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Mikhail K.

Mikhail K.

Cloud Systems Architect | DevOps & Infrastructure | High-Performance

✏ Professional Summary Experienced DevOps engineer and Technical/Solution Architect with over 25 years in high-load projects and infrastructure management. Expertise in backend technologies, cloud platforms, and network security. Committed to optimizing systems for performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability. ✏ Technical Experience 📚 High-Load Backend DevOps/Teamlead/Architect (10+ Years) ⦁ Handle projects with 2k+ requests per second (rps) in dynamic backends. ⦁ Core stack: Linux (Ubuntu), MySQL (MariaDB), ClickHouse, Memcache, Redis, Sphinx, Solr, Nginx, PHP-FPM. 📚 DevOps (10+ Years) ⦁ Managed Linux/Windows servers, including (not limited to): Active Directory, DNS (named), mail servers (Exim/Postfix/Dovecot with DB backend), and various enterprise services. ⦁ Configure active network components: Cisco, MikroTik, and other hardware. ⦁ Implemented VPN solutions: OpenVPN, L2TP, and additional protocols. 📚 Cloud and Infrastructure Maintenance ⦁ Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle Cloud (OCI), MS Azure, On-prem ⦁ Key activities (not limited to): ⦁ Web services with load balancers (cloud and VM). ⦁ MySQL management (cloud and VM). ⦁ Redis/Memcache deployment (cloud and VM). ⦁ Creating, configuring, updating virtual machines (VMs). ⦁ Application deployment automation (CI/CD) and ongoing maintenance. ⦁ Kubernetes (k8s) (cloud and VM). ⦁ Docker image build automation. ⦁ Local/managed LLM deployment. ✏ Professional Goal Guarantee the highest level of system requirements fulfillment, tailored to user needs and external factors. Conduct cost-benefit analyses to decide between manual implementations, pre-built components, or open-source solutions. Maximize use of free (GNU/BSD) or existing developed tools for efficiency and scalability.

🇰🇿Lisakovsk, Kazakhstan$29/hr100% JSS5.00 (20)Since Mar 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$0

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#40,065 / 412k
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Revenue, last 30 days
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Read daily since Oct 16, under 30 days

Total earnings
$98k

Billed in all: $98k

World#40,065 / 412k
🇰🇿Country#125 / 762
Per project
$3.6k
Projects, last 6 months
0
World#209,850 / 412k
🇰🇿Country#343 / 762
Projects in all
27

Across 28 contracts

32% fixed68% hourly
World#106,301 / 412k
🇰🇿Country#226 / 762

Earnings, last 30 days

$98.1kNothing earned since Oct 16Billed in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$97k$98k$99k$100kOct 16Oct 27Nov 7

Tracked from Oct 16, 2026. No data since Nov 5, 2026.

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