Rufat Aliyev

Spearhead administration and evolution of a hybrid cloud/on-prem software-defined data center, improving scalability and deployment velocity through CI/CD and IaC practices.

Designed and managed AWS/Azure cloud infrastructure and automated deployments with Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, and CI/CD, reducing deployment time and manual intervention.

Built highly available cloud and hybrid infrastructures on AWS/Azure and VMware, implemented IaC with Terraform and automated operations to improve availability and recovery.

Operated and monitored Kubernetes and bare-metal clusters, automated provisioning with Ansible/Terraform, and maintained infrastructure availability across VMware and public clouds.

Developed automation and deployment improvements for production and non-production cloud environments, enhancing platform security and operational resilience.

Provided technical services and escalated support across network, virtualization, Microsoft services, and remote monitoring, improving system reliability and customer support.

Directed IT strategy, designed and maintained network and information systems, and led vendor negotiations and technology projects to align IT with business objectives.

Enabled Microsoft partners with technical and sales pre-sales support for Office 365 and Azure, accelerating pipeline and aiding hybrid cloud deployments.

Managed server farms, Active Directory, Exchange, virtualization, backups, and SQL Server administration to maintain stable enterprise operations.