Artem

Artem Dikarev
DevOps Engineer | Linux System Administrator
Telegram: @admiralbub | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | Ukraine

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer / Linux System Administrator with 7+ years of commercial IT experience across software
development, Linux administration, application deployment, and production infrastructure support. Hands-on
experience with Debian, Ubuntu, Docker, Docker Compose, AWS, Bash, Git-based CI/CD pipelines, and
Zabbix monitoring. Experienced in deploying and maintaining web applications, configuring Nginx and
Apache, managing databases and backups, troubleshooting production incidents, and monitoring servers,
containers, and network services. Strong PHP and Python background, enabling effective collaboration
between development and infrastructure teams. Focused on infrastructure reliability, operational automation,
monitoring, and deployment process improvement.

TECH STACK

Cloud & Containers AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudFront), Docker, Docker Compose,
Kubernetes.
Message Queues RabbitMQ, Kafka
Operating Systems Linux (Ubuntu, Debian), Windows Server, FreeBSD

CI/CD & Automation Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bash

Web & Networking Nginx, Apache, TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, MikroTik
Databases & Caching MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB

Monitoring Zabbix, Grafana, SNMP, alerting
Programming PHP, Python, REST APIs

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Monitoring: Deployed Zabbix on Hyper-V to monitor containers, databases, and network metrics
using low-level discovery (LLD); reported a 40% reduction in incident detection time.
Backups & Recovery: Implemented automated full-server and database backups with offsite storage
and recovery procedures.
Containerization: Moved multi-service development and staging environments (FastAPI, Laravel,
Nginx, PostgreSQL) to Docker Compose.
Alerting: Integrated custom Telegram webhooks for notifications about system anomalies, database
downtime, and high resource usage.
CI/CD & Reliability: Worked on deployment workflows using GitHub Actions and GitLab CI, and
applied Linux security hardening practices; CV reports 99.9%+ system uptime.
AWS: Migrated web projects to AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, RDS, and CloudFront, including
configuration of security, DNS, and cloud environments.

WORK EXPERIENCE

DEVOPS | GROWEX | Kyiv, Ukraine / Remote 2022 – PRESENT
Growex UA - Agro Digital Holding a group of companies dedicated to helping feed the world, both farmers and
those involved in agribusiness.

Deploy web applications and work with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, and
CloudWatch.
Deploy and manage application infrastructure using Docker and Docker Compose.
Configure network services, routing, Nginx reverse proxies, and cloud VPCs.
Configure Zabbix monitoring for servers, cloud instances, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, and
network equipment.
Maintain data backups, including S3 storage; manage IAM permissions and troubleshoot outages and
incidents.
Support, configure, and monitor servers running Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows Server.

PHP BACKEND DEVELOPER | ENTREPRENEUR | Ukraine / Remote 2019 – 2022

Designed custom PHP backend logic and relational database schemas (PostgreSQL/MySQL) for
scalable e-commerce products (booratino.com.ua, blanka.com.ua, adleragrovision.com.ua).
Implemented asynchronous log processing, rate limiting with Redis, and server-side tracking via
Conversion APIs.
Integrated external logistics APIs (Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta) ensuring request idempotency and
fallback mechanisms.

JUNIOR DEVELOPER | INSAT | Saarbrücken, Germany / Remote 2018 – 2019

Developed backend integration logic and captive portal services for
PacketFence network access control systems.

EDUCATION

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | Polytechnic National University, Faculty of 2019 – 2023
Computer Sciences and Technologies | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Software Engineering