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Eugene Pavlovych
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Location: Chisinau, Moldova
DevOps Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator
Summary
• DevOps Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator with ~2 years of production infrastructure work in an outsourcing environment, operating client platforms from single-server deployments to large estates with hundreds of VMs and multi‑TB production data.
• Platform operations across Linux (primarily Ubuntu), virtualization (Proxmox/Hyper‑V/VMware Cloud Director), Kubernetes, and production migrations/upgrades.
• Kubernetes delivery and operations: Helm-based deployments, RKE2 + Longhorn for a client platform; implemented Longhorn backups to S3‑compatible object storage (Hetzner Object Storage) with restore validation.
• Observability and troubleshooting: Zabbix as primary monitoring; Elastic Stack used for deeper log analysis and investigations.
Skills
Kubernetes / Containers: Kubernetes, RKE2, Helm, Longhorn (storage; S3 backups/restore), Docker/docker-compose
Automation / IaC: Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Python, Git, GitLab CI/CD
Observability: Zabbix (primary), Elastic Stack
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL (monitoring/backups), Redis (basic setup and configuration)
Infrastructure: Linux (primarily Ubuntu), Windows Server; Proxmox, Hyper‑V, VMware Cloud Director
Networking / Edge: OPNsense, MikroTik; Nginx, HAProxy
Experience
DevOps / Platform Engineer — KEY4
February 2024 — Present
• Operate production infrastructure for multiple client environments in an outsourcing model, from single-server deployments to large VM estates with hundreds of VMs and multi-TB production data.
• Manage Linux servers, virtualization platforms, Kubernetes clusters, databases, monitoring, backups, upgrades, migrations, and production troubleshooting.
• Migrate a client application from a legacy Linux server to an RKE2 Kubernetes cluster, including Helm chart development, MySQL on Longhorn, Redis, persistent storage planning, scaling considerations, and cutover preparation.
• Write and maintain Helm manifests and environment-specific values for application services, ingress, configuration, secrets, persistent volumes, databases, Redis, and resource requests/limits.
• Work directly with client development teams to clarify application dependencies, runtime configuration, deployment behavior, migration constraints, and validation requirements.
• Operate RKE2-based Kubernetes platforms with Helm-managed workloads, Longhorn storage, node expansion, backup planning, and restore testing.
• Configure Longhorn backups to S3-compatible object storage, document restore procedures, and validate recovery workflows.
• Standardize monitoring and alerting with Zabbix, including templates, triggers, alert routing, and visibility for CPU, RAM, disk, I/O, network usage, and service health.
• Deploy and maintain Sentry for application error collection in a client environment.
• Migrated Cyrus + Exim4 mail services from an EOL FreeBSD host to Ubuntu with cutover and post-migration verification.
• Perform PostgreSQL/MySQL operational work, including monitoring, backups, updates, migration planning, execution, and verification.
• Use Ansible, Bash, GitLab CI/CD, and Terraform to automate operational tasks, standardize changes, and support repeatable environment setup.
C# / Unity Developer — PSV Game Studio
December 2020 — February 2024
• Automated Android build and Play Store deployment using GitLab CI and Fastlane, reducing build/deploy time by up to ~80%.
• Maintained multiple projects end‑to‑end: feature development, bug fixes, and gameplay improvements.
Education
Bukovina University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science — Sep 2021 — Jun 2023
Chernivtsi Polytechnic College
Junior Specialist, Software Engineering — 2017 — 2021
Languages
• English — C1 (IELTS certificate)
• Ukrainian — C1
• Russian — C1