About

Atanas Dichev is an experienced Principal DevOps Engineer and DevOps Discipline Lead with a passion for automation in provisioning, configuration, building, and deployment. With over 10 years of relevant experience, he is a fast-adapting worker and persistent troubleshooter who is always eager to learn. Currently, Atanas works at news uk as the DevOps Discipline Lead, where he organizes sync-up meetings with all DevOps engineers across the company, keeps everybody involved in infrastructure and automation discussions, and ensures that everyone is on the same page. He balances architecture knowledge between teams to ensure that they are all working towards the same goals. Previously, Atanas worked as the Principal DevOps Engineer and Senior DevOps Engineer at news uk's Engineering Productivity team. In these roles, he led teams, prioritized tasks, refined technical processes, and troubleshooted incidents. He also worked on AWS, Terraform, CircleCI, and CDN migration from Akamai to AWS Cloudfront. Atanas has a degree in Economics from unwe sofia and a Master's degree from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. He is proficient in DevOps, Kubernetes, infra, AWS, and Terraform. He is interested in Cloud and Kubernetes and is always looking to expand his knowledge in these areas. Overall, Atanas is a dedicated and skilled DevOps professional with a proven track record of success in leading teams and implementing automation processes. He is a valuable asset to any organization that values innovation and efficiency.