Aram Hakobyan - Platform Chapter Lead (Container Orchestration & Observability Teams)

Q: Where is Aram based?

Aram is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Aram speak?

Aram speaks the following languages: Armenian (Native), Russian (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Aram have?

Aram has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Aram has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 7 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years . Note that Aram may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Aram's latest experience?

Aram's most recent position is Platform Chapter Lead (Container Orchestration & Observability Teams) at zooplus .

Q: What companies has Aram worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Aram has worked for zooplus .

Q: Which industries is Aram most experienced in?

Aram is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Retail , and Telecommunication .

Q: Which business areas is Aram most experienced in?

Aram is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Product Development . Aram also has some experience in Project Management and Procurement .

Q: Which industries has Aram worked in recently?

Aram has recently worked in industries like Retail .

Q: Which business areas has Aram worked in recently?

Aram has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development .

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

May 2022 - Present

4 years 1 month

Munich, Germany

Platform Chapter Lead (Container Orchestration & Observability Teams)

zooplus

Jun 2020 - Present

6 years

Munich, Germany

Technical Product Owner - Container Orchestration Platform (K8S/Mesos)

zooplus

Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

6 months

Munich, Germany

Technical Team Lead

zooplus

Technical Team Lead - Container Orchestration Platform (Mesos/Kubernetes)

Sep 2016 - Jan 2020

3 years 5 months

Munich, Germany

Senior DevOps Engineer

zooplus

Feb 2015 - Sep 2016

1 year 8 months

Munich, Germany

Senior IT Operation Manager

Myra Security GmbH

Jan 2014 - Mar 2015

1 year 3 months

Head of IT Operations

PicsArt Inc.

Built and manage IT Operations department (team of 1st, 2nd level/tech support, office IT teams)
Structured and established all prerequisites (monitoring, reporting tools, processes, people) to effectively adopt, improve and manage teams
Introduced team KPI/performance management system
Day-to-day IT operations of production servers (150+) and services
Improved service and infrastructure continuity, HA and scalability to achieve 99.99% availability
Worked on infrastructure migration project (from server renting to cloud/colocation/on-premises)
Aligned and coordinated IT Operations activities/projects to corporate strategy
Worked with QA and backend teams to set up continuous delivery, integration and smooth release processes

Mar 2010 - Mar 2014

4 years 1 month

IT Operations Manager

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Day-to-day IT operations of internet production services with over 35 million users in more than 50 countries
Infrastructure and production design, support and maintenance with 300+ servers (data center, live production, biz, sandbox, dev env), virtualization, including various internal and external systems and services
Built and managed IT Operations teams for 2nd line support and network/infrastructure
Provided second/third level support and served as production technical performance owner
Managed Equinix data center: procurement, management and contract negotiation
Analyzed total cost of ownership and cost saving opportunities; proposed projects to increase ROI via optimizing infrastructure, performance and operations
Responsible for technical security and anti-scammer activities
Aligned and coordinated IT Operations activities/projects to corporate strategy
Coordinated service transition and ensured development based on business requirements (availability, performance, scalability)
Adopted and applied ITIL and Kanban/Scrum-Ban principles in IT Operations

Mar 2008 - Mar 2010

2 years 1 month

IT Operations Application Team Lead

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IT release manager
Be2 production senior system engineer, second/third level support
Member of IT architects team and IT performance team
Database systems leading specialist (MySQL)
Managed and applied PCI compliance to production
Planned and managed IT Operations technical projects
Managed data center procurement and assets

Feb 2007 - Apr 2007

3 months

IT System Administrator

Lycos Europe

System administration and support for web hosting
MySQL administration
Second level support

Oct 2004 - Jan 2007

2 years 4 months

Developer, DBA

eSoft LLC

PHP development and database design
Coordinated web and e-commerce projects within a team
Designed and developed web hosting services portal and small local ISP infrastructure
Created, adjusted and managed local environments and networks

Aug 2003 - Oct 2004

1 year 3 months

Hardware Developer

Communications Resource Institute

Developed radio Ethernet LAN based on the IEEE 802.3 protocol
Designed functional schema for additional information decoding using circular method

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Retail, and Telecommunication.

Information Technology

Retail

Telecommunication

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Product Development, Project Management, and Procurement.

Information Technology

Operations

Product Development

Project Management

Procurement

Summary

During the last years, I have been leading and involved in complex IT projects like design and implementation of container orchestration systems based on Mesos and Kubernetes, production datacenter migration, new highly scalable and redundant product design and deployment, application consolidation, virtualization and optimization, product performance and capacity improvement, infrastructure, and production OPEX and TCO optimizations. Designing and implementing ITIL and Kanban/ScrumBan frameworks for IT operations.

Directly reporting to CTO, working with CEO/CTO over strategic topics.

Technology: Over 15 years of technical background includes distributed, highly scalable and redundant systems design and support; Container Orchestration Systems based on Mesos and Kubernetes, Datacenter and infrastructure management and maintenance mainly based on Linux platforms; Distributed and high performing networks design based on Firewalls, Load Balancers, Routers, Core Switches, etc.

Business skills: Over 5 year of business skills in web/e-commerce and IT service. Initiative, dynamic, proactive and self-motivated. Entrepreneurial and innovation skills, Online marketing, sales and promotion, business strategy and negotiation. High sense of responsibility, problem solving, leadership, ability to work under pressure.

Languages

Armenian

Native

Russian

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2006 - Jun 2008

European Carolus Magnus University

Master of Business Administration, MBA · MBA

Oct 1997 - Jun 2001

State Engineer University of Armenia

Bachelor · IT Systems & Networks · Yerevan, Armenia

Certifications & licenses

ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 11

Experience in Information Technology 11 y

Avg length 2 y 4 m

Longest experience 5 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Platform Chapter Lead (Container Orchestration & Observability Teams), Technical Product Owner - Container Orchestration Platform (K8S/Mesos), Technical Team Lead

Main industries Information Technology, Retail, Telecommunication

Main business areas Information Technology, Operations, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Created

March 2024

Last Update

March 2025

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Where is Aram based?

Aram is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Aram speak?

Aram speaks the following languages: Armenian (Native), Russian (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Aram have?

Aram has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Aram has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years. Note that Aram may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Aram be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Aram would be well-suited for roles such as: Platform Chapter Lead (Container Orchestration & Observability Teams), Technical Product Owner - Container Orchestration Platform (K8S/Mesos), Technical Team Lead.

What is Aram's latest experience?

Aram's most recent position is Platform Chapter Lead (Container Orchestration & Observability Teams) at zooplus.

What companies has Aram worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Aram has worked for zooplus.

Which industries is Aram most experienced in?

Aram is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Retail, and Telecommunication.

Which business areas is Aram most experienced in?

Aram is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development. Aram also has some experience in Project Management and Procurement.

Which industries has Aram worked in recently?

Aram has recently worked in industries like Retail.

Which business areas has Aram worked in recently?

Aram has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.

What is Aram's education?

Aram holds a Master in MBA from European Carolus Magnus University and a Bachelor in IT Systems & Networks from State Engineer University of Armenia.

Does Aram have any certificates?

Aram has 1 certificate: ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate.

What is the availability of Aram?

Aram is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Aram?

Aram's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.