Melissa Emine Yavuz

Tampa

Summary

Senior DevOps Engineer with deep experience in high-availability systems, cloud platforms, and modern CI/CD practices. Proven track record of automating build, test, and deployment pipelines, enabling reliable delivery across containerized and Kubernetes-based environments. Strong background in containerization, configuration management, and infrastructure automation, with a solid understanding of enterprise IT standards and a passion for continuous improvement.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Staff / Principal DevOps Engineer

US Foods

Chicago, IL, USA

02.2022 - Current

Served as platform owner and technical leader for enterprise CI/CD, Kubernetes, artifact management, and secrets platforms, enabling consistent and scalable delivery across engineering teams.
Defined and evolved CI/CD architecture standards using Atlassian Bamboo, driving best practices for pipeline design, reuse, and long-term maintainability.
Designed and governed Bamboo scripted pipelines and Java Specs, improving reliability and developer adoption.
Led onboarding and lifecycle management of Bamboo Linux and AWS build agents, including OS modernization (RHEL 7 → RHEL 8, Amazon Linux → Amazon Linux 2023).
Partnered with architecture teams on Bamboo server upgrades, supporting planning, execution, and post-upgrade stabilization.
Implemented and managed Sonar (SonarQube/SonarCloud) integration with Bamboo, embedding automated code-quality enforcement into the SDLC.
Optimized Ionic CI pipelines using Docker-based parallel execution, improving build performance and developer feedback loops.
Standardized infrastructure automation using Chef, authoring and maintaining cookbooks and managing environments and secrets via Chef data bags.
Architected and governed the enterprise artifact management platform using JFrog Artifactory; onboarded JFrog Xray for supply-chain security scanning.
Led migrations from Archiva and AWS CodeArtifact to Artifactory, ensuring dependency continuity and minimal CI/CD disruption.
Defined and implemented artifact lifecycle and retention policies, including automated Docker image cleanup to control storage growth.
Onboarded CodeScene and integrated it with Bitbucket and local IDE workflows, embedding continuous code health insights into developer workflows.
Designed and implemented GitOps-based Kubernetes delivery using Argo CD, automating application and project creation through Bamboo pipelines.
Automated Kubernetes configuration and secrets management through CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure and consistent deployments.
Enabled developer success on Amazon EKS, supporting Docker image creation and troubleshooting CI/CD and Kubernetes runtime issues.
Collaborated with architecture teams on HashiCorp Vault onboarding, using Terraform to automate Vault configuration and support secure secrets management.

DevOps Engineer

Evolve Cyber

Chicago, IL, USA

01.2021 - 02.2022

Worked on automation and integration of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform under guidance of senior engineers.
Assisted in maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for application build and deployment workflows.
Automated build and deployment processes using Jenkins, reducing manual intervention.
Built and maintained Docker images and integrated Docker workflows into Jenkins pipelines.
Deployed Kubernetes applications using Helm charts in cloud environments.
Utilized Kubernetes and Docker as runtime platforms for CI/CD pipelines.
Developed and modified Groovy scripts to support Jenkins pipelines.
Gained hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, Auto Scaling Groups, IAM, and load balancers.
Worked with GitHub and GitLab for source code management and CI/CD integrations.
Supported development teams by building and maintaining continuous delivery pipelines in cloud environments.

Teacher

iLearn Schools

Passaic, NJ, USA

08.2014 - 06.2021

Developed innovative, technology-driven learning approaches aligned with district standards.
Created supportive learning environments fostering academic and personal growth.
Demonstrated strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Engineering

Ege University

Skills

Atlassian Bamboo
Jenkins
CI/CD Architecture
Pipeline Automation
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Argo CD
Helm
AWS
Terraform
JFrog Artifactory
JFrog Xray

Chef
Ansible
HashiCorp Vault
Kubernetes Secrets
SonarQube/SonarCloud
CodeScene
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Shell
Linux (RHEL, Amazon Linux)
Dynatrace