300+ Projects
Drove the GitLab migration from Bitbucket/Jenkins and standardized reusable CI patterns.
DevOps Lead | Senior Platform Engineer
Daniel Fridkin.
I lead platform engineering for production e-commerce systems, combining backend depth with end-to-end ownership of infrastructure, delivery, reliability, and operational architecture.
Acre, IsraelDevOps / Platform
300+
GitLab projects migrated or standardized across the engineering estate
3 ADs
High-availability Frankfurt production target across OCI availability domains
270+
Kubernetes pods in the production workload footprint being planned for migration
End-to-end
Ownership across CI/CD, Kubernetes, edge security, observability, networking, and DR
Platform Leadership
Platform ownership from CI/CD to production reliability
Built the DevOps function from initial solo ownership into a platform capability spanning self-hosted GitLab, Kubernetes/GitOps, Cloudflare, observability, infrastructure as code, networking, DR/HA, and production incident response.
GitOps
Introduced Argo CD delivery, Helm-based environment patterns, and auditable Kubernetes workflows.
Production Edge
Operated Cloudflare DNS, WAF, bot controls, routing, and production access patterns.
HA / DR
Designed multi-AD, cloud networking, VPN, and disaster-recovery patterns for critical services.
Projects
Selected engineering work
Backend Engineering / Security / Observability
Abuse Detector
Automated scraper and bot detection for KSP's e-commerce site, with temporary Cloudflare enforcement, an operator dashboard, and an AI-assisted review loop.
- Python 3.12
- SQLite / Postgres
- Loki / LogQL
- Cloudflare Lists and Rules APIs
- Grafana Tempo
Full-stack Engineering / Platform Modernization
KSP Storefront
Consolidation of five legacy storefronts and services into one server-rendered Next.js application, with scoped data endpoints, Redis read budgets, and Kubernetes delivery.
- Next.js 16
- React 19
- TypeScript
- Tailwind v4
- Redis
Platform Architecture / Cloud Migration / HA
OCI Frankfurt Multi-AD Production Migration
High-availability production migration program moving critical e-commerce workloads from single-AD constraints toward OCI Frankfurt across three availability domains.
- OCI
- Kubernetes
- Argo CD
- Terraform
- Cloudflare
Platform Engineering / CI/CD
GitLab Migration and CI Platform
Led the initial migration from Bitbucket Data Center and Jenkins toward GitLab CI/CD for 300+ projects, using reusable CI components, standardized templates, and Go-based migration tooling.
- GitLab
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
- Go
- Docker
Infrastructure / Kubernetes / GitOps
Kubernetes and GitOps Infrastructure
Designed and operated GitOps-based Kubernetes workflows using Argo CD, Helm, and deployment automation patterns for production environments.
- Kubernetes
- Argo CD
- Argo Rollouts
- Helm
- Gateway API
Cloud Infrastructure / Networking
Cloud Networking, VPN, and DR Architecture
Designed private cloud access and DR-oriented networking patterns using VPN clusters, reverse proxies, DNS forwarding, and cloud-native routing, including multi-site connectivity for distributed retail locations.
- OCI
- AWS
- Cloudflare
- OpenVPN
- WireGuard
Observability / Legacy Modernization
Legacy PHP Modernization and Distributed Tracing
Brought modern distributed tracing and OpenTelemetry into a legacy PHP 5.6 application without rewriting it, using a lightweight shim and edge-level trace injection.
- PHP
- OpenTelemetry
- Traefik
- Tempo
- Loki
Current focus
Platforms built for production.
- GitLab CI/CD
- Kubernetes / OKE
- Argo CD / GitOps
- Terraform / Ansible
- Cloudflare Enterprise
- OCI / AWS
- Grafana LGTM / Alloy
- HA / DR / Networking
- Vendor coordination / Cloud service operations
- OCI Frankfurt multi-AD migration and Black-Friday-oriented production resilience across Kubernetes and stateful services.
- Terraform governance and CI-only infrastructure workflows with auditable state and secret handling.
- Cloudflare Enterprise controls across WAF, Bot Management, routing, and production access policy.
- Kubernetes platform patterns with Argo CD, Helm, Gateway API, rollout governance, and operational guardrails.
- Grafana Cloud / Alloy observability across metrics, logs, traces, and legacy modernization.
- Automation and internal platform tooling that turns operator knowledge into repeatable self-service workflows.