Dafna Assaf

Leading and executing the company's end-to-end DevOps strategy as a one-woman show. Achieved a 53% reduction in cloud costs and designed a secure, self-service system for temporary production database access.

Built a serverless SPA system on AWS hosting the product documentation portal and a system to deliver data from edge IoT devices to the cloud for analytics. Designed and implemented cloud applications on AWS and GCP with CI/CD pipelines.

Managed all company AWS resources across multiple accounts and led a DevOps team member. Developed systems using Python and Bash, including a docker task runner and a video indexing solution, while focusing on security, compliance, and cost optimization.

Ensured 24/7 availability of the full video and content distribution chain (VOD and Live). Automated processes using Python and provided Tier 1/2 support.

Managed cloud services availability, integrity, and security using VMware ESXi, vCloud, and Parallels. Managed SaaS services including SAP B1, Exchange, SharePoint, MS SQL, and web hosting platforms.

Managed IT for the college, including systems, classrooms, and labs, and set up as a certified test center.

Served as System Administrator across several IT organizations, managing servers, networking, and security.

Provided 1st level technical support for satellite internet and VoIP customers, locally and internationally.

Served as a Systems Engineer in the Computers and Information Corps.

Completed a Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems.

Earned the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.

Earned the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional certification.

Earned the MCSE Security+ certification.