Streamlined Compliance.
Strategic Oversight.
Lead infrastructure, security, and AI strategy for regulated fintech. From accelerating SOC 2 readiness to designing private AI platforms, I bridge C-suite strategy with hands-on engineering.
14+ Years of Security, Infrastructure & AI Strategy
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
- Leading Infrastructure, Security, and AI Strategy for global Fintech
- Designed private AI platforms on bare-metal GPU clusters
- 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.
Strategic Engineering
High-impact initiatives for mature organizations.
Platform Engineering & IDP
Building secure, self-service platforms (Golden Paths) to reduce cognitive load effectively.
- Golden Paths: Standardized templates for services, CI/CD, and Terraform.
- Secure-by-Default: Policy enforcement, secrets management, and mtls baked in.
- DX Optimization: Improving deployment frequency and reducing lead time.
FinOps & SRE Audits
Deep technical reviews to cut cloud spend without compromising reliability.
- Cost Analysis: K8s rightsizing and detecting architectural waste.
- Reliability Gaps: SLO definition, error budget policies, and DR readiness.
- Actionable Roadmap: Prioritized list for savings and risk reduction.
On-Prem & Sovereign AI Strategy
Building secure, non-SaaS compute platforms for latency-sensitive and highly regulated AI workloads.
Private AI Strategy
C-suite alignment for compliant LLM inference, RAG pipelines, and data sovereignty.
Bare-Metal GPU
High-performance clusters (CozyStack, K8s) designed for strict security requirements.
Model Orchestration
Scaling open-weight models (GPT-OSS, QWEN) via Kubeflow and specialized inference.
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.
Head of Infrastructure, Security, & AI Strategy
Oct 2022 – PresentInvent (Austin, TX)
- Lead infrastructure, security, and AI strategy for cloud-native platforms serving regulated fintech institutions globally.
- Designed a private AI platform on bare-metal GPU clusters (CozyStack, K8s), enabling compliant LLM inference and RAG pipelines.
- Deployed open-weight models (GPT-OSS-120B, QWEN, Llama) via Kubeflow for strict data-sovereignty requirements.
- Shipped internal AI products: on-prem coding agent, client-facing financial chat (RAG), MR reviewer, and log analyzer.
- Achieved 64%+ annual cloud savings through strategic rightsizing and architecture redesign.
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 Teamcity with Kotlin DSL auto generated 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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