Hi, I'm Aksana Babich, a DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. I've built and automated cloud infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, and containerized environments. I also bring a strong QA background to ensure stability and quality across the development lifecycle. I’m motivated to promote DevOps culture, automation, and best practices across teams. On top of my cloud and automation skills, I've implemented observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch; managed Kafka operations; and configured secure, scalable deployments. I'm passionate about learning and applying new technologies to improve reliability and speed of software delivery.

Aksana Babich

Hi, I'm Aksana Babich, a DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. I've built and automated cloud infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, and containerized environments. I also bring a strong QA background to ensure stability and quality across the development lifecycle. I’m motivated to promote DevOps culture, automation, and best practices across teams. On top of my cloud and automation skills, I've implemented observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch; managed Kafka operations; and configured secure, scalable deployments. I'm passionate about learning and applying new technologies to improve reliability and speed of software delivery.

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Hi, I’m Aksana Babich, a DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. I’ve built and automated cloud infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, and containerized environments. I also bring a strong QA background to ensure stability and quality across the development lifecycle. I’m motivated to promote DevOps culture, automation, and best practices across teams.

On top of my cloud and automation skills, I’ve implemented observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch; managed Kafka operations; and configured secure, scalable deployments. I’m passionate about learning and applying new technologies to improve reliability and speed of software delivery.

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Language

Belarusian
Fluent
Russian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer at Independent Contractor
October 20, 2024 - November 5, 2025
Designed and ran AWS infrastructure for a microservices platform in development and production using Terraform/Terragrunt; implemented CI/CD with GitHub Actions; managed AWS resources (EC2, ECS, ECR, S3, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, ACM, VPCs, Subnets, NAT, SSM, Bastion) and container orchestration with Kubernetes; configured Apache Kafka topics and lag monitoring; ensured security with least-privilege IAM policies and KMS encryption; established Terraform remote backend and DynamoDB state locking; implemented observability via Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch; deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EC2 and locally with Minikube; built Helm charts; created secure release flows; enabled health checks and rolling updates; automated deployments using GitHub Actions; separated dev/prod release flows.
DevOps Engineer (Project) at Be Front
January 20, 2025 - November 5, 2025
Project Befront: learning design skills through practice while applying DevOps practices where relevant.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Speech Therapy, Faculty of Inclusive Education at Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2023

Qualifications

Selenium with Java, Cucumber & Frameworks
January 11, 2030 - September 24, 2024
RSSchool AWS DevOps
June 6, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Software Testing Masterclass – From Novice to Expert
January 11, 2030 - October 1, 2021

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services