Timur Shafeev

Senior DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer / Infrastructure Lead

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Email: shafeev@gmail.com
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Location: Berlin, Germany Availability: Hybrid/Remote

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior DevOps/SRE engineer with 20+ years leading cloud infrastructure at scale. Deep expertise in AWS and Azure, Kubernetes platform engineering, GitOps-based delivery, and CI/CD automation. Proven track record migrating legacy systems to cloud-native architectures, operating platforms serving 40M+ users across 80+ countries, cutting infrastructure costs by up to 30%, and building high-performing engineering teams.

Key Achievements: Led platform migration from a legacy custom system to Kubernetes, improving operational efficiency by 50%. Introduced GitOps practices with Argo CD, moving deployments to a declarative, Git-driven workflow. Maintained 99.9% uptime for business-critical services while reducing AWS infrastructure spend by 30%.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms & Services

AWS: EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, Lambda, CloudFormation, Auto Scaling Groups, KMS
Azure: App Services, Storage, DevOps, ARM Templates, Application Insights

Kubernetes & Containers

Kubernetes: EKS, cluster lifecycle management, deployment strategies, scaling, troubleshooting
Docker: Container optimization, multi-stage builds, registry management
Helm: Chart authoring and release management

GitOps & Continuous Delivery

Argo CD: Declarative application delivery, automated sync, drift detection and reconciliation
GitOps workflows: Git as source of truth, environment promotion, progressive rollouts

CI/CD & Automation

Pipelines: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, TeamCity
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Ansible
Configuration Management: Chef, Ansible, PowerShell DSC

Monitoring & Observability

Logging: ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Fluentd
Metrics: Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, Application Insights, Zabbix
Alerting: PagerDuty, custom alerting solutions

Programming & Scripting

Languages: Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ruby
Databases: MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP Sybase
Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 2024 - November 2025 | Senior DevOps Engineer | Hexaware Technologies

Location: Berlin, Germany (Hybrid) | Client: Zoosk.com

Project Overview: Subcontractor maintaining AWS infrastructure for Zoosk.com, a global dating platform with 40+ million members across 80+ countries.

Key Achievements:

Infrastructure Ownership: Managed AWS infrastructure (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3) for a high-traffic production environment
Kubernetes Operations: Owned cluster operations end to end, covering deployments, scaling, and incident response
GitOps Delivery: Operated GitOps-based delivery with Argo CD, managing declarative application manifests and Helm releases across environments
CI/CD: Maintained and improved GitLab CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment cycle time
Infrastructure as Code: Authored and maintained Terraform modules for reproducible infrastructure provisioning

Technical Environment: AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3), Kubernetes, Argo CD, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Helm, Linux

March 2021 - December 2023 | Senior DevOps / SRE | Spark Networks

Location: Berlin, Germany (Hybrid) | Product: Zoosk.com

Project Overview: Led DevOps and SRE for Zoosk.com, a global dating platform with 40+ million members across 80+ countries.

Key Achievements:

Migration Leadership: Led migration from a legacy custom platform to Kubernetes, improving operational efficiency by 50%
GitOps Adoption: Introduced GitOps practices with Argo CD, moving deployments to a declarative, Git-driven workflow with automated sync and drift detection
Cost Optimization: Drove AWS cost optimization initiatives, reducing infrastructure spend by 30% while maintaining performance
Observability: Established an observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) enabling proactive incident management
Reliability: Maintained on-call operations ensuring 99.9% uptime for business-critical services
Modernization: Refactored legacy infrastructure to IaC, significantly improving deployment consistency

Technical Environment: AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda), Kubernetes, Argo CD, Terraform, Helm, Cloudflare, Prometheus, Grafana

November 2017 - March 2021 | Senior DevOps Engineer | Quest Software

Team Size: 8 DevOps Engineers

Project Overview: Led DevOps for Quest’s enterprise product portfolio across AWS and Azure.

Key Achievements:

CI/CD Architecture: Architected and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) for the full product portfolio
Kubernetes Rollout: Led Kubernetes cluster rollout, reducing deployment time by 60%
Observability: Built multi-layered observability with ELK, Prometheus, New Relic, and Grafana
Automation: Automated routine operational tasks, saving 40+ engineering hours per week
Team Development: Hired, onboarded, and mentored DevOps engineers; drove team-wide best practices

Technical Environment: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, ARM Templates, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ELK, Prometheus, New Relic, PagerDuty, Python, PowerShell

December 2014 - November 2017 | Senior DevOps Engineer → Lead DevOps Engineer | EPAM Systems

Team Growth: 5 to 12 members | EU Client Project

Project Overview: Grew from Senior DevOps to Lead, driving cloud adoption and infrastructure automation for a European enterprise client.

Key Achievements:

Configuration Management: Designed and implemented Chef configuration management across the full environment
Cloud Infrastructure: Built scalable AWS infrastructure with Terraform (ASG, ELB, RDS, EC2, ECS)
High Availability: Architected MS SQL HA clusters with Always On Availability Groups and Windows Failover Clustering
System Migration: Led zero-downtime migrations of Jira, SVN, and Git services
Security Compliance: Established security compliance frameworks and server hardening procedures

Technical Environment: AWS (ASG, S3, ELB, KMS, RDS, EC2, ECS), Chef, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, GitLab CI, MS SQL, Windows Server, Oracle Linux

August 2008 - January 2015 | System Administration Department Manager | Liberty Mutual Insurance

Team Leadership: 8 Engineers (4 L3, 4 L2)

Project Overview: Built and managed enterprise IT infrastructure supporting 24/7/365 operations across hundreds of servers distributed across the Russian Federation.

Key Achievements:

Virtualization: Led virtualization initiative using VMware vSphere and MS Hyper-V, reducing hardware costs by 40%
Monitoring: Implemented enterprise-wide monitoring with Zabbix and ELK Stack
Automation: Deployed MS System Center 2012 for automated patch management, backup, and VM orchestration
Citrix Infrastructure: Established Citrix XenApp farm serving business-critical applications to 500+ users via HAProxy/F5 BigIP
DevOps Pioneer: Introduced first DevOps practices: Chef configuration management and Jenkins/TeamCity CI/CD pipelines

Technical Environment: VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, System Center 2012, Citrix XenApp, HAProxy, F5 BigIP, Zabbix, ELK Stack, Chef, Jenkins, TeamCity

February 2006 - May 2008 | System Administrator Team Lead | Renaissance Insurance

Team Size: 3 System Administrators

Managed IT infrastructure for the central office and 20 regional branches
Implemented automated maintenance procedures and monitoring solutions
Developed security policies for Windows Domain and Linux environments
Led hiring, onboarding, and skill development for the team

Technical Environment: Windows/Linux servers, Sybase, MS SQL, MySQL, PowerShell, Bash

February 2004 - February 2006 | Senior L2 Support Engineer | Lenta

Team Size: 4 Support Engineers

Supported infrastructure deployment for multiple shopping mall openings in Saint Petersburg
Administered Windows domain infrastructure including Exchange Server for 200+ users
Provided technical support and managed IT supply chain operations

Technical Environment: Windows Server 2003, MS Exchange, Active Directory

February 2001 - February 2004 | System Engineer | National Library of Russia

Team Size: 2 Engineers

Administered internal and external web services supporting library operations and public access
Managed critical database systems ensuring data integrity and availability
Implemented antivirus and antispam solutions for mail server infrastructure

Technical Environment: RedHat Linux, SunOS, Windows NT4, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BIND, Postfix, Sendmail

EDUCATION

Baltic State Technical University Faculty of Mechanics | 1997-2001

LANGUAGES

English: Professional working proficiency
German: Basic
Russian: Native speaker

KEY COMPETENCIES

Technical Leadership: 15+ years leading technical teams, mentoring engineers, and driving DevOps transformation initiatives

Platform Scalability: Proven experience operating platforms serving 40M+ users across 80+ countries with 99.9% uptime requirements

Cost Optimization: Demonstrated success reducing infrastructure costs by 30% while improving performance and reliability

Migration Expertise: Led multiple large-scale platform migrations from legacy systems to modern cloud-native architectures

Multi-cloud Proficiency: Hands-on expertise across both AWS and Azure ecosystems