Roman

ROMAN CHERNUKHA
Junior DevOps Engineer • Open to relocation within Europe
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | github.com/romanchernukha8-ctrl | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Portfolio: romanchernukha8-ctrl.github.io/portfolio-v2

SUMMARY
Junior DevOps Engineer with 8 months of intensive, mentor-led hands-on training, building production-inspired Kubernetes
microservices platforms (CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, centralized logging). Brings a 7-year background in industrial
instrumentation and control at a thermal power plant, contributing strong troubleshooting discipline and experience working
with safety-critical systems and technical documentation. Seeking a first professional role in DevOps in Europe.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud & IaC AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, ALB), Terraform
Containers Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm
CI/CD GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Self-Hosted Runner
Backend Python, FastAPI, Flask, REST API, JWT
Databases PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis
Monitoring Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Promtail
Infrastructure Linux, Bash, Nginx, TCP/IP, DNS, Reverse Proxy
Messaging & AI RabbitMQ, Ollama, SerpAPI

PERSONAL PROJECTS
AI File Analysis Platform — Personal Project
Production-inspired Kubernetes-based microservices platform for AI-powered document processing.
● Designed Kubernetes microservices architecture and deployed applications using Helm charts
● Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
● Implemented JWT authentication and Redis caching
● Integrated RabbitMQ for asynchronous messaging between services
● Connected Ollama for AI-based document analysis
● Configured a full monitoring and logging stack: Prometheus, Grafana and Loki
Technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Python, FastAPI, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Redis, Ollama, GitHub Actions, Prometheus,
Grafana, Loki
GitHub: github.com/romanchernukha8-ctrl/ai-file-analysis-platform

AWS Infrastructure with Terraform (Flask API) — Personal Project
Production-style AWS infrastructure provisioned with Terraform, serving a Flask API behind a load balancer.
● Provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform, including EC2, VPC, IAM and networking resources
● Deployed a Flask API behind an Application Load Balancer with Auto Scaling
● Connected the application to a PostgreSQL database on Amazon RDS
● Applied Infrastructure as Code principles using reusable Terraform modules
Technologies: Terraform, AWS, EC2, ALB, Auto Scaling, RDS, IAM, VPC, Flask

DevOps App — CI/CD with Automated Rollback — Personal Project
Dockerized application with load-balanced deployment and a self-healing CI/CD pipeline.
● Built a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline with automatic rollback triggered by health-check failures
● Configured Nginx load balancing across containerized application instances
● Containerized the full application stack with Docker
Technologies: Docker, Nginx, GitHub Actions, Health Checks, CI/CD

Flask Auth Platform — GitLab CI/CD to AWS — Personal Project
Authentication platform with a fully automated deployment pipeline to AWS.
● Built a Flask authentication service with JWT and session-based auth
● Containerized the app with Docker and served it behind Nginx
● Built a GitLab CI/CD pipeline with automated deployment to AWS EC2 via Bash and the GitLab API
Technologies: Flask, JWT, Docker, Nginx, GitLab CI/CD, Bash, AWS EC2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instrumentation & Control Technician — Zmiiv Thermal Power Plant, Instrumentation & Control Department
2014 – 2021
● Performed maintenance and diagnostics of industrial instrumentation and automation systems
● Troubleshot electrical and control equipment in a live industrial environment
● Worked with safety-critical industrial systems, following technical documentation and operational procedures

EDUCATION & TRAINING
DevOps Engineering — Individual Mentorship Program Nov 2025 – Present (8 months, ongoing)

Bachelor's Degree in Energy Engineering — Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogical AcademySep 2017 – Jul 2022
Thesis defended remotely while relocated to Germany due to the war in Ukraine.

Vocational Diploma — Electrician, 4th Grade — Zmiiv Vocational-Technical Lyceum

LANGUAGES
● Ukrainian — Native
● Russian — Native
● English — Comfortable reading technical documentation and communicating in technical environments