Karen Danielyan

Senior DevOps, Solution Architect

Phone/WhatsApp: +374 55 459594
Email: kar.danielyan@gmail.com

Systems/DevOps Engineer with over 17 years of experience in software development and systems/cloud architecture.
Proficient in the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and adept at Agile methodologies such as Scrum.
Demonstrated success managing cross-functional teams in both Systems Administration and Software Engineering projects, consistently delivering scalable, efficient, and cost-effective solutions.

Education and Certification

Terraform

Professional Cloud Architect

Associate Cloud Engineers

GitOps for Argo

CKA

CCNA

Cisco Networking Academy

CCNA Routing and Switching

Sep 2015 - May 2016

Armenian State University of Economics

Department of Regulation of Economy and International Economic Relations.
Bachelor of Economics
Sep 2008 - May 2013

Yerevan State College of Informatics

Automated Systems Administration and Programming.
Sep 2002 - May 2006

Experience

Verve Group Logo

Senior DevOps, Solution Architect

Verve Group
  • Development CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and IaC with Terraform.
  • Deployment applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and containerized applications on Kubernetes using Helm.
  • Implementation of GitOps with ArgoCD.
  • Deployment of Security scanners.
  • Deployment and support Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic Stack for monitoring.

May 2022 - Jan 2025
Oracle Logo

Senior Principal Engineer (SRE / DevOps)

Oracle
  • Design and implement solutions for Software Development Life Cycle such as Branching Strategy, Versioning Strategy and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Design and development IaC based on Terraform.
  • Applications deployment in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
  • Ansible Roles development.
  • Setup and support Local Ansible Galaxy.
  • Carried out SOC 2 audit (System and Organization Controls).

Nov 2020 - May 2022
DataArt Logo

Senior DevOps

DataArt
  • Design and develop solutions that cater to platform enhancements in the areas of infrastructure and development.
  • Design and implement solutions for Software Development Life Cycle such as CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as a code, Configuration Management, etc.
  • Solutions were based on Gitlab-CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Artifactory, Sonarqube, and Veracode for Java(Maven, Gradle, Ant), DotNet, GoLang, and Python applications.
  • Elastic Stack deployment.

Nov 2020 - present (Part-time)

Jun 2019 - Nov 2020 (Full-time)

EPAM Logo

DevOps/Systems Engineer

EPAM Systems
  • CI/CD Pipeline implementation based on Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Nexus, Ansible and Sonarqube.
  • Deployment and support Local Ansible Galaxy. Preparation of Ansible roles for deploying microservices.

Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
Webbfontaine Logo

DevOps Engineer

Webb Fontaine Holding
  • Implementing and developing solutions enabling the Development team to build, deploy, monitor, and test applications and environments.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines based on TeamCity, Docker, and Ansible.
Nov 2017 - Dec 2018

Senior Systems Engineer

  • Data Center Design and Implementation using redundancy of critical resources, consolidation of storage, flexibility, and scalability features.
  • Design and implement virtualization environments based on VMware vSphere Cluster and VCenter Server.
  • Implementation of a Disaster Recovery Datacenter for Replication and Backup.

Dec 2015 - Nov 2017
Ministry of Economy of RA

IT Team Leader

Ministry of Economy of RA
  • Champion best practices, drive process enhancements, and ensure reliable, secure, and scalable IT solutions are delivered.
  • Establish and implement server and client security strategy, and establish and maintain the network, server policies, standards, and guidelines.
  • Design and implementation of Ministry Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategy.
Dec 2012 - Dec 2015

Systems and Network Administrator

  • Configuration of corporate network devices (Cisco Routers, Switches, and Firewalls).
  • Develop and support Ministries web pages and another local web-based projects.
  • Responsible for overall Servers performance, establish disaster recovery strategy and documentation for all servers including AD, Exchange Server, VoIP Servers etc.

Aug 2009 - Dec 2012

Systems / Infrastructure Engineer

Globbing Armenia
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016 (Part-time)

Systems Administrator

Industrial Development Foundation
Apr 2013 - Mar 2015 (Part-time)

IT Support Engineer

ARAY LLC
Sep 2006 - Aug 2009

Skills

Deployment and Operations

  • Cloud Computing: Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud, Azure;
  • Containers and Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, HELM, Rancher;
  • IaC and Configuration management: Terraform, Ansible;
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Gitlab-CI, Jenkins and Azure DevOps;
  • Observability: Prometheus Stack, Grafana, Site24x7, Elastic Stack, Graylog;
  • Linux: RedHat, OracleLinux, Debian, Ubuntu etc.;
  • Microsoft Servers: Windows 2012 / 2016, Exchange 2013 / 2016;
  • Virtualization: VMware vSphere Cluster, ESXI, VCenter Server;
  • Atlassian`s products: Jira, Bitbucket and Confluence (Installation and configuration);
  • Access Management: Active Directory, Kaycloak(SSO), LDAP;
  • Backup and disaster recovery: Velero, Veeam Backup & Replication, BorgBackup;

Network

  • Working experience with Cisco Routers, Switches, and Firewalls;
  • Knowledge of Cisco IOS and MikroTik RouterOS;
  • Configuring LAN, WAN and Wireless equipment;
  • Knowledge of Dynamic routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF and RIP;
  • Design and configure VLANs.

Security

  • Knowledge of ISO Information Security Standards and Risk management;
  • Knowledge of pen-testing tools such as OpenVAS, Shodan, Acunetix, etc.;
  • Creating Security policy documents according to ISO 27002;
  • Audit environment and creating risk assessment documents;
  • Configuring Servers according to Security policy (ISO 27002).

Scripting and Programming

Languages

  • English
  • Russian
  • Armenian