name: Aliaksei Sabetskilocated_in: Vilnius, Lithuaniacurrent_role: Lead System Engineercompany: EPAM Systemsexperience: 15+ years in IT, 5+ years specialized in DevOps & Systems Engineeringeducation:
["Master's in Mathematics - VITEBSK STATE UNIVERSITY","Specialist in Applied Mathematics & Programming","CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (2023)","CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (2022)","EPAM AI-Assisted Systems Engineering 2.0 Course (2024-2026)","Agentic AI Crash Course - 60% Complete (2026)"]current_projects:
["SAP SE - Search & AI Platform Infrastructure (Lead Engineer)","AI Integration in Systems Engineering (SME Contributor)","Team Leadership & Mentoring (2 DevOps Engineers)","Infrastructure Modernization & Security Enhancement","Production AI Systems Development"]expertise_areas:
["AWS Cloud Architecture & Optimization (EKS, EC2, Lambda, MSK)","Kubernetes & Container Orchestration (CKS/CKA Certified)", "Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm, Ansible)","CI/CD Pipeline Development (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)","AI/ML Integration (LangChain, MCP Protocol, RAG Systems)","Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)","Security Implementation & Best Practices (OAuth2-Proxy)","Monitoring & Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic)","Technical Leadership & Team Mentoring"]key_achievements:
["Led Disaster Recovery Simulation ($21.5K budget, 5-person team)","Maintained 60% completion rate across 40+ complex infrastructure tickets","Awarded DEP DevOps CC Consulting Badge for Engineering Observability","Successfully promoted mentee to A3 level through structured mentoring","Built 3 production AI agents with 85-90% automation rate","Achieved 5x cost reduction in AI API usage optimization","Zero-downtime EKS cluster upgrades and security enhancements","Implemented OAuth2-Proxy automation and security scanning"]technical_leadership:
["Team Management: Leading 2 DevOps engineers as Resource Manager","Mentoring Impact: 126+ graduated mentees","Content Creation: Contributing to 4 technical courses","Expert Sessions: 51+ mentoring sessions conducted", "Task Reviews: 242+ reviewed tasks","SME Contribution: EPAM AI-Assisted Systems Engineering 2.0 Course"]currently_learning: ["Agentic AI Development", "MCP Protocol & RAG Systems", "Advanced AI/ML Integration", "Production AI Architecture"]2026_goals: ["Complete Agentic AI Crash Course", "Deploy 5 Production AI Systems", "AWS Solutions Architect Pro Certification", "Lead 3-5 Person Team"]interests: ["AI Engineering", "Cloud Architecture", "Infrastructure Automation", "Team Leadership", "Knowledge Sharing"]- 🤖 AI Engineering Transition: Building production AI systems with 85-90% automation rates and 5x cost optimization
- 👥 Engineering Leadership: Managing 2 DevOps engineers and mentored 126+ graduated engineers
- 🔧 Infrastructure Excellence: Led $21.5K disaster recovery simulation and maintained 60% completion rate on complex tickets
- 🎓 Knowledge Sharing: Contributing to EPAM AI-Assisted Systems Engineering 2.0 course as SME
- 🔒 Security & Compliance: CKS certified with proven track record in security automation and best practices
- 📊 Observability Expert: Awarded DEP DevOps CC Consulting Badge for Engineering Observability Capabilities
🔍 Working on: SAP Search & AI Platform Infrastructure (Lead Engineer) + AI Systems Engineering
🌱 Learning: Agentic AI Development (60% complete), MCP Protocol, Production RAG Systems
🎯 2026 Goals: Complete AI Crash Course, Deploy 5 Production AI Systems, AWS SA Pro Cert
💡 Transition: DevOps Excellence → AI Engineering Mastery with Leadership Impact
👥 Team: Leading 2 DevOps Engineers + Contributing to EPAM AI Course Development




