Yaroslav Lucher _{21 y.o.}

Yekaterinburg, Russia
me@fallenull.tech | +7 (996) 076-03-69 |

Summary

Infrastructure/Virtualization Engineer with 3+ years of experience designing and optimizing large-scale data center environments. Proven expertise in cloud platforms, automation, and mission-critical system maintenance. Seeking to contribute technical leadership to innovative US-based projects in a senior engineering role.

Work Experience

Head of IT Infrastructure Department
INSYS ISP | Yekaterinburg, Russia | Jul 2024 – Present

• Lead strategic planning and implementation of ISP infrastructure supporting 20Gbps+ cloud-local network.
• Designed and deployed high-performance NFS cluster for virtualized environments, improving VM data throughput by 35%.
• Reduced manual operations by 50% through automation scripts (Bash/Lua) for deployment and monitoring.
• Manage virtualization stack (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM) and SAN storage solutions for 500+ VMs.

Systems Administrator (Contract Roles)
Various Companies | Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

• Executed short-term infrastructure projects including network tunneling between offices and Azure/GCP hybrid cloud setups.
• Modernized legacy hardware without budget increases through optimized resource allocation.

Systems Administrator
BAZA DEVELOPMENT | Jun 2023 – Jan 2024

• Maintained 24/7 uptime of corporate IT stack (network, email, endpoints) during organizational restructuring.
• Implemented secure email gateway and VPN-based office interconnectivity.
• Single-handedly managed critical infrastructure for 3 months during team transition period.

Hardware Servers Engineer
Sberbank | Apr 2022 – Nov 2022

• Coordinated with Dell EMC to recover failed server cluster, minimizing downtime by 72%.
• Authored technical specifications for data center hardware upgrades.
• Resolved 100+ P1/P2 incidents, including 5 cross-functional critical outages.

Technical Support Operator
Ural Bank of Reconstruction and Development | Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

• Provided L2 support for banking software (Novell Directory Services).

Career breaks (2022-2023): Geopolitical circumstances in region.

Education

High School Diploma (Equivalent to US Diploma)
Self-Studied DevOps: Completed 120-hour "DevOps for Beginners" certification (Merion Academy).

Technical Skills

Virtualization: VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Proxmox
Cloud: Azure, GCP, Yandex Cloud, Hybrid Deployments
Networking: VPN, SD-WAN, VLAN, Firewall Configuration
Automation: Bash, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible (Basic)
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (Managed Clusters)
OS: Linux (CentOS/Ubuntu), Windows Server

Additional

• Languages: English (C1 – Fluent, Technical Documentation/Conversation), Russian (Native)
• Visa: Eligible for US work visa sponsorship
• Soft Skills: Cross-team collaboration, Incident Management, Stress Resilience

Key Achievements

• Recovered $1.2M server cluster through vendor partnership (Sberbank).
• Maintained 99.98% uptime during organizational crisis (BAZA DEVELOPMENT).
• Reduced VM provisioning time from 4h to 15min via automation (INSYS ISP). :