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Yevhenii Kurasov

Verified Expert in Engineering

DevOps Engineer and Developer

Orlando, FL, United States

Toptal member since December 23, 2024

Expertise

Site Reliability AWS Solutions MySQL Docker Amazon S3 Kubernetes AWS IAM Symfony AWS PHP DevOps Terraform

Bio

Yevhenii is a software, platform, and site reliability engineer with expertise in DevOps and a deeper knowledge of cloud-native technologies. He specializes in running applications in Kubernetes environments and has experience in AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) providers. Yevhenii will be a great addition to any team.

Portfolio

Finsight

PHP 8, PHP 7, Sentry, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Terraform, Kubernetes, Grafana...

Inzpire.me

PHP 7, Symfony, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, GitHub Actions, New Relic...

Rentberry

PHP 7, Symfony, Kubernetes, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Docker...

Experience

Programming - 12 years
Symfony - 8 years
Kubernetes - 8 years
PostgreSQL - 6 years
Terraform - 6 years
GitHub Actions - 5 years
OpenTelemetry - 2 years
Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaler (KEDA) - 2 years

Preferred Environment

Slack, MacOS, JetBrains IDE

The most amazing...

...thing I've done involved enhancing uptime from 80% to 99.6% over a few weeks for Inzpire.me, a renowned Norwegian product for influencer marketing.

Work Experience

Senior SRE and DevOps Engineer

2021 - 2025

Finsight

Optimized CI pipelines as a DevOps specialist, reducing code by 80% and accelerating application image builds by 60%.
Implemented OpenTelemetry within the company by setting up and configuring the back end with Tempo, Honeycomb, and the OpenTelemetry agent, and integrating the SDK and auto-instrumentation, resulting in a fivefold increase in development speed.
Migrated the application to AWS, transferring over 3TB of files to AWS S3, 0.5TB of the file system, and over 100GB of databases. This transition enhanced the application's stability and scalability.
Integrated Sentry into the system, established a workflow for its use, and implemented it at every stage, resulting in a 50% reduction in errors reaching clients.

Technologies: PHP 8, PHP 7, Sentry, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Terraform, Kubernetes, Grafana, TypeScript, RabbitMQ, AWS IAM, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaler (KEDA), Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Helm, Flux CD, GitHub Actions, GitHub Runners, MongoDB Atlas, DigitalOcean, Docker, Docker Compose, Jenkins, Karpenter, Amazon EFS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Okta, Renovate, JavaScript, Next.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Symfony, Laravel, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EKS, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), SQL, Go, Bash, Git, Bash Script, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Security, CI/CD Pipelines, PHP, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Linux, AWS CloudFormation, GitOps, Turborepo

Senior DevOps Developer

2019 - 2021

Inzpire.me

Enhanced the CD process by accelerating releases eight times, facilitating quicker feature rollouts, and enabling more agile responses to market demands.
Stabilized the application, increasing its uptime from 80% to 99.6% within a few weeks.
Developed an application for interacting with various APIs and became one of the first in the world to work with Instagram Reels API.

Technologies: PHP 7, Symfony, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, GitHub Actions, New Relic, Instagram API, YouTube API, Kubernetes, Pulumi, TypeScript, Sentry, Laravel, Google Pub/Sub, AWS App Runner, GCP LB, SQL, Bash, Git, Bash Script, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Security, CI/CD Pipelines, PHP, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Linux

Senior Web Developer

2017 - 2019

Rentberry

Created a component that generates statistics based on historical housing search queries. The data was processed and analyzed to provide insights, resulting in a twofold increase in traffic from search services.
Developed a module for searching listings based on geolocation, implementing clustering of results. The module also included features for filtering and sorting the listings, enhancing user experience and relevance.
Optimized the database's processing and storage of listings by implementing a caching mechanism and a switch between geolocation providers, significantly reducing costs and improving efficiency.
Developed a local build process for the project using containers, ensuring consistent and efficient environments for development and testing.

Technologies: PHP 7, Symfony, Kubernetes, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Docker, Docker Compose, Google Maps API, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EKS, SQL, Go, Bash, Git, Bash Script, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Security, CI/CD Pipelines, PHP, Linux, Turborepo

Experience

Application for Collecting Statistics via Instagram API

Developed a Symfony application deployed on Kubernetes to collect and analyze data from Instagram posts, reels, and stories. The application interfaced with Instagram's API to gather key metrics such as reach, impressions, and engagement. It provided an internal API for seamless access to the collected data.

The tool specifically tracked changes in reach and impressions over time, providing valuable insights into post performance within specific categories. This allowed for measuring influencer effectiveness, particularly in niche categories such as tourism. By analyzing these metrics, the system helped determine whether an influencer was suitable for marketing campaigns in targeted industries, assisting brands in making data-driven decisions.

The application was designed for scalability and high availability. It runs in Kubernetes to handle large volumes of real-time data and ensure fast data retrieval for timely marketing decisions.

Education

2008 - 2012

Master's Degree in Information Technology

Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics - Kharkiv, Ukraine

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Instagram API, YouTube API, Google Maps API

Tools

Terraform, AWS IAM, Docker Compose, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon EKS, AWS CloudFormation, Sentry, Grafana, RabbitMQ, Helm, Git, Slack, MongoDB Atlas, Jenkins, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon CloudFront CDN, Istio

Languages

PHP 8, PHP 7, PHP, TypeScript, SQL, Bash, JavaScript, Go, Bash Script

Frameworks

Symfony, Next.js, Laravel, Backstage

Paradigms

DevOps

Platforms

Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, MacOS, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), New Relic, AWS Lambda, Cilium

Storage

Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EFS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Database Management, Ingres

Other

AWS Certified Solution Architect, Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaler (KEDA), OpenTelemetry, GitHub Actions, GitHub Runners, GCP LB, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Turborepo, Prometheus, Flux CD, Karpenter, Okta, Renovate, Google Pub/Sub, Cloud Computing, Security, GitOps, JetBrains IDE, Programming, IT Security, Pulumi, AWS App Runner, Argo CD, Developer Portals, Platform Engineering, Service Meshes, Cloud Security, IP Networks, Monitoring, Metrics, PromQL, Firewalls, Networking, Containerization, Containers, Orchestration, Software Development, Cloud, API Gateways

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