Jakub Gola
About Jakub Gola
Jakub Gola is a Senior DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in managing AWS Cloud services and automating CI/CD pipelines. He has worked at Filestack since 2021 and founded Megainformatyk in 2018, while also holding previous positions in various technology companies.
Work at Filestack
Jakub Gola has been serving as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Filestack since 2021. In this role, he administers AWS Cloud services, which include ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, Load Balancers, Elasticache, Secret Manager, and Autoscaling. His responsibilities involve managing high-traffic systems to ensure their stability and performance. He utilizes various automation tools and monitoring solutions to maintain system health.
Founding Megainformatyk
In addition to his role at Filestack, Jakub Gola is the Founder of Megainformatyk, a position he has held since 2018. This venture is also based in Cracow, Lesser Poland District, Poland. His experience in the tech industry contributes to the operations and strategic direction of the company.
Education and Expertise
Jakub Gola studied at AGH University of Science and Technology, where he earned both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Informatics. His education laid the foundation for his expertise in managing high-traffic systems and offensive security. He possesses skills in scripting with Bash and Python, as well as experience with automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Packer.
Professional Background
Jakub Gola has a diverse professional background in the field of DevOps and system administration. He worked as a DevOps Engineer at Azimo from 2016 to 2019 and at HackingLabs from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as a Unix System Administrator at DreamLab Sp. z o.o. from 2014 to 2016 and as a System Administrator at X-Formation from 2012 to 2014.
Technical Skills and Tools
Jakub Gola has developed a strong skill set in various technical areas. He manages Jenkins and writes Groovy scripts to automate CI/CD pipelines. He employs monitoring tools such as ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, and Nagios to ensure system performance. His expertise in offensive security enables him to enhance system defenses against potential threats.