Kubernetes / OpenShift Engineer

• Oct 2022 - Present

Hired as a Contingent Worker. Hired as a Contingent Worker.

DevOps Engineer

• Oct 2020 - Sep 2022

★ Project description:Building a cryptocurrency trading platform for a company providing secure access to and storage of digital assets through an institutional investor-grade custody solution targeting regulated financial institutions.★ Responsibilities:▸ Building & managing environments for dev teams and a customer (infra as a code, terraform, ansible, azure)▸ Building & managing CI/CD processes in Cloud Native architecture (k8s/openshift, helm, tekton)▸ Building & managing k8s/openshift environments▸ BAU support for feature teams and a customer▸ Prioritizing / synchronizing work in a DevOps team★ Technologies used:▸ Kubernetes▸ Openshfit▸ Docker / docker compose▸ Tekton / Jenkins▸ Nexus▸ Artifactory▸ Helm▸ Terraform▸ Azure Cloud▸ Zookeeper / Kafka▸ Maven▸ Sonarqube▸ Postfix Show less

Kubernetes Evangelist

• Jan 2020 - Sep 2022

★ Project description:Developing and leading the "Kubernetes for Developers" programme inside GFT Poland.★ Vision: to help developers build technical knowledge around Kubernetes so they are able to deploy their applications to Kubernetes★ For whom: Developers / Testers / DevOps in GFT Poland★ Scope: ▸created the knowledge building plan▸supporting the community (organizing biweekly Kubernetes Q&A meetings; building a confluence resources)▸helping employees to pass CKAD / CKA / CKS exams (32 certs achieved in 12 months) Show less

GFT Poland Head of DevOps (interim)

• Dec 2021 - May 2022

DevOps Engineer

• Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

★ Project description:SFTR regulatory project implementing a new solution based on the vendor's solution.★ Responsibilities:▸ created whole CI/CD flow from scratch using Concourse (everything as a code) on Kubernetes platform (GitOps flow) including YAML files and custom bash scripts▸ helped in deploying and managing SFTR application to Kubernetes cluster▸ managed 10 environments inside Kubernetes cluster▸ implemented GitFlow model for developing/deploying the applications★ Technologies used:▸ Kubernetes▸ Docker▸ Harbor docker registry▸ Concourse▸ Bitbucket▸ Artifactory▸ CyberArk▸ Linux▸ bash scripting Show less

DevOps Engineer

• Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

Involved in two projects concurrently for British banking and insurance holding company. ★ Responsibilites:▸ Creating high level architecture for CI/CD for Java and .NET projects▸ Implementing CI/CD for Java and .NET projects▸ Managing all DevOps activities▸ Git branching strategy - analysis, proposal and documentation▸ Pivotal Cloud Foundry management▸ TeamCity projects management▸ Taking over knowledge from other teams and documenting it on a confluence▸ MSBuild existing scripts analysis (around 20k lines of code) + amendment▸ Setting up Windows Servers so they are build servers (with TeamCity Agent)▸ Service accounts management★ Technologies Used:✓ Bitbucket✓ Git✓ TeamCity✓ Artifactory✓ Pivotal Cloud Foundry✓ MSBuild (for .NET)✓ Maven (for Java)✓ Windows Server 2012/2016 Show less

DevOps Engineer

• Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

★ Project Description:Tranquility Base is the official GFT branding for the reference architecture project that started in October 2018. The goal of this project was to demonstrate on Google UK HQ on 7th March 2019 the following:▸ How to build a modern application architecture using microservices▸ How to use Google Cloud to achieve this▸ How GFT can help roll this architecture out in a highly regulated industry such as financial services★ Responsibilites:▸ Deploying Jenkins to GKE Cluster using Terraform and Helm▸ Implementing CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins: ▹automated process from code change in Google Repository, building Docker images and putting them in Google Registry to development environment (Google Kubernetes Engine Cluster) with five microservices ▹ communication between different GCP projects ▹ automated process of Canary Releases ▹ full pipeline for Google Conference▸ Implementing autoscaling and health checks (liveness and readiness probes)▸ Implemented Grafana dashboard for autoscaling purpose★ Technologies Used:✓ Kubernetes✓ Google Kubernetes Engine✓ Google Cloud Platform✓ Docker✓ Istio✓ Jenkins✓ Terraform✓ Prometheus✓ Grafana✓ Helm✓ Linux Show less

DevOps Engineer

• Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

★ Project Description:Re-engineering of the client's Trade Surveillance platform for scalability, performance and ease of implementing new features to the platform and on-boarding with new clients. The platform architecture was redefined to meet the above requirements. The system analyzed incoming market data from the fraud detection perspective and raise real-time alerts based on predefined rules.★ Responsibilites:▸ Productionization of the platform▸ Coordinating technical activities with the client's team▸ Deploying the application platform on top of Openshift on VM / Google Cloud Platform▸ Deploying the whole platform using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) - 13 Virtual Machines, additional disks, networks interfaces, as well as an application platform on top of Openshift cluster (Cassandra, Flink, Kafka, Zookeper, Minio, MySQL)▸ Describing / reviewing / deploying several types of Openshift installations (1-node deployment, 3-nodes deployment, 10-nodes deployment on Virtual Machines in Google Cloud Platform) using Ansible playbooks and configuration files▸ Managing and encrypting secrets inside the cluster▸ Assessing disconnected Openshift installation and preparing prerequisites for a client to deploy Openshift in disconnected environment▸ Assessed GlusterFS and heketi as Persistent Volume storage (created procedure how to do it and deployed on test cluster), as well as automatic way to restart Openshift pods in specific order▸ Documenting all the work - procedures, how to articles★ Technologies Used:✓ Openshift✓ Kubernetes✓ Docker✓ Google Cloud Platform✓ Git✓ GitLab✓ Ansible✓ Terraform✓ Prometheus✓ Grafana✓ Linux Show less

IT Service Manager

• Feb 2016 - Oct 2018

Leading Lodz-London Team (5 people) and providing IT Managed Service (24x7/365 - shifts and on-calls) for one of the largest global full-service investment banks (supporting Securities Lending process). Working in global environment:- Supporting clients from EMEA / APAC / AMER regions, mainly from London, Tokyo and New York.- Team based in Lodz, London, Singapore and New York.- Close collaboration with the 1st and 3rd Line located both internally and on client's side.- Close collaboration with third-party source (external application vendor). Resolving day-to-day issues (incidents and problems), but also doing development work and performing application upgrades / system platform migrations. Based on ITIL® approach (especially Incident / Problem / Change / Release and Deployment / Asset and Configuration / Service Level / Service Measurement & Reporting / IT Service Continuity Management and Continual Service Improvement)Technical background: legacy application and legacy database (Global One and Unidata) / Linux / Bash and Perl scripts / Autosys scheduling / MQ / MS SQL DBhttp://www.gft.com/int/en/index/discovery/cases-and-customers/case-studies/global-one-managed-service/ Show less

Kubernetes Lecturer

• Oct 2020 - Nov 2020

Providing lectures about containerization & Kubernetes for students as an introduction to a cloud computing (using Google Cloud Platform). Providing lectures about containerization & Kubernetes for students as an introduction to a cloud computing (using Google Cloud Platform).

Application Support Lead

• Aug 2012 - Jan 2016

Providing IT Managed Service (24x7/365) for one of the largest global full-service investment banks (supporting Securities Lending process). Based on ITIL® approach (especially Incident / Problem / Change / Release and Deployment / Asset and Configuration / Service Level / IT Service Continuity Management) Technical background: legacy application and legacy database (Global One and Unidata) / Linux / Bash and Perl scripts / Autosys scheduling / MQ / MS SQL DB Providing IT Managed Service (24x7/365) for one of the largest global full-service investment banks (supporting Securities Lending process). Based on ITIL® approach (especially Incident / Problem / Change / Release and Deployment / Asset and Configuration / Service Level / IT Service Continuity Management) Technical background: legacy application and legacy database (Global One and Unidata) / Linux / Bash and Perl scripts / Autosys scheduling / MQ / MS SQL DB

IT Monitoring Tools SME

• Jan 2006 - Jul 2012

- Development (technical implementation) and maintenance (including client support – IT Administrators, Service Managers, Technical Management Centre) of IT Monitoring Tools software (BMC Software: BEM/SIM, Patrol Agents, Console Servers, rtServers)- Working with ITIL standards (coordinator of Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management and Configuration Management processes) - in 2012: migration of IT Monitoring tools to the new Solaris infrastructure (including installation and configuration new versions of: BMC rtServers, BMC Console Server, BII4Patrol Integrators, SNMP Integrator, HPNNM Integrator, customized Perl scripts, BMC Event Manager ver. 7.2 -> 7.4 (24 customized cells))- In 2008: coordination of one-year project of "standardization and integration of IT Monitoring Tools in Orange Group" for which I was awarded by IT Infrastructure Branch Director). Show less

IT Monitoring Tools Analyst

• May 2004 - Dec 2005

Development (technical implementation) and maintenance (including client support) of IT Monitoring Tools software (BMC Software, HP).

IT Monitoring Tools Administrator

• Aug 2002 - Apr 2004

Operating administration and support of IT Monitoring Tools software: BMC Performance Manager (Patrol) / BMC BEM-SIM / HP BAC / HP SiteScope