Stavros Foteinopoulos
About Stavros Foteinopoulos
Stavros Foteinopoulos is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer I at Mattermost, with extensive experience in site reliability, DevOps, and web development.
Title
Senior Site Reliability Engineer I
Current Role at Mattermost
Stavros Foteinopoulos currently holds the position of Senior Site Reliability Engineer I at Mattermost, starting his tenure in 2022. He operates remotely from Ioannina, Epirus, Greece. As part of his current role, he has been instrumental in transitioning Mattermost's internal server from MySQL to Postgres, ensuring data integrity and minimal disruption. Furthermore, he has led FinOps initiatives, focusing on education, standardization, and cultivating a supportive culture. He also pioneers enhancements in Disaster Recovery tooling, ensuring minimal downtime and quick recovery capabilities, and plays a pivotal role in the development of enterprise features for the Mattermost Cloud SaaS platform. Additionally, he actively mentors team members, elevating their skills in cost management, SRE principles, and strategies for toil elimination.
Previous Roles at Mattermost
Before his current position, Stavros Foteinopoulos served as a Site Reliability Engineer II at Mattermost from 2020 to 2022. During this period, he continued to work remotely from Ioannina, Epirus, Greece. His roles involved enhancing the reliability and efficiency of Mattermost's infrastructure.
Roles at PeoplePerHour
Stavros Foteinopoulos has a rich experience with PeoplePerHour, where he worked from 2015 to 2020 in various capacities. He started as a Web Developer (2015-2017) across multiple locations including Athens, Ioannina, and Xanthi, Greece. Subsequently, he served as a DevOps Engineer (2017-2018) and then as a Site Reliability Engineer (2019-2020) before becoming a Senior Site Reliability Engineer in 2020 for a brief period of eight months, based in Ioannina.
Education and Expertise
Stavros Foteinopoulos achieved a Master of Science (MSc) in Information Systems Security from Democritus University of Thrace, studying from 2011 to 2014. Prior to that, he earned a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same university, which he pursued from 2001 to 2010. His educational background has provided a strong foundation for his extensive career in web development, system administration, and site reliability engineering.