# Dmytro Ivanov

> Senior DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS Marketplace, FTR & Compliance). 12 years in IT, from help desk to production security on AWS. Looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer & AWS Marketplace Specialist role, or a team lead position: full-time, in-house, at a product company, for the long term.

## Path

12 years in IT (since 2014): help desk and IT support, then Linux system administration, then 5 years of infrastructure automation and DevOps, with AWS in production for the last 4 and a DevSecOps focus for the last 2. Each step was a deliberate choice.

On my most recent project I led infrastructure and production security for a SaaS product on AWS: Terraform-managed ECS Fargate, AWS-native controls (Config, Security Hub, GuardDuty, WAF), and Foundational Technical Review readiness. I designed the architecture, guided the dev team through FTR and Well-Architected requirements, and turned the technical reality into realistic plans and timelines for non-technical leadership.

## How I work

- I work well in a team, and on my own when the job needs it.
- I respect the chain of command. I join a team to help when asked, not to take anyone's seat.
- My ambition goes into side work: articles on DOU and Tanks 2026, a pet-project game I build in my spare time.

## What I'm looking for

A Senior DevOps Engineer & AWS Marketplace Specialist role, or a team lead position. Full-time, in-house, at a product company. I want a long-term fit, not a stepping stone.

## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmytro-ivanov-749611160): the only contact channel
- [Credly](https://www.credly.com/users/dmytro-ivanov.77af3424/badges): certifications
- [$6 Billion Through One Laptop: How to Turn Your System Into Quicksand](https://blog.ithillel.ua/articles/binance) (Hillel IT School blog, Ukrainian: the Binance theft and a defense that pulls attackers deeper the more they probe)
- [$6 Billion Through One Laptop: How to Turn Your System Into Quicksand](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/6-billion-through-one-laptop-how-turn-your-system-quicksand-ivanov-sdvef/) (LinkedIn, my English translation)
- [AWS through a comic? A DevOps engineer's unusual project](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYVwEH_JQ0) (Hillel IT School video interview after the DOU article about the CloudFormation comic, Ukrainian, 54 min)
- [DevOps Level-Up: Unconventional Resources for Learning](https://blog.ithillel.ua/articles/devops-level-up) (Hillel IT School blog, written at their request, Ukrainian)
- [DevOps Level-Up: Unconventional Resources for Learning](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/devops-level-up-unconventional-resources-learning-dmytro-ivanov-ryadf/) (LinkedIn, my English translation)
- [Updates to my game Tanks 2026 before its Steam release](https://gamedev.dou.ua/forums/topic/62368/) (DOU, Ukrainian)
- [I vibe-coded the tank game from my childhood in Java 21 and Swing](https://gamedev.dou.ua/forums/topic/62169/) (DOU, Ukrainian)
- [How I spent eighteen months writing a comic about AWS CloudFormation](https://dou.ua/forums/topic/62035/) (DOU, Ukrainian)
- [How we built infrastructure from scratch with Cursor AI](https://dou.ua/forums/topic/53317/) (DOU best of the month, Ukrainian)
- [We thought it'd take months. Cursor AI did it in hours](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-thought-itd-take-months-cursor-ai-did-hours-dmytro-ivanov-zpsjf/) (LinkedIn)