Aleksei B. - Linux System Administrator / DevOps Engineer

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Tbilisi, Georgia

Experience

Apr 2023 - May 2024

1 year 2 months

Tbilisi, Georgia

Linux System Administrator / DevOps Engineer

Under NDA

Deployed, configured and administered KVM virtualization infrastructure (hosts, VMs).
Deployed, configured and administered containerized applications (Docker).
Deployed, configured and administered system monitoring tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana).
Deployed, configured and administered CI/CD services (Gitlab, Jenkins).
Deployed, configured and administered LDAP service (FreeIPA).
Deployed, configured and administered VPN services (openVPN, Wireguard, Xray).
Deployed, configured and administered web services (nginx).
Automated infrastructure deployment and management using Ansible (IaC).
Automated routine tasks using Bash and Python scripts.
Standardized, improved and updated the internal knowledge base.
Configured backoffice infrastructure (wifi, dns, etc).

Apr 2018 - Apr 2023

5 years 1 month

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Linux System Administrator

VK

Deployed, configured and administered VMware virtualization infrastructure (clusters, hosts, data storage, VMs).
Deployed, configured and administered system monitoring tools (Zabbix).
Deployed, configured and administered Linux and Windows servers.
Deployed, configured and administered Microsoft Active Directory (users, groups, policies, dns, dhcp etc).
Deployed, configured and administered databases (mysql, PostgreSQL).
Deployed, configured and administered backup service (Veeam).
Deployed, configured and administered antivirus service (ESET).
Deployed, configured and administered video surveillance (400+ cams) and access control systems.
Automated routine tasks using Bash and Python scripts.
Updated the internal knowledge base.
Supported the opening of new offices (network, IT infrastructure).
Set tasks for other team members and contractors, controlled task execution.

Mar 2014 - Apr 2018

4 years 2 months

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Office System Administrator

ICVA

Deployed, configured and administered XEN virtualization infrastructure (hosts, VMs).
Deployed, configured and administered system monitoring tools (Zabbix).
Deployed, configured and administered Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange.
Deployed, configured and administered video surveillance and access control systems.
Configured backoffice infrastructure (dhcp, dns, WiFi, VPN etc).
Provided IT support.

Jul 2011 - Mar 2014

2 years 9 months

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

System Engineer

ICVA

Assembled, installed and configured servers and network devices.
Performed network cabling (fiber optic, ethernet).

Mar 2008 - Jul 2011

3 years 5 months

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

System Engineer

Senator LLC

Assembled, installed, configured and administered servers, network devices and PCs (300+).
Configured and administered backoffice infrastructure (AD, GP, dhcp, dns, ntp, shares etc).
Deployed and managed video surveillance system.

Sep 2007 - Jan 2008

5 months

Tula, Russian Federation

Project Manager

Exiterra

Worked with clients.
Set tasks for other team members, controlled task execution.

Oct 2006 - Aug 2007

11 months

Tula, Russian Federation

Customer Support Specialist

Consultant LLC

Installed and updated a legal information system on customers’ servers.
Provided IT support.

Jan 2006 - Oct 2007

1 year 10 months

Tula, Russian Federation

Part-Time System Administrator

Balance LLC

Performed network cabling.
Provided IT support.

Summary

I'm passionate about computing and Linux, especially in building and automating systems that solve complex challenges. IT constantly provides me with opportunities to learn something new, which keeps me excited and motivated.