Artem Porubai - Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer

Artem Porubai

codeSenior Platform/DevOps Engineer

location_onWroclaw, Poland
scheduleCET (UTC+1)
wifiStatus: Online
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Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer with 10+ years designing and operating production infrastructure at scale. Proven track record of 50%+ cloud cost reductions, 3x deployment velocity improvements, and zero-downtime platform migrations across multi-account AWS environments. Specialized in Platform Engineering, Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, and FinOps. Currently building Agentic AI workflows for infrastructure automation and developer experience optimization.

// Technical_Skills

Infrastructure & Containers

KubernetesDockerHelmEKSKarpenterKEDA

Cloud Platforms

AWSGCPAzure

IaC & Automation

TerraformTerragruntOpenTofuPackerAnsible

CI/CD & GitOps

GitHub ActionsAtlantisFluxCDArgoCDJenkinsGitLab CI

Monitoring & Observability

PrometheusGrafanaLokiCloudWatchOpenSearch

Programming

PythonBashGoTypeScript

// Certifications

verified

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

// Education

Engineering Degree

Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University

2007 - 2012

Engineering Degree

Kharkiv Petro Vasylenko NTUA

2012 - 2014

history_eduWork Experience

10+ Years Exp
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Senior Platform/DevOps Engineer

TechStack

calendar_month2019 - Present
  • Architected ephemeral macOS CI/CD infrastructure using Tart VMs with custom Python controller, reducing iOS build times from 16 minutes to 5 minutes and Xcode update cycles from 1-2 days to 1-2 hours
  • Delivered 50%+ reduction in AWS cloud spend through strategic rightsizing, Reserved Instance planning, Savings Plans optimization, and automated resource lifecycle management across 10+ AWS accounts
  • Led enterprise Kubernetes (EKS) migration from legacy EC2/ECS architecture, implementing FluxCD GitOps workflows, KEDA event-driven auto-scaling, and Karpenter node provisioning — improving deployment velocity by 3x
  • Designed Platform Engineering practices including self-service infrastructure provisioning, ephemeral preview environments, and internal developer portal across 4+ engineering squads
  • Integrated Agentic AI workflows into infrastructure operations — leveraging LLM-powered automation for incident triage, infrastructure code generation, and developer experience optimization
  • Engineered comprehensive observability platform using Managed Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and OpenSearch
  • Automated Terraform/Terragrunt PR workflows with Atlantis, enabling infrastructure-as-code review with auto-plan on PR
Terraform
AWS
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
Karpenter
FluxCD
dns

DevOps Engineer

Global Virtual Opportunities

calendar_month2018 - 2019
  • Managed full-cycle datacenter operations at a US-based cloud hosting provider operating a 10,000 sq ft facility in San Antonio, TX — responsible for bare-metal provisioning, network architecture, and capacity planning across the company's entire infrastructure stack
  • Engineered high-availability database clusters (MySQL, PostgreSQL) with automated failover, point-in-time recovery, and query performance tuning — achieving 99.95% uptime SLA for production workloads
  • Built comprehensive observability platform using Prometheus and Grafana with custom exporters and intelligent alerting rules, reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) by 60% and enabling proactive incident response
  • Transformed deployment workflows from manual processes to fully automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI with staging gates, automated rollback, and artifact versioning
Jenkins
Prometheus
PostgreSQL
GitLab CI
MySQL
settings

DevOps Engineer

NIX Solutions

calendar_month2017 - 2018
  • Administered mission-critical infrastructure for 100+ international client accounts at one of Ukraine's largest IT companies (1,500+ engineers, 2,600+ projects delivered, CMMI Level 3 certified) — managing email platforms, web hosting clusters, and distributed storage systems
  • Engineered infrastructure automation using Ansible playbooks and Python scripts, eliminating 70% of routine maintenance tasks and eradicating configuration drift across multi-tenant environments
  • Implemented enterprise security hardening protocols including intrusion detection systems, automated vulnerability scanning, and compliance reporting aligned with client audit requirements
  • Built self-service hosting automation platform enabling rapid provisioning of isolated customer environments with automated SSL certificate management, DNS configuration, and monitoring setup — reducing onboarding time from days to minutes
Ansible
Python
Linux
Bash
RHEL
security

System Administrator

Ukrnames

calendar_month2014 - 2016
  • Managed production hosting infrastructure at Ukraine's ICANN-accredited domain registrar and official .UA/.УКР registrar — serving thousands of customer websites across multi-region datacenters (Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany) with 99.9% uptime SLA
  • Administered DNS systems across 400+ domain zones including DNSSEC implementation, automated zone management, and Cyrillic domain (.УКР) infrastructure — contributing to Ukraine's internet namespace development
  • Operated KVM and OpenVZ virtualization infrastructure for VPS product line with automated provisioning, live migration, resource isolation, and CloudLinux integration for shared hosting security
  • Provided L2/L3 technical support for dedicated server customers, handling hardware diagnostics, OS provisioning, performance tuning, and incident resolution
cPanel
KVM
OpenVZ
DNS
CloudLinux

rocket_launchFeatured Projects

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PRD Forge

Full-stack AI-powered product requirements platform that reduces LLM token consumption by 85-95% through surgical context control. Features sectional document architecture, 34 MCP tools for Claude integration, real-time multi-user collaboration, dependency graph visualization, and one-command Docker deployment. Open-source with production-grade auth and role-based access control.

Next.jsFastAPIPostgreSQLMCPDocker
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Ephemeral CI Platform

Production macOS CI/CD infrastructure replacing persistent runners with ephemeral Tart VMs. Custom Python async controller with JIT GitHub runner registration, Packer-based OCI image pipeline with ECR versioning, multi-tier caching (APFS clones, HTTP proxy, CocoaPods), and Ansible playbook with 8 phases. Reduced iOS build times by 3x.

PythonAnsiblePackerGitHub ActionsTart

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