Samet KUM

bitaksi, on-site — Sr. Platform Engineer, Apr 2026 - present

• Platform engineering on AWS-based infrastructure, designing and operating Kubernetes (k8s) clusters for scalable service delivery.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt across multiple environments.
• CI/CD pipeline development, observability, and reliability work for production workloads.

tabii.com, hybrid — Sr. Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer, Aug 2022 - Apr 2026

• Built and maintained Terragrunt-based IaC across multiple AWS environments.
• Designed and operated Kubernetes clusters powering live streaming and VOD services.
• Optimized cloud resource usage for performance, security, and cost.
• Owned CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment of production services.
• Set up and maintained development environments and deployment workflows for engineering teams.
• Led infrastructure readiness and live monitoring during peak-traffic broadcast events.
• Implemented logging, metrics, and alerting to drive proactive incident response.

linupedi.com, remote — Author, Aug 2021 - present

• Independent, reader-supported Linux blog focusing on Linux command line, Linux Server, Self-hosting, DevOps and Cloud.

yolcu360.com, remote — DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer, Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

• Introduced Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) on AWS for reproducible provisioning.
• Monitored and tuned system performance to maintain high availability.
• Designed disaster recovery and backup strategies for critical workloads.
• Conducted capacity planning to handle traffic spikes.
• Automated routine ops tasks with scripts and tooling.
• Hardened systems and applications against security risks.
• Worked closely with product and engineering teams on infrastructure needs.

ICS Defense, remote — System & DevOps Engineer, Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

• Administered Linux servers and troubleshot issues.
• Managed KVM virtualization.
• Operated a Kubernetes cluster.
• Built and shipped Docker images.
• Deployed and managed applications on Kubernetes.
• Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
• Deployed monitoring stacks (Grafana, Prometheus).
• Created and managed on-premises infrastructure and persistence.

Mediatriple, remote — System & DevOps Engineer, Feb 2021 - May 2021

• Managed cloud infrastructure, storage, encoding, and image-optimization services for client workloads.
• Implemented and maintained CDN solutions for content delivery.
• Built CI/CD automation and operational scripts.
• Set up monitoring to detect and resolve performance issues.
• Maintained security and compliance posture aligned with industry standards.

Europ Assistance, remote — System & DevOps Engineer, Feb 2020 - Sep 2020

• Managed VMware virtualization.
• Managed network infrastructure.
• Managed Docker and Docker Swarm environments.
• Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
• Managed Linux and Windows servers.
• Built backup and failover infrastructure with Veeam.
• Managed databases and applications in compliance with KVKK and GDPR.

BFSAT, on-site — System Administrator, Jun 2019 - Jan 2020

MBR Tech, on-site — System Integration Specialist, Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

Mobiljet logistics, on-site — System Support Specialist, Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

Karteknik informatics, on-site — System Support Specialist, Jan 2014 - Jan 2016