Sercan Topcu

- Developed and managed a robust Kubernetes ecosystem with AWS EKS, optimized for different stages (dev, test, stage, prod).
- Implemented Flux with Kustomize for automated, environment-specific deployments and enhanced network security using Cilium network policies.
- Centralized Dockerfile management, leveraging AWS ECS and ECR for efficient container orchestration and registry.
- Maintained a Helm chart repository, using Helm releases for precise application deployment.
- Managed a consolidated Terraform repository with Terragrunt, integrating AWS services for comprehensive infrastructure management.
- Gain experience with bash scripting for automation and operational efficiency.
- Utilized Datadog and Prometheus for metric analysis and streamlined troubleshooting.
- Handled on-call responsibilities, integrating PagerDuty for effective incident management.
- Developed custom Splunk queries and dashboards for complex debugging and performance analysis.

- Specialized in Kubernetes containerization, deploying and scaling applications using Helm charts and Docker.
- Managed Kubernetes applications across AWS and GCP, including AWS services like EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, and GCP equivalents.
- Streamlined deployment with Terraform, enhancing infrastructure management and workflow efficiency.
- Maintained and optimized GitHub Actions for CI/CD, automating testing and deployment processes.
- Monitored system performance with Prometheus and Grafana, creating insightful dashboards for decision making.
- Developed basic automation tools and scripts in Python, focusing on continuous skill enhancement.

- Implemented and maintained AWS security best practices, managing IAM roles and policies, and provisioning AWS resources.
- Designed, implemented, and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, optimizing application and service deployment workflows.
- Automated application deployments in AWS using Terraform, focusing on efficient traffic management with AWS load balancing solutions (ELB, ALB, NLB).
- Collaborated with development teams to ensure applications are designed for scalability, reliability, and security.
- Provisioned GCP services using Terraform, managing VPCs, GCS, Auto-Scaling Policies/Groups, and Security Groups.
- Experience using Ansible for automated configuration management, with experience writing playbooks.

- Designed, deployed, and maintained AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, S3, RDS), focusing on scalability and robustness.
- Improved reliability and performance of cloud applications and infrastructure on AWS.
- Monitored cloud infrastructure for performance, security, and cost efficiency.
- Managed AWS Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) for application high availability.
- Handled AWS IAM roles and policies, ensuring secure access and permissions.