Maxim Cujba
Building Infrastructure That Scales With Your Ambitions
From bare metal to Kubernetes clusters — over a decade of engineering the systems that keep businesses running.
Maxim Cujba
Senior DevOps Engineer
I started my career in 2012 at Moldtelecom's Network Operations Center, where I learned that every second of downtime costs more than any amount of prevention. That lesson stuck.
Over the next decade, I moved through increasingly complex environments — from managing Cisco and Juniper networks at Orange Moldova, to building containerized platforms at SaltEdge, to deploying Kubernetes clusters across hybrid clouds at EBS Integrator. Along the way, I picked up certifications not as résumé padding, but because each one solved a real problem I was facing at work.
Today, I serve as Senior DevOps Engineer for DuoCircle (San Diego, CA), where I manage production infrastructure handling millions of requests daily. In parallel, I run Skynet Hosting SRL, providing DevOps consulting and infrastructure services to companies that need senior-level expertise without the overhead of a full-time hire.
My approach is simple: understand the business problem first, then engineer the smallest solution that solves it reliably.
Certified. Verified. Battle-Tested.
Every certification I earned was to solve a real engineering challenge — not to decorate a wall.
The Linux Foundation
CKA
Juniper Networks
JNCIS-ENT · JNCIA-SEC · JNCIA-DevOps · JNCIA-Junos
Fortinet
NSE 5 · Fortinet FortiManager 6.0 Administrator · Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 6.0 Administrator · NSE 4
Cisco
Implementing Cisco IP Routing · CCNA · Understanding of Cisco Network Devices
MikroTik
MTCWE · MTCNA
Linux Professional Institute
LPIC-1
Skillsoft
OWASP: Open Web Application Security Project
No Surprises. No Black Boxes.
Discovery
We start with a conversation, not a quote. What does your infrastructure look like today? What's breaking? What's keeping you up at night? We ask the uncomfortable questions early so there are no surprises later.
Architecture
Before writing a single line of Terraform, we map out the target state. Network diagrams, cost projections, migration paths, rollback plans. You see everything before we touch anything.
Implementation
Infrastructure as Code, always. Every change is version-controlled, peer-reviewed, and deployed through CI/CD. No SSH-and-pray. No undocumented changes.
Handoff & Support
We document everything. Runbooks, architecture decisions, monitoring dashboards. When the engagement ends, you own a system you can maintain — or we stay on for ongoing managed services.
The Journey
2012–2013
Moldtelecom
Technical Support & NOC Engineer
First taste of production systems, incident management, and the weight of an SLA.
2016–2021
Orange Moldova
Senior Network/System Administrator → IT Network Team Lead
Five years managing enterprise-grade Cisco, Juniper, and FortiGate infrastructure. Built monitoring stacks with Nagios, Zabbix, and Cacti. Deployed RADIUS/TACACS+ authentication systems.
2021–2022
SaltEdge
DevOps Engineer
First deep dive into container orchestration, Chef provisioning, and AWS cloud services.
2022–2023
Gilat Satellite Networks
DevOps Engineer
Kubernetes and Docker in regulated environments. Satellite infrastructure has zero tolerance for "it works on my machine."
2022–2023
AlexHost
Chief Technology & Operations Officer
Led cross-functional teams, aligned IT strategy with business objectives. Understood margins, capacity planning, and the cost of technical debt.
2023–2024
EBS Integrator
Senior DevOps Engineer
Built GitOps workflows with ArgoCD, deployed Kubernetes on Proxmox and public clouds. Reduced infrastructure setup time by 50% through Ansible and Terraform automation.
2024–Present
DuoCircle LLC
Senior DevOps Engineer
Managing production Ubuntu servers, AWS EKS workloads, and CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Architecting high-availability solutions.
2024–Present
MIT-DEV
Senior DevOps Engineer
DevOps for a Chișinău team that builds custom software and production AI systems.
Skynet Hosting SRL
DevOpsFlow is the consulting and engineering arm of Skynet Hosting SRL, a Moldova-based IT company operating under the Moldova IT Park program. We hold our own Autonomous System (AS48296) and maintain direct relationships with upstream providers — because we don't just configure infrastructure, we understand it from the wire up.
We partner with companies across the United States, Switzerland, and the European Union, delivering DevOps engineering, cloud architecture, and infrastructure automation. Whether you're running a three-server setup or orchestrating workloads across multiple cloud providers, we bring the same rigor and attention to reliability.
Registered in Chișinău, Moldova — operating globally.
Our Values
We Build What We'd Want to Inherit
Every engineer has inherited someone else's infrastructure nightmare. We build systems with the next person in mind — documented, automated, and predictable.
We Optimize for Reliability, Not Complexity
The most elegant solution is often the simplest one that meets the requirements. We don't add Kubernetes to a problem that needs a cron job.
We Communicate Like Adults
No jargon walls. No hiding behind tickets. If something's broken, you'll hear it from us before you notice it yourself. If a timeline slips, you'll know why.
We Earn Trust Through Transparency
Our infrastructure code lives in Git. Our monitoring dashboards are shared. Our invoices are clear. Trust isn't built with NDAs — it's built with access.
Ready to Talk Infrastructure?
Whether you need a Kubernetes migration, a CI/CD overhaul, or just a second pair of eyes on your architecture — let's start with a conversation.