Rafal P.

Experience

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  Contium S.A.

  Jun 2007 - Apr 2008

  Windows Administrator / Domain Administrator

  - Active Directory;- Implementing new solutions for company & customers (Microsoft solutions)- Disaster Recovery for Windows Servers - Securing and maintaining internal network - MSSQL 2000 & 2005 databases - Exchange 2007 (basics)- ISA 2006 Enterprise (basics)- VMware

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  Combidata Poland

  Apr 2008 - Aug 2008

  Microsoft Certified Trainer

  - Leading authorized courses of Microsoft products (Windows Server 2003 , 2008 , Vista ,XP) based on Microsoft Curriculum

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  Controlling Systems

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2008

  Microsoft Technology Consultant

  - Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 - ISA 2006 Enterprise as Front Firewall- Network Configuration- Hyper-V with SCVMM 2008- SQL 2005 /2008- WSUS and Forefront Client Security

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  Irdeto

  Apr 2009 - Sept 2010

  Windows Support Engineer

  - Active Directory - System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) - Powershell - Windows 7 / Windows XP - System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 - Windows XP - Windows 7 - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT)

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  Booking.com

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2014

  Senior DevOps Engineer

  - Active Directory- System Center Configuration Manager 2007 & 2012 (SCCM)- System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Including advanced management pack authoring- Powershell- LifeSize- Windows 7 / Windows XP- Enterprise solution with use of C# / WPF / WebApi- Implementation of highly available and scalable solutions to accommodate enterprise grow and demand

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  Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Senior Devops Engineer
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  Exact

  Feb 2015 - Oct 2015

  Senior Cloud Engineer

  + Active Directory+ Web & SQL Farms+ Infrastructure automation with PowerShell+ Infrastructure configuration with PowerShell and DSC+ Integration with Microsoft Azure+ DevOps design of the centralized API for management and automation execution

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  Solvinity

  Nov 2015 - Aug 2016

  DevOps Engineer

  Augmenting IT reality with edge-cutting technologies- Linux based systems- Microsoft ( Infrastructure management, DSC )- Microsoft HPC automation- Firewall & networking solutions with Cisco/Vyos/Palo Alto- Automation with Ansible / Puppet- Docker- CI / CD ( continuous integration/deployment ) with Git-based systems and orchestration of deployments- The architecture of "Scale as we fly" systems

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  Schuberg Philis

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2020

  * Managing online marketing platform for KLM airlines through internally developed automation systems* Managing AWS cloud platform for Jumbo retail stores further expanded with managing their Akamai presence* Managing customer's critical infrastructures on-premises ( based on Linux environment systems ) and within the public cloud ( AWS )* Managing customer's applications including deployment, management, troubleshooting* Automation of operations ( i.e. Slack bots / custom APIs / CLIs / daily operations )* Automation of Akamai tasks using custom-written CLIs* Moving of workloads into AWS* Creating serverless solutions/integrations/apps ( AWS )* Managing Kubernetes* Designing infra and app landscape based on best practices and customer requirements as an ongoing practice Show less

  • Cloud Lead Engineer

    Nov 2019 - Sept 2020

  • Akamai integration expert

    Feb 2017 - Sept 2020

  • Mission Critical Engineer

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2020
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  Utilus

  Oct 2020 - Sept 2021

  Lead DevOps Engineer

  - Designing cloud architectures for customers on AWS/GCP platforms- Migrating customers workloads into kubernetes platforms ( EKS / GCP ) - Automation and optimisations of application deployments to kubernetes- CI/CD optimisations via automations - Automating resources with use of terraform ( IaaC )- Drafting short term and long term roadmaps for technological direction matching customer's goals

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  DPG Media Nederland

  Sept 2021 - Sept 2024

  Senior Devops Engineer

  * Design/Build/Implement and run multi AWS account infrastructure by leveraging terraform/opentofu * Design/Build/Implement inter-connectivity across various AWS accounts with dynamic service discovery allowing to rely on instant new service onboarding* Design/Build/Implement GitOps/Infra As Code automation for infrastructure changes with Atlantis* Design/Build/Implement terraform application module's for individual apps allowing for granular changes per stage with more focus on developers participating in making platform changes* Design/Build/Implement multi kubernetes cluster incl a dedicated management cluster to accomodate for business/app needs. * Transparent workload migrations between EKS clusters allowing for zero donwtime from client experience* Design/Build/Implement ArgoCD to automatically manage/onboard Kubernetes clusters to provide 100% reliability of delivered platform services ( cluster as a service ) * Design/Build/Implement a custom event driven & modular CICD solution on basis of Github Actions and open source software to bridge the gap between the organization needs for standards and developers needs for customisations. * Leading the CDN migration into Akamai platform for image delivery * Build/Implement Akamai property management using Terraform/opentofu* Design/Build/Implement automation workflows for managing security aspects of Akamai via CICD ( shift left towards developers ) Show less

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  Raftech™

  Sept 2021 - now

  Lead Engineer

  * Designs cloud platforms/integrations on Azure/AWS/GCP* Design AWS SaaS platforms for multi-tenant operations* Integrate tools/solutions to increase development efficiency and reduce the time to market/feature ( ArgoCD/Github Actions/Ephmemeral environments )* Setup efficient/automated and reliable platform configuration with Infrastructure as Code ( Terraform/OpenTofu )leveraging GitOps principals ( Atlantis PR-based deployments )* Apply FinOps best practices for cost-effectiveness in the cloud* Led the adoption of container solutions ( Kubernetes/EKS & ECS ) to address scalability and deployment issues.* Design and integrate automated and scalable management of Kubernetes ( EKS / AKS ) clusters with the help of automation tools ( ArgoCD )* Integrate dynamic scaling for Kubernetes by leveraging Kaprenter and Keda frameworks* Bridge the technology gap through custom training for internal teams* Established disaster recovery strategies for business continuity and minimal service disruptions.* Design and implement custom CICD event-driven modular system built upon Github Actions with "shift-left" approach, allowing to "empower the dev teams" to reduce the time to market* Platform observability setup with NewRelic / Datadog * Managed and automated cloud security and CDN platforms ( Akamai and Cloudflare ) Show less