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About me

Personal Summary

I aim to share insights, tips, and hands-on experiences in:

  • Cloud Operations (AWS, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps)
  • Continuous Integration & Delivery (Jenkins, ArgoCD)
  • Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK)
  • Frontend & Backend technologies

Feel free to explore, learn, and connect through my posts on the latest trends in tech and system reliability.

Education and Certifications

  • M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (2004-2009)
  • Network Administrator, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (2008-2009)
  • Language ISE II, ECM: European College Management, Ireland (2015-2016)

Work Experience

Site Reliability Engineer Lead at Wiley (Jan 2019 - Present)

Handling the orchestration, monitoring, and scaling of micro-services that impact millions of users. My core areas of expertise include:

  • IaC & CD: GitOps, Terraform, ArgoCD, Jenkins
  • Logging & Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes, EKS, Rancher, SWARM
  • Frontend & Backend Development: React, Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, DynamoDB
  • Languages & Tools: Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go, Java

I work on delivering robust and efficient infrastructure solutions while staying engaged with open-source and DevOps best practices.

Technical Skills Overview

  • IaC & CD: GitOps, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible
  • Logging & Monitoring: ELK/EFK, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Dynatrace
  • Orchestration: Kubernetes, EKS, SWARM, AWS ECS, Docker
  • Frontend & Backend: React, Vue, Node.js, Java (Spring Boot), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB
  • Other Tools: HashiCorp Vault, Packer, LinkerD, MS Teams API
  • Languages: Python, JavaScript (Node.js/React), Go, Bash, YAML/HCL