Nazira MIRLAN
Hoffman Estates,IL
Summary
Experienced and results-oriented DevOps Engineer with over 4 years of hands-on expertise in designing, automating, and managing cloud-native infrastructure. Skilled in building secure, scalable, and highly available environments using AWS and GCP. Strong foundation in Linux system administration, with deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation. Proficient in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for managing microservices at scale. Collaborative team player with a focus on reducing downtime, improving delivery cycles, and increasing platform reliability. Certified in AWS Cloud Practitioner and AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Coates Group
03.2022 - 06.2025
- Engineered and deployed fault-tolerant, high-availability AWS infrastructure across multiple regions, leveraging EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM for secure, scalable environments.
- Managed end-to-end container lifecycle using Docker and Rancher, enabling consistent deployments and automated image version control.
- Led the automation of provisioning and configuration management using Ansible and CloudFormation, ensuring infrastructure consistency and reusability.
- Provided 24/7 on-call support for production environments, reducing incident resolution times by proactively monitoring systems via SumoLogic.
- Supported global client-facing applications hosted in multi-region AWS environments, enhancing availability and uptime through effective scaling strategies.
- Oversaw S3 storage configuration for critical applications, enforcing policies for versioning, lifecycle, and access control.
- Collaborated with international development teams to align infrastructure delivery with agile release cycles and feature deployments.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines in GitLab to streamline build-test-deploy workflows and eliminate manual release bottlenecks.
- Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
DevOps Engineer
Mpulse
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines from scratch using Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and Git, supporting agile delivery across multiple development teams.
- Take part of the deployment of Kubernetes clusters on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for containerized microservices, ensuring scalability and efficient resource utilization.
- Developed reusable and modular Terraform templates for managing infrastructure as code across environments, minimizing drift and ensuring consistency.
- Collaborated with QA, infrastructure, and development teams to optimize software deployment processes and automate regression testing workflows.
- Maintained secure infrastructure by enforcing automated patching, SSH key rotation, and secret management best practices.
- Standardized logging and metrics collection using centralized tools like SumoLogic, enhancing observability across services.
- Promoted DevOps best practices, introduced peer code reviews for IaC, and improved team adoption of automation frameworks.
- Integrated Nginx-based reverse proxy and configured DNS, FTP, and SSH services to meet enterprise-level networking needs.
Education
Bachelor - Philology
Bishkek State University
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan06-2013
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, CloudFormation), Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage)
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Rancher
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation
- CI/CD & Automation: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Monitoring & Logging: SumoLogic, New Relic, CloudWatch, Keboola
- Version Control & Scripting: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Bash, Shell, Python, YAML, Groovy
- Collaboration & Productivity: Jira, Slack, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Miro
- Soft Skills: Problem-Solving, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Time Management, Communication, Adaptability, Attention to Detail, Ownership Mindset, Continuous Learning
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Coates Group
03.2022 - 06.2025
DevOps Engineer
Mpulse
08.2021 - 12.2021
Bachelor - Philology
Bishkek State University
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