Available for opportunities

Hi, I'm Bogdan Alov

Senior DevOps Engineer

Highly motivated professional who loves learning new technologies and meeting new people. Collaborative, friendly-minded, and passionate about building robust infrastructure solutions.

bogdan@devops ~
$ cat profile.json
{
"name": "Bogdan Alov",
"role": "Senior DevOps Engineer",
"location": "Plovdiv, Bulgaria",
"experience": "7+ years"
}

Core Strengths

The qualities that define my approach to work and collaboration

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Communicative

Always keen to talk, anytime and with anyone. I prefer tackling problems through conversation and pair-programming.

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Team Player

Always thinking for the good of the team and helping it move forward. Collaboration is at the heart of everything I do.

Fast Learner

There is no technology that cannot be learned. The best teacher is real problems at work, and I thrive on new challenges.

Skills & Technologies

A comprehensive toolkit for modern DevOps practices

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Cloud Platforms

AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud
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Container & Orchestration

Docker Kubernetes Helm EKS AKS
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Infrastructure as Code

Terraform Ansible Kustomize
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CI/CD Pipelines

Jenkins Azure DevOps GitLab CI Bamboo Octopus Deploy GitHub Actions
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Monitoring & Logging

Prometheus Grafana Kibana Elasticsearch FluentBit FluentD
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Programming & Scripting

Python Bash Groovy .NET Git

Work Experience

Building infrastructure and leading teams across the globe

DevOps Tech Lead

Expert Allies

📅 04/2023 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Participating in technical discussions representing DevOps team
  • Maintaining AKS clusters using Terraform & Helm
  • Kubernetes services Infrastructure - Istio, Cert Manager, ExternalDNS

Founder & DevOps Consultant

Alov Tech Solutions Ltd

📅 07/2025 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Architecting end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure monitoring solutions for clients
  • Building scalable web applications using Python (Django, Flask) with modern deployment practices
  • Architecting cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure, leveraging services like Kubernetes, App Services, Key Vault, and Databricks
  • Managing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and implementing observability with ElasticSearch and monitoring stacks

Senior DevOps Engineer

Expert Allies

📅 09/2021 - 04/2023 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Part of DevOps team based in UK & Bulgaria
  • Maintaining AKS clusters and Kubernetes infrastructure
  • AWS services: CloudFront, Route53, Lambda

Senior DevOps Engineer

N-able (Former SolarWinds MSP)

📅 03/2021 - 09/2021 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Maintaining Kubernetes clusters with AWS EKS
  • Contributing to Jenkins shared libraries
  • Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform

DevOps Engineer

SolarWinds MSP / BULPROS

📅 02/2019 - 03/2021 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Internal platform development for 400+ developers
  • Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch
  • CI/CD multibranch Jenkins pipelines

Python Back-End Engineer

Catalytic Software

📅 04/2017 - 02/2019 📍 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Data processing pipelines with Apache Kafka and Python
  • Remote infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana
  • AWS Lambda functions deployment and maintenance

Certifications

Validated expertise in cloud technologies

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

AWS Digital Professional

Amazon Web Services

Programming Basics - March 2016

Software University (SoftUni)

Software Technologies - October 2016

Software University (SoftUni)

Databases Basics - MS SQL Server - January 2017

Software University (SoftUni)

Databases Advanced - Entity Framework - February 2017

Software University (SoftUni)

C# OOP Basics - June 2017

Software University (SoftUni)

C# Web Development Basics - September 2017

Software University (SoftUni)

JS Fundamentals - January 2018

Software University (SoftUni)

JS Advanced - February 2018

Software University (SoftUni)

Projects

Showcasing infrastructure solutions and automation projects

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Kubernetes Multi-Cloud Platform

Designed and implemented a multi-cloud Kubernetes platform spanning AWS EKS and Azure AKS, enabling seamless workload migration and disaster recovery across cloud providers.

Kubernetes Terraform AWS EKS Azure AKS Helm
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CI/CD Pipeline Automation

Built enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by 70% and enabling continuous delivery for 400+ developers.

Jenkins Azure DevOps Groovy Docker GitLab CI
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Infrastructure Monitoring Stack

Implemented comprehensive monitoring solution with Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch, providing real-time visibility into system health and performance metrics.

Prometheus Grafana Elasticsearch FluentBit PagerDuty
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Infrastructure as Code Framework

Developed reusable Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks for automated infrastructure provisioning, ensuring consistent and secure deployments across environments.

Terraform Ansible AWS Azure Vault
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NFT Champion Arena - Blockchain Gaming DApp

Decentralized blockchain game featuring NFT champions with battle, evolution, and trading mechanics. Built on Neo blockchain with dual smart contract architecture — Token contract for unique champion NFTs and Marketplace contract for auctions and peer-to-peer trading using NeoGas. https://neo-camp.webflow.io/

C# Neo Blockchain JavaScript Smart Contracts NFT Standards

Education

Foundation of knowledge and continuous learning

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Web Development with ASP.NET, C# and JS

Programming with C#, mostly focused on Web Development with ASP.NET Core

MSSQL Relational database

Entity Framework

OOP and design patterns

Best coding practices with C#

JavaScript fundamentals - JQuery, Ajax, SPA

Software University (SoftUni)

📅 2016 - 2018

Languages

Bridging cultures through effective communication

Bulgarian

Native

English

Professional

Spanish

Basic

Honors & Awards

Achievements and recognition throughout my career

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1st Place - NEO Blockchain Hackathon Berlin

Won first place at international blockchain hackathon for developing an NFT gaming DApp with innovative smart contract architecture for collectible champion battles and marketplace trading.

NEO Smart Economy 2018

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities to be part of your vision.