Result-oriented AWS Solutions Architect with the focus on building scale-ready, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure for startups.

Specialization

AWS · Terraform · Containers (AWS ECS) · CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Recent success story

• Supported AWS and CI/CD infrastructure for Swedish enterprise e-commerce profit data platform (AWS ECS / AWS Lambda / AWS Batch / AWS Kinesis and Firehose / GitHub Actions). The customer case study is pending.
• Supported AWS and CI/CD infrastructure for Swedish computer vision platform (AWS ECS Anywhere / AWS Lambda / AWS Batch / AWS EC2 / GitLab CI ).
• Built and managed all infrastructure from the ground up for SaaS product Allure TestOps (AWS EKS / AWS Lambda / GitHub Actions / Crossplane / ArgoCD). Customer case study.

Certifications

• AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
• HashiCorp Cloud Engineer Certification - Terraform Associate
• SCRUM ALLIANCE - Certified Scrum Master
• Codefresh - GitOps Fundamentals
• Certified Calico Operator - AWS Expert (CCO-L2-AWS)

Public activity

• Presentation at DevOps by Rebrain (in Russian): GitOps for Startups.
• Article at FivexL Blog - How GitOps Helped a Startup Scale an On-Premise Solution to SaaS

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science - Applied Mathematics and Information Science, HSE University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2020.

Before FivexL

Built, maintained, and rented servers for online games; defended the servers from DDoS and other attacks.

Personality

I’m an easy-going, organized, lifetime learner. I like to read books and am interested in investment schemes, self-improvement, and travel.

Recommendations

“Ivan has excellent self-organization. He is a quick learner - after the summer practice, he started working independently on the project, made a bootstrap of the project, and brought it to a steady state.”
Senior Consultant, Co-Founder Artem Zhelezov



“Ivan explains complex things in an accessible way. I admire his systematic approach to working on projects and organizing his workflow. Ivan has a lot of ambitions and aspirations for new knowledge and experience. He is easygoing, always ready for adventure, and loves enduro, cycling, and traveling.”
Marketing Director Vera Zhukova


“Ivan is responsible and intelligent; he has independently learned a broad range of technologies. He is ready to share his knowledge and is always available to tell or explain something complicated in simple words. Recently Ivan also began to participate in conferences where he shares his exper.”
Consultant, Maria Zubchenko


“Excellent self-organization is necessary for successful remote work, and the desire to learn is one of the root values of FivexL. By the end of his studies at the university, Ivan successfully implemented his first project with FivexL.”
Principal Consultant, Co-Founder Andrey Devyatkin



“Ivan is a great specialist and mentor. He helped me a lot to dive into the project. He explains complex things in an accessible way and is always ready to help. It is enjoyable to work with Ivan in a team. He likes to ride scooters)”
Consultant Alexey Eremin