Mihail Fedorov

Senior DevOps Engineer · Infrastructure Lead · Security Specialist

Israel mihail@fedorov.net +972 53 472 5703 LinkedIn fedorov.net

About

DevOps Engineer with 20+ years of experience in infrastructure automation, cloud platforms, and security. Proven track record leading infrastructure teams, architecting high-availability systems, and maintaining zero security breaches across critical financial platforms. Deep expertise in network engineering including BGP routing, ASN management, and Internet Exchange operations. Background spans from bare-metal data centers to cloud-native architectures.

Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

Azure · Google Cloud Platform · DigitalOcean · AWS · Terraform · Ansible · CloudFormation

Containers & CI/CD

Docker · Kubernetes · GitLab CI · Jenkins · Azure DevOps · GitHub Actions · ArgoCD

Networking

BGP · ASN Management · DN42 · Internet Exchange (IX) · ISP Infrastructure · LIR · IPv6 · DNS · VPN

Observability & Security

Grafana · Prometheus · ELK Stack · Splunk · Datadog · PCI DSS · Security Auditing · SSL/TLS

Languages & Systems

Bash · Python · Node.js · Go · Linux (22+ years) · PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis

Experience

Head of Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer

SmartFi

2021 – 2024

Cryptocurrency lending, trading, and exchange platform

Architected production infrastructure on Azure and DigitalOcean with high availability
Designed CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployments across multiple environments
Implemented monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK
Established Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform and Ansible

Notary Network Advisor

Komodo Platform

2017 – 2021

Blockchain notary network operations

Developed and maintained notary operators platform
Designed high-availability setups for blockchain nodes
Contributed to network security protocols

Chief Technology Officer

Creative Telematics & Trade

2013 – 2017

Shared hosting and cloud services provider

Built and scaled hosting clusters serving thousands of customers
Created billing and service management platform from scratch
Experience with virtually all TLD registries and major domain registrars

Information Security Specialist / Senior Developer

DengiOnline (QIWI Group)

2008 – 2013

Largest Russian online payments aggregator

Maintained zero security breaches for 4 years on payment systems
Developed integrations for 30+ payment systems
Implemented PCI DSS compliance
Coordinated security across teams with 40+ developers

Founder

Direct Systems

2006 – 2012

Electronic components trading platform

Built e-commerce platform backend and trading systems
Managed complete infrastructure stack

Networking Experience

ASN Owner

Managing own Autonomous System

Internet Exchange

Direct peering and IX operations

DN42 Network

BGP experimentation network

LIR Operations

IP allocation management

ISP Infrastructure

Building ISP-grade networks

Education & Certifications

Bachelor's in Information Systems

SPb Electrotechnical University "LETI" · 2010

Information Security Specialist

InfoTech College · 2008

Certified Bitcoin Professional

C4 · 2019

IPv6 Sage

Hurricane Electric · 2014

CloudU Certified Professional

Rackspace · 2016

Languages

English

Upper-Intermediate

Russian

Native

Hebrew

Beginner

Interests

Vintage Hardware Repair IoT Projects Home Automation