Summary
Michael Benardis is a Senior DevOps Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience and more than 20 years in ICT, specializing in cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD and secure system architecture. He has architected and operated large-scale Linux-based environments using Terraform and Ansible, built GitLab pipelines, and run container platforms (Docker Swarm, Kubernetes) to deliver 99.9% uptime for production services. As the sole senior systems administrator at a hospitality tech startup he managed a fleet of 1,000+ edge devices, developing custom OpenWRT firmware tooling and remote management scripts that kept distributed hardware reliable. Comfortable both leading infrastructure projects and doing deep technical work under pressure, he brings a proven track record in monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana), databases, load balancing and security-focused consulting. Now based in Piraeus and contributing senior-level DevOps at Sitecore, he blends pragmatic operations with an appetite for embedded device challenges and resilient cloud design.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Communication Systems, MSc, Communication Systems at University of Wales, Swansea
BEng, Computer Systems Enginneering, BEng, Computer Systems Enginneering at University of Sussex
English, Greek