Rolands Gerhards

Maintained and evolved company infrastructure and Kubernetes-based platform across multiple clusters. Containerized applications and built/deployed new microservices; maintained and improved existing services. Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using IaC and scripting.

Cloud Engineer at AIFORSITE OY (2022-03 – 2025-12)

• Maintained and evolved company infrastructure and Kubernetes-based platform across multiple clusters.
• Containerized applications and built/deployed new microservices; maintained and improved existing services.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using IaC and scripting.
• Designed and managed cloud IAM (policies, roles, and resource permissions) across AWS; supported migrations to Azure and Hetzner.
• Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Set up ArgoCD and GitOps approach for necessary repositories.
• Set up Helm charts for all necessary services to be used together with Terraform and AWS EKS.
• Set up and operated observability stack (monitoring, logging, alerting) to improve incident response and system reliability.
• Managed GPU-enabled workloads on AWS EKS, including Docker builds and runtime adjustments for GPU nodes (AI agents and video-processing services).
• Improved engineering workflows by applying DevOps best practices: reducing manual steps via Terraform, adding user-friendly testing stages, and integrating security early in the delivery lifecycle.

DevOps Engineer at ACCENTURE (2020-05 – 2022-02)

• Designed, provisioned, and maintained cloud infrastructure primarily in AWS (AWS certified), using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Containerized applications with Docker and supported container networking for development and deployment workflows.
• Automated Linux configuration and operational tasks using Ansible playbooks (including build agent setup and environment bootstrapping).
• Built and maintained Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment automation.
• Operated and maintained Kubernetes environments, including Helm chart updates and troubleshooting Kubernetes-related issues during development.
• Implemented and maintained Kubernetes monitoring and logging tooling to improve observability and incident response.
• Led/assisted on-premises to cloud migrations, hardening systems for cloud use through security and best-practice configuration.
• Troubleshot networking issues and configured AWS networking resources (VPCs, security groups, route tables).
• Set up and maintained AWS Directory Service / Active Directory integration, enabling cloud resources to work with on-prem Active Directory.
• Worked in an Agile team: managed tickets, prioritized tasks, and tracked delivery timelines.

Pre-Seed Startup Program at RTU IDEALAB (2019-09 – 2020-06)

Developing online food ordering platform using django rest framework API as a backend and Vuejs as frontend. Tasks include defining relational databases for groceries, creating DRF api and launching it on aws. Used gitlab CI/CD tools to achieve CI, used remote state terraform (S3) to build/destroy infrastructure with terraform. Developing frontend features that enhance user experience in VueJS.

PLC Programmer at CITRUS SOLUTIONS (2017-08 – 2019-08)

PLC programming (according to IEC61131) - Honeywell systems using Niagara Framework and Wago PLC programming using Codesys. Building automation system configuration, that is, creating data elements for implementing in different data bases/ data visualizations. Defining/visualizing HVAC schedules according to client's needs defined in client contract.

Data transmission equipment configuration. Setup of various systems in buildings that use BUS protocols & troubleshooting problems regarding system architecture and PLC or Server remote access problems.

Professional Bachelor's Degree in Transport Electronics and Telematics / Electronics Engineer – Riga Technical University (2014-08 – 2018-06)