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Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
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PhD in Cloud and Network Automation, University of PatrasAbout me
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer with a PhD in Cloud and Network Automation and strong hands-on experience in infrastructure automation, Kubernetes operations, CI/CD platforms, and enterprise service provisioning in telecom and regulated public-sector environments.
Cloud EngineeringDevOpsRelease EngineeringCloud ServicesAnsibleDataOpsVrealize Operations Manager (VROPS)VMware InfrastructureVirtualizationWorkflowsCloud Platform SystemOnapsis PlatformPower Platform IntegrationKubernetesDeployment Automation
Platform Engineering & Automation
Expertise in VMware vRA/vRO, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, self-service provisioning, and infrastructure lifecycle automation for enterprise and public-sector environments.
Containers & Virtualization
Proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, VMs, RHEL/Linux, VMware stack, TKGI, and Cloudian S3, with hands-on experience resolving complex production Kubernetes incidents.
CI/CD & Release Engineering
Strong background in GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, automated testing, nightly builds, artifact delivery, and container image publishing across enterprise environments.
AWS Cloud Services
Hands-on experience with EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, EKS, ECS, Route 53, ELB/ALB, and Auto Scaling.
Programming & API Integration
Knowledge of JavaScript, Python, Bash, Java, Go, SQL, YAML, REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Git for developing integrations and automation workflows.
Observability & Operations
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Vector, Dynatrace, and CloudWatch for monitoring, production troubleshooting, and incident analysis.
Collaboration & Delivery
Skilled in technical documentation, Jira, Confluence, ITIL-aware operations, cross-team ownership, and stakeholder communication.
Expertise in VMware vRA/vRO, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, self-service provisioning, and infrastructure lifecycle automation for enterprise and public-sector environments.
Containers & Virtualization
Proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, VMs, RHEL/Linux, VMware stack, TKGI, and Cloudian S3, with hands-on experience resolving complex production Kubernetes incidents.
CI/CD & Release Engineering
Strong background in GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, automated testing, nightly builds, artifact delivery, and container image publishing across enterprise environments.
AWS Cloud Services
Hands-on experience with EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, EKS, ECS, Route 53, ELB/ALB, and Auto Scaling.
Programming & API Integration
Knowledge of JavaScript, Python, Bash, Java, Go, SQL, YAML, REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Git for developing integrations and automation workflows.
Observability & Operations
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Vector, Dynatrace, and CloudWatch for monitoring, production troubleshooting, and incident analysis.
Collaboration & Delivery
Skilled in technical documentation, Jira, Confluence, ITIL-aware operations, cross-team ownership, and stakeholder communication.
Experience
Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2026
Languages
EnglishNative speaker
Project history
Delivered 100+ production automation changes, implemented infrastructure automation and service provisioning workflows using Ansible, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS, Helm, and VMware vRO/vRA. Resolved complex production Kubernetes incidents and supported automation and platform services used by 20+ teams.
Worked as a Cloud Software Engineer at Citrix, contributing to cloud software development and engineering tasks.
Conducted research and development in cloud and network automation, contributing to academic and engineering projects in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.