Oleg
Bulavsky
23A, Gorny str., Natukhayevskaya, Novorossiysk, 353982, Russian Federation
+79139172297
oleg@bulavsky.pp.ru
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-bulavsky-6b731b1a/
http://oleg.bulavsky.pp.ru

Experienced Solutions Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Enterprise Architecture, Servers and Storage. Deep history of systems administration. Strong background in public presentations. Have an experience (twice in career) on managing small group (~10) of specialists.


Major skills

  • Solution Architecture
  • IT Security
  • Storage
  • Infrastructure
  • Presentation
  • Presales
  • Systems Administration
  • Unix (Solaris/AIX/HP-UX)
  • Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat/CentOS/SUSE)
  • DevOps/Automation (Azure DevOps, Ansible)
  • Scripting (bash, python, PowerShell)
  • TCP/IP

Experience

SEP 2022 - CURRENTLY
Senior System Administrator
AUXO, Krasnodar, Russian Federation

Wide range problem solving on 200+ customer Linux systems (mostly virtual machines but HW too) including but not limited: Active Directory integration, storage management, SW installation, analyzing of monitoring alert & solving them, OS and network tuning, middleware SW (nginx, apache httpd, haproxy, squid etc.) configuration, systems automation (Ansible), CI/CD (GitLab) and so on. Assisting in project prototyping (Samba DC + FreeIPA as MS AD replacement, for example).

OCT 2018 - AUG 2022
Senior Technical Specialist, Security Engineer
UserGate, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

HW, SW & network problems solving for NGFW range of products, SW testing & prototyping, customers & partners support, pilot projects support, presales activities.

Jul 2010 - May 2018
Senior Solutions Architect
Oracle Systems, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Support for partner's specialists, customers demand generation (events presentations, direct meetings), design of IT infrastructure solutions (servers, storage, networking, virtualization, HA, DR, cloud, complex projects), HW quotation, project's technical documentation creation. Region - West and East Siberia, Far East with some projects countrywide & CIS.

Mar 2008 - Jul 2010
Presales Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Support for partner's specialists, customers demand generation (events presentations, direct meetings), HW quotation, project's technical documentation creation. Region - West and East Siberia, Far East.

Aug 2007 - Mar 2008
Service Field Engineer
Hewlett-Packard, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

HP hardware installation, setup and repair, including servers, all kind of storage, up to complex installation and setup of HPC clusters. Region - West Siberia with some projects countrywide.

May 2005 - Aug 2007
Senior Specialist, Unix/SAN group Manager
Mobile TeleSystems, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Group activities planning and organization, IT department processes analyses, Sun, HP, IBM servers administration, from blades up to High End, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, AIX OS setup/support, support of Hitachi HDS/AMS and HP EVA/VA disk arrays, Symantec NetBackup and VxVM administration, take part in other Unix/SAN activities of IT department. ITSM role - Configuration Manager.

May 2000 - May 2005
Unix Systems Administrator
Center of Financial Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Solaris (SPARC/Intel), Linux (RedHat/SUSE SLES)(x86/Itanium), AIX, HP-UX (PA-RISC/Itanium), Tru64, Unixware, SCO OpenServer installation/administration/support, different network services administration (NIS, NFS, LDAP, NTP, DNS, Proxy, Socks, SSH and etc.), HP OpenView NNM administration, HP SystemsInsightManager administration, different other network/servers/hardware administration software installation/administration, HP VirtalVault OS 4.5 installation/administration, IBM WebSphere on Windows/NT4.0 and Solaris SPARC/Intel administration, IBM HTTP Server/Apache web servers on Windows/NT and Solaris administration, different e-business related software evaluation (web, application and directory servers, certificate management systems and so on), participation in support and development/modification of number of small web projects.

Mar 1998 - May 2000
Systems Administrator
Rostelecom, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Linux (RedHat), Solaris, partially SCO OpenServer and OS/2 systems administration, maintenance, support and extension of ISP base servers (all typical services, including Web, Mail/News, FTP etc.), maintenance of network monitoring system and support systems (firewall, proxy), partially Cisco routers and access servers administration.

Jan 1997 - Mar 1998
Systems Administrator, IT department Manager
Dr.Bit ISP, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Creation, extension and support of ISP node (Dial-Up PPP access server, Website, Mail/News servers and all other typical ISP services), Solaris, partially FreeBSD systems administration, small IT department planning and development.

Jan 1995 - Jan 1997
Systems Administrator
Center of Financial Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Solaris, SCO OpenServer and Unixware systems administration, financial (banking, including ABS) software testing/QA, smart-card terminal software testing/QA, installation, setup, support and testing of banking communication software, training for customer's specialists, help-desk duty, Sun servers installation and support.

Dec 1991 - Oct 1994
Technical Support Specialist
Russian RailWays, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

PDP-11 compatible Minicomputer support and repair, peripheral repair, MUMPS DBMS support, desktop PC support (MS-DOS).

Courses, Certifications

JAN 2024
Infrastructure platform based on Kubernetes OTUS Online Education, Russian Federation

Jul 2017
The Professional Presenter Cegos UK

Mar 2013
Managing Emotions within Tough Situations Cegos UK

Mar 2013
Time Management Cegos UK

Oct 2006
Solaris System Performance Management Lynx Education Center, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

Sep 2006
ITIL Foundation IT Expert, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

2005
Unix Administration (General) exam, score 4.71 (Master), Brainbench virtual assessment center

2005
Unix Administration (Solaris) exam, score 4.60 (Master), Brainbench virtual assessment center

2005
Unix Administration (HP) exam, score 4.34 (Master), Brainbench virtual assessment center

2005
Linux Administration (General) exam, score 4.65 (Master), Brainbench virtual assessment center

2005
Linux Administration (Red Hat) exam, score 4.44 (Master), Brainbench virtual assessment center

Mar 2003
AIX Advanced Administration IBM Training Center, Moscow, Russian Federation

Mar 2003
AIX System Administration IBM Training Center, Moscow, Russian Federation

Jun 2002
AdvFS, LSM and RAID Configuration and Management Compaq Education and Training Center, Moscow, Russian Federation

JUN 2002
Tru64 Unix V5 Performance Management Compaq Education and Training Center, Moscow, Russian Federation

Jun 2002
Compaq Tru64 Unix V5.0 System Administration Compaq Education and Training Center, Moscow, Russian Federation

Mar 2001
HP-UX System and Network Administration III Hewlett-Packard Educational Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation

Feb 2000
Master Linux Administrator Brainbench

Jul 1996
SPARC MP System Maintenance REDLab, Authorized SunService Training Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation

Mar 1996
Systems Fault Analysis Workshop REDLab, Authorized SunService Training Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation

Education

Feb 1999
Engineer, Automation and Computing Faculty Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Jun 1988
Specialist, Radioequipment Manufacturing Technologies Faculty Novosibirsk Radioengineering Technical School, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Additional information

Take regular trainings on servers, storage, cloud, etc. while working at vendors (HP, Sun, Oracle). Also, mandatory training on Business Ethics, Anti-Corruption and so on. Have some experience on programming (C, Pascal), commonly patching opensource code (memorable examples are Cistron RADIUS patching for Rostelecom ISP needs in later 199x and Open SSH patching in early 200x).
Married, have two grown kids, have driving license since 1988. Favorites: pets – dogs, sports – ice hockey and Formula 1 racing, literature/movie genre – SciFi and fantasy, videogame genre – adventures & role-playing.