I am a Senior DevOps and SRE professional with 18+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud and on-premise platforms for global enterprises including IBM and HSBC. I specialize in Kubernetes, OpenStack, and major public cloud platforms, and I have hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, and Linux/Unix systems administration. I have a strong full-stack infrastructure background spanning operating systems, networking, security, and cloud-native platforms. I focus on reliability, scalability, delivery efficiency, and cost optimization in highly regulated environments, and I enjoy building AI-enabled systems and RAG workflows to empower teams and drive business outcomes.

TianYin Fan

I am a Senior DevOps and SRE professional with 18+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud and on-premise platforms for global enterprises including IBM and HSBC. I specialize in Kubernetes, OpenStack, and major public cloud platforms, and I have hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, and Linux/Unix systems administration. I have a strong full-stack infrastructure background spanning operating systems, networking, security, and cloud-native platforms. I focus on reliability, scalability, delivery efficiency, and cost optimization in highly regulated environments, and I enjoy building AI-enabled systems and RAG workflows to empower teams and drive business outcomes.

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I am a Senior DevOps and SRE professional with 18+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud and on-premise platforms for global enterprises including IBM and HSBC. I specialize in Kubernetes, OpenStack, and major public cloud platforms, and I have hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation, hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, and Linux/Unix systems administration.

I have a strong full-stack infrastructure background spanning operating systems, networking, security, and cloud-native platforms. I focus on reliability, scalability, delivery efficiency, and cost optimization in highly regulated environments, and I enjoy building AI-enabled systems and RAG workflows to empower teams and drive business outcomes.

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Chinese
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Work Experience

Senior DevOps & SRE Engineer at Qizhi Hechuang Technology
February 1, 2024 - Present
Built and operated 8+ high-availability OpenStack private cloud clusters with distributed Ceph storage; designed hybrid cloud Kubernetes platforms using Kubernetes, Helm, Ceph, Ray, and KubeVirt; built and deployed LLM-powered RAG platforms integrated with LangChain, Neo4j, and vector databases; developed FastAPI services supporting scalable AI inference and semantic retrieval workloads; implemented CI/CD and infrastructure automation using AWS CDK, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, and Ansible; automated GPU node provisioning and operations; built custom monitoring and observability solutions to enhance reliability and performance.
Senior DevOps Engineer at HSBC (via iSoftStone)
February 1, 2021 - January 31, 2023
Operated and maintained enterprise Kubernetes platforms on Alibaba Cloud (ACK) and GCP; designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for build, security scanning, and automated deployment; deployed and maintained Prometheus, Grafana, and AppDynamics to reduce incident response time; implemented auto-scaling and canary deployment strategies to improve stability and cost efficiency; collaborated with developers and security teams to meet banking compliance and reliability standards; delivered technical documentation and training for internal teams.
Senior Software Engineer at HSBC (via ChinaSoft)
December 1, 2017 - January 31, 2021
Delivered end-to-end DevOps automation across AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud environments; built Kubernetes-based microservices platforms with Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible; managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Oracle; led cloud migration and data migration projects for overseas systems; implemented security controls including certificate management, encryption, and compliance tasks; supported production systems throughout development, testing, and release cycles.
IT Specialist/System Architect at TianHu IDC
February 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Designed and delivered a centralized automated operations platform (CMDB, scheduler, monitoring); enabled fully automated OS and application deployment across multiple data centres; integrated Docker and AWS to support scalable business workloads; built and maintained Hyperledger blockchain clusters for banking projects; reduced manual operational workload by over 70% through automation.
Senior System Engineer / DevOps at IBM
September 1, 2005 - December 31, 2016
Led design and operation of private cloud platforms (OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes); built enterprise authentication and security platforms (LDAP, Kerberos, NFS, Autofs); managed large-scale Linux/Unix environments across multiple global data centers; delivered automation for build, test, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning; planned and managed data-center infrastructure, including servers, storage, and networking; collaborated with global teams across China, Canada, and the US; received multiple IBM Excellence, Agile Development, and Innovation Awards; deployed and maintained VMware/Xen/KVM virtualization; coordinated multi-site security and monitoring for enterprise systems.

Education

Master of Business Informatics (by Thesis, Level 9) at ICL Graduate Business School
January 1, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Master of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023
Master of Business Administration at Asia Metropolitan University
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor of Information Management & Information Systems at Xi dian University
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2011

Qualifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP)
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
Alibaba Cloud ACP
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026
Cisco CCNA
January 11, 2030 - February 4, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Telecommunications

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