gatekeeper, External Secrets Operator, AWS IAM, Keycloak, Active Directory, SonarQube, Docker Scout
Networking & Delivery
NGINX (Ingress Controller), AWS ALB Controller, ExternalDNS, Pritunl, Route53, HAProxy
Scripting & Languages
Bash / Shell, Python, Go
Platforms & Tools
Ubuntu 24.04 / 25.04, GitLab Self-Hosted, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams

Professional Experience
BETER
DevOps Engineer
June 2019 — Present
Responsibilities
• Design, deploy, and support production and non-production infrastructure in AWS.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes / EKS platform capabilities for application workloads, data services, and internal platform solutions.
• Automate infrastructure and operational workflows using Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Bash, Python, and Go.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI/CD, while also contributing to Jenkins-based delivery processes.
• Implement and maintain GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and ApplicationSet.
• Build and improve monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting systems.
• Support and migrate services and databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse, and Kafka.
• Build and maintain backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes.
• Support engineering teams working with .NET, Node.js, Python, Rust, Go, and PHP application stacks.
Hands-on Experience & Scope
• Worked with AWS services including EKS, EC2, RDS, Aurora, MSK, ECR, S3, EFS, Route53, ALB, IAM, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, Transit Gateway, and VPC Peering.
• Have hands-on experience with both RDS/Aurora and self-managed database clusters previously deployed on VMs and EC2 before migration to managed services.
• Built Terraform modules for infrastructure components such as VPC, EKS, RDS, MSK, ALB, Route53, Redis, ECR, and Proxmox.
• Worked with Helm charts, Kustomize overlays, and GitOps deployments through ArgoCD across prod, non-prod, and sandbox environments.
• Actively contributed to the migration of services from Docker Compose to Kubernetes.
• Designed and implemented Elasticsearch and VictoriaMetrics clusters, including setup, optimization, and ongoing support.
• Worked with monitoring, logging, and tracing stack including VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, ElastAlert, PMM, and Burrow.
• Worked with Kafka / MSK, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka UI, and Strimzi Operator.
• Worked with MongoDB replica sets, SSL configurations, dump / restore workflows, and migration scenarios.
• Implemented backup and recovery solutions using mongodump / mongorestore, pg_dump, mysqldump, S3-based backup storage, and restore procedures.
• Implemented cross-cluster data synchronization, including data sync flows between prod and non-prod environments.
• Used External Secrets Operator to integrate Kubernetes workloads with AWS Secrets Manager.
• Worked with OPA / Gatekeeper as part of policy-as-code practices.
• Worked with Keycloak and Active Directory in the context of SSO, access management, and integrations.
• Used Cloudflare, NGINX Ingress Controller, AWS ALB Controller, ExternalDNS, Route53, and Pritunl.
• Developed and implemented Python tools and automation solutions for AWS operations, monitoring, internal utilities, and Kafka-related validation services.
• Also wrote and introduced selected automation tooling in Go.

Earlier Experience
Earlier experience in hybrid QA / DevOps roles, with hands-on work in virtualization, Docker-based environments, ELK, monitoring, and software delivery processes across DEV, QA, and PROD environments.

Education
Kyiv Institute of Banking
Bachelor’s Degree
September 2001 — June 2005
Specialization: Accounting and Audit
Field of study: Economics and Entrepreneurship / Accounting and Audit
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman
Master’s Degree
January 2007 — February 2008
Specialization: Accounting and Audit in Bank Management
Field of study: Economics and Entrepreneurship / Accounting and Audit
Kyiv, Ukraine

Additional Training
• Specialized courses and self-study in DevOps, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and automation.

Languages
• Ukrainian — Native
• English — A2