Eugene Rache, Developer in Miami Beach, FL, United States
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Eugene Rache

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Software Developer

Location
Miami Beach, FL, United States
Toptal Member Since
June 26, 2020

Eugene is an experienced engineer with 12+ years of experience in infrastructure design, building, and automation. He is highly skilled in multi-cloud, on-prem, and DevOps/SRE for monolithic and SOA frameworks. Eugene has a strong passion for driving innovation and delivering exceptional results.

Portfolio

Suki AI
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), APIs, Node.js...
Evisort
Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab...
Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution
Amazon EKS, Azure, Azure DevOps Services, Git, Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD...

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, MySQL, Python, Kubernetes, Azure, Microservices, CI/CD Pipelines, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

The most amazing...

...thing I've done is contribute to various migration projects with varying complexities and strategies based on monolithic and microservice app architectures.

Work Experience

Staff DevOps Engineer

2023 - PRESENT
Suki AI
  • Contributed to the re-architecture of GCP infrastructure and IaC automation with Terraform.
  • Served as project lead for efforts to re-architect GCP security.
  • Contributed to team efforts to migrate from Helm to Kustomize for ArgoCD.
  • Ran deployments for production on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
  • Led a HIPAA compliance project for all company projects.
Technologies: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), APIs, Node.js, JavaScript 6

Staff DevOps Engineer

2022 - 2023
Evisort
  • Led the Kubernetes (K8) project from its roots and managed the implementation team.
  • Worked on improvements for the current stacks regarding CI/CD and monitoring enhancements.
  • Created release management and procedures. Conducted site reliability engineering (SRE) work, leading a microservice transition project.
Technologies: Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab, ELK (Elastic Stack), Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, MacOS, Elasticsearch, Autoscaling, Load Balancers, Microservices, Microservices Architecture, Architecture, Full-stack, LAMP, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Software Project Management, Security, DevSecOps, AWS DevOps, APIs, Node.js, Firebase, AWS IAM, CORS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon CloudFront CDN, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript 6, DocumentDB, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Senior DevOps Engineer

2021 - 2022
Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution
  • Helped migrate AWS and Azure infrastructure from 21st Century Fox into Disney Media.
  • Improved CI/CD with Gitlab CI and Azure DevOps for the old and new services.
  • Completed infrastructure automation with Terraform for the cloud services.
Technologies: Amazon EKS, Azure, Azure DevOps Services, Git, Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, MacOS, Elasticsearch, Autoscaling, Load Balancers, Microservices, Microservices Architecture, Architecture, Full-stack, LAMP, API Integration, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Software Project Management, Security, AWS DevOps, APIs, Node.js, Firebase, AWS IAM, CORS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon CloudFront CDN, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript 6, DocumentDB, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Senior DevOps Engineer

2020 - 2022
Anthem AI
  • Automated the platform with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
  • Facilitated single sign-on (SSO) integration and management with Keycloak for various applications like Vault, AWS, GitLab, and Datadog.
  • Built Helm charts for the deployment of Kubernetes services.
  • Automated and set up Elasticsearch IaC within AWS and implemented log shipping strategies for the applications.
Technologies: Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Helm, Keycloak, Terragrunt, Terraform, Python, Bash Script, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, MacOS, Elasticsearch, Autoscaling, Load Balancers, Bitbucket, Microservices, Microservices Architecture, Architecture, Full-stack, LAMP, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Software Project Management, Security, AWS DevOps, APIs, Node.js, AWS IAM, CORS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon CloudFront CDN, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript 6, DocumentDB, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Senior DevOps | Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

2019 - 2020
Lavu INC
  • Led microservice infrastructure migration based on OpenVz to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Kubernetes Operations (kOps) for application stack based on Go, Python, JavaScript, and PHP.
  • Deployed and coordinated releases, patches, fixes, and any updates to the company products in staging and production environments.
  • Retrofitted existing Terraform templates for the infrastructure.
  • Managed Kubernetes charts using Helm and Terraform. Created reproducible builds of the Kubernetes applications; managed Kubernetes manifest files; oversaw releases of Helm packages.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Jenkins, Bamboo, ELK (Elastic Stack), New Relic, Terraform, Debian, CentOS, GitHub, Git, Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, MacOS, Elasticsearch, Autoscaling, Load Balancers, Microservices, Microservices Architecture, Architecture, LAMP, API Integration, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Software Project Management, AWS DevOps, APIs, Node.js, AWS IAM, CORS, Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, Redis, JavaScript 6, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Senior DevOps Engineer

2016 - 2019
Devellar
  • Supported Azure cloud infrastructure. Reverse-engineered the existing infrastructure and automated it as IaC with Terraform.
  • Completed the blue-green deployment pipeline based on Terraform templates for the PHP app and components.
  • Built CI/CD environment across all projects in the company based on Jenkins pipelines and Job DSL. Accomplished automated testing using different frameworks for unit, integration, functional, and performance tests.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Zabbix, Terraform, OpenVZ, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, Ansible, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Git, Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, PHP, MacOS, Elasticsearch, Autoscaling, Load Balancers, LAMP, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Enterprise Software, AWS DevOps, APIs, AWS IAM, Redis, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Infrastructure Engineer

2010 - 2016
King Servers
  • Deployed and maintained a new data center infrastructure at the company.
  • Bootstrapped servers, switches, routers, and storage hardware for existing and new clients.
  • Designed and built stacks for various client applications based on app architecture and bare metal machines.
  • Automated infrastructure scalability with Ansible and Jenkins for various infrastructure templates based on Nix distribution.
  • Worked on ticket support for dozens of clients with on-call rotations every two weeks.
  • Performed Linux or Unix server administration, including network debugging and diagnostics.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Xen, Apache, NGINX, BIND, Gentoo, FreeBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, GitLab, GitHub, Git, Grafana, DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Linux, Unix, VMware, MacOS, Elasticsearch, Autoscaling, Load Balancers, LAMP, IoT Protocols, Redis, Quality of Service (QoS)

Lavu POS

https://cp.poslavu.com/
As the lead infrastructure specialist for a microservice-based application, I spearheaded a successful lift and shift migration project for approximately 30 microservices from Rackspace's OpenVZ to AWS, utilizing Amazon EKS or Kubernetes. The entire process was automated with Terraform, allowing for efficient and streamlined infrastructure management.

In addition to the infrastructure migration, I designed and built CI/CD automation for the application using Bamboo, ensuring seamless and reliable deployment processes. This approach allowed the team to achieve faster and more frequent releases while maintaining high levels of quality control.

Overall, my expertise in infrastructure migration and CI/CD automation enabled the microservice-based application to perform at optimal levels, delivering high-quality services to users with minimal downtime or disruptions.

DevOps Engineer for an AI Project

As a senior DevOps engineer, I designed and implemented a highly scalable and resilient microservice-based application infrastructure on AWS, using EKS clusters as the foundation. Terraform was utilized for automated infrastructure provisioning and GitLab for seamless CI/CD pipeline management. My work also included ensuring the infrastructure was optimized for performance, security, and cost-efficiency, allowing for seamless scaling and continuous delivery of high-quality software products.

Infrastructure Migration

https://dmedmedia.disney.com/
I successfully migrated AWS and Azure infrastructure from 21CF into Disney Media and gained extensive experience managing applications across various platforms, including Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure. I supported new and existing AKS and EKS clusters, collaborating closely with development teams to ensure production-ready, resilient clusters.

My expertise in deploying Kubernetes applications using Helm charts and Kustomize and creating config maps, ingress, and services has ensured the observability of both applications and infrastructure, guaranteeing reliability and resilience.

I automated the platform with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management using Terraform, as well as implemented pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, and Jenkins. Administering Kubernetes clusters in both Azure and AWS, I have managed container orchestration, pipelines, and databases to deliver actionable implementations based on development requirements.

By providing operations management and development team support, I have delivered numerous successful products and engineering projects to production, monitoring observability to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.

Languages

Bash Script, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, JavaScript 6

Tools

Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Bamboo, Amazon EKS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS IAM, Puppet, Git, NGINX, Apache, ELK (Elastic Stack), Grafana, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Bitbucket, Shell, VMware, GitHub, GitLab, Zabbix, Turbo Pascal, Keycloak, Helm, Azure DevOps Services, GitLab CI/CD, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Paradigms

DevOps, Microservices Architecture, Automation, Microservices, Azure DevOps, DevSecOps

Platforms

Docker, CentOS, Linux, Unix, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, LAMP, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, MacOS, Debian, Ubuntu, New Relic, Azure PaaS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Xen, FreeBSD, Firebase

Storage

Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch

Other

CI/CD Pipelines, Load Balancers, Autoscaling, Architecture, API Integration, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Enterprise Software, AWS DevOps, APIs, Music, Bitbucket Pipelines, Full-stack, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software Project Management, Security, CORS, Gentoo, BIND, OpenVZ, Engineering, Electronics, Networking, Linux Server Administration, IoT Protocols, DocumentDB, Quality of Service (QoS)

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, Terragrunt

Industry Expertise

Cybersecurity

2006 - 2010

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Programming

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design - Kyiv, Ukraine

JANUARY 2021 - JANUARY 2024

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

AWS

APRIL 2018 - PRESENT

CompTIA Security+

New Horizons Computer Learning Center

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