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Kalikys Astakhov

@kalikysastakhov

DevSecOps Engineer at Swordfish Security who delivered five secure platforms for banking and government, including air-gapped environments.

Georgia

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What I'm looking for

I’m open to full-time employee, B2B, or contract roles, either remote or with relocation to the EU, the USA, or Kazakhstan. I can start right away.

At Swordfish Security, I led five end-to-end DevSecOps platform implementations for banking and government clients, including in fully air-gapped environments. I also developed a secure, GPG-signed package delivery service for a major bank.

At Sinara Investment Bank, I automated edge-device infrastructure deployment, cutting setup time from 10 hours to 20 minutes. I also supported the migration of a core application to Kubernetes microservices and built an observability stack for them.

Earlier, at Engineering & Manufacturing Company, I implemented GitLab CI pipelines that shortened release cycles for more than 20 microservices. My CV site, kalik8s.com, runs on a home mini-PC and includes a public sandbox with a shell in an isolated VM.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

DevSecOps Engineer

Swordfish Security

Feb 2025 - Aug 2026 (1 year 6 months)

Deploying and maintaining DevSecOps platforms for enterprise clients in banking, fintech, and government sectors, including fully air-gapped environments.
• Led 5 end-to-end DevSecOps platform implementations for banking and government clients, from architecture design to final handover.
• Engineered and deployed a secure, GPG-signed package delivery service using Python and Kubernetes for a major

DevOps Engineer

Sinara Investment Bank

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025 (4 months)

• Automated the entire infrastructure deployment process for edge devices (mini-PCs), slashing setup time from 10 hours to 20 minutes using Ansible and custom scripts.
• Architected and executed the initial migration of a core monolithic application to 10 containerized microservices on Kubernetes.
• Built a complete observability stack from scratch using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, providing rea

DevOps Engineer

Engineering & Manufacturing Company

Apr 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years 6 months)

• Overhauled the CI/CD process by implementing automated testing and deployment pipelines in GitLab CI, cutting the release cycle for 20+ microservices from 2 weeks to 3 days.
• Automated manual deployment checklists with Ansible and Bash scripts, reducing hands-on deployment time from over 4 hours to under 30 minutes per release.
• Led the containerization of 20+ legacy Java microservices using D