Yuval Simon, Developer in Tzofit, Israel
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Yuval Simon

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Software Developer

Location
Tzofit, Israel
Toptal Member Since
March 11, 2020

Yuval is a highly motivated, curious person interested in software technologies, computer science, machine learning, and computer vision. He is an experienced programmer who combines best practices, coding paradigms, and a solid coding style to deliver outstanding DevOps projects.

JenkinsLinuxDockerGitBashMicroservicesOpenShiftPythonJavaAnsibleC++Amazon Web Services (AWS)Machine LearningKubernetesHelmJFrog Artifactory

Portfolio

Israel Defense Forces
Kubernetes, OpenShift, Artifactory, CI/CD Pipelines, Helm, Helmfile, Jenkins...
Israel Defense Forces
Java, C++, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenTracing, Grafana...
Israel Defense Forces
Artifactory, Ansible, Linux, Bash, Python, Docker, Jenkins, OpenShift, Java...

Experience

Linux - 6 yearsJenkins - 6 yearsBash - 6 yearsArtifactory - 6 yearsOpenShift - 5 yearsDocker - 5 yearsPython - 4 yearsAmazon Web Services (AWS) - 1 year

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Java, Artifactory, Docker, Ansible, Jenkins, Linux, Helm, Bash, Kubernetes

The most amazing...

...CI/CD pipelines I've built were for a vast microservices system running on top of OpenShift, created by dozens of developers.

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

2022 - 2023
Israel Defense Forces
  • Introduced new open source tools, some of which replaced in-house developed tools, enabling the full utilization of OpenShift for running CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
  • Implemented a new method and automation for deploying the application, composed of over 70 microservices, in a more controlled, efficient, and upgradable manner.
  • Developed Command Line Interfaces (CLIs) with Python and Bash, which are used by the developers and by the CI pipelines.
Technologies: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Artifactory, CI/CD Pipelines, Helm, Helmfile, Jenkins, Docker, Linux, Python, Bash

Back-end Developer

2021 - 2021
Israel Defense Forces
  • Developed an interface with a mission-critical external system.
  • Introduced metrics that enable measuring the performance of a critical system.
  • Developed a Gradle plugin that enabled automated execution of integration tests.
Technologies: Java, C++, Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenTracing, Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus, Gradle

DevOps Engineer

2018 - 2020
Israel Defense Forces
  • Built CI/CD automation for a large microservices system that is constantly growing.
  • Solved many technical problems with the development environment in a Linux system.
  • Led the migration of dozens of developers and Git repositories to a new platform, including the CI/CD pipelines, with minimal interference to the developers.
Technologies: Artifactory, Ansible, Linux, Bash, Python, Docker, Jenkins, OpenShift, Java, SonarQube

Spartan Refactoring

https://github.com/SpartanRefactoring/Main
A plugin for Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA that refactors code to the Spartan programming style. This coding style was developed by a professor from the Technion. I collaborated for a year on this project, participating in the development of the plugin for Eclipse, implementing algorithms, tests, bugs, and some UI.

Coral Species Classifier

A MATLAB computer vision project for coral classification. It used a classifier that was trained on a preliminary set of tagged photos of several coral species using advanced image processing algorithms.
2021 - 2023

Master's Degree in Management of Technology and Information

Tel Aviv University - Israel

2013 - 2017

Bachelor of Science Degree in Software Engineering

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - Israel

MARCH 2024 - MARCH 2027

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Tools

Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible, Git, Helm, SonarQube, Grafana, Kibana, Gradle, Helmfile, GitHub, MATLAB

Platforms

Linux, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenShift, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka

Languages

Python, Bash, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Paradigms

Microservices, Data Science, Management, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)

Frameworks

Bootstrap

Storage

MongoDB

Other

Machine Learning, OpenTracing, Prometheus, CI/CD Pipelines, Strategy, Computer Science, Algorithms, Reverse Engineering, Computer Vision

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