Stanislav Cherkasov

Senior {DevOps,DevSecOps,Platform} Engineer working with US/EU teams on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, automation, and production operations. CNCF Kubestronaut — all five Kubernetes certifications, currently active.

I prefer small, explicit systems that are easy to operate, audit, and recover.

Focus

Kubernetes, Argo CD, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, Vault, Linux, observability, and infrastructure security.

Selected Work

• mbkp - Encrypted MikroTik backup automation over SSH.
• golden-microservice - Minimal HTTP service for Docker and Kubernetes deployment testing.
• dotfiles - Arch Linux workstation automation with Ansible, go-task, uv, and Neovim.
• fastapi-k8s-gitops-task - Archived real hiring task: FastAPI service with CI/CD, Docker, GHCR, Kubernetes manifests, and GitOps deployment flow.
• ansible-mitogen-benchmarks - Reproducible Ansible strategy benchmarks.
• terraform-nexus-apt-proxy - Terraform module for Nexus APT proxy repositories.

Certifications

CNCF Kubestronaut — CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, and KCSA, all active at the same time. Verify: Kubestronaut program · how I got there

Certification notes cover Kubernetes, cloud native, Linux, GitOps, and platform engineering exams.

Writing

• A Read-Only SRE Agent for My Kubernetes Homelab
• One GPU, One LLM Lane: Operating an RTX PRO 4000 SFF in k3s
• Państwowy egzamin B2
• Proxmox Kiosk Desktop Appliance: Windows VM, GPU Passthrough, and Fast Recovery
• Became a Kubestronaut

GitHub Activity

Contact

Blog · LinkedIn