Open to Remote Work

Hi, I'm Pavel Zagalsky

DevSecOps, Infrastructure & Backend

Technology enthusiast, Python ninja, Kubernetes enjoyer, Cloud computing aficionado and all around nice guy. I love turning impossible ideas into planet-scale products.

Pavel Zagalsky

Core Skills

Python
Go
AWS / GCP
Kubernetes
Compliance (ISO/SOC2)
GitOps
Backstage
Open Policy Agent
CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins)
Linux

Experience (Last 10 Years)

DevSecOps / DevOps / IT

Metalbear @ Remote
2025 - Present
  • Founding DevOps/DevSecOps/IT in the company.
  • In charge of leading the company to a full SOC2/ISO compliance.
  • Terraforming all the existing company’s GCP infrastructure and building Linux/Windows/MacOS self-hosted GH Actions CICD pipelines.
  • Securing the company internal and external client-facing infrastructure using the best Kubernetes and GCP CloudRun, GCP Storage practices.

Infrastructure Developer at IPE Group

Wix @ Tel Aviv, Israel
2023 - 2025
  • In charge of the Infrastructure of a large scale rewrite of Wix’s internal applications system. Stack included: Build System, Deployment, Monitoring, Logging, Tracing and Metrics using GitOps on AWS/GCP Kubernetes clusters.
  • POCing and implementing moving parts within the system including Prometheus/KubeStateMetrics/Kiali/Jaeger.
  • Fixing and stabilizing multiple platform services like Internal Service Proxies, Open Policy Agent, and Job triggering infrastructure using Go.
  • Developed a metrics collection system based on Prometheus, Kube State Metrics and Grafana for agent deployment observability and logging.
  • Designed and built a GitHub-Actions based Agent and Server deployment on AWS EKS and GCP GKE orchestrators.

Principal Software Engineer

Palo Alto Networks @ Tel Aviv, Israel
2020 - 2022
  • Designed and contributed to Prisma Cloud Compute’s API and Performance testing solution.
  • Designed and implemented Prisma Cloud Compute’s build systems that included internal products, pipelines, and Container Orchestration solutions (Kubernetes/OpenShift/ECS/EKS/GKE/AKS).
  • Designed and implemented an internal system for tests triggering/handling/reporting written in Bootstrap/JQuery (front) and Python/Flask/MongoDB (back).

Lead Mobile Automation Developer | Dev-Ops

Via Transportation @ Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 - 2020
  • Designed Via’s mobile build and testing solution architecture from scratch on Android and iOS.
  • Drastically reduced time to market of Via’s Mobile Applications by developing testing solutions (from 3+ days to less than a day).
  • Recruited and mentored team members. Organized regular Mobile Development Meetups.

Automation QA Engineer

Red Hat @ Raanana, Israel
2016 - 2018
  • Developed test cases suite for CloudForms Management Engine using Python/PyTest.
  • Designed and added key features to Red Hat’s ManageIQ integration testing framework.
  • Worked extensively with Docker Containers and Google’s Kubernetes orchestration.

Projects & Community

Trolley

Open Source Application

Working on Trolley, an Open Source application that manages orchestrators on multiple cloud providers.

Mentorship

Community Contribution

Mentoring juniors and helping minorities and people without higher education enter the job market.