RUSLAN MAKHANOV
Summary
Experienced with automating deployment and system configurations, ensuring seamless integration and delivery processes. Utilizes advanced knowledge of cloud platforms and scripting to enhance operational efficiency. Track record of collaborating with teams to maintain high standards and achieve successful project outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Middle DevOps Engineer
nitec.kz
05.2024 - Current
- For the Open Government project, containerized a legacy Play Framework application from scratch, implementing a Jenkins + Docker CI/CD pipeline that reduced deployment time and minimized errors.
- Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters for production and staging environments, ensuring high availability and scalability of microservices. Configured Helm charts, RBAC, and resource limits to optimize workloads.
- Led the migration of critical services from RHEL to AlmaLinux, followed by a full-scale transfer of infrastructure to a new data center with zero downtime.
- Developed a Python recovery tool to restore deleted documents by extracting Base64 attachments from CSV files, preserving critical project data.
- Administered and monitored 70+ production servers (Open Government platform, apostille system), and collaborated on tasks involving a cluster of ~180 servers across two data centers.
- Reduced deployment time by 140% through CI/CD pipeline automation
- Improved incident response time by 30% via centralized logging and monitoring
- Implemented system monitoring and centralized logging with tools such as Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, enabling proactive issue detection and faster incident response.
- Gained hands-on experience with AWS services for hosting, deployment, monitoring, and scaling workloads in hybrid cloud environments.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, creating reusable modules to manage AWS resources (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, IAM). Standardized infrastructure as code to simplify scaling and disaster recovery.
Django Developer
WeAddValue.ca
01.2023 - 04.2023
- Designed and delivered FinTrakr, a full-stack financial tracking web application, built with Django and Bulma CSS for a responsive, user-friendly interface.
- Implemented secure user authentication and account management via Django Allauth, ensuring compliance with modern security practices.
- Deployed application components to AWS, gaining hands-on experience in cloud hosting, environment configuration, and deployment workflows.
- Containerized the application with Docker for consistent development and deployment across environments.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines on Jenkins for automated testing and deployments to AWS.
- Developed and maintained scalable web applications using Django framework.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver effective solutions.
System Administrator
Maknamarus
07.2017 - 02.2021
- Administered and maintained the company’s on-premises IT infrastructure, including PCs, printers, networking equipment, and servers, ensuring consistent system availability and performance across all departments.
- Provided tier 1 and tier 2 technical support to 100+ end users, diagnosing and resolving hardware, software, and network issues, significantly reducing downtime and improving employee productivity.
- Configured and managed VPN solutions to enable secure remote access for distributed teams, supporting business continuity during critical operations.
- Performed regular system updates, patch management, and preventative maintenance, strengthening system security, compliance, and reliability.
- Managed Windows Server and Active Directory environments, including user account provisioning, group policies, and permissions, ensuring proper access control and security hygiene.
- Implemented and monitored backup and recovery procedures, safeguarding critical business data and reducing recovery time in case of failures.
- Assisted in deploying and managing virtualization environments (VMware/VirtualBox) to optimize resource utilization and simplify server management.
- Contributed to network administration tasks (switches, routers, firewalls), improving internal network performance, and maintaining security standards.
- Documented infrastructure configurations, troubleshooting procedures, and operational guidelines to streamline knowledge sharing and reduce resolution time for recurring issues.
Education
Computer Programming and Analysis - Computer Science
George Brown College
04.2024
Computer Science - undefined
Innovative University of Eurasia
08.2019
Skills
- Infrastructure automation
- Linux operating system
- Monitoring and logging
- Containerization technologies
- Scripting languages
- Test automation
- Microservices architecture
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Performance optimization
- IT operations
- Software development
- AWS
- System administration
Certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioneer, Amazon Web Services
Timeline
Middle DevOps Engineer
nitec.kz
05.2024 - Current
Django Developer
WeAddValue.ca
01.2023 - 04.2023
System Administrator
Maknamarus
07.2017 - 02.2021
Computer Science - undefined
Innovative University of Eurasia
Computer Programming and Analysis - Computer Science
George Brown College