Meder Muradinov

• Managed automated backup processes for critical databases using EKS CronJobs, ensuring data integrity and availability.
• Optimized cloud infrastructure to manage costs, including the use of Spot Instances for EKS, ensuring the best use of AWS resources.
• Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus and Grafana to track the health and performance of cloud resources.
• Created custom scripts to automate environment setup and teardown, improving efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
• Automated deployment processes using Helm charts and Kubernetes, facilitating seamless transitions between development, staging, and production environments
• Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, integrating with AWS services such as ECR, S3, and EKS.
• Automated the creation and management of cloud resources across different environments using Terragrunt, ensuring consistency and reliability.
• Developed and managed Terraform and Terragrunt configurations to provision, update, and maintain AWS resources including S3 buckets, EC2 instances, RDS databases, and EKS clusters.
• Implemented and managed S3 bucket policies, IAM policies, and versioning configurations to ensure secure and compliant storage solutions.

Career Transition and Personal Projects
Location: USA & Kyrgyzstan

• Relocated from the USA to Kyrgyzstan, a process that spanned four months and required significant personal and logistical management.
• Upon arriving in Kyrgyzstan in May 2023, focused on resolving home-related issues and acclimating to the new environment.
• DevOps Mentor – August 2023 – November 2023
  Served as a DevOps Mentor at a local bootcamp, guiding and mentoring aspiring DevOps engineers. Responsibilities included:Designing and delivering hands-on workshops on DevOps tools and practices.
  Providing mentorship on industry best practices for CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
  Assisting students in building projects to enhance their portfolios.
  
• Participated in several small-scale local projects in Bishkek, contributing DevOps expertise in automating infrastructure and improving deployment processes.
• Declined two local job offers due to misalignment in working conditions, commuting distance, and use of outdated technologies.

• Installation and configuration of RHEL Linux OS on new servers
• Remotely copying les using sftp, ftp, scp and winscp
• Designed and built cross-account IAM roles using CloudFormation
• Automated provisioning of AWS services using Terraform and
• CloudFormation
• Implemented and managed AWS Cross-account IAM resources for multiple teams
• Designed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Collaborated with teams in building and automating application deployment pipelines
• Manage and configure launched Amazon EC2 instances with respect to customer's specific applications
• Create S3 buckets and manage policies for S3 buckets
• Wrote IaC templates (Terraform/CloudFormation) for automated provisioning of various AWS resources such as EC2, ALB, ASG, S3, CloudFront, VPC, DynamoDB, ACM, RDS, Route53, etc
• Supported hundreds of applications, troubleshooted application issues
• Provide 24*7 On-call production support based on shift rotation
• Hardened and configured AWS AMIs based on CIS Benchmark best practices
• Automated and deployed multi-tied app infrastructure using Terraform