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Mateusz
Prais

Senior DevOps Engineer helping teams ship reliably, automate infrastructure, harden systems and solve difficult production problems.

01 / Services

Practical systems work,
from audit to production.

Focused engagements for teams that need less operational friction and more predictable infrastructure.

[01]

CI/CD Modernization

Audit and improve delivery pipelines, shorten feedback loops, and introduce incremental rollout strategies that make releases safer.

[02]

Infrastructure Automation

Build maintainable Terraform, Ansible, Python and Bash automation for cloud, hybrid and on-premise environments.

[03]

Security Hardening

Review application and host setups, improve security policies, write AppArmor profiles and turn research findings into durable fixes.

[04]

Reliability & Performance

Diagnose network, application and infrastructure issues; improve monitoring, backups and operational processes before incidents repeat.

02 / Toolbox

Technologies used in production.

LinuxTerraformAnsibleOpenStack DockerLXCKVMPython BashNginxApacheAppArmor NetworkingMonitoringCI/CDREST / SOAP
03 / Selected impact

Independent delivery, measurable outcomes.

Primary specialist Independently delivered the core infrastructure and DevOps scope for the Jakdojade engagement.
Full migration Planned and delivered the complete infrastructure migration from OVH to Hetzner.
Applied AI Built an early GitLab merge request review agent that now helps developers review and ship changes faster.
04 / Open source

Fixes shipped upstream.

Selected merged contributions to infrastructure and systems projects used beyond a single organization.

Little Snitch for Linux

Linux / eBPF

Increased the eBPF event ring buffer capacity to reduce the risk of silent event drops during traffic bursts.

Matrix Synapse

Server configuration

Raised the homeserver's default upload limit from 10 MB to 50 MB, backed by deployment experience and stress testing.

05 / Engagements

Production systems expertise since 2018.

Independent Senior DevOps Consultant

Jakdojade / B2B engagement / 2021 - present

Delivered the infrastructure and DevOps scope independently for most of the engagement, with the service later expanding to include another specialist. Executed the OVH-to-Hetzner migration, improved delivery, security and performance, and created a GitLab MR review agent that accelerates developer feedback and shipping.

DevOps / Linux Administrator

XTM International / 2019 - 2021

Administered Linux and Windows systems, containers and virtual machines; maintained automation, web servers, backups and SaaS/on-premise installations.

API Support Engineer

XTM International / 2018 - 2019

Supported international clients, advised on REST and SOAP integrations, monitored servers and automated repetitive operational work.

06 / Contact

Need a system made simpler, safer or faster?

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