Ivaylo Valkov
DevOps, GNU Linux System Administrator, Founder
Varna, Varna, Bulgaria
Summary
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Top SchoolIvaylo Valkov is a seasoned GNU/Linux system administrator and DevOps engineer with over 17 years of command-line experience and seven years of professional DevOps/ops roles, currently running his own company, Librerama, from Varna, Bulgaria. He combines deep technical knowledge of open source systems with a founder's pragmatic mindset, having co-founded and managed teams at Escape House and led operational roles across cloud and security-focused firms. Ivaylo is uncompromising on security and prefers robust, auditable solutions over convenience-driven shortcuts, a principle that shapes his infrastructure and automation work. His background spans hands-on system administration, cloud services, project management and backend development, giving him a rare full-stack operations perspective. Colleagues value his steady, test-driven approach to IT problems and his long-term commitment to free and open source software.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering Computer Systems and Technologies (Computer Systems and Networks), Master of Engineering Computer Systems and Technologies (Computer Systems and Networks) at Technical University of Varna
English, Bulgarian
Github Skills (15)
cryptocurrency10
crypto10
mining10
smart-contracts10
bitcoin10
erlang10
ethereum10
scalable10
cryptography10
scaling10
blockchain10
docker-image8
devops7
docker5
installer3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aeternity/docker-builder
Feb 2019 - Oct 2022
Aeternity docker image used to run CI builds
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 7 months
docker-imageaeternitydevopsbuildsdocker
aeternity/machine-image
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 11 months
devops
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