Alexander Extim

With over 18 years in IT, including 5 years focused on DevOps, I'm passionate about creating innovative solutions. I specialize in designing and automating scalable, secure infrastructures on bare metal and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

I excel in Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform. My networking skills cover DNS, VPNs, and load balancers, with a strong commitment to security and monitoring. Experienced in Agile teams, I deliver reliable, high-availability systems and enjoy problem-solving challenges.

✅ Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure (basic administration & IAM)

✅ BareMetal infrastructure: ProxMox, VMware, Libvirt

✅ Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes (security, scaling, performance tuning)

✅ Infrastructure as Code \ Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Helm

✅ CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions

✅ Networking: OSPF, VPC, STP, QoS, IPSec, DNS, VPNs, Load Balancers, HAproxy, Nginx, Traefik, Cisco, Juniper, Mikrotik devices routing, switching, firewalls)

✅ Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Graylog, Splunk, New Relic, Azure Monitor

✅ Scripting & Programming: Bash, Python, Golang, PowerShell (basic)

✅ Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Clickhouse, Redis, Hbase

✅ Security & Compliance: HashiCorp Vault, KeyCloak, Trivy, SonarQube, SOPS, secure configuration practices

✅ Server Management: Windows Server, Linux

Interests: Tech, Programming, AI, Gym