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Petar Peshev

@petarpeshev

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Principal DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and reliability-driven DevOps delivery.

Bulgaria

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a DevOps/Platform role where I can lead cloud-native strategy for Kubernetes platforms, strengthen reliability and observability, and embed security into CI/CD—building automated, scalable infrastructure that engineering teams trust.

I’m a Principal/Staff DevOps & Platform Engineer with 15+ years designing, building, and operating enterprise-scale infrastructure across SaaS, fintech, banking, e-commerce, and blockchain. My focus is helping engineering teams deliver reliable, secure, and scalable systems through strong DevOps and cloud strategy.

Most recently, as a Principal DevOps Engineer at S&P Global, I led modernization and standardization of cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines under strict reliability and security requirements. I drove Kubernetes adoption on Amazon EKS, defined infrastructure-as-code standards using Terraform, and led CI/CD evolution with GitLab while integrating SAST/DAST tooling to shift security left.

From 2020–2024 at Leanplum (CleverTap), I served as a DevOps lead, owning highly available and secure infrastructures for data-intensive, customer-facing workloads. I improved platform reliability and performance metrics, evolved Kubernetes-based infrastructure (EKS/ECS), and strengthened developer productivity through CI/CD automation and platform stability improvements.

Earlier roles strengthened my operational depth across blockchain and regulated environments, including Kubernetes-based blockchain services, GCP infrastructure-as-code, and end-to-end DevOps delivery with strict compliance. I consistently optimize for observability, cost efficiency, and automation—standardizing workflows to reduce incidents and improve release confidence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Principal DevOps Engineer

S&P Global

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)

Contributed to the modernization and standardization of enterprise cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines under strict reliability and security requirements. Played a key role in Kubernetes/EKS adoption, Terraform IaC standards, and GitLab CI/CD modernization, integrating SAST/DAST tooling and improving operational reliability.

Kubernetes Terraform Gitlab CI Docker Infrastructure as Code Security Scanning (SAST DAST)Reliability Engineering CI CD Tools

Staff DevOps Engineer

Leanplum

Feb 2020 - Dec 2024 (4 years 10 months)

Led DevOps initiatives for Leanplum (CleverTap company), designing and operating highly available, scalable, secure infrastructure for data-intensive customer engagement and analytics workloads. Owned platform reliability and performance, evolved Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS (EKS/ECS), and improved developer productivity through CI/CD automation and compliance with security/operational standar

AWS EC2 VPC RDS Elasticache EKS ECS Kubernetes Docker Jenkins Bamboo CI CD Pipelines Istio Redis

DevOps Consultant

NDA

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year)

Acted as DevOps consultant and technical lead for a private banking blockchain platform, defining and executing end-to-end DevOps, infrastructure, and delivery strategy under strict security and compliance requirements. Designed Kubernetes-based production workloads with Helm, built IaC on GCP, and implemented CI/CD and observability using ArgoCD/Workflows and Prometheus/FluentBit.

GCP Kubernetes Helm Terraform Packer ArgoCD GitHub Actions Fluent Bit

Lead DevOps Engineer

Aeternity

Jan 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 11 months)

Owned the DevOps vision, platform architecture, and operational strategy for distributed blockchain-based services across cloud and on-premise providers. Led CI/CD and GitOps-style deployments (ArgoCD/GitHub Actions), automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform/Packer, operated Kubernetes (Kubespray/Helm), and improved cost and performance by optimizing resources and tuning autoscaling/lo

Kubernetes Kubespray Helm ArgoCD GitHub Actions Terraform Packer Ansible Prometheus Grafana

Senior DevOps Engineer

Scalefocus

Oct 2012 - Jun 2016 (3 years 8 months)

Delivered enterprise-scale DevOps and cloud modernization projects as a senior engineer and team lead for international clients across retail, banking, SaaS, and hospitality. Designed cloud migrations and CI/CD pipelines, implemented zero-downtime deployment strategies, and mentored engineers while supporting project estimation and delivery planning.

DevOps Cloud Migration CI CD Pipelines Zero Downtime Deployments Mentoring Engineers Regulated Systems Support

Linux System Administrator

Dreamix/Datakite Ltd

Nov 2010 - Sep 2012 (1 year 10 months)

Administered and supported Linux/UNIX server environments, ensuring high availability and operational stability. Implemented monitoring and alerting, performed troubleshooting and performance tuning, and managed security, backups, and disaster recovery procedures.

Monitoring And Alerting System Troubleshooting Performance Tuning Security Management Backup And Recovery Disaster Recovery