11/05/2026 updated

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Senior DevOps & DevSecOps Consultant

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Only remote
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Only remote

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AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Expertise in AWS services including EC2, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, CloudFormation, and more. Design and management of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures across multiple environments, including serverless and event-driven services.

Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD Automation
Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes for automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment pipelines. Proven track record of replacing manual infrastructure with scalable, consistent infrastructure-as-code solutions and improving CI performance.

Security & Compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, DORA)
Deep knowledge of DevSecOps practices, SOC 2, HIPAA, and DORA compliance frameworks. Experience leading end-to-end compliance certifications, implementing IAM, EDR, VPN, encryption, and network isolation, and owning company-wide security practices across all infrastructure.

Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
Hands-on experience building and managing Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, configuring Kubernetes operators for log ingestion, and deploying end-to-end pipelines using Helm 3 and Docker.

Monitoring & Observability
Practical use of Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch, Kinesis Firehose, and SCOM for monitoring, alerting, and observability across cloud and on-premise environments.

AI Agents & Automation
Building AI agents and multi-agent systems using Claude Code for automating research, evaluation, client prospecting, and repetitive operational work. Experience with LLM workflows, prompt engineering, and multi-agent orchestration.

Databases
Experience with PostgreSQL on AWS RDS, DynamoDB, and MongoDB for managing data storage in cloud-native environments.

Scripting & Programming
Proficiency in Python, Bash, and JavaScript for automation, infrastructure tooling, and developing cloud services. Experience with advanced shell scripting for large-scale repository management.

Networking & VMware
Knowledge of networking concepts, VMware-based enterprise virtual environments, VMware Orchestrator (VRO), and Cloudflare for managing and securing infrastructure at scale.

Languages

EnglishFluentDutchBasic knowledgeRussianNative speakerHebrewNative speaker

Project history

Founder & DevOps / DevSecOps Consultant

Valinor IT
Independent consultancy for AWS cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, security and compliance. Offering AWS, Terraform and CI/CD consulting to companies building, migrating and scaling cloud infrastructure. Helping teams prepare for SOC 2, HIPAA and DORA compliance. Built AI-agent tooling with Claude Code to find, evaluate and prioritise client opportunities.

DevOps Engineer & EU IT Manager

Neema
Digital bank simplifying cross-border payments for foreign workers. Managed and optimized AWS infrastructure across multiple environments. Led migration to Terraform, replacing manual infrastructure with scalable infrastructure-as-code. Led DORA compliance initiatives and evaluated and implemented security solutions (EDR, VPN). Planned and executed the DR process within the RTO time frame.

CI/CD Engineer

Adyen
Global payment solutions company. Designed secure VM access system using Puppet, OpenStack, and firewall rules. Led migration and configuration of JFrog Artifactory, replacing Nexus and Harbor. Improved CI clone performance by 25%. Designed and deployed automated backup solution for large-scale GitLab repositories using advanced shell scripting.

Senior DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer

Lynx.MD
Healthcare company protecting sensitive medical data. Led SOC2 compliance end-to-end, completing certification in 6 months vs. 9 planned. Automated multi-cloud (AWS + GCP) customer environment provisioning using reusable, region-parameterised Terraform and Python. Owned company-wide DevSecOps practices and HIPAA compliance. Re-architected Jenkins CI pipelines to a dynamic slave model, cutting CI costs by 40%. Designed secure cloud architecture including IAM, encryption, and network isolation.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Earnix
FinTech company specializing in real-time insurance pricing. Led re-architecture of customer portal using AWS, Terraform, Ansible, ALB, WAF, and CloudFormation. Built company's first Kubernetes (EKS) cluster and end-to-end deployment pipelines using Terraform and Helm 3. Led transition to microservices using AWS Lambda. Secured and operated SageMaker environments. Improved developer productivity with self-service Jenkins CI pipelines. Introduced and built out Splunk analytics platform integrating Kinesis Firehose and CloudWatch. Led DevOps hiring.

DevOps Engineer

NICE Actimize
Global FinTech company focused on fraud detection. Migrated legacy on-premise systems to AWS using Ansible, improving system efficiency by ~30% across 10+ projects. Supported development teams with CI/CD workflows using CloudBees Jenkins, DSL jobs, and Docker. Managed source control systems and CI infrastructure for globally distributed teams.

DevOps Engineer

Varonis
Data security platform for enterprise cloud storage. Built monitoring systems for test and production environments using SCOM. Automated VM provisioning in SCVMM via Orchestrator Runbooks. Streamlined team efficiency by automating repetitive tasks with PowerShell scripts.

System Administrator & Cloud Services Developer

IDF (Israeli Defence Forces)
Maintained large-scale VMware-based enterprise virtual environments. Developed automation services for a private cloud using VMware Orchestrator (VRO) and JavaScript. Designed and led implementation of company-wide Puppet configuration management architecture. Built automated provisioning workflows for Windows and Linux servers.

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