Jonathan Spandorf
Ramat Hasharon
Summary
Site Reliability Engineer specializing in scalable cloud-native infrastructure and platform engineering. Proven track record designing self-service automation platforms, modernizing configuration management systems, and building robust CI/CD workflows that improve developer productivity and system reliability. Expert in Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, and observability systems across AWS and GCP environments. Brings creative problem-solving approach shaped by musical background to simplify complex distributed systems challenges.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Site Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure)
Qwilt
12.2023 - Current
- Modernized configuration management at scale by designing and deploying AWX automation platform on GKE, replacing legacy Puppet workflows and providing flexible, scalable job execution across 2,000+ hosts with improved security through Teleport/Okta SSO integration
- Enhanced operational flexibility by leveraging Kubernetes-native AWX deployment, enabling dynamic scaling of automation jobs and improved resource utilization compared to traditional VM-based configuration management
- Streamlined infrastructure delivery by building GitLab CI pipelines with ansible-lint and Terraform validation gates, reducing deployment errors and ensuring infrastructure consistency across environments
- Strengthened disaster recovery capabilities by automating PostgreSQL backup/recovery using Kubernetes CronJobs and implementing comprehensive recovery procedures for critical data services
- Improved observability and standardization by migrating from Fluentd to OpenTelemetry agents, enhancing log correlation and monitoring across microservice workloads
- Built production-ready microservice platforms on GKE using Helm charts, GitOps (ArgoCD), and custom deployment templates for reliable application delivery
System Administrator and Lab Support
Radware
06.2021 - 12.2023
- Accelerated development workflows by developing multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment pipeline using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins, automating environment provisioning and reducing setup time from days to hours
- Enabled self-service infrastructure by building full-stack platform for instance provisioning, static IP binding, and unified resource management, empowering R&D teams with on-demand lab environments
- Designed scalable network solutions by implementing L2-L3 network automation and orchestration, improving development productivity through streamlined network provisioning and configuration management across lab environments
- Built automated device recovery system enabling developers to self-service quick recovery of lab devices they're working on, reducing downtime and eliminating dependency on manual intervention for device restoration
- Enhanced debugging productivity by developing desktop application that aggregates logs from multiple network devices into unified timeline view, enabling developers to filter and correlate events across resources for faster troubleshooting
- Improved system reliability by containerizing internal tools and orchestrating lab services with Docker, achieving consistent deployment patterns and reducing environment drift
Education
D.M - Music
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, USA12-2023
Master of Music -
The Juilliard School
New York, NY, USA05-2015
Skills
Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, VMware, Openstack
Orchestration: Kubernetes, Helm, Docker
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
CI/CD & GitOps: GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD
Configuration Management: AWX, Puppet
Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Coralogix
Security & Access: Teleport, Okta SSO, PagerDuty
Development: Python, NodeJS, ReactJS
Databases: PostgreSQL, DocumentDB
Certification
AWS Certified Developer
Timeline
Site Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure)
Qwilt
12.2023 - Current
System Administrator and Lab Support
Radware
06.2021 - 12.2023
D.M - Music
Indiana University
Master of Music -
The Juilliard School
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