Vitalii

Vitalii Stalchenko
Junior DevOps Engineer
Batumi, Georgia - open to remote, on-site or relocation | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
github.com/Loki-sudo007

PROFILE
Junior DevOps engineer in training at Mate Academy with hands-on practice in Linux, networking, Docker, Kubernetes,
Helm, Prometheus/Grafana, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Terraform, CI/CD and SQL. Built and troubleshot containerized
applications and Kubernetes deployments, configured monitoring/alerting, worked with cloud and IaC labs, and automated
database backup/restore. Looking for a first DevOps, System Engineering, SRE/NOC or Linux-focused infrastructure role.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating systems: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian), users and permissions, SSH, systemd, logs, VirtualBox VMs
Web / networking: Nginx, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, OSI model, routing basics, curl
Containers: Docker, Dockerfile, Docker Compose
Kubernetes: Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMap, Secret, PV/PVC, HPA, StatefulSet, RBAC, affinity/anti-
affinity, taints/tolerations
Helm: charts, values, templates, subcharts, install/upgrade, dry-run
Monitoring / observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager - metrics, dashboards, alert rules and alert delivery
Scripting: Bash, Python basics
Databases: SQL basics, MySQL, PostgreSQL basics
Version control: Git, GitHub
Cloud / IaC / CI/CD: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Terraform, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines

PROJECTS
Kubernetes & Helm Deployment Labs
github.com/Loki-sudo007
 Deployed containerized web applications and MySQL in local Kubernetes clusters using Deployments, StatefulSets,
Services and Ingress.
 Configured ConfigMaps, Secrets, persistent storage, HPA, RBAC, node affinity/anti-affinity, taints and tolerations.
 Created and updated Helm charts with values, templates and a MySQL subchart; used dry-run and upgrade workflows
to validate changes.
 Troubleshot Pending, CrashLoopBackOff and NotReady states with kubectl describe, logs, events and service/DNS
checks.
MySQL Backup & Restore Automation
github.com/Loki-sudo007/rda_task_12_backup_database
 Built Bash-based backup and restore workflows for MySQL databases using mysqldump and environment-based
configuration.
 Practiced full and data-only recovery scenarios and documented the commands required to verify successful restore.
Monitoring & Alerting Lab
 Connected Prometheus as a Grafana data source and created a custom dashboard for infrastructure metrics.
 Configured Prometheus alerting and Alertmanager in a lab environment and verified alert delivery flow.
Cloud, Terraform & CI/CD Labs
 Hands-on labs with AWS and Microsoft Azure; used Terraform to define/provision infrastructure and GitHub Actions to
practice CI/CD build and deployment workflows.

EDUCATION
Mate Academy - DevOps Apr 2026 - Aug 2026 (expected)
Hands-on program covering Linux, networking, Git, databases, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus/Grafana, AWS,
Microsoft Azure, Terraform and CI/CD.
Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University
Faculty of International Relations

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian: native | English: A2 - actively improving