Lior Tal | DevOps Engineer

About Me

Hands-on DevOps engineer with a strong software background, specializing in turning manual processes into automated, scalable pipelines. Experienced in building, deploying, and managing cloud-native infrastructures and Microservices on AWS, Azure and Kubernetes, with automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD practices. Passionate about continuous improvement, learning new technologies, and enabling teams to deliver reliable software efficiently.

Final DevOps Project — Azure Infrastructure & CI/CD Pipeline

A capstone project led by Bynet demonstrating complete DevOps lifecycle implementation on Microsoft Azure. This project features Infrastructure as Code (Bicep) to provision AKS clusters, Redis Cache, Azure Key Vault, and monitoring tools. It includes a secure CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps and Docker, with GitOps deployment via Argo CD and static code analysis via SonarQube. The application is deployed in a production-grade Kubernetes environment with network policies, admission controls, and automated scaling.

Skills

Cloud & Containers: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS, IAM, ECR), Azure (ACR, KeyVault, Logic App, Function App), Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, K8s)
Automation & CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Helm, Argo CD, Ansible
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep (Azure)
Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, RabbitMQ

Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, JavaScript (Node.js), Java basics
Web Development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, Vue.js, Next.js, Node.js, REST APIs
Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Firebase
Tools & Platforms: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Postman, Linux (Ubuntu, Kali Linux)
Static Analysis:SonarQube, Trivy, Snyk

Education

2024 - 2025: DevOps Practical Engineer - Technological College of Beer-Sheva by Bynet
Extensive hands-on training in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins/GitLab CI, Helm, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK. Scripting with Python & Bash. Linux admin & networking. Built a GitOps pipeline deploying microservices to EKS with automated monitoring and blue‑green rollouts.
2022: Full Stack Developer Bootcamp (640 h) - Coding Academy, Tel Aviv.
Developed applications with MVC/CRUD frameworks, Redux, Vuex, Node.js, MongoDB, REST API, Git, PWAs, and real-time communication with WebSockets.
2013 - 2015: Practical Electronics Engineering - Amal College (IDF).

Experience

2023-2024: I&C Tool Install Design, Exyte Israel
Led chemical and electrical programming for production line machinery, utilizing NavisWorks 3D modelling for planning.
2022-2023: Full Stack Developer, Fello.co.uk
Developed web applications for a travel agency using Vue.js & MongoDB, building high-performance real-time data pipelines that improved responsiveness and scalability.

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