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Michał Opala

Verified Expert in Engineering

DevOps Engineer and Developer

Lublin, Poland

Toptal member since June 1, 2021

Expertise

Ansible Terraform Python Kubernetes AWS Data Science Slack Development GitHub Git Golang Cloud Engineering Rust SSO Engineering Cisco

Bio

Michał is a DevOps engineer and a software developer with over a decade of hands-on experience implementing automation (Kubernetes, Ansible), working with developers to oversee the code releases, and optimizing processes. He believes his mission in the IT industry is to help DevOps teams to design their infrastructures correctly and automate everything that is possible to automate. In his everyday work, Michał focuses on delivering idiomatic, well-structured, and carefully tested IaC solutions.

Portfolio

Hitachi ABB PowerGrids

Python, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Bash...

AIQA Technologies

Terragrunt, Terraform, Docker Compose, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD...

Bluefoot AI, LLC

Terragrunt, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD...

Experience

Bash - 10 years
Docker Compose - 5 years
Kubernetes - 3 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 3 years
Terragrunt - 3 years
Terraform - 3 years
Ansible - 3 years
Python - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

NixOS, Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The most amazing...

...thing I've achieved lately was the Epiphany platform where I introduced HA Kubernetes into the platform and greatly optimized cluster creation times.

Work Experience

Expert DevOps Engineer

2020 - 2021

Hitachi ABB PowerGrids

Introduced HA Kubernetes (Kubeadm-based) into the platform.
Improved cluster creation times (up to five times faster depending on the cloud provider).
Significantly improved code quality by participating in thorough code review processes and introduced a lot of high-quality code as well.

Technologies: Python, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Bash, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Senior DevOps Engineer

2019 - 2020

AIQA Technologies

Designed and implemented CI/CD processes in GitLab CI.
Designed and deployed the production infrastructure in GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine).
Improved the local developer environments using Docker. Compose.

Technologies: Terragrunt, Terraform, Docker Compose, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Senior DevOps Engineer

2018 - 2019

Bluefoot AI, LLC

Created the entire customized Kubernetes deployment automation (as per requirement).
Designed and implemented all of the AWS infrastructure.
Built and designed the CI/CD processes in GitLab CI.

Technologies: Terragrunt, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, Apache Maven, PostgreSQL, Bash

Senior DevOps Engineer

2016 - 2017

Sabre

Designed and implemented Ansible automation for test and production environments.
Participated in the on-call schedule and production troubleshooting.
Worked o go-live rollouts for a couple of new customers (airlines).

Technologies: Python, Ansible, Red Hat Linux, Citrix, Single Sign-on (SSO), Bash

Senior DevOps Engineer

2015 - 2016

Ocado Technology

Contributed to the development of a platform used for the automated testing of production software.
Closely worked with application development teams in troubleshooting various infrastructure and application problems.
Participated in the design and implementation of the infrastructure in general.

Technologies: CoreOS, OpenStack, Python, Go, Scala, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bash

Integration Engineer

2013 - 2014

GTECH Corporation (Later Renamed to IGT)

Contributed to the software acceptance testing process.
Helped to prepare the test and production environments.
Participated in an upgrade rollout for ten Italian video lotteries.

Technologies: Red Hat Linux, Bash, IBM Db2, Perforce

Network Engineer | Network Administrator

2008 - 2011

Institute of Physics UMCS Lublin Poland

Maintained a small network segment of the Department of Theoretical Physics UMCS.
Designed, implemented, and maintained two small clusters (HP ProLiant machines) used for numerical computations.
Responsible for buying and configuring new hardware (printers, laptops, and so on) for the whole department.

Technologies: Debian, Postfix, Torque/PBS, MPI, Fortran, iOS, Cisco, Slackware, Bash

Experience

Epiphany Platform

https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany

This is an industrial Kubernetes and microservices platform that runs on on-premise, AWS, Azure and other cloud environments. Basically, it's an open-source project written mostly in Python and Ansible.

The goal of the project is to provide ready to use automation for Kubernetes and other services like databases and message brokers.

Education

2004 - 2009

Master's Degree in Physics

Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University - Lublin, Poland

Certifications

MARCH 2012 - PRESENT

Oracle Certified Professional

Oracle

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Terragrunt, MPI

Tools

Ansible, Terraform, Docker Compose, GitLab CI/CD, Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Apache Maven, Perforce, Postfix

Languages

Bash, Python, Go, Rust, Scala, Fortran

Platforms

Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Java SE 6, Red Hat Linux, Citrix, CoreOS, OpenStack, Debian, Slackware, iOS

Storage

PostgreSQL, IBM Db2

Other

NixOS, Linear Algebra, Calculus, Applied Physics, Single Sign-on (SSO), Torque/PBS, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Cisco

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