Eugene Buldakov
Senior Platform Engineer
Trull
Summary
Responsible, self-motivated, ambitious, open-minded and easy-going. Learn new technologies and ways to implement them in job. Do not like manual work and trying to automate everything as possible.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Platform Engineer
Ledger
Kyiv
06.2020 - Current
- Build infrastructure as code (Terraform).
- Build and maintain custom AMI (Packer).
- Develop CI/CD workflows (Spinnaker, GitHub Actions).
- Reduced GitHub cost up to 50% by implementing self-hosted actions runners.
- Implement secure sensitive data storage for Kubernetes clusters (Vault, ESO).
- Develop helm charts.
- Design and implement AWS cross-account Role based authentication.
- Design and deploy fain-grained access control using SSO, LDAP, SAML2 auth (Keycloak, LDAP).
- Review code to ensure it meets bets practices standards.
- Developed and migrated core products to new tech stack.
- Conduct trainings and demo to engineering teams regarding new technologies.
- Worked well in team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish
Operations Engineer
Ledger
Kyiv
09.2019 - 06.2020
- Develop operability requirements for nearly-zero downtime upgrades.
- Draft and update operations and maintenance manuals.
- Develop corporate procedures and policies.
- Provide technical assistance during operational changes.
- Deliverer services within specific customers' timeframes.
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects
- Developed and maintained standardized operating procedures for numerous functions and tasks to streamline maintenance operations.
- Designed administrative and maintenance procedures to provide optimal service uptimes and minimize service disruptions.
- Provided independent technical reviews of operational procedures and plans to eliminate functional bottlenecks.
- Developed and deployed industrial automation systems, increasing efficiency and reduce costs up to 10%
- Tuned systems to boost performance.
- Implemented best practices to protect data and assets
- Automated and implemented system backup and recovery procedures
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish
Deployment Engineer
Oberthur Technologies
Kyiv
11.2015 - 09.2019
- Participate in software field testing to verify performance of developed projects.
- Deploy, update and maintain applications.
- Discuss issues with team members to provide resolution and apply best practices.
- Collaboration on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Introduced automated diagnostics for sensor data collection and processing.
- Migrated 90% of applications to Kubernetes
- Designed customized solutions for proposals to potential customers.
- Translated customer requirements into written use cases.
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Design and deploy monitoring infrastructure.
- Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
IT Engineer
Oberthur Technologies
Kyiv
09.2013 - 11.2015
- Executed troubleshooting and server support in both in-person and remote situations.
- Provided secondary training to personnel struggling with technological tools and systems.
- Performed scheduled service work, installations, testing and repairs.
- Identified and corrected system faults to minimize operational system downtime.
- Diagnosed malfunctions in applications
- Directed support tickets to appropriate personnel for remediation.
- Wrote instruction manuals and technical guidance for preventive maintenance of services.
- Monitor and test application performance to identify potential bottlenecks.
- Develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Provided secondary training to personnel struggling with technological tools and systems.
- Provided technical support in both on-site and telephone consultations.
- Produced reports on success rates and remedial requirements.
- Performed preventive maintenance on network system, maintaining average uptime of 99%
- Performed scheduled service work, installations, testing and repairs.
- Oversaw quality assurance management and offered suggested recommendations.
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
QA Automation Engineer
PortaOne
Chenihiv
12.2010 - 08.2013
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
- Completed pre-implementation testing for new system modifications to assess potential impacts.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Monitor resolution of bugs, test fixes and help developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
- Test functional and compatibility of new features or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Document testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
- Prepare variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Advised developers on problems with databases, performance and other issues
- Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish
- Organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement
- Automated testing process to covers more than 8000 unit tests
- Trained other engineers about in-depth product knowledge
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
09.2016 - 07.2019
Master of Science - Welding Engineering
09.1999 - 07.2004
Skills
Cloud services (AWS)
Kubernetes
Terraform
Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Salt
Scripting
Network infrastructure administration
Linux System Administration
Helm
Teamwork and Collaboration
Reverse Engineering
Technical Support
Training and Development
Chief
Accomplishments
Design, develop and implement new tech stack for core products
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Play ping-pong
I'm not a professional player but like playing during the lunch
Timeline
Senior Platform Engineer - Ledger
06.2020 - Current
Operations Engineer - Ledger
09.2019 - 06.2020
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
02-2018
National Technical University of Ukraine - Bachelor of Science, Computer And Information Sciences
09.2016 - 07.2019
Deployment Engineer - Oberthur Technologies
11.2015 - 09.2019
IT Engineer - Oberthur Technologies
09.2013 - 11.2015
QA Automation Engineer - PortaOne
12.2010 - 08.2013
Chenihiv State Technological University - Master of Science, Welding Engineering
09.1999 - 07.2004