Welcome
Hello and welcome! I’m Nikolay Dachev, an Infrastructure Automation Engineer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. With over a decade of hands-on experience in DevOps, site reliability, and systems administration, I specialize in designing and maintaining resilient, scalable infrastructure that keeps businesses running smoothly.
Starting my career as a network and systems administrator, I quickly fell in love with automation and the power it brings to day-to-day operations. Today, I architect complex solutions across Linux, FreeBSD (including jails & VNET), Windows Server, and macOS environments—leveraging tools like Ansible (where I contribute modules for MikroTik RouterOS), Puppet, and SaltStack to automate everything from routine tasks to full-scale deployments.
My toolkit spans virtualization platforms (VMware ESXi/vCenter, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, KVM) and major public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack), as well as container ecosystems (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes). On the networking side, I’ve built and secured networks with Cisco, Juniper (OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IPsec), MikroTik, pfSense/opnSense, always with an eye toward performance and reliability.
Throughout my journey, I’ve earned certifications including RHCE/RHCSA, multiple MikroTik and Juniper JNCIA’s and JNCIS-SP credentials, Kubernetes certification from SoftUni, and BSD Associate status. I’m also the author of several open-source projects—most notably an Ansible collection for RouterOS, a FreeBSD jail framework (“jadm”), and automation scripts for EVE-NG network labs.
Whether you’re here to explore my writing on automation best practices, dive into my open-source work, or just say hello, I’m glad you stopped by. Let’s connect and build something great together!
Under the “Articles” section, I hope you’ll find useful information drawn from my professional experience.