Yuriy is available for hire

Yuriy Alikin

Verified Expert in Engineering

Cloud Architect and Developer

Location

Redmond, WA, United States

Toptal Member Since

March 6, 2023

Yuriy is a solution architect with a development background and experience in various business domains. He has over 17 years of experience in software architecture and full-stack development. Yuriy is skillful in translating business and customer needs into technical strategies.

Identity & Access Management (IAM)Distributed Systems Full-stack System Administration Linux Kernel Integration Cloud Infrastructure Amazon RDS Cloud Architecture Migration Cloud Migration Databases C#Java .NET

Portfolio

Oizu Lab

Solution Architecture, Requirements, Business Analysis, DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines...

Microsoft

Software Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Back-end, Front-end, Data Pipelines, C#...

Teclot

Scrum, Planning Poker, Java, REST, GlassFish, RabbitMQ, UML, PostgreSQL, SQL...

Experience

Databases - 17 years Software Development - 17 years .NET - 11 years Java - 11 years Software Architecture - 10 years Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years Azure - 5 years AWS Certified Solution Architect - 1 year

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Java, .NET, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Web, Scripting, Web UX, Microservices, Spring, .NET Core

The most amazing...

...thing I've implemented is automatic form recognition that reduced processing time by 50-70% for some business operations.

Work Experience

Solution Architect

2020 - PRESENT

Oizu Lab

Redesigned and migrated business operations to a cloud environment, reducing operating expenses by 15%.
Implemented automatic form recognition and reduced processing time by 50-70% for some business operations.
Introduced several free customer relocation tools, resulting in a 21% increase in the conversion rate of free customers.

Technologies: Solution Architecture, Requirements, Business Analysis, DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Continuous Integration (CI), Apache Kafka, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon RDS, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Networking, Cost Control, Linux, Configuration Management, AWS Cloud Development, Orchestration, Architecture, Deployment, E2E Testing, Integration Testing, Virtual Machines, Load Balancers, API Testing, Integration, REST APIs, Automation, Bash Script, System Integration Testing (SIT), Shopify, Delivery Management, Ubuntu, Java KeyStore, Cloud Migration, Elasticsearch, Containers, Containerization, Distributed Systems, Docker, Enterprise Software, API Integration, Full-stack, Software Project Management, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, iPaaS, APIs, Messaging, Middleware, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Google Workspace, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), MySQL, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon EC2, AWS CloudFormation, AWS IAM, ECS, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Relational Database Services (RDS), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), MacOS, System Administration, IT Infrastructure, SMTP, Web Servers, PHP, Migration, Servers, GoDaddy, Networks, Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream, AWS IoT, NGINX, Azure Functions, Linux Kernel, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Control & Cost Analysis, Splunk

Senior Software Engineer

2015 - 2019

Microsoft

Migrated runtime from Mono to .NET Core, reducing telemetry streaming latency by up to 20%.
Introduced a new compliance data pipeline, increasing coverage of several compliance reports up to 93%.
Released a plugin for an Apache Storm multiple language protocol for .NET Core.

Technologies: Software Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Back-end, Front-end, Data Pipelines, C#, .NET, Azure, DevOps, Kubernetes, Continuous Integration (CI), Cloud Architecture, Networking, Linux, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration Management, Orchestration, Architecture, Deployment, Integration Testing, Virtual Machines, Load Balancers, API Testing, Integration, REST APIs, Automation, Bash Script, Ubuntu, Containers, Containerization, Distributed Systems, Docker, API Integration, Full-stack, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Support & Maintenance, Azure Active Directory, iPaaS, APIs, Messaging, Middleware, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), System Administration, IT Infrastructure, SMTP, Web Servers, Microsoft Exchange, MS Exchange, Windows Server, Migration, Servers, Networks, DevOps Engineer, NGINX, Azure Functions, Linux Kernel, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Control & Cost Analysis

Solution Architect and Team Lead

2012 - 2015

Teclot

Adapted the system according to the legislation of two new regions, which helped extend the geo presence.
Improved planning, development, and delivery processes, resulting in a 10-30% reduction in the time to market for new features.
Improved customer satisfaction by delivering over 50 new features in three years.

Technologies: Scrum, Planning Poker, Java, REST, GlassFish, RabbitMQ, UML, PostgreSQL, SQL, JPA, Ext JS, JavaScript, Node.js, DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, TypeScript, Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon RDS, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Networking, Cost Control, Linux, Configuration Management, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), AWS Cloud Development, Architecture, Deployment, Integration Testing, Virtual Machines, Integration, REST APIs, Automation, Bash Script, Ubuntu, Java KeyStore, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Software, API Integration, Full-stack, Support & Maintenance, APIs, Messaging, Middleware, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Google Workspace, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), MySQL, Amazon EC2, AWS CloudFormation, AWS IAM, ECS, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Relational Database Services (RDS), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Cognito, System Administration, IT Infrastructure, SMTP, Web Servers, Windows Server, Servers, On-premise, Networks, Linux Kernel, Cloud Infrastructure, Apache Solr

Solution Architect

2011 - 2012

Systematic Group

Introduced a new service description language, which reduced the time to market for new services by approximately 50%.
Released the most advanced platform at that moment, based on customer feedback.
Deployed 12 new platforms and launched over 100 new services in one year.

Technologies: UML, Sparx Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), DevOps, Networking, Linux, Configuration Management, Architecture, Deployment, Virtual Machines, Jira, Integration, Bash Script, Ubuntu, Java KeyStore, Distributed Systems, LAMP, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Full-stack, Support & Maintenance, Messaging, Middleware, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), System Administration, IT Infrastructure, SMTP, Web Servers, Microsoft Exchange, MS Exchange, Windows Server, Migration, Servers, On-premise, Networks, NGINX, Linux Kernel

Experience

Support and Maintenance for Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Supported and maintained the company's internet and intranet IT infrastructure. I worked on dozen of different web and desktop-based applications, including DevOps scripting. Also, I developed new web applications and redesigned the old ones.

Azure PhyNet Configuration System

A Microsoft physical network configuration system. This distributed configuration system allowed configuring over 100 thousand network devices around the globe before I started working on this project. While working on it, I helped improve the system's scalability. As a result, the system could handle more than 1.5 million requests daily.

Azure Cloud Collaboration Center

A cloud monitoring platform that collects telemetry from all Azure regions for 16 core services and presents it on 200 monitors. I developed a data background platform that was a mediator between the service and the Azure Cloud Collaboration Center's front end.

Business Intelligence Platform

A customizable business intelligence platform for financial institutions. It includes a set of data ingestion pipelines that can generate reports and dashboards. I participated in web UI and data ingestion pipeline development.

Microsoft Compliance Engineering

A compliance report generation system. Essentially, it is an ETL platform intended to generate compliance-related reports to be reviewed by auditors. About 1TB of data is processed daily and consumed from over 25 data sources.

CFH Web Trader

A forex trading platform connected to three different liquidity providers, including Deutsche Bank AG. I developed a new web UI implemented as a single-page web application. According to the customer response, it was the most advanced web trading platform at that moment.

Maintenance of T-Mobile eCommerce

Developed and integrated new components with external systems for the T-Mobile eCommerce system, which was based on Elastic Path and integrated with several internal and external systems. Also, I supported and maintained the system.

Skills

Languages

Java, C#, TypeScript, Bash Script, PHP, C++, UML, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python

Frameworks

.NET, Spring Boot, Spring, .NET Core, JPA, Ext JS, ADO.NET, Hadoop, Windows PowerShell, Camel

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, Node.js, jQuery

Tools

Amazon EKS, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon CloudFront CDN, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Jira, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Cognito, Microsoft Exchange, MS Exchange, NGINX, Apache Solr, Splunk, RabbitMQ, TFS, Git, Azure Key Vault, Apache Storm, Ansible, Jenkins, Fiddler, Adobe, Apache Maven, GitLab, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream

Paradigms

Microservices, REST, DevOps, Continuous Integration (CI), DevSecOps, Azure DevOps, E2E Testing, Automation, Scrum

Platforms

Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Ubuntu, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Windows Server, Azure Functions, LAMP, MacOS, Web, Elastic Path, Shopify, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS IoT

Storage

Databases, Spring Data, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Azure Active Directory, MySQL, On-premise, Data Pipelines, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Column-oriented DBMS, Azure SQL, Redis, Azure Cosmos DB, JSON, Elasticsearch

Other

Software Architecture, Software Development, Spring Web Services, Business Analysis, AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWS Certified Developer, Amazon RDS, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Networking, Cost Control, Configuration Management, AWS Cloud Development, Orchestration, Architecture, Deployment, Virtual Machines, Load Balancers, Integration, Java KeyStore, Cloud Migration, Containers, Containerization, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Software, API Integration, Full-stack, Support & Maintenance, iPaaS, APIs, Messaging, Middleware, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Relational Database Services (RDS), System Administration, IT Infrastructure, Web Servers, Migration, Servers, Linux Kernel, Cloud Infrastructure, Control & Cost Analysis, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS DevOps, Integration Testing, API Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), Delivery Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software Project Management, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Google Workspace, SMTP, Networks, DevOps Engineer, Computer Aided Software Engineering, Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Science, Solution Architecture, Scripting, Web UX, Requirements, Back-end, Front-end, Planning Poker, GlassFish, Sparx Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), IIS, VMware ESXi, Octopus Deploy, Azure Virtual Networks, Azure Pipelines, RESTful Services, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), ECS, GoDaddy

Education

1998 - 2004

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University - Saint Petersburg, Russia

Certifications

JANUARY 2023 - PRESENT

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification