Hi, I’m Avo Shikoyan, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing scalable infrastructure, automating deployments, and leading platform modernization projects on GCP and AWS. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, Kubernetes, and security-first cloud architectures. I’m passionate about building robust, secure, and scalable systems for enterprise clients across industries, and I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, maintainable cloud solutions.

Avo Shikoyan

Hi, I’m Avo Shikoyan, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing scalable infrastructure, automating deployments, and leading platform modernization projects on GCP and AWS. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, Kubernetes, and security-first cloud architectures. I’m passionate about building robust, secure, and scalable systems for enterprise clients across industries, and I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, maintainable cloud solutions.

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Hi, I’m Avo Shikoyan, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing scalable infrastructure, automating deployments, and leading platform modernization projects on GCP and AWS. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, Kubernetes, and security-first cloud architectures. I’m passionate about building robust, secure, and scalable systems for enterprise clients across industries, and I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, maintainable cloud solutions.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

Armenian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Infrastructure Engineer at SADA / An Insight company
January 1, 2025 - November 6, 2025
Led enterprise-grade migrations and orchestration of a multi-component application stack from on-prem to Google Cloud Platform, ensuring zero data loss and minimal service disruption. Modernized CI/CD by standardizing Infrastructure as Code patterns, reducing deployment complexity and boosting developer productivity. Orchestrated enterprise database migrations from Xen-based on-prem environments to GCP, implementing MariaDB replication strategies and achieving near-zero data loss during cutover. Served as lead technical architect for CI/CD transformation engagements and designed Jenkins-to-GKE optimization strategies to replace always-on compute with dynamic Kubernetes agents, reducing build costs while improving scalability and reliability.
Infrastructure Engineer at An Insight company
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Architected Jenkins-to-GKE optimization strategies replacing always-on compute instances with dynamic Kubernetes agents, achieving cost reductions in build infrastructure while improving scalability and reliability. Led enterprise database migrations from on-prem Xen environments to GCP, implementing MariaDB replication strategies and achieving near-zero data loss during cutover operations. Served as lead technical architect for enterprise CI/CD transformation engagements and designed end-to-end modernization plans migrating Jenkins on-prem to GK E-based cloud environments.
Cloud Support Engineer at An Insight company (SADA)
December 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Provided L2/L3 technical support for enterprise cloud service implementations; conducted real-time troubleshooting sessions with customers, achieving a 95% first-call resolution rate for critical infrastructure issues. Acted as a technical liaison between support and engineering teams, expediting resolution and escalation. Developed customer-facing technical solutions and best-practice recommendations for cloud optimization and incident prevention.

Education

Bachelor of Science at American University of Armenia
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023

Qualifications

Terraform Associate - HashiCorp
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Professional Cloud Security Engineer - Google Cloud
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer - Google Cloud
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Professional Cloud Architect - Google Cloud
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services