DevOps Engineer

Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and production reliability.

DevOps professional with 6+ years across QA automation and infrastructure engineering, including AWS cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, container environments, and production monitoring for B2B SaaS platforms.

Long Branch, NJ (973) 899-8748 alena.makarevich@ohmymail.net LinkedIn
6+ Years across DevOps, QA automation, release pipelines, and cross-functional engineering.
3 Production services monitored with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards and alerts.
4 Services moved to Docker and Kubernetes for reliable, zero-downtime releases.

Core Strengths

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

Designed GitHub Actions and GitLab CI pipelines with automated build, test gate, deployment, environment promotion, and rollback support.

Containers and Kubernetes

Packaged services with Docker and rolled out Kubernetes deployments with readiness probes, health checks, availability management, and rolling update strategy.

AWS and Infrastructure as Code

Provisioned EC2, S3, IAM, and RDS with Terraform to keep infrastructure reproducible, version-controlled, and easier for teams to operate.

AWS Terraform Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions GitLab CI Prometheus Grafana QA Automation

Availability Mindset

Alena brings hands-on ownership across infrastructure, deployments, monitoring, and release quality. Her work emphasizes repeatable systems, practical communication, and reducing the manual steps that slow teams down.

Authorized to work for any U.S. employer without visa sponsorship.

Key Achievements

  • Owned the full infrastructure for a B2B SaaS platform on a 6-person engineering team.
  • Defined the entire AWS production environment in Terraform, enabling full production copies from code in under an hour.
  • Moved services to Docker and Kubernetes, removing environment-related release blockers.
  • Set up Prometheus and Grafana monitoring so latency spikes and error-rate jumps were caught before client notices.
  • Helped take QA from manual regression to automated testing integrated into CI.

Professional Experience

Custom Product Builder, Inc.

DevOps Engineer

September 2022 - February 2026

U.S.-based software company building a B2B SaaS platform for configurable product ordering, used by manufacturers and distributors to manage custom production workflows.

  • Designed CI/CD in GitHub Actions across dev, staging, and production.
  • Packaged application services in Docker so local, CI, and production builds ran consistently.
  • Set up Kubernetes rolling deployments and readiness probes to prevent broken releases from serving traffic.
  • Maintained AWS infrastructure with Terraform, including compute, database, storage, and access control.
  • Led incident follow-through with root cause investigation, team updates, and post-mortems.

Prof.io

QA Automation Engineer

September 2019 - August 2022

Marketplace with 10M+ registered users connecting professionals with clients across 200+ categories.

  • Built the automated testing foundation for the web platform and internal tools.
  • Integrated tests into deployment pipelines and owned regression coverage across release cycles.
  • Worked in Agile/Scrum with backend and frontend developers to improve release confidence.