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Lead DevOps Engineer / SRE

About

Who I am

DevOps Engineer / SRE, self-hoster, privacy enthusiast, and a true FOSS enjoyer.

I build and run infrastructure so that services stay predictable and boring — from home labs and on-prem boxes to GPU-heavy clouds. I care about clear architecture, reproducible setups, and being able to fix things quickly when they break.

Most of my work is about making deployments safer, outages shorter, and day-to-day operations less painful for everyone involved.

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10:30–19:30 (UTC+3)

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Work

Projects

Selected builds that show how I think and ship.

Experience

Journey

Roles, impact, and collaborations that shaped how I build.

Lead DevOps Engineer

Metamentor

2025 Aug 1 - Present

Developing CI/CD pipelines, managing GPU- and CPU-powered hosts, securing company networks.

  • Rebuilt the internal infrastructure, focusing on security, compartmentalization, automation, and traceability.
  • Introduced SSO, proper user management, strict in-tracker discussions and proper reporing.

Lead DevOps Engineer / SRE

XLabs AI

2024 Aug 15 – 2025 Mar 28

Designed and automated GPU-powered multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms with SRE rigor.

  • Built HA GPU K8s clusters on Nebius, SberCloud, and VK Cloud with optimized GPU utilization.
  • Managed IaC with Terraform/Ansible; cut maintenance time by 75% and cloud costs by 42%; automated GitLab CI/CD.
  • Delivered Kubeflow with SSO, reducing developer maintenance burden by 68% and freeing 66% GPU capacity.
  • Researched serverless compute, authored roadmap, and seeded a new product line.

DevOps Engineer / SRE

WB Tech

2023 Jun 10 – 2024 Jul 26

Maintained critical infra with strong uptime, security controls, and CI automation.

  • Ran Ansible-managed estate with >99.99% uptime; scaled resources for team demand.
  • Negotiated and enforced RBAC across VMs; documented infra and processes in YouTrack.
  • Built alerting services in Golang/Python; improved deployment success by 30% via GitLab CI automation.

Lead DevOps Engineer / SRE

ANKON Engineering

2019 Aug 26 – Present

Built and secured on-prem infrastructure, data pipelines, and automation.

  • Managed critical on-prem infra (K3s; HA mail/VPN/SSO) and enforced secure data handling.
  • Developed software and tooling in Python 3 and Rust; managed off-site hardware and software.
  • Reduced storage costs by 79% with Syncthing, RAID, deduplication, and OBS backups.

Contact

Let's talk!

Open to collaborations, fractional leadership, and thoughtful products.

I enjoy pairing on early product ideas, refining UX flows, and leading implementations end to end. If you have a challenge that needs momentum, reach out.

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