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Clark Winters

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since December 14, 2023

Clark is an experienced DevOps engineer with a strong background in systems integration and programming. He has expertise in web, cloud, and database ecosystems and an affinity for the Go programming language and tools like Terraform and Docker. Clark helps clients build scalable cloud infrastructure, web services, REST APIs, and automation scripts, prioritizing efficient, tailored solutions with a commitment to on-time delivery and quick adaptability to new projects.

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Johnmicah Potter

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since July 27, 2020

Bank of America, Anthem, and Lowe’s are just a few of the companies that Johnmicah has worked at. He has 13 years of experience building web applications from not only both the front and back ends but also the platform and infrastructure sides. Johnmicah is passionate about performance, automation, and containerization. Johnmicah is also capable of fitting into and improving an existing environment or building a new one from the ground up.

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Sam Lucyk

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since April 11, 2022

Sam is an accomplished game, web, and blockchain developer with over a decade of experience. He has recently worked for more than four years as the lead developer and product lead of an edtech gaming startup, building their product from the ground up. After the company's acquisition, he managed the transition of the product before ending his time there. He currently leads a game studio focusing on Web3 game development and is eager to work on new, challenging projects and goals.

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Steve Montrose

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since February 14, 2023

Steve is an entrepreneurial-minded IT professional who has worked with Fortune 500 companies in the transportation, manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, and banking industries. He is an expert in the IT spectrum, including business principles and processes. Steve is highly experienced in cloud and enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure management, real estate development, and project management and implementation in a multi-site, multi-host, and global environment.

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Fattis N. Mann

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since February 10, 2023

Fattis is one of the most talented and seasoned information security executives in the market today. Having worked as a vCISO and a BISO director of business enablement and resilience for a Fortune 500, he brings together solid project management, communication, and documentation skills, specifically leveraging cybersecurity in business settings. Fattis is CAP, CDPSE, CISSP, and CRISC certified and is highly effective in communicating cybersecurity to both technical and non-technical staff.

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Haitham Gad

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since July 15, 2022

Haitham is a technical leader with over 15 years of experience building products and services for several enterprises. Before starting his AWS consultancy, he spent over five years at AWS, where he helped build Amazon GuardDuty, AWS's intelligent threat detection and security monitoring service. Haitham's work was instrumental in accelerating GuardDuty's adoption by thousands of AWS customers like Snap, HBO Max, Siemens, Volkswagen, and Southwest Airlines.

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Ryan Matthew Smith

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since September 12, 2018

Throughout his career, Ryan has consistently worked with startups and small software shops where each milestone was make-it or break-it. He loves infrastructure as code managed with Terraform in AWS. Ryan found his niche writing DevOps tooling in Go and Bash and contributes to the open-source community regularly. Ryan is also an expert working with Docker to deploy and maintain Kubernetes systems. Ryan excels at working as a technical leader or alongside a team, depending on the project's needs.

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Nicholas Ecton

Freelance DevOps Engineer
United StatesToptal Member Since September 9, 2022

Nick is a self-taught full-stack developer with years of experience in leading engineering teams and developing software for startups. His talents and passions have always aligned with the fast-paced do-it-yourself mindset of early startup culture. His most recent success includes onboarding as a founding engineer and eventually leading the company to an M&A exit as a director of engineering.

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Juan Tamariz

Freelance DevOps Engineer
MexicoToptal Member Since March 19, 2021

Juan is a senior DevOps engineer with over a decade of experience designing, testing, implementing, deploying, and supporting critical Infrastructure systems with DevOps culture and Agile methodology. He excels at ensuring security levels, data integrity, availability, configuration and change management, continuous integration, and deployment. Juan has successfully supported networks composed of 1,000+ nodes at headquarters with remote connections to 160+ branch offices around the world.

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Michaël Moo Penn

Freelance DevOps Engineer
CanadaToptal Member Since March 16, 2022

Michaël is a software architect with 14 years of experience on more than 20 projects in major accounts. As a technical architect, he led multiple key projects with numerous teams in cloud and DevSecOps environments. He enjoys advocating for best practices and presenting and popularizing technical architectures to business stakeholders and architecture committees. Michaël is enthusiastic about new technologies with hands-on capabilities.

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Wilfried Kouma

Freelance DevOps Engineer
CanadaToptal Member Since May 4, 2022

Wilfried is an experienced analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. He is skilled in Python, .NET Core, DevOps, and Cloud Architecture. Wilfried is a fast learner, able to ramp up very quickly and grasp all relevant aspects of a project in record time, bringing efficient and creative solutions to complex problems.

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With the complexity of modern software, the deployment process can be a challenge. DevOps engineers ensure smooth and reliable delivery through automation, collaboration, and continuous feedback. This hiring guide walks you through how to find and evaluate the right DevOps engineer for your project.

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We needed a expert engineer who could start on our project immediately. Simanas exceeded our expectations with his work. Not having to interview and chase down an expert developer was an excellent time-saver and made everyone feel more comfortable with our choice to switch platforms to utilize a more robust language. Toptal made the process easy and convenient. Toptal is now the first place we look for expert-level help.

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Applied Business Technologies, LLC

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Ronin Play Pty Ltd

Working with Toptal has been a great experience. Prior to using them, I had spent quite some time interviewing other freelancers and wasn't finding what I needed. After engaging with Toptal, they matched me up with the perfect developer in a matter of days. The developer I'm working with not only delivers quality code, but he also makes suggestions on things that I hadn't thought of. It's clear to me that Amaury knows what he is doing. Highly recommended!

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Bulavard, Inc.

As a Toptal qualified front-end developer, I also run my own consulting practice. When clients come to me for help filling key roles on their team, Toptal is the only place I feel comfortable recommending. Toptal's entire candidate pool is the best of the best. Toptal is the best value for money I've found in nearly half a decade of professional online work.

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Langlotz Patent & Trademark Works, Inc.

In Higgle's early days, we needed the best-in-class developers, at affordable rates, in a timely fashion. Toptal delivered!

Lara Aldag, CEO

Higgle

Toptal makes finding a candidate extremely easy and gives you peace-of-mind that they have the skills to deliver. I would definitely recommend their services to anyone looking for highly-skilled developers.

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Mxit

Toptal’s ability to rapidly match our project with the best developers was just superb. The developers have become part of our team, and I’m amazed at the level of professional commitment each of them has demonstrated. For those looking to work remotely with the best engineers, look no further than Toptal.

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We needed some short-term work in Scala, and Toptal found us a great developer within 24 hours. This simply would not have been possible via any other platform.

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Toptal offers a no-compromise solution to businesses undergoing rapid development and scale. Every engineer we've contracted through Toptal has quickly integrated into our team and held their work to the highest standard of quality while maintaining blazing development speed.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right DevOps engineer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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