Alexander Khvan

About Me

DevOps Engineer with 6 years of experience in deploying, managing and monitoring cloud infrastructure.

Proficient in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD with GitHub Actions, with strong focus on security, scalability, and cost optimization.

Hands-on experience with deploying diverse infrastructure models, from microservices and serverless applications to traditional 3-tier systems.

Excels in writing clear technical documentation and performs well in Agile, collaborative environments with solid communication skills.

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6+ Years Experience

50+ Tools & Platforms Explored

4 Certifications

Experience

2022 - Present

Veritiv Corporation

DevOps Engineer

Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions to deploy 8 applications on an EKS cluster, using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Docker for containerizing Python and Node.js applications
Collaborated closely with team of developers to migrate workloads from AWS VMs(EC2) to a serverless architecture with Lambda and API Gateway, optimizing performance and reducing infrastructure costs by $200,000 per year
Integrated AWS Cognito to reduce authentication-related API calls by 30%, decreasing unnecessary load on servers
Deployed AWS CloudFront and Route53 with static web hosting backed by S3 to accelerate content delivery
Provisioned RDS(MySQL, PostgreSQL) and DynamoDB with Terraform for applications running on AWS, securing database access with AWS Secrets Manager and enforcing TLS in-transit encryption with AWS Certificate Manager

2019 - 2022

Petco

DevOps Engineer

Optimized infrastructure to handle traffic surges during sale events at Petco by implementing auto-scaling strategies for workloads in EKS, including a cluster auto-scaler for nodes and horizontal pod auto-scaling
Set-up node monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana on EKS, reducing troubleshooting time and improving visibility
Configured Kubernetes security, by enforcing RBAC policies, and securing workloads with IAM roles for Service Accounts
Implemented production, staging, and development environments by following best practices, such as leveraging Terraform modules, variables, multi-stage workflows, and Helm with GitHub Actions, improving management and reusability