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RICHARD SHEVCHUK
Linux System Administrator | Systems Engineer
Kyiv, Ukraine • [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) • [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) • github.com/RichardShevchuck

SUMMARY
Linux System Administrator with 2 years of hands-on experience at a hosting provider, keeping production servers, virtualization
platforms and web hosting environments stable and secure. Experienced in incident and security incident response, bare-metal
hardware troubleshooting, monitoring and client-facing technical support on a 24/7 shift rotation. Automates routine operations with
Bash, Python and Ansible, and builds cloud infrastructure on AWS with Terraform.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Linux Administration Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, AlmaLinux; systemd, package management, log analysis, troubleshooting
Virtualization & Hosting Proxmox VE, VMware, cPanel, CWP (Control Web Panel), Vagrant
Web & Network Services Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, DNS, domain management, SSL/TLS, reverse proxy, load balancing
Networking & Security TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, security incident response, server hardening
Monitoring Zabbix, Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Node Exporter
Automation & IaC Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Packer, Git
Cloud, Containers & CI/CD AWS (EC2, VPC, ALB, ASG, ECS Fargate, ECR, IAM, CloudWatch, SSM), Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub
Actions, GitLab CI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
System Administrator — VSYS Host 2024 – Present (2 years)
Hosting & dedicated server provider · 24/7 rotating shifts
• Administer and troubleshoot production Linux servers (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, AlmaLinux) for hosting and dedicated-server
clients, maintaining high availability.
• Respond to security incidents on client servers: investigate suspicious activity and compromises through log analysis, contain the
threat and harden configurations.
• Diagnose and resolve bare-metal server hardware issues, restoring service with minimal downtime.
• Provision and maintain virtual machines on Proxmox VE and VMware; administer cPanel and CWP hosting environments.
• Configure and tune web servers (Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed); manage DNS, domains, SSL certificates and reverse proxy setups.
• Monitor infrastructure with Zabbix and Nagios, triage alerts and resolve incidents within SLA.
• Provide technical support to clients, explaining root causes and fixes in clear, non-technical terms.
DevOps Intern — Uitware Feb 2025 – Apr 2025
• Provisioned AWS infrastructure with Terraform and deployed containerized services with Docker.
• Configured GitLab CI pipelines to automate build, test and deployment stages alongside the DevOps team.
Auditor — TrackEnsure 2022 – 2024
US-market SaaS product
• Maintained documentation and supported internal compliance processes; coordinated cross-team communication in English to keep
records accurate.

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Monitoring Stack on AWS Terraform · Ansible · Docker · Prometheus · Grafana
• Provisioned EC2, VPC and Security Groups with Terraform; deployed Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager and Node Exporter via
Ansible roles and Docker Compose.
• Secured credentials with Ansible Vault and set up SMTP email alerting. github.com/RichardShevchuck/devops-monitoring-stack
Multi-VPC AWS Infrastructure Terraform · Packer · AWS
• Built a multi-VPC network connected via Transit Gateway and a Golden AMI pipeline with Packer (Ubuntu 22.04, Apache,
CloudWatch Agent).
• Deployed an Auto Scaling Group (2–4 instances) behind an Application Load Balancer with CloudWatch monitoring. github.com/
RichardShevchuck/AWS-Multi-VPC-Infrastructure
CI/CD Pipeline: FastAPI to ECS Fargate GitHub Actions · Terraform · Docker · AWS
• Automated build, test and deploy on every push: Docker image to ECR, rollout to ECS Fargate behind ALB, infrastructure in modular
Terraform. github.com/RichardShevchuck/devops-aws-cicd-pipeline

EDUCATION, TRAINING & LANGUAGES
B.Sc. Software Engineering — National Aviation University, Kyiv 2020 – 2024
DevOps Program — SoftServe (cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD) 2025
Languages: Ukrainian — Native • English — B2 (Upper-Intermediate)