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anisa ndrekaj

@anisandrekaj

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DevOps Kubernetes Engineer specializing in cloud automation, CI/CD, and scalable infrastructure.

Albania

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role where I can lead cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes operations, drive CI/CD automation, and improve scalability, security, and reliability in a collaborative team.

I am a DevOps Kubernetes Engineer with over 5 years of experience building and maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructure across AWS and Oracle Cloud. I specialize in container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation to deliver scalable, secure systems.

My recent work includes designing and refactoring Elasticsearch/OpenSearch clusters for high-throughput environments, implementing lifecycle policies, performance tuning, and automating ingestion pipelines to improve resilience and cost-efficiency.

I have managed multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, created multi-stage CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Tekton and ArgoCD, and automated provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. I emphasize monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager and the ELK stack.

I bring a practical security-first approach—implementing RBAC, Vault-based secrets management, IAM best practices, and compliance-driven audit strategies—while driving operational improvements and faster, more reliable releases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Engineer

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Ritech-Solutions

Apr 2025 - Present (6 months)

Designed and refactored Elasticsearch/OpenSearch clusters for high-throughput workloads, improving query performance and stability through shard optimization, ISM/ILM policies, and JVM tuning. Automated ingestion pipelines, snapshot/restore workflows, and monitoring to ensure high availability and cost-efficiency.

Elasticsearch OpenSearch AWS Lambda S3 Monitoring Automation)Automation

Kubernetes DevOps Engineer

Sisal Entertainment S.P.A

Dec 2021 - Apr 2025 (3 years 4 months)

Managed and scaled Kubernetes clusters on Oracle Cloud, implemented multi-stage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD), and automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, improving deployment reliability and observability. Implemented monitoring and logging with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK and Fluentd.

Kubernetes Oracle Cloud Terraform Jenkins Tekton ArgoCD Docker Helm Prometheus ELK

DevOps Engineer

Image and Communication Development

Feb 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 10 months)

Built and maintained AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Route 53) and automated deployments with Jenkins and Terraform, improving availability and deployment speed. Implemented monitoring with CloudWatch and Nagios and containerised applications with Docker.

AWS EC2 VPC RDS)S3 Terraform Jenkins Docker Cloudwatch Nagios RDS

Project Manager / DevOps Engineer

Infosoft

Jan 2017 - Feb 2019 (2 years 1 month)

Led infrastructure and cloud migration projects, introduced Terraform and Puppet for IaC and configuration management, and reduced deployment time by 30% through automation and process improvements. Coordinated cross-functional teams to deliver infrastructure projects on schedule.

Project Management Terraform Puppet Docker CI CD IAM Automation)BASH Automation

Database Administrator

Elektrosek

Jan 2012 - Dec 2017 (5 years 11 months)

Managed SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases, implementing high-availability solutions (Always On, clustering), backups, and performance tuning to support high-traffic applications. Automated maintenance and backup tasks with scripting to improve reliability.