Guzi Bekk

Experience

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  GEICO

  Jun 2018 - Feb 2020

  Cloud Engineer

  In my role as a Cloud Engineer with a focus on DevOps practices, I've been responsible for designing, implementing, and managing scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on the AWS cloud platform. My experience spans across utilizing core AWS services such as Amazon EC2 for computing, S3 for storage, RDS for relational databases, Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) for scalability, and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for networking to ensure that the architectures deployed are robust and resilient against failures.• Utilized AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM, achieving a 15% improvement in operational efficiency through streamlined cloud-based operations.• Orchestrated cloud-based platform deployments with Kubernetes and Docker, reducing deployment times by 20% and enhancing scalability.• Designed and implemented highly-available cloud infrastructures using Amazon Web Services, resulting in a 10% increase in system availability.• Developed and maintained the automation of cloud-based resources using CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible, leading to a 25% reduction in manual intervention and improved resource consistency.• Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub, reducing deployment cycles by 30% and ensuring faster and more reliable software delivery.• Utilized Ansible for configuration management and automation,reducing manual errors by 20%, and scripted operational tasks with Python and Bash, boosting operational efficiency.• Collaborated with developers, architects, and operations teams to ensure cloud architecture compliance, resulting in a 15% improvement in security posture and performance optimization. Show less

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  Gartner

  Mar 2020 - now

  DevOps Engineer

  • Implemented Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery(CI/CD) pipelines through Jenkins and GitHub Actions, resultingin a 45% reduction in code deployment time and a 60% increasein release frequency.• Developed Docker images to containerize applications and usedcustom Helm Charts and Terraform to deploy them into aKubernetes cluster. To ensure efficient management of Dockerimages, leveraged the private repository manager Nexus. • Enhanced CI/CD pipelines with automated testing,incorporating SonarQube and VeraCode scan, resulting in a 15%reduction in production bugs. • Managed version-controlled infrastructure on AWS and GCP,ensuring reliability, scalability, and security. • Integrated cloud-native tools such as CloudWatch, Cloudflare,and more for comprehensive monitoring, optimization, andsecurity of cloud resources. • Automated server configurations using Ansible, ensuringefficient and error-free operations. • Integrated Terraform scripts into CI/CD pipelines, achieving a60% time savings in the automated provisioning of cloudresources.• Managed and optimized cloud resources on AWS and GCP,achieving a 25% cost reduction while improving systemavailability and scalability. • Implemented and configured Vault for secure secretmanagement. • Collaborated in the creation of Dockerfiles for consistentapplication containerization.• Led the implementation of the ELK Stack, comprisingElasticsearch, and Kibana, to establish a robust and centralizedlogging solution for enhanced system observability.• Created and maintained documentation on the Confluencepage. Show less