# It's me

Source: https://extim.su/about/

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    <h1 class="about__title">Alexander Extim</h1>
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  <p><b><center>✨About✨</center></b>
  <p>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.
  <p>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.
  

  <p><b><center>✨Experienced✨</center></b>
  <p><b>✅ Cloud Platforms:</b> AWS, GCP, Azure (basic administration & IAM)
  <p><b>✅ BareMetal infrastructure:</b> ProxMox, VMware, Libvirt
  <p><b>✅ Containerization & Orchestration:</b> Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes (security, scaling, performance tuning)
  <p><b>✅ Infrastructure as Code \ Automation:</b> Terraform, Ansible, Helm
  <p><b>✅ CI/CD:</b> GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
  <p><b>✅ Networking:</b> OSPF, VPC, STP, QoS, IPSec, DNS, VPNs, Load Balancers, HAproxy, Nginx, Traefik, Cisco, Juniper, Mikrotik devices routing, switching, firewalls) 
  <p><b>✅ Monitoring & Logging:</b> Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Graylog, Splunk, New Relic, Azure Monitor
  <p><b>✅ Scripting & Programming:</b> Bash, Python, Golang, PowerShell (basic)
  <p><b>✅ Databases:</b> PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Clickhouse, Redis, Hbase
  <p><b>✅ Security & Compliance:</b> HashiCorp Vault, KeyCloak, Trivy, SonarQube, SOPS, secure configuration practices
  <p><b>✅ Server Management:</b> Windows Server, Linux
  <p><b>Interests:</b> Tech, Programming, AI, Gym
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