Freelance & Remote onlyBaku, Azerbaijan · UTC+4

Sabir
Rajabov

$ DevOps Engineer / System Administrator

Linux infrastructure specialist with 4+ years of hands-on enterprise experience. Passionate about Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD automation, and building resilient systems that scale under pressure.

4+

Years Exp

3

Companies

20+

Tools

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Who I Am

I'm a Linux System Administrator and DevOps Engineer based in Baku, Azerbaijan, with hands-on experience managing enterprise infrastructure across telecommunications and digital development environments.

My expertise spans the full infrastructure stack — from bare-metal Linux server administration and network configuration to Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipeline design, and observability using Zabbix, ELK Stack, and Prometheus.

I've also served as a Linux Foundation Trainer, teaching system administration fundamentals to students. I'm driven by automation, reliability engineering, and infrastructure-as-code principles.

Azerbaijani·Native
Turkish·Advanced
English·Intermediate

4+

Years Experience

3

Companies

20+

Technologies

RHCSA

Certified

Tools & Technologies

# Containers & Orchestration
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
FL
FluxCD
# CI/CD & Automation
GitLab CI
Jenkins
Ansible
Git
# Infrastructure & OS
Linux
RHEL
NGINX
HA
HAProxy
VMware
# Monitoring & Observability
ELK Stack
ZX
Zabbix
CE
Centreon
Prometheus
# Scripting & Development
Python
Bash
PHP
Laravel
MySQL
PostgreSQL
OR
Oracle SQL
Windows AD

Career Timeline

Senior DevOps Engineer

Current

ISB — Compulsory Insurance Bureau

June 2026 — Present
Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Senior DevOps Engineer responsible for designing and managing cloud-native infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized workloads.
  • Driving automation, observability, and reliability improvements across production environments.
DevOpsKubernetesDockerCI/CDAnsiblePythonLinuxMonitoring

Lead System Administrator

Innovation & Digital Development Agency

April 2024 — June 2026
Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Led server infrastructure — installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting enterprise systems at scale.
  • Deployed applications and microservices, created infrastructure automations, and wrote internal tools for both system and client-side needs.
LinuxDockerKubernetesAnsibleFluxCDCI/CDPythonNGINX

Linux Foundation Trainer

Brains Center

Nov 2023 — Dec 2023
Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Delivered comprehensive Linux training covering commands, utilities, system management, troubleshooting, and configuration of all OS components.
LinuxRHCSATeachingSystem AdminBash

System Administrator

Baktelecom / Aztelekom

June 2022 — April 2024
Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Managed enterprise telecom infrastructure — installing, configuring, and troubleshooting servers for mission-critical services.
  • Deployed applications and services, built automation workflows, and developed minimal internal applications as needed.
LinuxVMwareNetworkingBashNGINXZabbixWindows AD

Areas of Expertise

Core Infrastructure
  • Linux Administration (RHEL, Rocky, Ubuntu)
  • System Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting
  • Networking (TCP/IP, Routing, DNS, NAT)
  • Virtualization — VMware / KVM
DevOps & Automation
  • CI/CD Pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins)
  • Infrastructure Automation (Ansible, Bash, Python)
  • Configuration Management
  • Release & Deployment Automation
Containers & Cloud-Native
  • Docker — containerization, compose, registry
  • Kubernetes — deployments, manifests, ingress
  • Helm Chart Management
  • FluxCD GitOps workflows
Security & Operations
  • Server Hardening & Baseline
  • Access Control & Permissions
  • Patch Management & System Updates
  • Audit & Compliance Checks
Monitoring & Observability
  • Zabbix / Centreon / Prometheus
  • ELK Stack — Log Analysis & Alerting
  • Metrics Collection & Dashboards
  • Incident Troubleshooting
Scripting & Development
  • Python — automation, API integrations
  • Bash Scripting
  • PHP / Laravel basics
  • REST API Integration
  • Oracle PL/SQL & MySQL

Education & Certifications

2023 — 2025

Master of Engineering

Computer Engineering & Applied Sciences

Khazar University

Dec 2021 — Feb 2022

RHCSA

Linux System Administrator

Network Training Center

2019 — 2023

Bachelor of Engineering

Computer Engineering & Applied Sciences

Khazar University

Get In Touch

Open to new opportunities and interesting infrastructure challenges. Reach out through any channel below.

Looking for a DevOps Engineer or SysAdmin?

I'm available for full-time roles and consulting engagements. Let's build reliable infrastructure together.