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Tal Shterenshus

Senior Automation Engineer  |  DevOps  |  CI/CD  |  Platform & Release

Senior Automation & DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience building automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and platform tooling for complex distributed production systems.

About

I'm a senior automation and DevOps engineer with a strong focus on engineering quality, release reliability, and platform tooling. Over six years I've built and owned automation frameworks across the full stack โ€” UI, API, backend, and integration โ€” primarily in Python, TypeScript, and Java, using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, and Pytest. I design and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitHub Actions, integrating quality gates for code coverage, vulnerability scanning, and license compliance via SonarQube, Trivy, Jit, and Black Duck. I work with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and AWS CDK to build and operate infrastructure at scale, and manage artifacts and images through Google Artifact Registry and JFrog Artifactory. I enjoy close collaboration with developers and cross-functional teams and thrive at the intersection of automation, DevOps, and platform engineering.

Selected Strengths

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Automation Frameworks

Designing and owning scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, backend, and integration systems.

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CI/CD & Release Engineering

Building Jenkins and GitHub Actions pipelines with quality gates, vulnerability scans, and release validation.

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Distributed System Testing

Building simulators, mocks, and integration environments for complex distributed and event-driven architectures.

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Platform & DevOps Engineering

Treating infrastructure as code โ€” containerized, versioned, and deployed via Helm, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS CDK.

Core Skills

Languages & Scripting

Python TypeScript Java Bash C/C++

CI/CD & Release Engineering

GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI/CD ArgoCD Maven Release Validation Coverage Gates

Code Quality & Security

SonarQube Trivy Jit Black Duck Vulnerability Scanning Secret Scanning License Checks

Containers & Orchestration

Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes OpenShift Helm

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Terraform AWS CDK GitOps

Cloud & Artifact Management

AWS GCP Google Artifact Registry JFrog Artifactory

Observability & Operations

Grafana Kibana Loki Allure TestOps ReportPortal

Messaging & Distributed Systems

Kafka Temporal SQS GCP Pub/Sub

Databases & APIs

MongoDB Redis SQL REST GraphQL gRPC TCP/UDP

Platforms & Tools

Git Linux Windows macOS Networking PKI / TLS

Automation & Validation

Playwright Selenium Pytest UI Testing API Testing Integration Testing E2E Testing Simulators Mocks

AI-Assisted Engineering

ChatGPT + MCP Cursor Augment Codex Pipeline Development Scripting Troubleshooting Root-Cause Analysis Log & Trace Analysis

Used alongside Grafana, Loki, and Tempo to investigate failures, analyze logs and traces, and accelerate root-cause analysis across CI/CD and distributed-service environments.

Experience

Redis
Senior Automation Engineer | DevOps
2024 โ€“ Present
  • Built and maintained GitHub Actions workflows that automated validation, improved CI/CD pipelines, and accelerated release feedback across distributed services.
  • Integrated SonarQube, Trivy, Jit, and Black Duck into delivery flows to strengthen code quality gates, vulnerability scanning, license compliance, and secret/sensitivity detection as part of the release process.
  • Managed packages and images through Google Artifact Registry (GAR) and JFrog Artifactory, improving artifact traceability, promotion between environments, and release consistency.
  • Developed internal tooling and engineering automation in TypeScript and Java to reduce manual operational effort, support environment workflows, and improve reliability in day-to-day delivery processes.
  • Built and maintained automation frameworks for backend and integration flows, with strong support for E2E validation where it improved release confidence.
  • Developed simulators, mocks, and supporting services that reduced dependency on external systems and enabled more reliable validation across complex service interactions.
  • Contributed to system design, code reviews, and performance improvements with emphasis on stability, maintainability, and platform readiness.
  • Worked closely with developers and cross-functional teams to improve delivery workflows, integration coverage, and operational reliability.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Senior Automation Engineer | DevOps
2020 โ€“ 2024
  • Built and maintained Jenkins pipelines for automated execution, nightly runs, and continuous validation across environments, strengthening CI/CD processes and release readiness.
  • Developed internal automation and engineering tools in Python to improve workflow efficiency, reduce manual effort, and support repeatable operational processes.
  • Built and maintained Dockerfiles and Helm charts to standardize containerized deployments and improve consistency across environments.
  • Created analytics and Jira-integrated reporting tools that improved visibility into pipeline status, execution results, and engineering process health.
  • Built automation frameworks and utilities that supported E2E, integration, and backend validation in complex systems.
  • Developed simulators and internal utilities that reduced dependency on external systems, improved environment independence, and enabled more reliable system-level validation.
  • Supported engineering quality through code reviews, mentoring, and tooling improvements that increased maintainability and team efficiency.

Additional Engineering Experience

Vered Hagalil โ€“ Unilever
Food Research and Development Engineer
2015 โ€“ 2019
ICL Fertilizers โ€“ ICL Group
Analytical Laboratory Manager & Development Engineer
2012 โ€“ 2015

Education

Develeap
DevOps Upskill Course โ€” Linux & Bash, Git, Networking, Docker, Docker Compose, CI/CD, Jenkins, Maven, Terraform, PKI & TLS, Kubernetes Fundamentals & Advanced, Helm, GitOps, ArgoCD, Logging, Monitoring, Loki Stack, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, AWS CDK, Terragrunt, AWS Cloud Fundamentals & Advanced, AWS Database & Storage Solutions
2025
Infinity Labs
Software Development Training
2019 โ€“ 2020
Technion โ€“ Israel Institute of Technology
B.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering
2008 โ€“ 2012

Contact

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Location
Petah Tikva, Israel
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