Artem Tokarev

DevOps Engineer | AWS Certified | Amazon Community Builder

Building secure, scalable cloud infrastructure with a focus on automation and best practices

About Me

Experienced DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of experience in designing, building, and operating secure and scalable cloud systems. Specialized in AWS infrastructure, distributed architectures, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD automation. Recognized as an AWS Community Builder (DevTools) and open-source contributor.

Professional Experience

DevOps Engineer at Zühlke Engineering Ltd

2022 – Present | London, UK

NDA Client (Apr 2023 – Present)

  • Built globally scalable serverless Kubernetes platform using Knative and EKS
  • Designed secure, reusable Terraform modules for multi-region AWS deployment
  • Integrated on-prem PB-scale data center with AWS via IAM Roles Anywhere & Private CA
  • Created observability and log analysis pipelines using CloudWatch, Prometheus
  • Developed CI/CD automation via GitLab CI, CodeBuild, and SSM-secured credentials

NDA Client (Sept 2022 – Apr 2023)

  • Reduced AWS costs by £15,000/year through architectural optimizations
  • Hardened container images using Alpine and Grype for vulnerability scanning
  • Automated full pipeline deployments with CodePipeline, CloudFormation, and Secrets Manager

DevOps Consultant (NDA Startup)

2022 | Remote

  • Designed multi-account serverless architecture using Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, and DynamoDB
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt
  • Delivered secure CI/CD via CodePipeline and CodeBuild

DevOps Engineer at NIX

2016 – 2022 | Ukraine

NDA Client (2022)

  • Built containerized infrastructure on EKS with Bottlerocket OS
  • Implemented centralized log analysis using CloudWatch Logs & Alarms

NDA client (2019–2022)

  • Engineered scalable backend for Google Meet–like video app
  • Introduced service isolation and Docker security best practices
  • Developed GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines with test, build, and deployment stages

NDA Client (2019-2019)

  • Automated AMI builds with Packer; implemented EventBridge for event-driven execution
  • Secured testing reports with S3 and access policies

NDA Client (2016–2019)

  • Built internal Kubernetes platform on EKS with Helm, full observability, and CI integration

Infrastructure Engineer at Education Video Platform

2014 – 2016 | Ukraine

  • Maintained AWS OpsWorks–based infrastructure for video streaming
  • Developed adaptive pipelines using ElasticTranscoder and S3 lifecycle policies

Core Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS Services: EKS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, Route 53, IAM, Cognito, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CloudFormation, CDK, SSM, Secrets Manager, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch, Config, Private CA, Organizations
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Knative, Bottlerocket OS
  • Networking: VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, IAM Roles Anywhere, Private CA
  • Hybrid Cloud: On-premises to cloud integration, Multi-region deployments

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

  • IaC Tools: Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Pulumi
  • Configuration Management: Ansible, Packer, Helm
  • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, EKS, Helm, Knative
  • Scripting & Automation: Bash, Python, AWS CLI, jq, yq

CI/CD & DevOps

  • CI/CD Tools: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • Artifact Management: Docker Hub, ECR, JFrog Artifactory
  • Secret Management: AWS Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store, HashiCorp Vault

Monitoring & Security

  • Monitoring: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
  • Logging: CloudWatch Logs, ELK Stack, Fluentd, Fluent Bit
  • Security: IAM, KMS, Private CA, Grype, Container Security, CIS Benchmarks
  • Compliance: AWS Config, Security Hub, Inspector, GuardDuty

Development & Databases

  • Languages: Python, Bash, JavaScript, PHP
  • Databases: DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB
  • API Development: REST, GraphQL, API Gateway, Lambda Authorizers
  • Serverless: AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge

Methodologies & Practices

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • GitOps, DevSecOps, SRE
  • Agile/Scrum methodologies
  • Disaster Recovery & High Availability
  • Cost Optimization & Resource Management

Certifications

AWS Community Builder

AWS Community Builder

2025

AWS Certified Security Specialty

AWS Certified Security Specialty

2025

AWS Certified Developer Associate

AWS Certified Developer Associate

2025

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

2024

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

2024

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

2023

AWS Cloud Practitioner

AWS Cloud Practitioner

2023

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

2024

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

2023

Get In Touch

me@tokarevartem.cloud

UK

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