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Ivan Ristov

DevOps Engineer

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

Hello. I am a DevOps engineer. a gamer. a boxer. a coffee lover.
I live in Melbourne, Australia.
I am passionate about DevOps, automation and architecture.

SKILLS

AWS

Extensive experience with troubleshooting, provisioning, updating, and deploying multi-tiered, scalable cloud resources in the AWS environment using tools such as, AWS CLI, AWS SDK (boto), Cloudformation and Troposphere.

Kubernetes + Docker

Maintenance of a production and non-production Kubernetes cluster including the hosted stateful, and stateless applications using Kops, Helm, and Kubectl.

Development

A polyglot programmer with a strong interest in Python, Bash, and Web and API Frameworks such as Angular, and Django(REST)

DevOps Practice

Practice, Process and Tool transformation to improve productivity and increase engagement of technology teams

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Ivan Ristov

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iristov95@gmail.com

Melbourne, Victoria Australia

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WORK HISTORY

2017

DevOps Engineer

Australia Post

DevOps Practice, Process and Tool transformation to improve productivity and increase engagement of technology teams.

Lead Front-End (AngularJS) and Back-End (Django Python) developer for an internal self-service web portal which provisions and manages AWS cloud resources using CloudFormation

Development of a DevOps practice strategy which focuses on co-creation and mentoring with software delivery teams, in order to drive business outcomes, and reduce reliance on a dedicated "DevOps" team model.

Extensive experience with automation of provisioning, updating, and deploying multi-tiered, scalable cloud resources, using tools such as Puppet, Ansible, AWS CLI, AWS SDK (boto), and Troposphere

BAU and other activities such as:

  • Automated metrics generation and visualisation

  • Kubernetes cluster management including deployed stateful and stateless apps. (Kops, Helm, and Kubectl)

  • Maintenance and patching of SOE AMI's (RHEL6/7), Atlassian CI/CD suite

2015

Front End Developer

Australia Post.

Full software delivery life cycle participation in an Agile software delivery team working on auspost.com.au/mypost

User-story/feature creation using a Bussiness-Driven-Development model to capture business requirements, in collaboration with product owners, quality assurance analysts, and developers.

Front End Software contributions which followed and fostered best practices. This included a focus on developing reusable modules, coding standards, style-guides, improving quality assurance, and continuously focusing on usability and accessibility.

Introduced complete cross-browser, cross-device Functional and Visual Regression testing across all auspost.com.au/mypost applications using Protractor with Jasmine, Browserstack and Applitools.

Tech used:

  • HTML and CSS/SASS/SCSS with AngularJS

  • NodeJS back-ends for API mocking & functional testing

  • Jasmine and Protractor unit and functional testing respectively

2013

Disconnection/Reconnection Technician

Allied Pickfords.

Physical relocation of IT Hardware for a variety of large businesses, incl. NBN co, Fairfax, Vodafone, DPI and others.

Supervising and training new workers, consulting with clientele and making independent decisions

EDUCATION HISTORY

2016

Bachelors Degree, Computer Science

Monash University

Graduated with a focus on Software Engineering and Systems Engineering.

Achievements:

  • Industry Based Learning Scholarship semester 1 2015 (Australia Post)

  • Research Project Level 2 - Information visualisation via Parallel Coordinate Axes

2015

ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)

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Certification given while working at Australia Post.

TESTIMONIALS

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Rick GinerHead of Delivery, Front End Specialist. RateMyAgent AU

I was fortunate to work with Ivan when he joined the team as an IBL student and afterwards when he was appointed a permanent position on the team.

During those first 6 months he rotated through several disciplines including Developer, QA and BA where he showed an understanding of full development and project lifecycles.

His natural affinity, understanding, and interest in Web Development lead to a permanent position on the team as front end developer.

He wasn't afraid to ask questions to aid in his learning, and was undaunted by large and complicated tasks. The quality of his code improved very quickly and he became not only a valued member of the team but someone other developers would turn to for advice, information and guidance.

It was a pleasure working with Ivan in a professional and personal capacity, I would not hesitate to recommend him, and would certainly hope to work with him again.

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PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, AngularJS, JQuery, PHP

Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.x, Django(REST)

Bash

DEVOPS TOOLS

Docker, Kubernetes, KOPS, Helm, Kubectl

Puppet, Ansible

Git

Atlassian Bitbucket (CI), Atlassian Bamboo (CD)