Bozhidar Bozhev
DevOps / Infrastructure Automation
Plovdiv
Summary
Professional with 18+ years in the IT industry , with primary skills in Cloud / technology, System Management, System Administration, System Architecture, Configuration Management, DevOPS and infrastructure as code.
Keen on logical decisions, following best practice for specific or global cases if the case is too specific and the best practice does not exist one should be created for it. Good communicator who likes information sharing and knowledge enrichment.
- Likes to collaborate and get the best out of all team members.
- Always open to new suggestions and opinions.
Latest technologies experienced or worked on :
AWS Cloud, Google Cloud, Azure Cloud, Azure AKS, Google GKS, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
Work History
DevOps Engineer
DevOps Bulgaria LTD
3 2020 - Current
- Main responsibilities include: Infrastructure POC on a daily basis for different projects
- K8s ( eks , gke ) and nomad container clusters management
- Maintenance and version management of multiple and newly created TF modules depending on need or the infrastructure functionality exposed self-service for other people on the projects
- Bash scripting or python scripting around small problems is a weekly activity for testing some things
- Ansible playbooks and, pipelines used in conjuction to expose some of the playbooks as a form of self-service
- Management of different VPN solutions ( openvpn, wireguard ) depending on the project and need of the infrastructure.
DevOps Engineer
MariaDB Corporation
09.2019 - 01.2020
- Main responsibilities included, testing and modifying an already created infrastructure for very large SaaS project with multiple inter connected infrastructures based on principles of micro services for external clients and very little internal usage.
- Technical work connected with this position : Infrastructure as code on daily basis "with terraform" and "kubernetes" operator modification based on "golang" and "python" migrated out of python towards golang testing and modifying existing frameworks for surface testing of infrastructure and end to end tests scripting around problems and troubleshooting end to end execution of tests related with them Modification and PoC infrastructures inside of Google Cloud
DevOps Team Lead
ScaleFocus
08.2018 - 06.2019
- Main responsibilities included team management as well as technical work, daily responsibilities include living and breathing infrastructure as code , regular PR / TR processes for ongoing activities and team activities , assisting team members with new knowledge and integration, process and infrastructure as code development improvements
- Other responsibilities include : Managing and improving on Ansible ( Configuration Management ) relate Infrastructure design and implementation via infrastructure as code based on Terraform coding standards Testing infrastructure as code with automation based on terraform-kitchen CI / CD as code and integration with the terraform-kitchen tests for regular code testing and module testing Automating and improving local development environments for the team Assisting all team members regarding knowledge in maintaining their own piece of infra via Terraform modules and testing them.
Application Automation Engineer
DevOpsGuys
11.2016 - 12.2017
- Main responsibilities included CI ( continuous integration ) , CD ( continuous delivery) , infrastructure as code , CM ( configuration management ) with Ansible and Terraform integration in between
- Other responsibilities include : Multiple complicated infrastructure as code projects from zero ( including jenkins job builder , terraform and ansible ) Infrastructure design and implementation Configuration management and ansible module creation , segmentation Infrastructure as code on AWS with terraform Infrastructure as code on Azure with terraform Ansible Flask API design and base creation for easy and lightweight configuration management Bash and Python scripting around making complex segmentations around sub-environments for testing and staging of applications
- Monitoring of SaaS and PaaS solutions as well as all essential servers via AppDynamics and Outlyer Constructing infrastructure for a full Atlassian stack , plus deployments for updates and installation automation ElasticBeanStalk blue/green deployment implementation with terraform and ansible Internal security group researcher OKR's on a 3 month basis with internal interests / goals in mind Tech presentations for terraforming on Google Cloud , Azure and how to move on with best practice Azure terraform and packer best practices Ansible role testing with molecule for consistency and internal tests before deployment or infrastructure instrumentation Started a full migration from Rackspace cloud to Azure and documenting full process for automation purposes Tech presentation for Infrastructure as code on Google Cloud with GDM Loads of proper DevOPS culture, and lessons
Senior OPS Engineer
Xogito Group, Inc
10.2015 - 11.2016
- Main responsibilities included architecting and modifying deployment pipelines , configuration management centralised around the python's favourite configuration management tool Ansible coupled with Jenkins on occasion or a SaaS type of CI tool
- Encrypting information to keep everything in SCM
- Infrastructure as code , dynamic infrastructure for Ansible and others
- Other responsibilities included : Reviewing and implementing cloud solutions within AWS , based on their SaaS services ( EMR , RDS, Aurora , Elastic Cache, S3, Glacier, EBS, VPC, Auto scale ) Ansible totally pipelined via SCM and ChatOPS for ease of use Managing access and on-boarding Supporting different variety of applications , ColdFusion , NodeJS , Ruby on Rails , PHP ( magento specifically ) Separate project lead Operations lead role Support and rotation on-call via Pager Duty AWS OPSWorks testing AWS CloudWatch implementation and monitoring AWS Cloudfront management and automation AWS Labda testing for specific purposes
Deployment & DevOPS Engineer externally contracted
Vodafone Global Enterprise
10.2014 - 03.2015
- Main responsibilities included streamlining RedHat JBoss integration as a service buss replacement for an already existing internal implementation with another corporate system
- Managing publicly exposed API centralization system such as APIX and deployment automation and streamlining
- Other responsibilities included : Installation and configuration of RedHat Jboss Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Deploying and configuring Jboss flows and framework configuration Apigee APIX , API expose configuration , installation and deployment of new APIs Ansible and Jenkins CI , installation modification to fit infrastructure Bash script modification and conversion to Ansible Heavy troubleshooting of the connection between Tibco and Jboss Fuse, or Data Power & Jboss Fuse
System Administrator
SumUp
05.2014 - 10.2014
- Main responsibilities included infrastructure modification / automation with CFEngine2 , orchestration and deployment pipeline modification of the already present CI Other responsibilities included : Support and overview of PCI Compliant servers both Debian and RHEL based Phabricator project management and code review integration OpenVAS scan creation, modification and cli automation Syslog centralised server management and support Graylog2 management and support Elastic search support All commits go though gerrit code review Everyday deployments via Jenkins and CFEngine automated system Phabricator workflow implementation and testing KVM hypervisor management , VM creation automation of VM creation HAproxy load balancing with Nginx for SSL offloading Datapipe PCI compliance management and authentication KeepAliveD - VIP failover with IPVS Customising RPM and DEB repos for deployment processes OpenVPN internal system support and user management Jira and Confluence task / ticket work oriented workflow QSAN disk management and multipath assigning Ruby application support Zabbix alarm modification and monitoring Riak deployment and support
System Administrator
Lunarpages Internet Solutions
01.2012 - 03.2013
- Main responsibilities included communication with client's via chat , email , and a support system solving problems in different , custom hosting environments and suggesting specific service integrations that may lead to gain for the specific client
- Other responsibilities included : Server monitoring Server basic setup Custom control panel installation and configuration Apache vhost creation, modification without control panel Custom perl based web server management and migration SuPHP setup , tweaking configuration PHP security and optimization Nginx reverse proxy and pure nginx setup for cPanel and Plesk Parallels virtuozzo and Citrix Virtualization management Qmail , Exim , Postfix management Client communication via ticket system Managing client information and updating server details Other L2-L3 support cPanel Automation cPanel security and optimization cPanel Plugin creation and customization Apache security and optimization Nginx installation and customization LiteSpeed installation and optimizations ClusterSSH adaptation C/C++ Libraries only, understanding and modification
Systems Administrator
Xogito Group, Inc
04.2012 - 02.2013
- Main responsibilities included managing multiple client environments , migrating from hardware servers to AWS for one very big client with lot's of different mashups of OS's and technologies used
- Architecting new client's cloud environments and different types of specific limited migrations
- Other responsibilities included : Setting up Amazon cloud instances with specific configurations NodeJS compilation for multiple instances and daemon re-configuration Amazon EMR setup,configuration and troubleshooting Amazon ELB setup, management and application deployment on servers behind it RVM, Unicorn and ruby installation,configuration and support Powershell scripting and integration ColdFusion 8-9-10 and IIS installation, configuration and support on Windows Railo installation,configuration and support on Linux Hbase / Hadoop / EMR - support and configuration on Amazon Chronos scheduler installation and configuration of jobs with a 3rd party executor Jenkins installation and support Ansible deployment automation and integration with different systems Apache proxy setup for Jenkins and htpasswd security Jira Tasks creation and resolving, user ACLs and organizations Confluence page and documentation management Sendgrid implementation and instrumentation with ansible Datadog nginx advanced module integration Unfuddle repo management, backup and migration SQL Server 2008 Management Data Warehouse setup for database query statistics and monitoring
Senior Systems Administrator
PIC Computer
01.2011 - 03.2012
- Main responsibilities include on-site office / data center setup validation and making sure the clients have everything setup to use with easy whether it be a data center or an office with complicated or specific needs , lot's of custom solutions and implementations were part of the activities
- Other responsibilities included : Building a custom router configuration for company use based on FreeBSD and CentOS plus a management UI development based on Perl and Bash
- Installation, configuration and Support for Kloxo,ISPConfig and cPanel hosting control panels
- Citrix Xen , VMWare infrastructure management and support FreeBSD jailing on a user base, with specific 2-3 different versions of PHP with a suPHP Java custom application support LDAP ssh integration OTRS two factor auth and integration with privacyIDEA SSSD , LDAP, Selinux user auth Glassfish installation, configuration and support , JBoss installation , configuration and support Tomcat clean install / Tomcat proxy with a web server in front of it installation and configuration Red5 java multimedia server support and integration with in house system Nginx reverse proxy, Varnish , Apache , or basic Nginx reverse proxy with Apache Setup cPanel servers for hosting infrastructure Installing php modules, APC, eAccelerator , FFmpeg, memcache Installation and support of multiple IPSec tunnels Samba file server configuration and support Installation and configuration of Nagios with Nagios Admin for some of the servers,Munin Development of a simple custom monitoring interface for service availability and number of accounts, uptime, php version, apache version , nginx version, mysql version , disk space and email notification via cgi/perl scripts and daemons
- Apache JMeter plan integration and execution FreeNAS setup for internal company use with ZFS Support for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL and FreeBSD OS's
CTO And Co-Founder
Jump Hosting Solutions LTD
01.2010 - 11.2010
- Infrastructure building was a key responsibility as it was fron 0 to hero
- Security and automation wise a full end-to-end infrastructure planning and architect duty was part of my daily activities Other responsibilities included : Team management and onboarding junior people Supporting all Dedicated , and Virtual Servers the company has
- Communicating with all of the company's clients via Email , Phone and a Ticket System
- Installation and configuration of Web, FTP,DNS
- Anti malicious software for all of the servers
- Developing new methods of securing the web experience of all hosting clients
- Developing new methods of automating the setup, deployment and security of - Apache, ProFTP, Pure- FTPD, cPanel, Kloxo, ISPConfig Developing new methods for automating setups for ANY type of Virtual server the company has to offer it's clients
- OpenVZ VPS creation and modification OpenVZ template creation and customization
Systems Administrator
TMDHosting
04.2007 - 02.2009
- Main responsibilities include connecting with clients via a customer support portal and solving problems on the go, as well as contact data center support personal to solve hardware or implementational issues
- Other responsibilities included : Server monitoring via a custom monitor system Server basic and advanced setup for Dedicated Clients cPanel , Plesk management and installation Apache vhost creation, modification without control panel Custom perl based web server management and migration SuPHP setup , setup and configuration FastCGI PHP setup with cPanel for multiple php.ini files per user PHP security focused Nginx reverse proxy to Apache with Varnish in-front Using SolusVM for openvz virtualization , in-charge of setting up primary OpenVZ setup and server and infrastructure Heavy Exim experience Client communication via ticket system ( WHMCS ) cPanel OpenVZ automation cPanel security cPanel Plugin creation and customization for Firebird database Apache security and optimization Nginx installation and customization LiteSpeed installation and optimizations
System Administrator
HostColor.com rax.bg ( formerly fcolor.bg )
04.2006 - 04.2007
- Working with clients half of the day, communication mainly trough Email and telephone as well as a custom ticketing system in order to solve lot's of basic, custom and heavy issues depending on the specific issue , or request
- Other responsibilities included : Supporting Hardware and Software for 23+ servers based on Fedora / Centos / Red Hat
- Creating virtual infrastructure, managing and supporting virtual servers based on the following technologies - Virtuozzo, OpenVZ, KVM
- Creating custom virtual servers , per any clients request
- Building setups and security for Dedicated/Managed servers
- Working with the Technical Support team, setting up most of the basic functions of a hosting environment
- Installation of a custom hosting control panel based on Fedora / Red Hat Setting up and installing Drupal,Joomla,Wordpress,Magento,Zen Cart and many other open source applications.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
New Bulgarian University
Sofia, Bulgaria 07.2015 - Current
High School Diploma -
Nation Trading High School
Plovdiv 09.2000 - 06.2005
Skills
Scripting Languages
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
MariaDB Corporation
09.2019 - 01.2020
DevOps Team Lead
ScaleFocus
08.2018 - 06.2019
Application Automation Engineer
DevOpsGuys
11.2016 - 12.2017
Senior OPS Engineer
Xogito Group, Inc
10.2015 - 11.2016
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
New Bulgarian University
07.2015 - Current
Deployment & DevOPS Engineer externally contracted
Vodafone Global Enterprise
10.2014 - 03.2015
System Administrator
SumUp
05.2014 - 10.2014
Systems Administrator
Xogito Group, Inc
04.2012 - 02.2013
System Administrator
Lunarpages Internet Solutions
01.2012 - 03.2013
Senior Systems Administrator
PIC Computer
01.2011 - 03.2012
CTO And Co-Founder
Jump Hosting Solutions LTD
01.2010 - 11.2010
Systems Administrator
TMDHosting
04.2007 - 02.2009
System Administrator
HostColor.com rax.bg ( formerly fcolor.bg )
04.2006 - 04.2007
High School Diploma -
Nation Trading High School
09.2000 - 06.2005
DevOps Engineer
DevOps Bulgaria LTD
3 2020 - Current
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