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Brad Kovaluk

Fairfax,VA

Summary

Dynamic and detail-oriented Senior DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience in cloud computing, systems administration, and infrastructure automation. Adept at leveraging a diverse set of technologies to enhance operational efficiency and deliver robust solutions. Passionate about continuous learning and integrating new skills into professional practice.


"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success." — Albert Schweitzer

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior DevOps Engineer

FINRA
08.2017 - Current
  • Architected and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Packer, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeDeploy, enhancing deployment frequency and reliability while streamlining the deployment process.
  • Leveraged Auto Scaling Group (ASG) warm pools and image fast boot for EC2 deployments, reducing instance startup times by over 50% and improving application responsiveness.
  • Developed internal tooling using Python, Django, HTMX, DaisyUI, and Celery to create a platform that automates repetitive tasks, such as auditing AWS resources, migrating snapshots between accounts, and backing up resources, with best practices and a security-first mentality.
  • Administered and optimized AWS services including EC2, ECS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFront, and API Gateway, leveraging AWS Trusted Advisor and Security Hub to ensure high availability and security.
  • Led a team in the modernization of applications within AWS, reducing infrastructure costs by 30% while improving scalability and performance.

System Administrator

Equifax
03.2014 - 08.2017
  • Orchestrated data backup and disaster recovery operations, safeguarding critical business data with a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 4 hours.
  • Diagnosed, resolved, and documented complex hardware, software, and network issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal system performance.
  • Implemented robust network security measures, protecting sensitive data and mitigating potential threats.
  • Administered Windows Server, CentOS, and RHEL environments, providing comprehensive support and maintenance.
  • Developed and maintained dashboards using Microsoft PowerBi to monitor deployment health and system metrics, enhancing operational transparency.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Skills

  • Cloud Services: AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Configuration Management: Ansible, Puppet
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Packer, AWS CDK, CloudFormation
  • Programming Languages: Python, PowerShell, Perl, Rust, Bash
  • Web Frameworks: FastAPI, Django, HTMX, Angular, Nextjs
  • Containerization: Docker, AWS ECR, AWS ECS, AWS EKS
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, Git, TeamCity
  • Deployment Strategies: Blue-Green Deployments, Canary Deployments
  • Systems Administration: RedHat, CentOS, Windows Server
  • Database Management: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
  • Monitoring and Logging: OpenSearch, Kibana, Splunk, New Relic
  • Other Tools: Nginx, Apache, IIS, Microsoft PowerBi

Timeline

Senior DevOps Engineer

FINRA
08.2017 - Current

System Administrator

Equifax
03.2014 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

George Mason University

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