Hi, I'm

Olga Burninova
Site Reliability Engineer

Cloud-native SRE/DevOps Engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable, secure, and observable infrastructure across AWS and GCP. Expert in Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and monitoring systems. Adept at reducing deployment times, improving system reliability, and aligning DevOps practices with business goals.

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Olga Burninova
What I Know

Technical Skills

I specialize in SRE practices and cloud technologies to build reliable, scalable infrastructure.

Cloud Infrastructure

  • AWS (EC2, S3, EKS, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, Route53)
  • GCP (GKE, Cloud Run, Functions, Pub/Sub)
  • VPC Architecture & Multi-AZ Networking
  • Managed Database Services (PostgreSQL, RDS)
  • IAM & Security Management

Containerization & Orchestration

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, Kops)
  • Helm & Kustomize
  • Resource Management & Scaling
  • GitOps Workflows

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform (Custom Modules)
  • CloudFormation
  • Ansible
  • SOPS for Secrets Management
  • Packer

CI/CD & GitOps

  • GitHub Actions
  • ArgoCD
  • ECR & Container Registry
  • DORA Metrics Optimization
  • Deployment Strategies

Monitoring & Observability

  • DataDog
  • New Relic
  • Prometheus & Grafana
  • SLO & SLA Management
  • Sumologic & Bugsnag

Security & Networking

  • CloudFlare (CDN, WAF)
  • Route53 DNS Management
  • VPC Peering & Network Security
  • Secrets Management
  • IAM & Least Privilege Principles
Work History

Professional Experience

My professional journey showcases extensive expertise in building and optimizing cloud infrastructure.

Site Reliability Engineer

Salesloft Jan 2022 - Present

Building and maintaining cloud infrastructure for a leading sales engagement platform.

  • Built and maintained multi-cloud (AWS/GCP) infrastructure using custom Terraform modules
  • Deployed microservices to EKS/GKE using Helm and GitHub Actions with DORA metrics focus
  • Implemented observability stack (Datadog, New Relic, Sumologic) with SLO/Error Budgeting dashboards
  • Automated secrets & server config with SOPS and Ansible (200+ servers)
  • Integrated AWS Secrets Manager with Kubernetes secrets using External Secret Manager and HashiCorp Vault
Kubernetes Terraform AWS GCP EKS GKE DataDog SOPS HashiCorp Vault

DevOps Engineer

Virtually Human Dec 2019 - Dec 2021

Managed cloud infrastructure and blockchain deployments for Web3 applications.

  • Migrated workloads from Cloud Run / Cloud Function to GKE
  • Managed smart contract infrastructure and blockchain deployments in Web3 network
  • Converted existing deployments to Helm and enabled ConfTest linting rules
  • Enabled RenovateBot for security package updates and helm versions
GCP GKE Helm Web3 Blockchain ConfTest RenovateBot

Infrastructure Engineer

Density Jun 2018 - Nov 2019

Designed and implemented scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.

  • Migrated workloads from Nomad to EKS
  • Deployed ArgoCD ApplicationSet with Docker images hosted in Harbor Artifactory
  • Designed secure, scalable AWS infrastructure under Well-Architected Framework
  • Optimized performance monitoring and incident response with Prometheus, Grafana, SLO and Error budgeting
  • Developed and implemented Ansible playbooks to automate configuration management across multi-machine deployments
AWS EKS Nomad ArgoCD Harbor Prometheus Grafana Ansible

Cloud Engineer

Barrows Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

Managed AWS cloud infrastructure and implemented security best practices.

  • Automated multi-VPC AWS setup with CloudFormation and IAM controls
  • Managed cross-account roles and org-level access based on least privilege
  • Established VPC peering and secure network connectivity between environments
  • Implemented AWS best practices for resource management and cost optimization
AWS CloudFormation IAM VPC Security
Credentials

Professional Certifications

These industry-recognized certifications validate my expertise in cloud technologies and DevOps practices.

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

The Linux Foundation

Key Skills Validated

  • Kubernetes architecture
  • Cluster installation & configuration
  • Workloads & scheduling
  • Services & networking
  • Troubleshooting

Issued: December 2023

Google Cloud IAM and Networking for AWS Professionals

Google Cloud

Key Skills Validated

  • GCP IAM architecture
  • VPC networking in GCP
  • GCP to AWS comparison
  • Multi-cloud strategies
  • Security best practices

Issued: April 2022

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

The Linux Foundation

Key Skills Validated

  • Pod design & configuration
  • Services & networking
  • State persistence
  • Observability
  • CI/CD implementation

Issued: September 2021

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

Key Skills Validated

  • Designing resilient architectures
  • Performance optimization
  • Cost-effective solutions
  • Secure applications & architectures
  • Multi-tier applications

Issued: August 2021

Academic Background

Education

Executive MBA (Admitted)

NYU Stern School of Business 2018
New York, NY

Master of Science: Business and Management

Russian State University 2008
Moscow, Russia
Beyond Technology

Interests & Community

Community Service

Translator Volunteer (Russian) at Education Alliance, New York, 2017 - Present

Cultural Interests

Kalmyk Asian culture, history, and language, AAPI community matters

Get In Touch

Contact Me

Interested in discussing cloud infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps opportunities? I'd love to connect.

Email

oburninova@gmail.com

Phone

(609) 787-0044

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/olgaburninova

Location

New Jersey, USA