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Dzmitry B.

DevOps Engineer | AWS Architect | SOC2 | CI/CD | Terraform | Security

I take end-to-end ownership of AWS production infrastructure at scale, from Kubernetes and Terraform to CI/CD, security and low-downtime migrations, cutting costs by up to 40% and speeding production deployments 5x. I act as the AWS DevOps lead and technical owner for each project, responsible for architecture, technical decisions, implementation oversight and production delivery. I have delivered more than 10 complex AWS and cloud infrastructure projects for B2B SaaS, B2C products and AI startups. 📈 Selected Results ✅ Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by up to 40% through architecture review, terraform and IaC improvements ✅ Cut infrastructure provisioning time from 4 hours to 20 minutes using terraform and reusable IaC modules ✅ Reduced deployment time from 40 minutes to 8 minutes with CI/CD automation ✅ Built and maintained more than 100 CI/CD pipelines ✅ Automated up to 80% of recurring DevOps work with IaC, terraform and policy-based controls ✅ Completed AWS and kubernetes production migrations with under 5 minutes of downtime ✅ Deployed and improved production kubernetes environments across AWS EKS and k8s clusters ✅ Standardized docker build, release and rollback workflows ✅ Improved cloud security controls and SOC 2 readiness for production workloads ✅ Added automated backups, tested recovery and rollback procedures supporting SOC 2 requirements 🎯 How I Can Help 🔹 Work as your AWS DevOps Engineer to stabilize production infrastructure and resolve recurring operational issues 🔹 Support AWS design decisions as an AWS DevOps Engineer focused on reliability, cloud security and growth 🔹 Deploy and harden kubernetes environments, including k8s on Amazon EKS 🔹 Improve docker images, registries, runtime standards and deployment safety 🔹 Build CI/CD workflows for testing, releases and rollback 🔹 Deliver terraform and IaC changes with reviewable plans and controlled rollout 🔹 Migrate applications and infrastructure with minimal downtime across EKS and k8s environments 🔹 Implement monitoring, alerting, backups and disaster recovery for docker and cloud workloads 🔹 Reduce cloud costs through right-sizing, architecture cleanup and automation 🔹 Prepare cloud security controls and evidence for SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR and PCI DSS audits 🛠 Core Stack 🔸 AWS | EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, CloudFront, IAM, Route 53, WAF, Security Hub 🔸 kubernetes | EKS, AKS, GKE, Helm, Argo CD, GitOps, ingress, autoscaling, k8s operations 🔸 Infrastructure as Code | terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, Ansible , IaC standards 🔸 CI/CD | GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, gitlab ci/cd mlops 🔸 Containers | docker, ECR, image scanning, registry policies 🔸 Observability | Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog, Sentry, OpenTelemetry 🔸 cloud security | IAM, RBAC, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, DevSecOps controls, SOC 2 support 🔸 Data Services | PostgreSQL, RDS, Aurora, Redis, DynamoDB, OpenSearch 🔸 Systems | Linux, Nginx, Bash, Python My work may overlap with senior Full Stack Developer teams and roles such as AWS Architect, Azure Architect, DevOps Kubernetes and cloud engineer. I also support aws lambda, cloud migrations and ci cd delivery when these are part of the project scope. AWS is my primary cloud. I also work with Azure and GCP when the project includes an existing multi-cloud environment, migration or platform-specific requirements. ⚙️ How I Work 1️⃣ As your AWS DevOps Engineer, I review the current architecture, kubernetes platform, docker workloads, cloud security risks and bottlenecks 2️⃣ As your AWS DevOps Engineer, I define priorities, terraform changes, IaC scope, SOC 2 requirements and expected outcomes 3️⃣ As your AWS DevOps Engineer, I improve infrastructure, CI/CD, k8s operations and SOC 2 controls 4️⃣ As your AWS DevOps Engineer, I test docker deployment, rollback, backup and recovery procedures 5️⃣ As your AWS DevOps Engineer, I deliver clear documentation for k8s, IaC and cloud security handover You work directly with me throughout the project. I remain responsible for communication, delivery quality and final technical decisions. For larger scopes, trusted DevOps specialists can support execution under my technical supervision. I remain your main point of contact and responsible for delivery. My delivery process includes k8s review, docker release checks, pipeline validation, SOC 2 evidence mapping and cloud security verification before handover. 💬 Tell me what is happening with your infrastructure, where the risks or bottlenecks are, and what outcome you need. Send me a message, and we can review the problem and discuss the next steps on a call.

🇵🇱Warsaw, Poland$53/hr100% JSS5.00 (4)Since Jul 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.2k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#19,763 / 412k
🇵🇱Country#227 / 2,852
Revenue, last 30 days
$3.2k

Last 6 months: $13k

World#11,424 / 412k
🇵🇱Country#148 / 2,852
Total earnings
$14k

Billed in all: $15k

World#167,243 / 412k
🇵🇱Country#1,322 / 2,852
Per project
$3.6k

$6.6k in the last 6 months

World#47,887 / 412k
🇵🇱Country#481 / 2,852
Projects, last 6 months
2
0% fixed100% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇵🇱Country#610 / 2,852
Projects in all
4

Across 5 contracts

20% fixed80% hourly
World#283,741 / 412k
🇵🇱Country#2,108 / 2,852

Earnings, last 30 days

$15k+$3.2k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
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