Avi Z. Platform Architect

Experience

Platform Architect, Edgeworx Global

January 2023 - Present
Responsibilities:

• Short term contract to migrate old failing Kubernetes infrastructure onto new GKE based projects.
• Designed and documented a new cloud architecture and built self-service platforms for developers to use.
• Implemented Web firewalls, log/metric aggregation, and OpenTelemetry for all applications.
• Facilitated the migration off their old infrastructure to the new infrastructure.
• Designed and developed a proof-of-concept reimplementation of their edge network using:
  – Wireguard for mesh peering
  – NAT64 for IPv6 translation from the internet to IPv4 addresses in the mesh
  – WebRTC for inbound peering to the network.

Lead Architect and Full-Stack Developer, Opolis Global

September 2021 - September 2022
Responsibilities:

• Migrated legacy Python Django applications running on Heroku to Amazon EKS.
• Developed and supported CI/CD systems running on Github Actions and ArgoCD.
• Architected and developed services during the transition from a monolithic Django application with server-side rendering to backend GraphQL APIs in Go and Python with frontends developed in React and occasionally Next.JS. Web3 applications were built entirely in React.
• Developed new calculators using protocol buffers and gRPC to handle payroll calculations.
• Developed an internal Kubernetes Operator to provide additional functionality on top of self-service databases (Stackgres) and secrets (Hashicorp Vault) for developers.

DevOps Enginner and Full-Stack Developer, Pelotech Global

May 2021 - September 2021
Responsibilities:

• Consulting with and assisting organizations on their Kubernetes deliver pipelines.
• Software development such as the jsonnet-controller referred to above.
• Prototyping of software and new technologies to enhance development experiences.

DevSecOps Engineer, Tufin Tel Aviv, Israel

September 2020 - February 2021
Responsibilities:

• Worked on Tufin’s self-hosted Security Management Solution built on top of Kubernetes.
• Worked on Tufin application architecture as well as CLI development for end-users and develop- ment teams.
• Provided guidance on adopting new features in Kubernetes and improving the use of existing ones.

Senior DevOps Engineer,  Globaldots Tel Aviv, Israel

January 2020 - September 2020
Responsibilities:

• Providing DevOps as a Service to several companies around central Israel.
• Working primarily with Kubernetes/ECS stacks hosted in AWS - terraform for infrastructure, and ELK and Prometheus/Grafana for logging, metrics, and observability.
• Providing custom-tailored solutions, typically developed in python, for clients who prefer.
• Helping a few clients with on-premises architectures. Moved to Israel

Senior DevOps Enginner, Centrica Business Solutions Seattle, WA

July 2018 – December 2019
Responsibilities:

• Designed and maintained CI/CD Pipeline for multiple application stacks in AWS, mainly using Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, ECS, and Kubernetes. Also, developed custom internal monitoring tools to meet application-specific needs.
• Worked as the North American DevOps team for the organization, collaborating on shared solu- tions with DevOps teams in Belgium, England, and Israel, using a wide range of technologies and methodologies. Heavy usage of Kafka for message brokering, and Grafana for observability.

DevOps Enginner III, Cambia Health Solutions Portland, OR

October 2016 - June 2018
Responsibilities:

• Maintained CI/CD Pipelines for over 30 development teams covering a large variety of technolo- gies and skill-sets
• Developed internal automated solutions and shared services to enable teams to exercise Agile development practices.
• Stayed on top of an ever-changing AWS environment that spanned 13 separate accounts by Organizational and/or Environmental units.

Senior Systems Enginner, Zoomcare Portland, OR

2015-2016
Responsibilities:

• Maintained an internal VMWare environment of over 300 instances across two VMWare clusters
• Oversaw beginnings of an AWS migration
• Supported developers in the creation of software driven health-care solutions

Systems Administrator, Parthenon Software Group – Portland, OR

2014-2015
Responsibilities:

• Maintained all internal technological solutions for a development team of roughly 60 people.
• Ran customer applications in Linode as well as maintained an in-house KVM cluster for development purposes.

Education

Indiana University of Bloomington
B.A. Psychology;
B.A. Religious Studies
Minors: Hebrew, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Jewish Studies
2006-2011

Certificates

Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHEL 7)