Shakhzod Tolypbayev

About Shakhzod Tolypbayev

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and experienced DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of…

Experience

1. Devops Engineer

   Accenture

   Sep 2018 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Automated provisioning of Kubernetes clusters on Google GKE and AWS EKS using Terraform, reducing environment setup time by 40%. Developed reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure deployment across environments. Implemented real-time observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager, increasing system uptime and incident visibility. Established centralized log management using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for improved diagnostics and faster root cause analysis. Built and maintained Helm charts for Kubernetes application deployment, improving release consistency and maintainability. Designed and secured Kubernetes environments with RBAC, Network Policies, PodSecurityPolicies, Cert-Manager, and HashiCorp Vault. Containerized applications using Docker, created optimized Dockerfiles, and orchestrated rollouts using Ansible and Bash automation. Strengthened CI/CD pipelines by integrating security tools including SonarQube, Veracode, Trivy, Sysdig, and Docker Content Trust. Led adoption of GitOps practices using ArgoCD, improving deployment efficiency by 30% and reducing release errors by 25%. Managed end-to-end CI/CD workflows with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI, enabling faster and more reliable delivery cycles. Integrated Ingress Controller, custom DNS, and service mesh components for seamless application connectivity and zero-downtime deployments. Conducted deep troubleshooting and root cause analysis, creating detailed incident runbooks and improving resolution time by 35%. Participated in 24/7 on-call rotations, ensuring system availability with 99.9% uptime SLA compliance. Delivered an internal Python scripting workshop for developers, promoting automation best practices and skill growth within the team. Developed infrastructure-as-code pipelines with Jenkins and Terraform, reducing drift and ensuring infrastructure consistency across stages.