Cloud Engineer & DevOps Engineer

Experienced IT professional with over 14 years of experience in the industry, specializing in Unix/Linux system administration. Skilled in cloud technologies, DevOps/SRE principles, and building infrastructure using infrastructure as code. Certified in ITILv3 and AIX/Linux systems. Currently working as a Site Reliability Engineer, managing infrastructure in AWS cloud and utilizing tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Python. Previous experience includes working as a Platform Engineer and Production Engineer, where responsibilities included managing applications, integrating solutions, and migrating environments to AWS cloud. Also experienced in server provisioning and Unix system administration. Holds certifications in ITILv3, AIX and Linux systems, VMware, and internet security systems. Holds a master's degree in economics and a master's degree in electronics and telecommunications. Fluent in English, native in Polish, intermediate in Czech, and basic in German. Interests include scuba diving, motorcycles, acoustic guitar, and sports.

DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineer: February 2022 – Present

• Responsibilities: Managed and deployed cloud environments: AWS, GCP, Azure Cloud.
• Implemented infrastructure delivery process based on Terraform Cloud.
• Optimized customer cloud costs: K8S workloads analysis.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible.
• GitOps architecture: Azure DevOps, Git / GitHub, Kubernetes (EKS / AKS).
• Service mesh: Istio.

Site Reliability Engineer, Senior: January 2021 – December 2022

• Responsibilities: Managed and deployed infrastructure in AWS / Azure Cloud.
• Utilized IaC tools: Terraform, Crossplane, Saltstack, Ansible.
• Implemented GitOps architecture with Azure DevOps, Git / GitHub, FluxCD, and Kubernetes (EKS / AKS).
• Workload management in Jira.
• Service mesh: Istio.

Platform Engineer, AVP: August 2018 – December 2020

• Responsibilities: Managed applications, built infrastructure, and integrated solutions in the Platform DevOps team.
• Assisted QA teams in troubleshooting pre and post-trade cash equity systems.
• Integrated Kubernetes with ITRS monitoring solution in a POC project.
• Utilized technologies including Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Swarm, ELK, Python, ITRS, Linux, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket.

Production Engineer: October 2014 – July 2018

• Responsibilities: Migrated environment from IBM data center to AWS cloud infrastructure to reduce operational costs.
• Created SaaS infrastructure for an authentication solution.
• Managed day-to-day operation, maintenance, and upgrades of infrastructure and software.
• Handled changes and incidents management with customers and project stakeholders.
• Used AWS technologies, Linux RedHat, VCS, VxVM, LVM, MySQL, middleware: Weblogic, Tomcat.

Server Provisioning Engineer: August 2012 – September 2014

• Responsibilities: Completed 27 projects to build UNIX/LINUX infrastructures in data centers across the USA.
• Worked with Solaris 10, zones, Linux RedHat, VCS, ZFS, VxVM, SVM, LVM, SUN SPARC hardware, DELL, HP, IBM.

UNIX System Administrator: September 2009 – July 2012

• Responsibilities: Maintained AIX, Solaris, and Linux infrastructure for banking and pharmacy sector customers.
• Acted as a Quality Analyst to minimize high-severity incidents.
• Conducted incident management training and served as the change management focal point.
• Holds certifications in ITIL v3, IBM Certified Systems Expert for AIX and Linux, IBM Certified System Administrator for AIX 6.1 Administration, VMware Certified Associate – Cloud, and IBM Certified Advisor - Internet Security Systems Technical.

Business Analyst: July 2008 – August 2009

• Responsibilities: Performed IT infrastructure audits