Mustafa Kara

Senior Cloud & DevOps Architect

Salary / Daily rate

İstanbul, Türkiye

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Oracle CloudDevOps

Languages

EnglishFrenchGerman

About me

Intro

Cloud & DevOps Architect with 15+ years expertise in multi-cloud infrastructure and SaaS platforms. Led teams managing 500+ servers across AWS/Azure/GCP, reduced deployment time by 60% through microservices implementation. Specialized in hybrid cloud solutions, CI/CD automation, and enterprise-scale digital transformation projects.

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Work experience

Senior Consultant

NA

Sep 2022 - Present

4 years 2 months

United States

Skills: Software as a Service (SaaS) · Docker Products · Infrastructure · IT Management · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Software Development · Python (Programming Language) · SQL

Cloud Operation Director

Sovos

Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

8 months

İstanbul, Türkiye

* UAT, STAGE and PROD deployments of Sovos Fintech SaaS Cloud Platform on hybrid cloud platform AWS, Azure, GCP, Private Cloud. * Manage public/private cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure and GCP. * Migrate client SAP system to AWS and Azure public cloud and provide managed SAP Basis Service to Clients. * E-Invoice, E-Archive, E-Waybill, E-Ledger etc... system integration to customers ERP system in public and private cloud. * Design edge cloud computing platform for public clouds and private clouds. * CI/CD pipeline implementation by Jenkins of Sovos Fintech SaaS Platform containing jboss,nginx, payara,tomcat, docker containers and other oci containers. * Deployment of Sovos Fintech SaaS Platform by using Octopus Deploy to various infrastructure. * Automate and Scale infrastructure of hybrid cloud infrastructure AWS, Azure, GCP and Private Cloud Infrastructure. * Public/Private Cloud Management of Sovos Fintech SaaS Platform. * SAP Basis, SAP ERP, SAP FI, SAP CRM, SAP RCS-PI , SAP S/4HANA, SAP ABAP Clients integration project. * Management of High Volume Transaction Sovos Fintech SaaS Platform on * Clients incident/case management using Salesforce. * Platform issues management using JIRA. * S3 Object Storage System Setup for BigData Infrastructure. * Cloud Supplier Capacity and Contract Management. * Management of CloudOps, CloudSecOps and Devops teams in turkish Hub. * Management of Oracle RAC and MSSQL Database Servers Cluster. * Management of CloudOps Engineering Team and Implement SRE and DevOps Strategies within Region. * Management of 8 Datacenter for Public and Private Clouds having more than 500 servers, app containers and HSM devices. * Design & Develop Heroku based infrastructure POC setup, application, security & infrastructure testing framework by python3.

Head of IT and Operation - Turkey

Kantar Media

Aug 2015 - Dec 2021

6 years 5 months

İstanbul, Türkiye

* Field Operation and Call Center System ERP and Business Intelligence Integration within IT & Operation Teams. * Cloud Infrastructure Design/Manage on AWS, Azure and GCP of Audience Measurement System. * Clients incident/case management using Salesforce. * Design/Development of Web/Mobile Software based on Fat Free Framework (F3),Laravel, Mono .Net Platform, React/React Native, Django, Java Play/Hibernate/Spring and Groovy/Grails Framework CRM/Data Processing/AI & ML/IoT inhousely developed System based on serverless architecture (Jenkins/Rundeck CI/CD). * Digital Media Measurement, Programmatic and Online Campaign Management with bluechip companies including IPTV/OTT Services Providers. * Management of iptv multicast network for 166 channels/broadcast headend system and 2 data centers geographicaly distributed composed of more than 250 servers (docker/libvrt) including Debian based GPU Farm for BigData, AI&ML and HA clusters by MAAS bare metal. * Creation and Management of Production System Big Data Architecture and Parallel Data Processing Sub Component Development within Kantar Global Infrastructure. (Including Oracle, MS Power BI, Hive, Cassandra Nodes, Qlick View, R, Elastic Search etc...) * Cross Media Audience Measurements and Data Fusion including Kantar Media Twitter TV Rating and RPD for IPTV platforms. * CI/CD infrastructure design and development by using groovy, python and grails based on docker and Alpine Linux small footprint customized appliances. * Design/Management of Production and Computing Security Systems including firewalls, Cisco 802.1X. * Yearly audits ISO27001, ISO22301 for Audience Measurement Process. * Design & Develop Heroku based infrastructure POC setup, application, security & infrastructure testing framework by python3. * Management of a team of 139 people within field operations, IT and data production department of local HUB.

Senior Product Manager

LOGO Cyber Security & Network Technologies AS

Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

6 months

* Design/Development of UTM Appliance HW/SW/Database infrastructure (embedded x86, picoBSD, Postgresql etc...) * Software/Product Project Management by using JIRA Software and Agile Scrum process. * Design/Development of Bash/Perl script for UTM HW/SW. * Development of IPSec/IDS-IPS/PPPoE/VPN/PF/Bootstrap modules by using C/C++/Java for the UTM HW/SW. * Development of FreeBSD kernel module for UTM HW/SW. * Development of the Embedded Firmware for the target UTM HW/SW. * Design/Development of Java Based Software by using Eclipse IDE for UTM HW/SW. * Creation of JUnit tests, Use Cases and Test Bed for the Appliance HW/SW.

IT Manager

Power Media Group / Vakko Holding

Dec 2011 - Mar 2015

3 years 4 months

İstanbul, Türkiye

o Design/Management/Evaluation of the audience big data using JasperReports/Pentaho. o Design, Development of Telemetry product based on ARM9 dual core SBC and telemetry software by using perl. o Design development of web mobile sfotware platform for ott platfrom by using ruby on rails, python flask and java/groovy grails sdk. o Design, Development and Management of TV/Radio/Playout/MAM/Archiving/ Broadcast Automation Tools ( RCS, Harris ADC100, Zenon Media ) o Design & Management of group companies audio/video/data network (livewire audio network, ethernet data network) using CISCO/Mikrotik/HP based routers and configuration and management of IP/MPLS backbone installation and configuration between sites and antenna regions. Validation and Verification of those networks using emulator and simulators QEMU and GNS3. o Design, Development of TV CG graphics with Harris ADC100 Automation system like SMS based clip voting system, TV News Band Graphics Automation by using Harris Incriber G1/G8 RTX.Net platform. o Design, Development and Management of SMS/Social Media VAS for TV/Web/OTT projects. o Plan/Design/Maintenance of Web Servers (nginx, php-fpm ) , Application Server ( Web Sphere ) Backend for high load group web sites. o Design, Development and Management of Telemetry tools for regional broadcasting systems, Network Infrastructure for Data/Video/Audio networks within data center. o Business development, CAPEX/OPEX analysis of the technology projects both TV/Radio projects. o Management of IT, IP CCTV, A/V broadcasting infrastructure systems (Radio/TV Playout, Media Asset Management, A/V Router configuration, Harris Inscriber CG). o Establishment of stress/distributed test environment for web/mobile tv/radio broadcasting environment by using automated testing tools by using perl, php and python interpreters. o Management of companie's SLA contracts including MS Exchange 2007, DC and Linux Web/App Servers, BSD Firewalls, Open DLP, Open NAC 802.1X.

IT and Operation Manager

Doğan Teleshopping Online Retailer - DSmart

Aug 2008 - Dec 2011

3 years 5 months

İstanbul, Türkiye

o Daily operation and IT System management of Retail Operation and Supply Chain Management. o Management of E-Commerce/CRM/ERP/Warehouse/Data Center Systems (Web/CC Sales, Invoices, Way-Bill, BI Reports). o Preparation of Business Intelligence Systems Reports to General Manager by using Hyperion Interactive Reporting Studio. o CRM-SAP-Warehouse process management design and documentation and workflow definition for the employees and senior managements using 3PP SAP service providers including SAP FI and SAP MM modules. o Management of Web/Interactive Advertisement Activity (Google Adwords, ITV Marketing) for the company. o Management of Web/TV online sales IT tasks. (Subcontract Management + Project Management) o Management of warehouse and call center IT/Business operations. o Performing weekly Business Activities (Break-Even, P&L analysis) Reports of TV/Web sales. o Development of perl/php/python based solution for video streaming over rtsp and image watermarking automatization by using Imagemagick software for web ressources. o Management of Adobe Flash Media Server based VoD/Web/OTT Services for TV / Web Infomercials.

Project Manager

Koç Information and Defence Technologies Inc.

Jun 2007 - May 2008

1 year

o TCG Coast Guard Vessels Project Management Activities according to IEEE Std 1490 ( PMBOK Adoption ). o CMS requirement breakdown structure definition and implementation for the vessels. o Definition of CG Vessel CMS Configuration Item (CI) definition within SAP system using SAP MM an PP modules. o Perform Combat Management Software (CMS) audits according IEEE Std. 1028-1997 on behalf of main contractor RMK Marine Shipyard PLC. o Prepare WBS/ESWBS, Risk Management Plan, Project Scope Management and Test and Evaluation Master Plan for the TCG CG Vessels. o Perform CS-PI/CS-PF (Combat System Platform Integration/InterFace) activities of the Vessel Combat System inluding Data Distribution System, CCTV, FLIR, Telecommunication Infrastructure etc. with stakeholders. o Regularly prepare project monitoring report (Cost/Schedule Status Report) according to DoD standards and present them to the upper level management. o Business Analysis/Development of various defense projects by using international best practices. Preparing RFI/RFP documents for the projects. o Marine Projects (naval vessels etc...) Portfolio Management for Koç Information and Defense Technologies. o Link-16 TADIL (Military Aircraft Communication System) Simulation Project Business Development Responsible.

Military Officer

Training and Doctrine Command - EDOK

Aug 2006 - Mar 2007

8 months

o NFS, NIS and Simulation SW Installation. o Network Planning and Network infrastructure planning. o IBM x360 Servers Setup. o A/V codec development for recording simulation games.

Application Engineer, Project Manager

Beko Elektronik

Oct 2004 - Aug 2006

1 year 11 months

o Development of LCD/LED/IRD software by using various platforms including Intel 8051, Zarlink FGPA, ARM, x86, Maxim IC etc. o HW/SW design/verification and testing for various digital projects including LCD TV/LED TV/STB etc. o EMI/EMC measurements, troubleshooting of TV chassis related to EMC specifications and regulations. o Analyzing and Defining of TV product Configuration Item ( CI ) within SAP MM and PP modules. o Project management of various LCDTV/LEDTV/STB production project from design until production.


Education

International Business Management Institute

Certificate

2018 - 2018

1 month

Galatasaray Üniversitesi

Bachelor of Science - BS

1997 - 2004

7 years 1 month

Galatasaray Üniversitesi

Associate's degree

1995 - 1997

2 years 1 month

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