Danil Kim

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About Me

Cloud Architect & Developer with 25+ years of infrastructure experience, including 10+ years designing CI/CD pipelines and managing containerized applications. Proficient in developing automation and infrastructure solutions using Python, Terraform, and Ansible to manage multi-regional production workloads. Committed to ensuring high availability, performance, and security of production systems while optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through data-driven insights. Former HPE engineer with a proven track record of bridging technical execution with business continuity, mentoring engineering teams, and establishing rigorous operational standards.

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Professional Experience

IQVIA | Toronto, ON

Senior DevOps Engineer | Dec 2020 – Present

  • Multi-Region Architecture & DR: Architected and deployed a distributed production infrastructure spanning 2 regions from East-Canada to South Africa. Achieved 99.9% uptime across mission-critical workloads.
  • Kubernetes Orchestration: Managed 8 Kubernetes clusters across EKS and GKE, supporting over 400 microservices across 3 engineering teams. Engineered GPU-optimized node groups for ML workloads.
  • GitOps & Automation: Accelerated release cycles from once a month to multiple times a day by implementing FluxCD and ArgoCD. Built CI/CD pipelines across AWS CodePipeline, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions.
  • Cost & Performance Optimization: Reduced compute costs by 35% through strategic migration from x64 to ARM and implementing Spot Instances for non-critical workloads.
  • Observability Ecosystem: Streamlined monitoring across ~100 services by integrating Fluentd, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and Grafana. Reduced mean time to detection (MTTD) by 90%.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Managed 15 Terraform modules across 8 environments, eliminating configuration drift.
  • Security & Compliance: Hardened infrastructure by implementing SSL/TLS, managing granular IAM access controls, and securing network boundaries via VPC peering and VPNs.
  • Documentation & Best Practices: Maintained architectural docs, runbooks, and Confluence wikis. Established operational standards and onboarded new team members.

APIQU Inc. | Toronto, ON

DevOps Engineer | Jan 2020 – Dec 2021

  • Cloud Modernization: Redesigned on-premise architecture for migration to the cloud, implementing rigorous network security protocols.
  • Pipeline Engineering: Automated manual release processes into standardized CI/CD pipelines, significantly reducing deployment errors.

Cattle-Scan | Toronto, ON

Systems Architect & DevOps Engineer | Jan 2020 – Mar 2021

  • Cloud Migration: Led the end-to-end migration from legacy on-prem servers to AWS Cloud, ensuring zero data loss.
  • Build Automation: Architected a secure build and deployment process, introducing modern DevOps practices to the development lifecycle.

DevOps Toronto LTD | Toronto, ON

DevOps Engineer | Jan 2020 – Dec 2020

  • Containerization: Containerized legacy applications using Docker and Kubernetes, improving portability and scalability.
  • IaC Implementation: Introduced Terraform and CloudFormation to codify infrastructure, enabling rapid environment provisioning.

Seven Hills of Kazakhstan LLP | Astana, Kazakhstan

DevOps Engineer | 2017 – 2018

  • Hybrid Administration: Administered mixed Windows/Linux environments, ensuring high uptime for business-critical services.
  • AWS Management: Managed core AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, Route 53) and implemented auto-scaling strategies to handle fluctuating traffic loads.
  • Configuration Management: Utilized Ansible and SaltStack to automate server patching and configuration, reducing manual operational overhead.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Astana, Kazakhstan

Technical Solutions Representative | May 2011 – Nov 2016

  • Enterprise Account Management: Managed technical relationships for 70+ enterprise customers across 7 countries.
  • Revenue Growth: Boosted annual sales from $1.5M to $13M by aligning technical solutions with business continuity requirements.

Mission Critical Infrastructure Engineer | May 2008 – May 2011

  • High-Availability Infrastructure: Specialized in high-availability infrastructure for enterprise clients, leading the provisioning and upgrading of SAN storage and HP-UX/Linux servers.
  • Monitoring Automation: Developed custom monitoring scripts in Bash to ensure strict SLA compliance.

What My Colleagues Say

Steve Rekun Sr. Director Of DevOps and CyberSecurity
July 2020

Steve managed Danil directly

Danil started working with me as a DevOps Engineer to grow DevOps Toronto LTD presence in the Canadian and European market. The role included creating CI/CD process, moving companies to Amazon and collaboration with technical teams. Danil also diligently ensures that his KPIs are updated and tracked, which helped me understand what went well and what did not. His energy to make things happen was contagious and it helped us achieve great goals. One of the best DevOps Engineers we had for sure.
Volodymyr Skubiy Service Territory Lead (PMP, ITIL, Cybersecurity)
December 2019

Volodymyr managed Danil directly

Danil is very dynamic sales person with huge baggage technical and sales skills. While we work together in HP, he produced targeted order and revenue including YoY growth in assigned accounts. He executed company's sales strategy knowing customers' business environmental and industry trends. The great his natural ability of adopting and understanding end-customers targets helped him to build and maintain perfect relationship with accounts and end-customer executives. It was pleasure to work with him.
Maxim Shestakov Major Account Manager @ Fortinet
December 2019

Maxim worked with Danil on the same team

I know Danil as an IT professional that passioned about new technologies, a real team player, and attentive to details person. No doubts, you will be a real asset to a company! The best of luck!

Education

Advanced Diploma in Computer Networking and Support, Seneca College, Toronto, ON, 2020

Bachelor of Information Systems (Programming Minor), Karaganda Economic University, 2008

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