Move to the cloud
Bare metal or legacy hosting to AWS or Azure, fully covered with Terraform, with CI/CD and cut-over plans on top.
projectfixed scope
LV 12 Open to new roles
Denis Burtsev
Engineering Manager · DevOps Team Lead
From junior sysadmin to engineering manager. I lead DevOps teams, run enterprise-scale migrations with risk-controlled cut-overs, and grow engineers into team leads.
Looking for
EM / Head of Platform
Belgrade · Remote
Freelance
LV 120 / 1000 XPLV 13
1 level = 1 year since my first production access (May 2014). Next unlock: Head of Platform.
12years in tech
8companies
C2English
Current quests
What I'm working on right now
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Recruiter loot
CV, contacts and references inside.
Milestones
Career firsts, plus one still locked
Quest log
12 years, 8 chapters
Toolkit
Rarity = how deep I go
LEGENDARYdaily driver, 5+ years
EPICdeep hands-on
RAREsolid working knowledge
Side projects
Things I build after hours
Neiliro
Active · in progressYour family's home base: tasks, calendar, money, notes and a shared mailbox in one calm, private app. Hosted, no ads, no lock-in.
SaaS · Cloudflare · Paddleneiliro.com
Trash Kingdom
SoonA silly merge-and-defense game for iPhone: raccoons defend their junkyard from rats, pigeons and one very opinionated badger.
iOS · Godot 4 · GDScriptApp Store, soon
Side quests
Freelance & consulting, a few slots a year
DevOps & infra audit
Costs, reliability, IaC coverage, pipelines. You get a prioritized roadmap, not a 90-page PDF nobody reads.
2 weeksfixed price
Build your DevOps team
Hiring loops, onboarding, career evaluations and internship programs. Done it at Grid Dynamics and Provectus.
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Ready for the
next level?
Hiring an Engineering Manager, or need a DevOps lead for a project? Drop a line, I reply within a day.