Streamlined Compliance.
Strategic Oversight.
I specialize in accelerating SOC 2 readiness for fast-moving startups via automation. For established corporations, I offer a fresh perspective through independent audits designed for C-level governance.
14+ Years of Enterprise DevSecOps Excellence
Senior expert with a distinguished track record in high-regulation industries including Fintech, Banking, and IoT. Recognized with the US O-1 Visa (Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement) and EB-1A Green Card for exceptional contributions to the field.
Key Achievements
- Completely transformed $460B+ annual turnover projects
- Expertise in Government regulated environments
- High-scale transformations at Gazprom, VTB Bank, Nokia
Trusted By
Delivered solutions for industry giants including Goldman Sachs, Alliance Insurance, Cambridge Investment Research, and Douglas Elliman Realty.
Services
Comprehensive DevSecOps solutions tailored to your infrastructure needs.
Cloud Security
Hardening cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) ensuring least privilege, IAM policies, and secure network architectures.
CI/CD Hardening
Implementing security gates in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins). SAST/DAST integration.
Compliance & Governance
Automating compliance checks for SOC2, HIPAA, and GDPR. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) auditing.
Engagement Packages
Transparent pricing for fixed-scope audits and strategic roadmaps. Custom engagements available.
Security Audit
Prevent data loss and PII exposure. Essential for passing heavy client DDQs.
- Infrastructure Security Scan
- SOC2 Gap Analysis
- Timeline: ~1 Week
Infra Automation
Save countless developer hours, prevent incidents, and focus on code.
- Terraform/Ansible Audit
- CI/CD Optimization Plan
- Timeline: 1-2 Weeks
AI Architecture
On-premise AI audit and strategic roadmap.
- Hardware/GPU Sizing
- Privacy & Security Audit
- Timeline: 2 Weeks
Hourly Consultation
Troubleshooting, Architectural Review, Interviewing for your team.
Rate depends on task complexity and engagement duration.
Experience
A proven track record of securing enterprise environments and leading high-performance teams.
Director of DevOps
Oct 2022 – PresentInvent (Austin, TX)
- Achieved 64%+ annual cloud savings through strategic rightsizing and architecture redesign.
- Reduced environment provisioning time from 3–4 days to ~1–2 hours via GitOps & IaC.
- Designed a SOC2-compliant DevSecOps ecosystem (SAST/DAST, secrets management, policy-as-code).
- Scaled a high-performing team of 14 DevOps/SRE engineers.
Senior DevOps Manager
Aug 2020 – Oct 2022Innotech / VTB Bank
- Led DevOps for a division of 550+ engineers at a bank with $460B+ annual turnover.
- Reduced deployment time from hours to minutes using automated GitLab/Jenkins pipelines.
- Implemented production-grade OpenShift and microservices infrastructure.
- Spearheaded observability transformation with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
Principal SRE
Mar 2019 – Aug 2020Nokia
- Led deployment of the Nokia IMPACT IoT platform for large enterprise/telecom clients.
- Designed high-availability infrastructure for geo-distributed environments.
- Optimized platform scalability for millions of connected devices.
- Automated lifecycle management using Ansible and Python.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Jun 2015 – Mar 2019Gazprom
- Re-architected entire infrastructure and implemented a 3-2-1 backup strategy for critical data clusters.
- World's first integration of PureStorage NVMe via 10Gb iSCSI with VMware vSphere.
- Deployed Thin Client terminal solutions to create highly secure, cost-effective workspaces.
- Implemented complete workspace control and audit solutions for government compliance in the energy sector.
Master's Degree in Computer Science
2005 – 2011MATI (Russian State Technological University)
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