Ali Isgandarov
Baku,BA
Summary
DevOps Engineer
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
BestComp Group
08.2024 - Current
- Improved CI/CD processes and pipeline efficiency in GitLab CI
- Led troubleshooting and scaling of multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
- Integrated Helm for managing Kubernetes application lifecycle
- Managed secrets and configuration using HashiCorp Vault and Kubernetes secrets
- Enhanced observability with custom Prometheus exporters and Grafana dashboards
- Built and maintained a centralized logging solution using Loki, Fluent Bit, and Grafana
- Set up alerting mechanisms with Alertmanager for proactive incident response
Junior DevOps Engineer
BestComp Group
11.2023 - 08.2024
- Maintaining and configuring pipelines on GitLab
- Managing deployments on ArgoCD
- Setting Kubernetes cluster with kubespray
- Managing Kubernetes network with Metallb and Istio
- Maintaining services across the Kubernetes cluster
- Maintaining pipelines with Gitlab CI
Junior DevOps Engineer
Opsteameyes LLC
10.2022 - 11.2023
- Company Overview: (Remote)
- Maintaining and configuring pipelines on Azure DevOPS
- Configuring serverless Jenkins
- Working with Terraform server
- Experience with Azure – including Azure Functions, Azure AKS, IAM Roles and Permissions, Storage Account, Azure VM
- Working with AWS CloudFormation
- (Remote)
Junior DevOps Engineer
Perkskit MMC
08.2022 - 09.2022
- Company Overview: (Remote)
- User administration and password policy management
- Controlling and managing the budget
- Experience with AWS - including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, EKS, ELB and EFS
- Managing EKS cluster
- Deploy applications deployed to AWS
- (Remote)
Operator, IT Department
Azeronline LTD
Baku
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Deliver service and support to end-users using and operating automated call distribution phone software, via remote connection or over the Internet;
- Gather customer’s information and determine the issue by evaluating and analyzing the symptoms;
- Research required information using available resources;
- Follow standard processes and procedures;
- Identify and escalate priority issues per Client specifications;
- Redirect problems to appropriate resource;
- Offer alternative solutions where appropriate with the objective of retaining customers’ and clients’ business;
Internship, IT Department
XXI Century International School
Baku
09.2020 - 06.2021
- Maintaining the functionality of operational applications; developing, securing, and storing electronic data that belongs to the organization; and assisting in the use of software and data management to all functional areas of the organization
- Recognizing the established infrastructure referring to the hardware components, the network, the circuitry and all other equipment necessary to make a proper IT system function according to the established need and system size of the company
- Recognizing the implementation of operational parameters for working units and individuals' use of IT system, architecture, and networks
- Providing a technical support in case of hardware failure, training employees in the use of new software, and troubleshooting problems with the system or with an individual's computer
Education
Network and Cybersecurity -
Step It Academy
Baku, Azerbaijan07.2022
Bachelor of Economics -
UNEC
Baku, Azerbaijan06.2020
Skills
- Windows 10
- Ubuntu
- CentOS
- Fedora
- Cisco IOS
- VMware
- VirtualBox
- Bash
- Python
- PowerShell
- Routing
- Switching
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- AzureDevOps
- Jenkins
- Git
- GitKraken
- Azure
- AWS
- AWS CloudFormation
Additional Information - Languages
- Azerbaijani, native
- English, intermediate
- Russian, intermediate
Activities And Awards
Baku City Circuit/ Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019, Fire and Rescue Marshal, Responsible for tackling any fire or rescue incident during the event, Being stationed all around the circuit on either side of the track, in Pit Lane and in Fire/ Fast Intervention Vehicles (FIV) under the direction of Race Control & Chief Fire
Certification
- CKA
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
BestComp Group
08.2024 - Current
Junior DevOps Engineer
BestComp Group
11.2023 - 08.2024
Junior DevOps Engineer
Opsteameyes LLC
10.2022 - 11.2023
Junior DevOps Engineer
Perkskit MMC
08.2022 - 09.2022
Operator, IT Department
Azeronline LTD
07.2021 - 07.2022
Internship, IT Department
XXI Century International School
09.2020 - 06.2021
Network and Cybersecurity -
Step It Academy
Bachelor of Economics -
UNEC