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Gomgom Silalahi

6+ years engineering enterprise IT Infrastructure and DevOps. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

With over 6 years in enterprise ITโ€”most notably within a Insurance enterpriseโ€”I focus on architecting resilient, automated, and highly available infrastructure. In the Insurance sector, where strict regulatory compliance, high availability, and zero data loss are mission-critical, I manage hybrid cloud environments, automated deployment pipelines, and enterprise database systems. My work combines solid system administration with modern DevOps practices to keep core enterprise operations running seamlessly.

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Professional Experience

Great Eastern General Insurance

PT Great Eastern General Insurance

PT Great Eastern General Insurance Indonesia is a general insurance company owned by Great Eastern General Insurance Limited which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Great Eastern Holdings. Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, Singapore's oldest bank, having been established since 1932.

DevOps Engineer

May 2025 - Present
  • Orchestrated end-to-end application deployments, significantly contributing to efficient development cycles and smooth production releases.
  • Performed monitoring of application performance and proactively handled issues to maintain high system availability and stability through proactive application performance monitoring, comprehensive incident troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
  • Fostered close collaboration with development teams, business analysts, and key stakeholders to deliver core application enhancements and new business features.
  • Overseas multi-platform database administration for MySQL, MSSQL, and IBM DB2 specializing in query optimization, performance tuning, and secure data provisioning for cross-functional stakeholders.
Equity Life Indonesia

PT Equity Life Indonesia

PT Equity Life Indonesia is the Insurance company providing its services in Life Insurance, Health Insurance. Established in 1987, with more than 34 valuable years in service, Equity Life Indonesia has provided life and health protection for over 3 million individuals and group customers in cities all over Indonesia.

DevOps Engineer

Jan 2024 - May 2025
  • Designed and implemented end-to-end CI/CD automation pipelines for SIT, UAT, and Production environments leveraging Git, Jenkins, Secret Management, and SonarQube, significantly reducing almost 95% manual overhead and deployment errors.
  • Partnered closely with development and QA teams to streamline software delivery pipelines, accelerate release cycles, and optimize deployment processes.
  • Managed, scaled, and deployed enterprise applications on Docker containers, IIS servers, and Kong API Gateways.
  • Maintained and administered critical Windows Server infrastructures (AD, DNS, DFS, GPO, Quota Management) and Linux Server environments.
  • Manage and monitored enterprise virtualization via vCenter, applying rigorous security hardening to VMs and physical servers to elevate reliability and compliance metrics.
  • Supervised and executed robust system and database backup strategies, ensuring seamless replication to the Disaster Recovery (DR) site and executing disaster recovery procedures via Veeam Backup & Replication.
  • Managed and monitored critical middleware infrastructures including IBM WebSphere, alongside secure FTP and SFTP transmission servers.
  • Handled end-to-end database administration for PostgreSQL, driving efficient query management, scheduled patch deployments, and fail-safe backup/restore operations.

Sysadmin & DBA

Mar 2022 - Jan 2024
  • Maintained and administered critical Windows Server infrastructures (AD, DNS, DFS, GPO, Quota Management,etc) and Linux Server environments.
  • Managed comprehensive database administration for MS SQL and PostgreSQL, executing advanced query optimization, patch deployment, performance tuning, data replication, robust backup/restore protocols, and database security hardening.
  • Implemented strict server hardening and proactive monitoring systems for both virtual machines (VMs) and bare-metal servers, ensuring rigorous compliance and enterprise security.
  • Managed and fine-tuned IBM WebSphere application servers to facilitate seamless application deployments and ensure optimal performance.
  • Orchestrated application deployments across containerized environments using Docker, as well as IIS web servers and Kong API Gateways.
  • Administered Kaspersky Security Center (KSC) by driving endpoint installation, critical updates, policy deployments, and automating mass application distribution while enforcing robust access controls, threat prevention, and reporting.
  • Administered and continuously monitored dedicated SFTP servers to safeguard and guarantee secure data exchange.

Network and Technical Support

Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
  • Maintained and troubleshot corporate hardware (PCs, laptops, printers, scanners) and core network infrastructure (routers, access points, distribution switches) to ensure peak operational efficiency.
  • Monitored and resolved technical criticalities on the MDaemon email server and Cisco corporate phone systems, minimizing communication downtime.
  • Installed, configured, and troubleshot core enterprise applications, strictly aligning with business continuity and operational standards.
  • Monitored, upgraded, and optimized network infrastructure (TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLAN, cabling) and network security policies (Firewalls) utilizing MikroTik and Cisco devices across HQ and all branch offices.
  • Designed and deployed highly secure VPN architectures, configuring EoIP Tunnels with IPsec to connect 11 branch offices to HQ and establishing L2TP VPN solutions for remote WFH users via MikroTik.
  • Created OSPF routing protocols between remote branches and the Head Office using MikroTik routers.
  • Collaborated within a team to architect secure branch-to-HQ network connectivity using advanced VLAN over VPN configurations (L2TP BCP on MikroTik).

Featured Projects

Cloud & Virtualization 2024

Enterprise Hybrid Cloud & Automated Server Provisioning

Bridging on-premises VMware vSphere clusters with AWS cloud infrastructure to establish automated, resilient multi-environment deployment pipelines.

Challenge: Manual server setups taking days with high risk of configuration drift.
Solution: Automated provisioning workflows using Git, Bash scripting, and standardized templates.
โšก 40% Faster Setup ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ 99.9% Availability
AWS VMware ESXi vSphere Git Bash RHEL
DevOps & Security 2024

Automated CI/CD & Centralized Enterprise Secrets Management

Standardizing secure build-test-deploy cycles with integrated static code quality checks and centralized encryption for enterprise access control.

Challenge: Scattered credentials, slow release cadences, and manual code review bottlenecks.
Solution: Engineered Jenkins CI/CD with SonarQube quality gates and Infisical secret vault.
๐Ÿš€ 30% Higher Deployment Frequency ๐Ÿ”’ 100% Encrypted Secrets
Jenkins SonarQube Infisical Docker Git
Monitoring & SIEM 2023 - 2024

End-to-End Enterprise Observability & Threat Detection Stack

Unified monitoring, centralized log telemetry, and proactive host-based intrusion detection safeguarding hybrid insurance infrastructures.

Challenge: Reactive incident response and decentralized server log inspection across fleets.
Solution: Integrated Prometheus & Grafana metrics with ELK log parsing and Wazuh SIEM alerting.
โฑ๏ธ 35% Faster MTTD ๐Ÿ“Š Real-Time Telemetry
Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Wazuh Linux
Enterprise Networking 2021 - 2022

Multi-Branch Encrypted IPsec VPN & Zero-Downtime Routing

Architecting high-security encrypted site-to-site connectivity interconnecting 11 nationwide branch offices directly with corporate Headquarters.

Challenge: Securing inter-branch financial data transfer over public lines with zero disruption.
Solution: Deployed EoIP Tunnels over IPsec, L2TP BCP, and OSPF dynamic routing on MikroTik & Cisco.
๐Ÿข 11 Branch Offices ๐Ÿ” IPsec Encryption
MikroTik Cisco IPsec VPN OSPF

Certifications & Training

๐Ÿง Red Hat

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Education

Del Institute of Technology

Del Institute of Technology

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering

Aug 2016 - Sep 2020

GPA: 3.07/4.00

Published a final project entitled "Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) real-time positioning based on GPS with Multihop LoRa Communication".

Tech Stack

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack

Containers & Orchestration

Docker Kubernetes

Cloud & Virtualization

VMware ESXi vSphere AWS

CI/CD & Automation

Git Jenkins SonarQube Infisical

Scripting

Bash PowerShell Groovy SQL

Operating Systems & Servers

Windows Server RHEL / CentOS IBM WebSphere IIS

Databases

PostgreSQL MS SQL Server MySQL MongoDB

Networking & Security

MikroTik Cisco Wazuh Kaspersky

Project Management

Jira Confluence