Borislav Velkov
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps Engineer and Developer
Borislav is a highly motivated professional with 8+ years of experience designing and maintaining large environments. During his career, he has proven his problem solving and troubleshooting skills while working towards improving and automating current environments.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, CircleCI, Helm, Kubernetes
The most amazing...
...thing I have created is a microservices-based project with GraphQL API running on Kubernetes that handles a huge number of requests.
Work Experience
Senior DevOps Engineer
News UK
- Enabled CI/CD process for projects. Designed and implemented pipelines.
- Implemented release process and deployment types. Supported developers in getting onboarded in their setups.
- Constantly updated and added features in the Kubernetes cluster.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Freelance
- Created a CI/CD pipeline for a .NET project with Jenkins, MSBuild and SonarQube.
- Completed multiple Storage Spaces Direct implementations both on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019.
- Implemented Microsoft SDNv2 with Server 2016 and Server 2019.
- Contributed to MicrsoftDocs for PowerShell and solved issues with cmdlet help.
- Created an AWS CloudFormation template for ElasticBeanstalk, Windows, and Linux instances.
Senior System Engineer
HedgeServ
- Automated the monitoring setup. Collected and analyzed the monitoring data.
- Redesigned the current Artifactory setup. Added high availability and disaster recovery.
- Expanded the local team, led technical interviews, and onboarded new members.
Cloud Administrator
Hostway
- Supported and maintained a private cloud infrastructure based on System Center and Windows Azure Pack.
- Migrated Hyper-V clusters from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2 including SAN migration.
- Completed infrastructure architecture and designs for clients.
System Administrator
PPD
- Created a GUI tool in PowerShell to automate the process of terminating accounts according to company policies and create a log for audits and creating an account and mailbox for new employees.
- Provided MS Exchange support and maintenance. Handled the migration to Exchange 2010.
- Virtualized old hardware with Hyper-V and optimized data center footprint.
Experience
GitHub Profile
https://github.com/velkovbEducation
Master's Degree in Internet Engineering
University College London - London, UK
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski - Sofia, Bulgaria
Certifications
Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
AWS
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
AWS
MCSA: Windows Server 2016
Microsoft
MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
Microsoft
ITIL
ITIL
MCSA: Windows Server 2012
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs
Tools
CircleCI, Terraform, Hyper-V, Helm, Docker Compose, Artifactory, Jenkins, SonarQube, AWS CloudFormation, MSBuild, Chef, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Five9, MS Exchange
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell
Platforms
Docker, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server, Kubernetes, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Scalr, Amazon EC2, Microsoft, Windows Server 2012, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Paradigms
DevOps, Software-defined Networking (SDN), Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), ITIL
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Languages
GraphQL
Storage
Azure Active Directory, Relational Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
Other
Storage Spaces, Veeam, Home Automation, IP Networks, Software Engineering, Algorithms, System Center, System Center Operations Management (SCOM), Windows Azure Pack, IIS, Terminal Servers, ITIL V3 Foundation Certified
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