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Abbas Rzazada

Baku

Summary

Adept at orchestrating cloud and on-premise infrastructures, I leveraged Terraform and Kubernetes to enhance system scalability and reliability at MSolutions. My collaborative approach and proficiency in Linux system administration streamlined development processes, achieving significant efficiency improvements. Demonstrating a keen understanding of AWS Cloud and CI/CD pipelines, my work has consistently driven performance and cost optimization.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Platform Engineer

MSolutions
10.2023 - Current
  • Building and managing infrastructure using Terraform.
  • Managing AWS resources.
  • Managing multiple on-premise K8S clusters.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines.
  • Deployed and supported infrastructure automation and configuration management tools.

DevOps Engineer

AzInTelecom
09.2023 - Current
  • Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring scalability and reliability.
  • Utilizing container orchestration systems, specifically Kubernetes, for the efficient deployment and management of containerized applications.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, GitLab Runner, and ArgoCD to facilitate automated software delivery.
  • Configuring and managing logging systems with ELK, and implementing centralized error tracking with Sentry.
  • Establishing secure storage and secret management using Vault for sensitive data.
  • Implementing and managing container orchestration with Istio and Kiali, enhancing service mesh capabilities.
  • Working with configuration management tools like Ansible to automate and streamline system configurations.
  • Ensuring container image security scans and management with Harbor.
  • Conducting regular code analysis and quality checks using SonarQube to ensure compliance with coding standards.
  • Implementing and maintaining monitoring solutions using Grafana and Prometheus, emphasizing real-time performance tracking, and alerting.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency.
  • Understanding of Agile software development and DevOps best practices.
  • Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes.

Linux System Administrator

Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
02.2022 - 09.2022
  • Company Overview: I work for Instant Payment System.
  • Provides 24/7 dedicated support to all production environments.
  • Automation of daily tasks with Ansible and Bash.
  • HAProxy - deployment of primary and standby hosts, configuring backend and frontend servers, + KeepAlive.
  • Manage and deploy the web application (Tomcat) and web servers (Nginx).
  • Monitor all system and server infrastructure with Zabbix, create specific items and triggers, and configure Telegram notifications and Grafana dashboards.
  • Configure local management servers (GitLab, Mail Server, Graylog, Yum, Cloud, NTP).
  • Configure Graylog and Telegram notifications.
  • Troubleshooting network issues with the Palo Alto GUI (read-only access) and Linux tools like tcpdump and nmap.
  • Bind DNS - deployment of primary and standby hosts, creating zones, and records.
  • Securing Linux servers by creating firewalld zones, rich rules, etc.
  • Backup of IT infrastructure with Veeam B&R.
  • Managing HPE enclosures, servers, tape libraries, and storage systems.
  • Managing Virtual Machines on vSphere.

IT Specialist

AccessBank
04.2021 - 02.2022
  • IT support for 1,000+ users and 1,000+ devices.

IT Specialist

Veyseloglu Group
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • IT support for 1,000+ users and 5,000+ devices.

Education

Master - Computer systems and networks

Azerbaijan Technical University
Baku
09.2022

Bachelor - Computer Engineering

Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University
Baku
09.2020

Skills

  • Terraform
  • AWS Cloud
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • GitOps tools
  • Linux system administration

Accomplishments

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching (CCNA)

Languages

Azerbaijani
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Timeline

Platform Engineer

MSolutions
10.2023 - Current

DevOps Engineer

AzInTelecom
09.2023 - Current

Linux System Administrator

Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
02.2022 - 09.2022

IT Specialist

AccessBank
04.2021 - 02.2022

IT Specialist

Veyseloglu Group
01.2020 - 01.2021

Master - Computer systems and networks

Azerbaijan Technical University

Bachelor - Computer Engineering

Azerbaijan State Oil And Industry University
Abbas Rzazada