RIDVAN OZCELIK

SWE-SRE at Google

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

About

Experienced in design, implementation, automation, and support of on-premises cloud infrastructure with high-available, large-scale services. Has a solid grasp of systems, microservices, network, security, virtualization, and related tools-technologies. Has a solution-oriented approach, sense of high quality and ownership, strong communication skills with a calm nature, and the ability to cope with high-stress situations. Eager to learn the latest tech stack and implement DevOps practices.

Experience

  • Software Engineer III - Site Reliability Engineering at Google
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Systems Development Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Aug 2021 - Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Infrastructure fun at AWS CloudWatch

  • Senior Systems Engineer at Token Financial Technologies
    Feb 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Designed/Developed/Deployed/Maintained a highly available infrastructure for three new financial services aimed to serve millions of customers in the medium term. Maintaining/improving a large scale payment service's infrastructure (300+ VMs) serving ~600K devices and millions of daily requests. Designing and operating services compliant with ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 2000-1, PCI-DSS, and the regulations imposed by the state agencies. Coordinating joint works and conducting troubleshooting sessions with software developers, product owners, and subcontractors. Transforming the existing infrastructure with Gitlab CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.

  • Senior Systems Engineer at Karel
    Oct 2015 - Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Implemented & automated & maintained an on-premises cloud infrastructure (400+ VMs) utilizing a wide range of technologies and tools around Openstack (HPCS). Developed a custom Fedora spin using Bash, Python, Kickstart, and Linux customizing tricks for a commercially sold video conferencing device’s OS environment. Deployed and maintained an enterprise-grade commercial video conferencing service. Worked on container technologies such as Docker & Kubernetes for the company’s next-generation on-premises cloud.

  • Systems Engineer at Ansaldo STS
    Sep 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Completed integration tests and deployment of the Ankara Metro CBTC Signalling project in a multinational work environment.