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Ivan Lakieriev

Platform & DevOps Engineer

Building resilient infrastructure, automating CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring seamless cloud operations. I make complex systems predictable and scalable.

CI/CD Cloud Infrastructure Automation

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Experience

Years in DevOps

Wrocław, PL

Remote work/Hybrid

Chapter 01

The Mindset

My approach to infrastructure and team collaboration.

Systemic Reliability

I believe in "Calm DevOps." My job is to eliminate emergency calls by building self-healing systems and robust deployment patterns. I focus on making the infrastructure transparent and the release process boring.

Core Values

Automate everything by default
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Observability over monitoring
Zero-trust security

Chapter 02

Track Record

Professional journey and key achievements.

EPAM Systems

Nov 2020 — Present

Resource Manager

Mar 2024 — Present

People Management: Managing the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, regular 1:1 connects, performance guidance, compensation management, and retention strategies.
Talent Development: Driving technical and managerial expertise through mentoring, certification planning, and tailored training programs. Monitoring top talent while managing low-performance cases with clear action plans.
Staffing & Utilization: Facilitating staffing and bench management in collaboration with Project and Account Managers to ensure optimal team composition and rotation.
Organizational Growth: Developing efficient unit structures, optimizing internal processes, and implementing global corporate practices.

System Engineer

Oct 2022 — Present

Designed and deployed infrastructure using Terraform and automated configuration management/provisioning across multiple environments using Ansible.
Managed CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and collaborated on Spinnaker-based deployment strategies to improve release management.
Orchestrated containerized applications using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability; explored Go language and operator patterns for custom K8s controllers.
Developed and maintained automation scripts in Groovy to enhance workflows.
Integrated Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming; administered and optimized NoSQL (MongoDB) and SQL (Postgres) databases.

Junior System Engineer

Apr 2021 — Oct 2022

Maximized performance and availability of IT systems through proactive monitoring, log analysis, and daily server traffic optimization.
Installed, configured, and managed Linux and Windows OS; managed secure user data access.
Performed data backups and implemented disaster recovery operations to safeguard critical information.
Collaborated with technical and non-technical personnel to resolve system issues and escalating when necessary.

Trainee System Engineer

Nov 2020 — Apr 2021

Investigated and resolved network-related issues, including port configurations and DNS management.
Analyzed and fixed issues related to the execution of automated scripts.
Prepared and conducted team collaboration demonstrations and training sessions.

Git Ansible Docker Linux Jenkins GitLab AWS Adobe Experience Manager

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