Denis Bandurin - DevOps Engineer

About Me

With nine years of experience in the IT industry, I decided to transition into DevOps. Since the beginning of 2018, I have been actively studying backend and frontend development on my own. I have completed several courses on the JavaRush and Helsinki University platforms, enhancing my skills in these areas. This year, I focused on learning Kubernetes and Docker to strengthen my proficiency in containerization and orchestration. Currently, I am pursuing the AWS course. You can explore my portfolio page, which showcases projects I have developed independently.

My passion lies in professional growth as a DevOps with a backend stack, with the ultimate goal of becoming an Architect. Drawing from my experience, I possess a deep understanding of DevOps features and how they can contribute to successful project outcomes. I am highly motivated to apply my knowledge in challenging projects that not only allow me to learn new technologies but also enhance my working experience.

On a personal level, I am peace-minded and patient. Team games like volleyball, photography and traveling are among my hobbies.

Experience

Freelance DevOps Engineer

Self-employed · Remote

2023 - Present

Configured AWS infrastructure using Terraform, creating infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates to provision and manage resources such as EC2 instances, S3 buckets, VPCs, and security groups
Implemented and automated the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) process using Jenkins to streamline software development, testing, and deployment workflows
Working with Docker and Kubernetes, Helm for container orchestration
Backend and frontend development using AWS, including deployment of EC2 instances and Route 53 configuration, RDS, and IAM roles

Skills: AWS · Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker · Helm · Jenkins · CI/CD · EC2 · RDS · IAM · Route53

QA Engineer

Oracle · Full-time

Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

St Petersburg City, Russia

Developed and improved tests on Python and Bash scripts to validate Cloud services, Oracle Linux distributions, and Kernel features
Collaborated with Developers to debug discovered issues in Jira
Troubleshooting and fixing bugs encountered during testing or test development of network and hard disk driving
Contributed to QA test framework and workflow improvement for CI type of testing using Jenkins
Worked in Agile team

Skills: Python · Bash · Jenkins · CI/CD · Linux · Git · Jira · Agile/Scrum

System Administrator

Kelly Services · Full-time

Jun 2017 - Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Work in Japan Tobacco International, Peterform (Magna), Tikkurila, Heineken, Konecranes.
Provided 1st and 2nd line support
Installed, managed, and configured Windows operating systems, applications, as well as network components
Assistance in developing user documentation/ installation procedure
System and computer analysis
Supported remote desktop services
Provided conference support for online & offline meetings

Achievements:

• Developed Java app for AD. I used LDAP to connect to AD and took the data of the user for filling an Excel file. That increased the speed of creating account lists with specific data.

Skills: HTML · CSS · Windows · Active Directory