Summary
Oleksandr Ryzhov is an experienced DevOps and systems engineer with 14 years in IT and over eight years focused on Software Configuration Management, automation, Linux administration, and build/deploy pipelines. He has designed and implemented CI/CD and DevOps processes across startups and large-scale environments, supporting R&D teams and production systems using tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab, Ansible, Kubernetes, Zabbix, Grafana and ELK. His background includes end-to-end infrastructure ownership—from purchasing and configuring servers to architectural decisions and deployment automation for web applications. At Playtika and Govitall he strengthened reliability and observability for complex distributed systems involving Kafka, RabbitMQ, MySQL/Postgres and container orchestration. Currently serving as a soldier in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he brings discipline, resilience and the ability to perform under pressure alongside his technical expertise. He combines practical hands-on troubleshooting with a strategic outlook on process and tooling improvements that reduce release risk and accelerate delivery.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Automatic Control and Computer-integrated Technologies, Engineer's degree Automatic Control and Computer-integrated Technologies at Kherson National Technical University