Hi, I’m Görkem Tanin. I’m a cloud and DevOps engineer with 25 years of experience spanning telecom networks and IT infrastructure. I design and operate scalable platforms on AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security, and observability. Over the years I’ve built and maintained production-grade Kubernetes clusters, implemented CI/CD pipelines, mentored teams across Europe and the Middle East, and turned complex requirements into robust, cost-effective solutions.

Görkem Tanin

Hi, I’m Görkem Tanin. I’m a cloud and DevOps engineer with 25 years of experience spanning telecom networks and IT infrastructure. I design and operate scalable platforms on AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security, and observability. Over the years I’ve built and maintained production-grade Kubernetes clusters, implemented CI/CD pipelines, mentored teams across Europe and the Middle East, and turned complex requirements into robust, cost-effective solutions.

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Hi, I’m Görkem Tanin. I’m a cloud and DevOps engineer with 25 years of experience spanning telecom networks and IT infrastructure. I design and operate scalable platforms on AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, security, and observability.

Over the years I’ve built and maintained production-grade Kubernetes clusters, implemented CI/CD pipelines, mentored teams across Europe and the Middle East, and turned complex requirements into robust, cost-effective solutions.

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Language

Turkish
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Advanced

Work Experience

Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer (contract) at Deutsche Börse
April 1, 2025 - April 1, 2025
7/24 support of Kubernetes clusters hosted on OpenShift & Google GKE, maintaining production-grade in-house apps; 7/24 maintenance (updates/upgrades) of K8s clusters; deployment of new releases for dev & prod in-house apps using GitHub and Jenkins; deployment of new infrastructure with Terraform; implemented phpLDAPadmin to administer the in-house LDAP server; ticket-based tasks related to K8s & GKE managed in Jira.
Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer (contract) at FLYR
May 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024
Administration & troubleshooting of Kubernetes clusters in public cloud providers AWS-EKS & GCP-GKE; solution architecture & implementation of various AWS services (IAM, VPC, EKS-Fargate, ALB, NAT, EC2, S3); in-house app hosted on EC2 exposed via ALB with mTLS authentication; centralization of logging for apps hosted on EC2s using Filebeat & Graylog; ticket-based task management in Jira.
Cloud & DevOps Engineer (remote - contract) at E2B Financial Technologies
December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023
Administration of Kubernetes clusters built in private on-prem and public AWS-EKS cloud environments; delivering trainings on Kubernetes using Minikube & Kubeadm in sandbox environments; solution design & deployment of in-house applications; centralized monitoring & logging strategies.
Field Engineer, Network Engineer at Turk Telekom International
June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Worked on fiber optic TCP/IP systems on-site in data center environments; performed site surveys, installations, commissioning; provided 24x7 on-call maintenance & support.
Senior System Administrator & Engineer at Istanbul Medipol University - Tübitak
May 1, 2019 - May 1, 2019
Administered Linux RHEL 7 OS on Oracle bare metal servers while pursuing MSc; supported research and teaching environments; ensured system stability and security.
System Engineer, Solution Architect at Turkcell Co
August 1, 2017 - August 1, 2017
Improved Ericsson OSS software & architecture for more accurate data collection (~8%); defined KPIs for 16 regions; participated in software development for LTE base station; duties included system engineering, automation scripting, deployments, maintenance, and L2 troubleshooting with 24x7 on-call.
System Engineer, Network Engineer at Self Employed Subcontractor
June 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010
Upgraded & migrated more than 24 mission-critical cross-connect nodes serving tens of thousands of subscribers without live traffic interruption within strict deadlines; deployed and maintained Linux-based OSS servers; automation scripts; L2 support with 24x7 on-call.
System Engineer, Field Engineer at Ericsson Co
April 1, 2001 - April 1, 2001
Implemented and administered Unix-based OSS servers; performed commissioning and PAT; deployments, maintenance, migrations, and 24x7 on-call support.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) at Middle East Technical University (METU)
January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1999
MBA at Bosphorus University (BOUN)
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012
MSc, Wireless Communication Engineering (5G & Beyond) at Istanbul Medipol University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019

Qualifications

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
AWS Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Linux RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Docker – hands on – DevOps (KodeKloud)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Git for Beginners (Kodekloud)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Terraform Basics (KodeKloud)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Python Basics (KodeKloud)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Google Kubernetes Engine (KodeKloud)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025

Industry Experience

Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Financial Services

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