Ionut Gavrilut

Ionut Gavrilut

Senior DevOps Engineer & Security Researcher

About me

Senior DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience, passionate about cybersecurity, automation, optimizing workflows, implementing CI/CD pipelines and ensuring systems reliability.

Always eager to explore new technologies and improve existing processes for scalability and performance. Actively involved in security research, vulnerability assessment and secure software delivery. I believe in continuous learning, knowledge sharing and fostering a DevSecOps culture.

DevOps experience

SAP Commerce Cloud (SAP Hybris)

DevOps technical skills 10+ years

Cloud

AWS: EC2, S3, EFS, RDS, CloudFront, WAF, Lambda, Backup

Edge & bot protection

Cloudflare Enterprise (Bot Management, WAF), AWS CloudFront, AWS WAF

CI/CD

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild

Containers

Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Argo CD

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alloy, ELK, CloudWatch, Nagios, PagerDuty

Operating systems

AL2, AL2023, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows

Data & messaging

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka (MSK), Solr

Scripting

Bash, Python, PowerShell

Full details
  • Administered and maintained Linux/Unix (AL2, AL2023, CentOS, Ubuntu etc.) and Windows environments, ensuring system stability, security and reliability
  • Performed operating system and software upgrades while maintaining platform integrity and minimizing service disruptions
  • Designed, deployed and managed AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, EFS, RDS and related services
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
  • Managed Git-based development workflows, including GitHub and GitLab runners
  • Configured and optimized web infrastructure, including Nginx, Apache, reverse proxies and load balancing solutions
  • Implemented and managed CDN integrations using AWS CloudFront and Cloudflare to improve performance and global content delivery
  • Developed backup and disaster recovery solutions using AWS Backup, automated snapshots, AMIs and rsnapshot
  • Built monitoring, alerting and observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, CloudWatch, ELK Stack, PagerDuty and CloudWatch Logs
  • Automated operational tasks and infrastructure management through Bash, Python, PowerShell scripting and AWS Lambda
  • Containerized applications with Docker and managed Kubernetes workloads using EKS, ECS and Argo CD
  • Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
  • Configured and maintained secure VPN solutions, including OpenVPN and WireGuard
  • Administered MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases, including performance optimization and maintenance
  • Supported Java and Node.js microservices using Maven, AWS CodeArtifact and AWS CodeBuild
  • Implemented static code analysis and quality checks using SonarQube
  • Configured and maintained integrations with Solr, Kafka (Amazon MSK), Redis and third-party platforms
  • Implemented AWS WAF protections, including anti-bot and anti-crawling mechanisms for public-facing applications
  • Optimized web performance to improve page load speed and user experience
  • Administered and maintained WordPress environments and related infrastructure

Certifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional badge

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

[ valid ] Amazon Web Services, 2026 · Verify on Credly

Certified Jenkins Engineer badge

Certified Jenkins Engineer (CJE)

[ valid ] CloudBees, 2018 · Verify on CloudBees

Previous certifications

Security research

Certifications

Certified Web Exploitation Specialist certificate CWES physical certification package

Certified Web Exploitation Specialist (CWES)

[ valid ] Hack The Box, 2025 · Verify on Credly

Scored 100/100 in a 7-day hands-on web exploitation assessment and delivered a 90-page professional penetration testing report.

Platforms

Halls of fame & acknowledgements

A selection of public acknowledgements from companies for identifying and reporting security vulnerabilities through responsible disclosure programs.

Also rewarded by Walmart, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Nestlé, Pfizer, Sony, John Deere, Henkel and others.

Bug bounty rewards

Branded rewards received from companies as part of bug bounty and responsible disclosure programs.

Ionut Gavrilut