Armen Khachikyan
@armenkhachikyan
DevOps / CloudOps engineer driving secure, cost-optimal multi-cloud infrastructure and CI/CD automation.
ArmeniaWhat I'm looking for
I am a DevOps and CloudOps engineer with over 5 years of experience delivering reliable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
I have implemented multi-environment IaC using Terraform, built CI/CD and GitOps workflows with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD, and Argo Workflows, and applied DevSecOps practices to reduce release time by 30% and lower security risk by 40%.
My hands-on achievements include improving observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, optimizing costs (including a 40% reduction in OpenSearch costs and multi-cloud cost optimizations), and ensuring high availability with autoscalers like Karpenter and KEDA.
I collaborate closely with engineering teams to design resilient architectures, run postmortems to resolve incidents, and continuously improve operational processes to support AI-driven, microservices, and monolithic applications.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Implemented Tag Enforcement and cost controls in a complex AWS environment, improving cost allocation accuracy by 25% and preventing cost spikes while optimizing EKS cluster maintenance and GitOps CI/CD workflows.
CloudOps Engineer
DataArt
Sep 2021 - Present (4 years 9 months)
Provisioned and maintained GKE clusters and observability (Prometheus, Grafana), executed cross-regional DR backups improving data protection by 60%, and implemented secure hybrid networking between AWS and GCP.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
SFL LLC
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year)
Managed GCP infrastructure with Terraform and GitOps for 10+ projects, reduced cloud costs by 20%, and engineered CI/CD pipelines via CircleCI and GitHub Actions to speed deployments by 45%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
National Polytechnic University of Armenia
Bachelor of Science, Electric Power Engineering
2014 - 2018
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Electric Power Engineering with coursework focused on electrical systems and power engineering principles.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
ArmeniaAuthorized to work in
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Skills
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