Sergey Volkov
DevOps Engineer | Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Specialist
About Me
I’m a DevOps Engineer based in the Greater Chicago Area. I enjoy building reliable cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and improving operational visibility so teams can ship safely and move faster.
Before transitioning into DevOps, I spent many years in logistics and operations leadership, which shaped my calm, structured approach to problem-solving and working under pressure.
Outside of work, I enjoy travel, learning new technologies, and spending time with our Siberian cat Bonya.
Professional Journey
My DevOps path started in structured environments where I supported existing cloud and Kubernetes platforms and learned how real production systems are operated—monitoring, incident response, and safe change management.
Most recently, I worked as the sole DevOps engineer at a small company, owning the cloud platform end-to-end and leading the migration of a legacy Elastic Beanstalk monolith toward a Terraform-based, three-tier ECS/Fargate architecture. I built AWS account structure and SSO access, environment-based GitLab CI/CD pipelines, centralized configuration using SSM and Secrets Manager, and implemented monitoring with emergency notifications into Slack.
Skills
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
Contact
📍 Greater Chicago Area
📞 (630) 518-8792