Diyan Yanev

Crafting scalable infrastructure with modern DevOps practices and cloud technologies.
Passionate about automation, reliability, and building systems that make a difference.

About Me

With over 3 years of experience in DevOps and cloud engineering, I specialize in building robust, scalable infrastructure solutions that drive business growth and operational excellence.

My Journey

Started as a system administrator and evolved into a DevOps engineer, I've been at the forefront of the infrastructure revolution. My passion lies in bridging the gap between development and operations teams.

I believe in the power of automation, continuous integration, and infrastructure as code to create reliable, scalable systems that enable teams to deliver value faster and more efficiently.

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Infrastructure

Expert in designing and managing scalable infrastructure using IaC principles

Automation

Passionate about automating workflows and eliminating manual processes

Cloud Native

Experienced with AWS, Azure cloud platforms and services

Security

Implementing security best practices and compliance standards

Technical Skills

A comprehensive toolkit for building, deploying, and maintaining modern infrastructure

Cloud Platforms

AWSAzure

CI/CD & Automation

JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIAzure DevOps

Containerization

DockerKubernetesHelmDocker Compose

Monitoring & Logging

PrometheusGrafanaELK StackDatadogZabbix

Configuration Management

Ansible

Proficiency Levels

AWS

85%

Kubernetes

90%

Terraform

92%

Docker

94%

Featured Projects

A showcase of infrastructure solutions and automation projects that demonstrate expertise in modern DevOps practices

Verius

Verius is an NFT marketplace demo product. It allows users to send networks to a pre-generated Goerli-only contract and interact with the Giphy API to generate an array of images, which are shown at the bottom.

ReactKubernetesPrometheusGrafanaJenkins

Code Demo

Invaders 2.0

Invaders 2.0 is my first attempt for a Javascript-native sidescroller 2D game. It utilizes basic HTML instead of canvas and has basic functionalities like shooting, moving targets and tracking score.

JavascriptHTMLCSS

Code Demo

Food Stop

One of my first React Projects. It utilizes Firebase as a store of order data and stores context data using the React context API instead of Redux. Persistent data in context to be added via requests to firebase at every page open.

ReactFirebaseReact Context

Code Demo

Native NFT

Basic landing page website for my NFT Expo (React Native) app. Expo app currently available for Android-only users due to Apple policies.

React Native

Code Demo

Expense Tracker

My second React project. This is simply an expense tracker with basic input fields like date/item/price. As soon as submitted, it logs and displays the filtered array at the bottom for the specific year selected. There is also a 12-month breakdown for each spending year.

ReactTailwindCSSHTML

Code Demo

Krypt

A fetching service that uses the CryptoCompare library to fetch data from different exchanges dynamically. Users can also sort the prices in ascending/descending order and can also fetch data by going to www.url.com/{cryptoPair} and www.url.com/{cryptoPair}/details

HTMLCSSReact

Code Demo

The Shoe Stop

An eccomerce website in which you can order different types of shoes from which you can sort by price/alphabetical or filter by price/color/gender. You also have a cart and a load more button functionality.

ReactReduxRedux ToolkitHTMLCSS

Code Demo

Professional Experience

A journey through roles that shaped my expertise in DevOps and cloud engineering

Devops Engineer

Haemimont AD

2024 - Present

Sofia, Bulgaria

Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub/GitLab, automating build, test, and deployment workflows. Leveraged Docker, Ansible, and cloud services (AWS EC2, Lambda, S3) to create scalable, reliable infrastructure. Automated monitoring with Zabbix, Graylog, and AWS CloudWatch, improving uptime and issue detection. Skilled in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and infrastructure-as-code to streamline releases and enhance system reliability. Created Datadog dashboards for custom monitors. Managed web services with Nginx, Apache, Certbot, and firewall automation. Interviewed candidates for DevOps position. Experienced in PostgreSQL, LDAP, and Linux networking.

Key Achievements:

•Reduced deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes with CI/CD Pipelines
•Implemented DataDog monitoring to sufficiently improve SLA
•Participating in migrating from GlusterFS to CephFS storage solution
•Created IaC for our web servers reducing manual errors

Senior CSR

Nexo

2021 - 2024

Sofia, Bulgaria

Proven expertise in Nexo products, user administration, issue resolution, cross-department collaboration, shift management, and mentoring new agents and helping other agents on advanced queries.

Key Achievements:

•Suggested and helped implement a solution for recovering smart-contract tokens
•Made a procedure to recover ERC-20 tokens easily
•Organized Confluence documentation accross multiple teams

Assistant Manager

Zagora Eco LTD

2013 - 2021

Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Poultry farm - I was responsible for almost everything. Managing and helping with organizational tasks. Replacing people on sick leave. Managing microclimate, food portions, drinkable resources, etc. Gained good overall knowledge on construction, machinery, etc.

Key Achievements:

•Re-isolation of the roof and walls for better temperature control
•Installation of new cooling system
•Built second building which houses 10,000+ chicken

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator - CKA

The Linux Foundation

2025

In progress

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator - With Practice Tests

Udemy

2025

In progress

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Continuous Learning

Committed to staying current with the latest technologies and best practices in the rapidly evolving DevOps and cloud computing landscape.

Next Goal: CKA Certification