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Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• Managing multi-account AWS organization, overseeing the utilization of various AWS services, including:- CloudFront for content delivery optimization- SSM and Secrets Manager for secure and centralized configuration management- S3 for scalable and cost-effective object storage- Route53 for DNS- ECS for containerized applications with dynamic resource scaling based on demand- ECR for secure container image storage and distribution- ALB for load balancing traffic across multiple instances- DynamoDB and DocumentDB for NoSQL and document-oriented database management- ElastiCache (Memcache, Redis) for in-memory caching- SES for reliable and scalable email delivery- SQS and SNS for building event-driven and message-based systems- RDS (PostgreSQL and Aurora) for managed database services- CloudWatch for monitoring and alerting- EFS for network file storage- WAF for application protection- GuardDuty for threat detection and monitoring- AWS Config for tracking resource configurations and compliance- Lambda functions and API Gateway for serverless applications and API management- IAM for ensuring least privilege principles- Backup for automated data backups• Implementing IaC using Terraform, ensuring reproducibility and scalability, resulting in reduced deployment times and improved resource utilization• Configuring and maintaining Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines enabling faster and more reliable software releases with reduced deployment failures• Utilizing GitLab for source code management and leveraging GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners for efficient software delivery and deployment processes• Ensuring a secure software supply chain through vulnerability scanning and code analysis (ECR image scanning, DefectDojo, Dependency Track, etc.)• Monitoring system performance and gathering metrics using Datadog for proactive troubleshooting and optimization• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement best practices and optimize workflows

Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

IoT Ignite Cloud Infrastructure• Architected, built and executed highly scalable and high performing solutions on both private and public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)• Planned and executed the platform in accordance with the SLAs (five nines uptime for over five years)• Provided critical and valuable contributions to nationwide and international projects• Acted as a catalyst (supported and accelerated development)• Contributed to project plans and RFP responses• Implemented continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines• Installed, configured and maintained diverse systems: - cloud operating systems (OpenStack) - operating systems (Linux, Windows Server) - virtualization systems (Citrix Xen Server, VMware vSphere, KVM) - container engines and orchestration tools (Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes) - relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB) databases - message queues (ActiveMQ, Kafka) - application/web/proxy servers (jboss, tomcat, wso2 carbon, apache httpd, nginx, haproxy) - object storage systems (OpenStack Swift, MinIO) - configuration management tools (puppet, ansible) - network services (vpn, dns, dhcp, ntp) - monitoring systems (nagios, grafana, zabbix) - load balancers, firewalls, etc. - source code management/review/analysis systems (svn, git, gerrit, sonarqube) - artifact repositories (sonatype nexus, apache archiva) - load build tools (jenkins, maven) - test tools (jmeter, testlink, selenium) - issue & project tracking, collaboration (jira, confluence, owncloud, zimbra)

Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

TUBITAK/BILGEMNetwork Infrastructure Management & Information Systems Customer Service• Planned and managed the process activities• Executed the processes in accordance with the strategic plans and objectives• Planned infrastructure investments• Published activity reports

TUBITAK / BILGEM / UEKAE• Contributed to project management plans and published project activity reports• Contributed to IT infrastructure renewal projects (Budget > 1M USD)

Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

TUBITAK / BILGEM / UEKAE• Administered corporate network and computer systems (classified)• Installed, configured and maintained virtualization systems (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V)• Implemented single sign-on (SSO) and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions• Implemented secure video conferencing solutions (travel times and costs reduced by 60%) • Developed automation tools and scripts with bash and vbscript• Documented and executed information security, business continuity and disaster recovery plans

Istanbul, Turkey

ITU Computer Center - Cisco Network Academy Program• Instructed CCNA courses• Assisted CCNP courses• Hands-on Lab trainings

Istanbul, Turkey

ITU Computer Center - Network Services Planning and Support Team• Contributed to ITU computer infrastructure renewal project (Budget: 2.5M USD)• Administered ITU-NET (5 campuses, 6K nodes, 20K users)• Provided vpn and dial-up network services• Installed, configured and maintained campus-wide wireless network services• Implemented quality of service (QoS) applications• Documentation (security policies, topology and design documents, RFP)

Istanbul, Turkey

ITU Computer Center - Help Desk• Managed user accounts• Provided technical support to campus network users• Monitored availability and performance metrics of computer systems and online services• Documentation (user manuals, how-to documents)

Istanbul, Turkey

• Assisted CS101 lessons