Andrei
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DevOps Engineer building automation
and AI-powered systems

I build and maintain reliable infrastructure, automate operational workflows, and am actively expanding into AI-powered solutions for practical business automation.

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About

Background

Six years of experience across infrastructure, DevOps, automation, Linux systems, CI/CD, and production support. That covers both cloud and on-prem environments — building and maintaining deployment pipelines, managing servers and containers, writing operational automation, and keeping things running under real conditions.

I'm currently focused on expanding toward AI-powered workflow automation. The interest is practical: using LLM APIs to handle repetitive operational tasks — classification, data extraction, structured output from unstructured inputs — and integrating those capabilities into existing tools rather than building isolated demos.

I work well with small teams and independent businesses that need infrastructure that holds up, deployments that don't require manual intervention, and a clear direction toward automating more of the operational layer.

Services

What I Do

  • Infrastructure & DevOps

    Cloud and on-prem infrastructure design, provisioning, and maintenance. Terraform-managed, reproducible environments across all stages — no snowflake servers.

  • CI/CD & Automation

    End-to-end deployment pipelines with testing, security scanning, and environment promotion. Workflows that ship code reliably, without manual steps or hero deployments.

  • AI-Powered Automation

    An active direction: using LLM APIs to automate repetitive workflow tasks — classification, data extraction, and structured output from unstructured inputs. Focused on integration into existing tools, not standalone prototypes.

  • Internal Tools

    Custom systems that eliminate repetitive manual work — data processing pipelines, operational dashboards, reporting automation, and alert handling that actually closes the loop.

  • System Reliability

    Observability stacks, alerting tuned to reduce noise, performance profiling, and runbooks. Systems that fail predictably, surface the right information, and recover fast.

Experience

Career

Senior DevOps Engineer

Cloud infrastructure management, containerized deployments, CI/CD pipeline work, and operational automation. Involved in monitoring and alerting setup, production support, and on-call responsibilities.

DevOps / Automation Engineer

CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance, infrastructure-as-code, cloud provisioning, and deployment automation across multiple teams. Part of on-call rotation and incident response.

Systems / Infrastructure Engineer

Linux systems administration and infrastructure work across on-prem and cloud environments. Operational scripting, configuration management, and deployment support — the foundation that led to DevOps work full-time.

Outside of Work

When I'm Not at a Terminal

Most of my non-work time is spent outside or doing things that require full attention.

  • Snowboarding
  • Hiking & Trekking
  • Mountain Biking
  • Boxing
  • Film Photography
  • Vinyl Records
Contact

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Open to collaborations, freelance work, and interesting projects.