Danylo Mikula

Danylo Mikula

DevOps & Infrastructure Architect


About#

With over 8 years of experience designing and operating large-scale, mission-critical platforms, I bridge engineering, security, and compliance to deliver systems where reliability is measurable and trust is engineered. My focus is on transforming DevOps into an organizational discipline – one that unites innovation and governance to support the world’s most regulated environments.

I bring hands-on expertise in multi-cloud architecture, GitOps, IaC, observability, and SRE practices, with a proven record in HealthTech and enterprise platforms that demand precision, compliance, and transparency.


Work Experience#

Medidata Solutions#

DevOps & Infrastructure Architect | January 2024 – Present

  • Architect and maintain enterprise-scale Kubernetes infrastructure and bare metal fleet of virtual machines supporting clinical trial management platforms
  • Champion DevOps and GitOps best practices across engineering teams, driving adoption of infrastructure-as-code and automated deployment workflows
  • Lead infrastructure automation initiatives using Terraform and CloudFormation for multi-account AWS environments
  • Design and develop internal AI agents and AI infrastructure to accelerate developer productivity and enhance SRE operational efficiency
  • Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines for microservices deployment across multiple regions
  • Drive observability and monitoring solutions to ensure platform reliability and performance

Stepico Games#

DevOps & Infrastructure Architect | August 2022 – January 2024

  • Architected high-availability Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, migrating monolithic .NET applications to microservices architecture
  • Designed and migrated CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to GitLab CI and GitHub Actions with Helm chart deployments, automated testing, and mobile Unity builds for Android/iOS
  • Built comprehensive monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus stack (Grafana, Alertmanager, Loki, Tempo, Robusta), and NewRelic
  • Automated AWS infrastructure and serverless deployments using CloudFormation and .NET Lambda Tools

Atlassian#

DevOps & Infrastructure Architect | January 2022 – August 2022

  • Maintained multi-component Jira deployment on AWS with focus on reliability and performance
  • Participated in on-call rotation for incident response and system maintenance
  • Collaborated with disaster recovery team to design and enhance DR plans and recovery solutions

SoftServe#

DevOps & Infrastructure Architect | September 2021 – August 2022

  • Designed and deployed IT infrastructure, automation frameworks, and testing toolchains
  • Implemented Kubernetes monitoring with Prometheus stack, DataDog, and ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana)
  • Automated AWS provisioning and configuration using Ansible, CloudFormation, and Terraform with custom modules
  • Architected and developed GitOps-driven platform on Red Hat OpenShift with ArgoCD for declarative application delivery

Salus#

DevOps & Infrastructure Architect | January 2020 – February 2021

  • Automated system administration with Bash scripting, improving efficiency and reducing manual overhead
  • Implemented Jira and agile practices into development workflows
  • Architected scalable, high-availability infrastructure for business-critical applications
  • Designed multi-tier network infrastructure and administered virtualized environments

Volunteering#

Plast - Ukrainian Scouting Organization#

Infrastructure Engineer (Volunteer) | 2021 – 2022

  • Designed and deployed cloud infrastructure for ePlast platform, supporting digital transformation of youth organization
  • Collaborated closely with development team to understand requirements and deliver scalable solutions
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for automated code delivery and deployment
  • Implemented monitoring solutions and comprehensive documentation for platform operations
  • Enabled organization to modernize operations and serve community more effectively

Skills#

Platforms & Infrastructure#

  • Multi-cloud & data center architecture: high-availability design, capacity planning, DR/BCP, compliance-ready delivery.
  • Kubernetes platforms: multi-cluster operations, policy & tenancy, progressive delivery, service reliability at scale.
  • Infrastructure as Code: standards, reusable modules, environment parity, governed change.

DevOps & Automation#

  • CI/CD & release governance: trunk-based flows, quality gates, automated testing, rollout/rollback strategies.
  • GitOps & platform governance: declarative delivery, policy-as-code, auditability, change transparency.
  • Configuration & containerization: image lifecycle, artifact provenance, reproducible environments.

Observability & Reliability#

  • SRE practices: SLI/SLO design, error budgets, incident response, post-incident learning.
  • End-to-end observability: metrics, logs, traces, actionable dashboards, MTTR reduction.
  • Cost governance (FinOps): right-sizing, autoscaling, showback/chargeback, TCO optimization.

Security & Compliance#

  • Identity & secrets management, network segmentation, supply-chain integrity (SBOM, provenance).
  • Regulated environments: controls and audit trails aligned to healthcare/enterprise standards.

Engineering Enablement#

  • Developer experience (DX): golden paths, self-service, templates, documentation.
  • Ways of working: Agile/Lean, blameless culture, continuous improvement.

Certifications#