Maksym Shaposhnikov

Principal DevOps / Platform Engineer

Kyiv, Ukraine Remote English: Upper-Intermediate (B2+)
shaposhnikoff@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub
Platform engineering, cloud automation and secure delivery Portfolio Open to remote opportunities

Professional Summary

Senior/Principal-level DevOps and Platform Engineer with extensive enterprise experience designing secure cloud platforms, automating infrastructure and delivery, and improving reliability across Azure and AWS environments.

Strong in Terraform, Terragrunt, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Python, observability, cloud security, and large-scale platform migrations. Works across engineering, security, SRE, and application teams to turn operational problems into repeatable platform capabilities.

Core Competencies

Platform Engineering · Cloud Architecture · Infrastructure as Code · CI/CD and GitOps · Kubernetes · Developer Platforms · Cloud Security · Observability · FinOps · Python Automation · Enterprise Migrations · Incident Response

Technical Strengths

  • Cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, multi-account and multi-subscription environments
  • Infrastructure as code: Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, Packer, Helm
  • Containers and GitOps: Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, Argo CD, container registries
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Tekton
  • Programming and automation: Python, Bash, Go, FastAPI, REST APIs, SQL
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, ELK, Splunk, Alertmanager
  • Security: Cloudflare WAF, Azure networking, Key Vault, IAM, managed identities, GitHub Advanced Security, CodeQL, Trivy, Semgrep
  • Data platforms: PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Kafka, Redis, Airflow, Apache NiFi, AWS EMR, AWS Glue

Professional Experience

SoftServe

Senior DevOps Engineer · January 2023 - Present · Remote

  • Design and operate enterprise platform capabilities across Azure and AWS using Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, Python, and cloud-native services.
  • Led migration from GitLab to GitHub, standardizing reusable Actions workflows, repository governance, security gates, and runner infrastructure.
  • Modernized an internal API platform from AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and RDS to Azure APIM, Functions, and PostgreSQL.
  • Implemented private networking, managed identities, Key Vault integration, container deployment, health checks, and infrastructure automation.
  • Designed an allowlist-based credential-rotation process with validation, staged cutover, rollback, and audit reporting.
  • Implemented cloud, network, WAF, and CI/CD telemetry integrations for operational monitoring and security investigations.
  • Automated resource lifecycle and scheduling processes to reduce idle usage and improve infrastructure consistency.
  • Partner with Security, SRE, and application teams on WAF, DNS, certificates, networking, access, and production reliability issues.

Environment: Azure, AWS, Terraform, Terragrunt, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Python, Bash, APIM, Azure Functions, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare, Dynatrace, Grafana

Zoolatec

Senior DevOps Engineer · December 2020 - January 2023

  • Built and maintained multi-account AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt for application and data engineering teams.
  • Managed AWS EMR, Glue, IAM, networking, and supporting services for scalable data-processing workloads.
  • Deployed Kubernetes applications using Helm and Argo CD with GitOps-based delivery and environment promotion.
  • Converted manually provisioned resources into reusable infrastructure-as-code modules and automated deployment workflows.
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and improved consistency across build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Implemented monitoring and logging with Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and the ELK stack.

Environment: AWS, Terraform, Terragrunt, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Python, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

Grid Dynamics

Senior DevOps Engineer · December 2017 - December 2020

  • Designed and supported cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and automated delivery pipelines for enterprise projects.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Bash.
  • Built CI/CD workflows and implemented monitoring, alerting, and centralized logging for reliable operations.

Environment: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Python, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

EPAM Systems

Senior DevOps Engineer · February 2014 - April 2017

  • Supported Linux and AWS infrastructure for enterprise application environments.
  • Automated provisioning, configuration, application deployment, and routine operational processes.
  • Developed Jenkins pipelines and standardized release automation across development and production environments.

Environment: Linux, AWS, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Python, Bash, monitoring and logging platforms

Education

Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) - Specialization: Software for Industrial Complexes and Automated Systems

Languages & Interests

Languages: English - Upper-Intermediate (B2+); Ukrainian and Russian - native or fluent. Technical interests: Platform engineering, cloud automation, observability, networking, embedded systems, and amateur radio