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Kirils Slepenkovs

@kirilsslepenkovs

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I’m a Platform Engineering Manager turning cloud platforms into governed self-service systems.

Latvia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead platform engineering and cloud infrastructure where FinOps, compliance, and reliability matter. I want to grow teams, modernize CI/CD and developer experience, and build self-service, audit-ready systems that reduce operational drag.

I’m a Platform Engineering Manager and Cloud Infrastructure Leader who builds cloud, DevOps, and developer platform teams for regulated, high-reliability environments. I turn infrastructure into repeatable, governed, observable, self-service systems that reduce manual work, improve auditability, and help engineering teams ship safely without unnecessary dependency on platform teams.

I lead a Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team, set the operating model with SLOs and clear ownership, and drive CI/CD modernization, observability, and FinOps governance. Highlights include reducing annual AWS spend by 50%, cutting onboarding from 3 days to under 45 minutes, improving strategic roadmap capacity from 25% to 60%, and supporting ISO27001 readiness across 2 global regions.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Platform Engineering Manager

Current

VR Group

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Led a cloud infrastructure and platform engineering team, establishing FinOps governance and rebuilding the platform operating model to improve delivery capacity and reduce reactive operational work. Drove ISO27001-aligned AWS landing zone modernization, self-service infrastructure workflows, and infrastructure as code standardization to improve auditability and onboarding speed.

Release Manager

Ness Digital Engineering

Sep 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Modernized release processes for live FinTech systems by standardizing zero-downtime deployment patterns, progressive delivery, and automated readiness and rollback mechanisms. Improved release confidence and reduced change failure rate through CI/CD workflow standardization and quality gates.

Gitlab CI Kubernetes Zero Downtime Deployments Automated Testing Gates Automated Rollback Vulnerability Scanning PCI DSS SOC2

Senior DevOps Engineer

Ness Digital Engineering

Nov 2021 - Aug 2022 (9 months)

Architected an AWS multi-account landing zone with centralized networking, IAM least-privilege guardrails, and automated ISO27001 compliance controls. Modernized CI/CD by migrating Jenkins jobs to pipeline-as-code with Groovy shared libraries and standardizing infrastructure delivery with Terraform and AWS CDK.