Summary
Alex Bass is an experienced DevOps, Platform and Observability engineer with 17 years in software delivery and over a decade focused on building and operating resilient infrastructure. As an independent contractor based in Lower Silesia, Poland, he architects AI-driven operational tooling and autonomous agents to automate log analysis, anomaly explanation and incident context enrichment. Previously he led enterprise observability at SolarEdge, managing multi-cluster Elastic deployments, introducing AIOps and cutting MTTR by 80% while standardizing DevSecOps practices globally. Alex combines cloud-native and on-prem expertise—designing hybrid networks with Tailscale/Netgate, building SaaS analytics in Azure, and forking Grafana for custom UX and provisioning. He also prototypes IoT/edge solutions on M5Stack, ESP32 and Raspberry Pi, bringing telemetry and OTA capabilities to proofs-of-concept. Known for pragmatic automation (Ansible, Jenkins/GitLab CI) and a hands-on approach, he blends systems engineering with product-minded curiosity.
17 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Online courses
M.Eng Power engineering, M.Eng Power engineering at Bratsk State University
English Physics Economics Computers Math etc, English Physics Economics Computers Math etc at Technical Licey N1
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) at Udemy
Basic Course, Basic Course at Galitz School of Photography
Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX4 Beginner and PRO Courses Music Performance General, Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX4 Beginner and PRO Courses Music Performance General at https://wearecrossfader.co.uk/
Mastering JavaScript & AJAX + Dojo, Mastering JavaScript & AJAX + Dojo at InterBit Consulting & Training, Ltd.
English, Hebrew, Polish, Russian