Georgi Nedyalkov

Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms

  • AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda)
    Advanced Daily use for cloud infrastructure design and management, implementing cost-effective solutions
  • CloudFront & Route53
    Advanced Content delivery and DNS management for optimal performance
  • AWS CloudFormation
    Proficient Template-based infrastructure provisioning

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform
    Advanced Core tool for infrastructure automation and deployment with modular approach
  • Terraform Modules
    Advanced Creating reusable components for consistent infrastructure
  • Infrastructure Testing
    Proficient Using tools like Terratest for infrastructure validation

Automation & Scripting

  • Bash
    Advanced Extensive use for system automation and maintenance
  • Python
    Proficient For automation scripts and AWS Lambda functions
  • Shell Scripting
    Advanced Creating robust system maintenance scripts

CI/CD

  • Core Principles
    Advanced Implementing continuous integration and deployment methodologies
  • Jenkins
    Proficient Building and maintaining automated pipelines
  • GitLab CI
    Advanced Primary tool for deployment pipelines with robust testing integration
  • Deployment Strategies
    Proficient Blue/green, canary, and rolling deployment patterns

Monitoring & Logging

  • Core Principles
    Proficient Designing monitoring systems with alerting and dashboards
  • Prometheus
    Proficient Setting up metrics collection and alerting rules
  • Grafana
    Proficient Creating intuitive dashboards for system visibility
  • ELK Stack
    Proficient Implementing centralized logging with search capabilities
  • CloudWatch
    Advanced AWS-native monitoring and alerting

Web Servers

  • Nginx
    Proficient Configuring high-performance web and reverse proxy servers
  • Apache
    Proficient Setting up and optimizing HTTP servers with modules
  • Load Balancing
    Proficient Implementing traffic distribution and high availability

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
    Proficient Administration, performance tuning, and replication
  • MySQL
    Proficient Management, backup strategies, and optimization
  • NoSQL
    Familiar Working with MongoDB and DynamoDB for specific use cases
  • Database Migration
    Proficient Implementing zero-downtime migration strategies

Operating Systems

  • Linux Administration
    Advanced Core foundation for all infrastructure work, with expertise in Ubuntu, CentOS, and Amazon Linux
  • System Performance
    Proficient Troubleshooting and optimizing system resources
  • Security Hardening
    Proficient Implementing best practices for system security

Networking

  • Core Concepts
    Proficient Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, and network troubleshooting
  • Virtual Private Cloud
    Advanced Designing secure and scalable VPC architectures
  • Firewalls & Security Groups
    Advanced Implementing the principle of least privilege

My Certificates

Below is a showcase of my formal qualifications and achievements in the field.

  1. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

    Issued by AWS Training and Certification

  2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

    Issued by AWS Training and Certification

  3. HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)

    Issued by HashiCorp

  4. Certified Jenkins Engineer

    Issued by LinuxAcademy