Sokratis K.-Lead Platform Engineer / Cloud Infrastructure Consultant (AWS/GCP | Kubernetes | Terraform)
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Lead Platform / Cloud Engineer
- Designed and operated GCP infrastructure across Production/Staging/Development utilizing GKE, CloudSQL, Redis, GCS, IAM
- Built Terraform code using shared modules across multiple environments for both infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments
- Desig...
Lead Platform / Cloud Engineer
- Designed and operated AWS infrastructure supporting production, QA, and development workloads across multiple environments and teams
- Acted as primary owner for cloud infrastructure and platform reliability across multiple environments
- Led Kubernet...
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering Team Lead
- Led a cross-functional team of infrastructure and cloud engineers, defining priorities and direction
- Implemented infrastructure modernization based on Kubernetes and HashiCorp Vault
- Improved environment provisioning by utilizing Terraform, Ansible...
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
- Managed AWS infrastructure including networking (VPC, CloudFront, ALB), IAM, compute (EC2), databases (RDS), and security (WAF)
- Deployed and supported containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Docker
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using ...
Senior DevOps Engineer
- Supported Linux-based systems on bare-metal (Hetzner) and cloud infrastructure on AWS
- Automated infrastructure and application deployment using SaltStack and CI/CD pipelines
- Managed open source software (nginx, Tomcat, HAProxy, Redis, RabbitMQ)
- ...
Senior Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer
- Designed and operated a fully automated bare-metal infrastructure based on Ansible and GitHub
- Supported Linux-based servers, networking, and storage (Ceph)
- Deployed and operated a VM infrastructure using Ganeti
Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer
- Performed Linux and Windows systems administration on bare-metal and private cloud platforms (VMware, KVM)
- Implemented monitoring and alerting using Nagios, Graphite, and Grafana
- Managed configuration using Chef and Ansible
- Managed various open ...
Infrastructure Architect
- Performed Linux and Windows systems administration on bare-metal and VMware infrastructure
- Designed and implemented a disaster recovery site utilizing VMware and EMC replication
- Managed various open source software (Apache, Tomcat, JBoss)
Infrastructure Engineer
- Performed Linux, Solaris, and Windows systems administration on bare-metal and VMware infrastructure
- Managed various open source software (Apache, Tomcat, JBoss)
Software Engineer
- Developed a .NET application in C# for location detection and wireless communication
- Worked on Visual Studio 2005
- Used a PDA connected to VS 2005 to test the application
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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Media and Entertainment, Banking and Finance, Tourism, and Telecommunication.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development.
Summary
Lead Platform Engineer / Cloud Infrastructure Consultant with 10+ years of experience in Cloud and 6+ years operating production Kubernetes environments.
Expert in designing and running scalable, high-availability systems using AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM), GCP...
Skills
Cloud:
- Aws (Eks, Ec2, Iam, Vpc, S3, Cloudfront, Rds)
- Gcp (Gke, Vpc, Iam, Cloudrun)
- Azure
Containers:
- Kubernetes (Eks, Gke, Aks)
- Helm
- Docker
Infrastructure As Code:
- Terraform
- Aws Cdk
Ci/Cd:
- Argocd
- Github Actions
- Gitlab Ci
- Azure...
Languages
Education
University College London
MSc in Telecommunications · Telecommunications · United Kingdom
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
BSc in Electrical & Computer Engineering · Electrical & Computer Engineering · Greece
Certifications & licenses
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator RHEL 6
Sun Certified Java Programmer SE 5.0
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 OS
VMware Certified Professional vSphere 5
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Sokratis speaks the following languages: Greek (Native), English (Advanced).
Sokratis has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Sokratis has worked in at least 9 different roles. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 11 months. Note that Sokratis may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Sokratis would be well-suited for roles such as: Lead Platform / Cloud Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering Team Lead, Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer.
Sokratis's most recent position is Lead Platform / Cloud Engineer.
Sokratis is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Media and Entertainment. Sokratis also has some experience in Banking and Finance, Tourism, and Telecommunication.
Sokratis is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development.
Sokratis has recently worked in industries like Information Technology.
Sokratis has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Operations.
Sokratis holds a Master in Telecommunications from University College London and a Bachelor in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Sokratis has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate, and Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator RHEL 6.
Sokratis is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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