AIZIREK TOKTOSUN
Prosper,TX
Summary
DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure, automation, and system reliability. Skilled in Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Grafana, and Prometheus, with expertise in building scalable cloud environments, automating CI/CD pipelines, and developing monitoring and alerting solutions. Experienced in root cause analysis, incident response, and performance optimization to improve system availability, operational efficiency, and reliability. Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to delivering resilient, high-performing infrastructure.
Overview
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Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Observability Engineer
The Home Depot
Dallas, Texas
11.2024 - Current
- Developed and maintained Grafana dashboards for metrics, logs, and business KPIs, enhancing system visibility and reducing incident response time.
- Integrated MySQL and BigQuery data sources into Grafana for displaying operational and transactional metrics.
- Monitored ELK, Grafana, and Prometheus for CPU, memory, disk usage, and running processes.
- Monitored application alerts and facilitated issue resolution based on alert activity.
- Wrote SQL queries with joins, aggregations, and time-based analysis to support troubleshooting, reporting, and post-incident reviews.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
IBM
10.2021 - Current
- Developed infrastructure automation and CI/CD processes, integrated solutions, and built scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Monitored and managed automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, configuring plugins to optimize workflow and streamline processes.
- Configured Tekton Cluster pipeline for integrating development (DynaTrace) and production (Sumo) environment metrics into dashboards for faster and more accurate data collection.
- Reduced manual deployment process from 3 hours to 45 minutes by creating services to expose deployments, installing and configuring Kubernetes clusters, monitoring failed deployments across namespaces, and maintaining Kubernetes on AWS using Terraform.
- Managed and updated AWS AMI Images using Packer and managed IAAC through AWS CloudFormation and Terraform.
- Designed, developed, and implemented automated environment provisioning process by writing 5 scripts for 2 applications and executing installations.
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER
APPLE INC
10.2020 - 09.2021
- Automated the application deployment process by writing multiple Prometheus and YAML scripts covering all Kubernetes clusters, reducing deployment time from a 48-hour manual process to an automated 6-hour process.
- Migrated 12 Kubernetes Clusters, containing over 100 nodes, from bare metal to Google Cloud Platform, achieved the cloud migration goals of the client to sunset the bare metal infrastructure to achieve cost savings.
- Monitored and analyzed application performance in a 24/7 environment, ensuring reliability and support for large-scale capacity.
- Exported DataCenter data (SQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch) using Kubernetes to prepare for migration, ensuring successful completion in one cycle.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
ITRON INC
05.2019 - 09.2020
- Managed and monitored cloud infrastructure on AWS, EC2, S3, and RDS, ensuring reliable backups, timely patches, and effective scaling.
- Implemented Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Python)
- Orchestrated operational tasks with Ansible playbooks and provisioned instances using Terraform and environmental tools, securing sensitive data with a vault.
- Built and deployed multiple applications utilizing Amazon S3, RDS, IAM, SQS, and SNS, focusing on high availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling.
- Developed and maintained documentation and SOPs for technology installation, administration, and maintenance, enhancing team knowledge and operational consistency.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Osh State University
Kyrgyzstan 06-2023
Skills
- Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Dashboard Development, Monitoring & Alerting, Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible
- Containerization & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
- CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment
Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Slack
- Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, SQL
- DevOps & Reliability Engineering: Infrastructure Automation, Configuration Management, Incident Management, Troubleshooting, System Reliability, Performance Optimization
Personal Information
Title: Professional DevOps Engineer
Certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator -CKA
- Certified Jenkins Engineer
- AWS Certified –Solutions Architect Associate
- Enterprise Design Thinking – Team Essentials for AI
- HashiCorp Certified : Terraform Associate
- IBM Automation Practitioner
PROJECTS
DISASTER RECOVERY: R1SOFT BACKUP PROVISIONED ANSIBLE TOWER, PROVISIONED GCP KUBERNETES WITH TERRAFORM, BUILT MONITORING TOOL GRAFANA, SETUP TEKTON PIPELINES, BYTEDANCE
Timeline
Observability Engineer
The Home Depot
11.2024 - Current
DEVOPS ENGINEER
IBM
10.2021 - Current
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER
APPLE INC
10.2020 - 09.2021
DEVOPS ENGINEER
ITRON INC
05.2019 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Osh State University