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Zharnikov Nikolay
DevOps Engineer
$Building reliable infrastructure & automating everything
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// Work Experience

shardmc.ru
DevOps EngineerSeptember 2022 — Present

Infrastructure & Automation

  • Designed and deployed server infrastructure based on Proxmox, provisioned VMs using Terraform with Ansible configuration management
  • Deployed K3s cluster, ensured containerization with Docker, and orchestrated high-load Java services
  • Deployed self-hosted GitLab with custom runners, implemented secure CI/CD pipeline with Dockerfile linters and Trivy scanning in Harbor
  • Automated cluster deployments using ArgoCD
  • Managed and performance-tuned MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis
  • Implemented backup system using Restic with incremental copying and data deduplication
DNS Technologies
DevOps EngineerJune 2024 — Present

Observability & Monitoring

  • Developed business process monitoring based on VictoriaMetrics/Grafana, transforming raw metrics from internal services into analytical dashboards using complex PromQL queries (RPS, quantiles, aggregates)
  • Configured Telegram alerting via Grafana and Alertmanager
  • Redesigned index structure during migration from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch
  • Developed custom Helm charts from scratch for internal microservices and adapted existing external solutions (GitLab AI Gateway, KeepHQ)
  • Implemented systematic incident handling process, including maintaining outage registry and preparing technical post-mortems

// Tech Stack

🖥️Infrastructure
ProxmoxESXiLinuxTerraformAnsiblePuppet
📦Containerization
DockerPodmanHarbor
🔄CI/CD
GitLab CIArgoCD
📊Monitoring
GrafanaVictoriaMetricsPrometheusAlertmanagerELK
☸️Kubernetes
K8sK3sHelm
🗄️DBA & Automation
MySQLPostgreSQLRedisSQLBashPython
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// Get in Touch

Feel free to reach out