Alona Los
San Diego,United States
Summary
Experienced DevOps Engineer with a solid background in Quality Assurance and over a decade of hands-on experience in automation, cloud infrastructure, and continuous delivery. Began my career in QA in 2014, developing a deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), which laid the foundation for my transition into DevOps. Skilled in containerization with Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, Jenkins, and Ansible, I have successfully automated deployment pipelines, optimized cloud resources, and ensured high scalability and reliability. I focus on streamlining infrastructure, improving CI/CD processes, and reducing deployment times, driving efficiency and cost savings. With expertise in both QA and DevOps methodologies, I facilitate collaboration between development and operations teams, ensuring efficient software delivery and robust infrastructure management.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Operations & Automation Specialist
Standard Industries
12.2021 - Current
- Used Terraform to define and manage cloud infrastructure, improving environment setup efficiency and ensuring scalable, repeatable deployments.
- Managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE), handling upgrades, maintenance, and security configurations to ensure stability and compliance.
- Implemented Argo CD for GitOps-driven Kubernetes deployments, improving automation, consistency, and application lifecycle management.
- Containerized applications using Docker and deployed them efficiently with Helm Charts and Terraform for automated management in Kubernetes environments.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD and GitHub Actions, enhancing deployment automation and accelerating software delivery.
- Set up monitoring and logging solutions with Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack, improving visibility into system performance and enabling proactive alerting.
- Maintained and optimized cloud environments on AWS and GCP, ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Used HashiCorp Vault to securely manage secrets and sensitive data, enhancing security across cloud and on-prem environments.
- Implemented automated security and code quality checks in CI/CD pipelines using Sysdig, SonarQube, and VeraCode, reducing production issues and improving compliance.
- Used AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail for real-time monitoring and auditing, impro, ensuring consistent .deployments and reducing manual setup efforts.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management with Ansible, ensuring consistent deployments and reducing manual setup efforts.
- Utilized Kubecost to analyze and optimize Kubernetes resource allocation, reducing unnecessary costs and improving workload efficiency.
- Integrated Datree into CI/CD workflows to enforce Kubernetes policy compliance, preventing misconfigurations before deployment and improving cluster security.
- Streamlined deployment workflows by automating custom machine image creation with Packer and Terraform, reducing provisioning time.
- Automated tasks such as log parsing, infrastructure monitoring, and semantic versioning using Bash and Python scripts.
- Maintained detailed records of infrastructure configurations, deployment processes, and best practices in Confluence to enhance knowledge sharing and transparency.
- Reviewed pull requests for infrastructure code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation scripts, ensuring code quality, consistency, and long-term maintainability.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
GDIT
07.2020 - 12.2021
- Designed and automated CI/CD pipelines with Terraform and Kubernetes, streamlining build, testing, and deployment workflows to improve software delivery speed and reliability.
- Deployed and integrated tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, Nexus, Harbor, SonarQube, and Veracode with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management on GKE clusters, ensuring seamless monitoring, logging, and security.
- Leveraged Helm Charts to deploy and manage Kubernetes applications, optimizing resource utilization and simplifying updates.
- Configured and optimized Jenkins pipelines for Kubernetes deployments, automating build, testing, and release workflows to improve consistency and deployment efficiency.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments with Terraform and Ansible, reducing manual effort and enhancing deployment consistency.
- Managed AWS resources including EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC, optimizing performance and cost efficiency through automated scaling and provisioning.
- Orchestrated and maintained Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability, scalability, and efficient resource utilization.
SOFTWARE AUTOMATION ENGINEER
HHMI
02.2018 - 07.2020
- Automated test scripts with Selenium WebDriver and performed API and database testing.
- Tracked defects in Jira Xray and designed test cases from user stories.
SOFTWARE AUTOMATION ENGINEER
RightEye
05.2016 - 02.2018
QA TESTER
MasterCard
04.2014 - 05.2016
- Performed manual testing of web applications and tracked software defects.
- Designed test cases based on business requirements and participated in Agile ceremonies.
Education
BACHELOR'S DEGREE - Air Transportation Management
National Aviation University
Kyiv, Ukraine06.2015
Skills
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail), GCP, Kubernetes (EKS, GKE), Docker, Terraform, Helm, Packer
- CI/CD & Automation: ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, Datree, HashiCorp Vault, SonarQube, Veracode, Sysdig
- Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Kubecost
- Scripting & Development: Bash, Python, Java, TypeScript
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Timeline
IT Operations & Automation Specialist
Standard Industries
12.2021 - Current
DEVOPS ENGINEER
GDIT
07.2020 - 12.2021
SOFTWARE AUTOMATION ENGINEER
HHMI
02.2018 - 07.2020
SOFTWARE AUTOMATION ENGINEER
RightEye
05.2016 - 02.2018
QA TESTER
MasterCard
04.2014 - 05.2016
BACHELOR'S DEGREE - Air Transportation Management
National Aviation University
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