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Darkhan
Syzdykov

DevOps / System Engineer — 10+ yrs

Senior infrastructure engineer specializing in Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD automation. Migrated multi-region environments, built monitoring stacks from scratch, and reduced deployment friction across enterprise-scale systems. I make infrastructure boring — in the best way possible.

Kubernetes GitOps FluxCD / ArgoCD Terraform Ansible Vault Prometheus GKE / AWS / GCP
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10+
Years of experience
5
Companies
8
Certifications
40+
Tech stack items
work history

Experience

AIT
Feb 2023 — Present
System Engineer / DevOps
  • Migrated infrastructure across multiple regions to new providers with high-performance hardware and software-defined storage
  • Implemented centralized SSH access management with full session auditing and real-time alerting
  • Managed GitOps workflows using FluxCD and ArgoCD for continuous Kubernetes deployments
  • Administered Kubernetes clusters (GKE, Kubeadm, Rancher), Helm releases, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
  • Operated Hashicorp Vault & Consul for secrets management and service mesh
  • Maintained full observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Zabbix
  • Managed object storage across MinIO, AWS S3, GCS, and OpenStack Swift
Kazakhstan Utility Systems LLP
Apr 2022 — Feb 2023
System Engineer / DevOps
  • Automated infrastructure administration with Ansible and Helm
  • Organized geo-distributed network infrastructure and implemented backup rotation
  • Built CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and code delivery
  • Deployed containerized workloads with Docker, Kubernetes, and RKE
  • Set up monitoring and logging stack: Zabbix, Grafana, Prometheus, EFK, Loki, Wazuh
Logycom JSC
Jun 2020 — Apr 2022
System Engineer
  • Sized and recommended equipment for client requirements; conducted technical demos
  • Installed and commissioned servers, blade chassis, storage systems, and SAN switches
  • Consulted clients on VMware, Nutanix HCI, and SAN solutions
  • Deployed enterprise services: Active Directory, NTP, CA, Group Policy, DNS
  • Participated in Disaster Recovery and hyper-converged solution projects
Kazakhstan Utility Systems LLP
May 2018 — Jun 2020
System Administrator
  • Administered Bitrix24 and Microsoft 365 / Exchange environments
  • Managed Fortigate firewalls, VPN, RADIUS, and network infrastructure
  • Monitored infrastructure using Zabbix, PRTG, and Spiceworks
  • Administered HPE ProLiant and Dell PowerEdge server hardware
Energosnab XXI
May 2016 — May 2018
System Administrator
  • Set up and administered Active Directory, Exchange, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, CA
  • Managed backup, DLP, 1C, PostgreSQL, and IIS services
  • Designed and installed structured cabling systems
technical stack

Skills

Orchestration & Containers
KubernetesDocker RancherKubeadm GKERKE K3SHelm Kubespray
CI/CD & GitOps
GitLab CI/CDGitHub Actions FluxCDArgoCD Jenkins
Infrastructure & Automation
AnsibleTerraform BashPython PowerShellvRealize Automation
Virtualization & Cloud
VMware vSphereNutanix KVM / OpenNebulaProxmox Hyper-VOpenStack AWSGCP
Monitoring & Logging
PrometheusGrafana AlertmanagerZabbix LokiEFK / ELK WazuhTelegraf
Security & Identity
Hashicorp VaultConsul KeycloakLDAP / SSO SonarQubeFortigate OpenVPN
Databases & Storage
PostgreSQLMySQL AirflowKafka MinIOCeph AWS S3GCS OpenStack Swift
credentials

Certifications

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VCP — Data Center Virtualization
VMware
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NCP — Multi Cloud Infrastructure
Nutanix
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HCIA / HCPA — Storage
Huawei
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DCA-ISM v5
Dell Technologies
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DCS-TA — Midrange Storage
Dell Technologies
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HQP — Edge-to-Core-to-Cloud
Huawei
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RHCSA (RH124 / 134 / 294)
Red Hat
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vSphere v7 VSICM7
VMware
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Contact

📞
Phone
+7 (708) 716-0891
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Email
syzdykovdarhan@gmail.com
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WhatsApp
+7 (708) 716-0891
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Location
Astana, Kazakhstan
Work format
On-site · Remote · Hybrid
Availability
Full-time · Part-time · Project
Relocation
Open ✓
Languages
KZ · RU (C2) · EN (B1)