~/main $ cat intro.txt

Igor Bondarenko

Passionate about building scalable cloud infrastructure with 3+ years of experience (and 15+ years in Telecom and Cloud). Bridging leadership expertise with hands-on technical execution in Cloud Operations, Kubernetes orchestration, and infrastructure automation.

15+

years experience

📚

Constantly learning

∞

problems solved

./contact.sh ls projects/

print("Hello, World!") # Yes, I still find this exciting 🚀

About

$ whoami

about.sh

$ echo "I'm a hands-on Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer with a unique blend"

> I'm a hands-on Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer with a unique blend of deep technical expertise and business leadership experience.

$ cat career_journey.txt

> After many years in telecom and enterprise infrastructure, including roles at Ericsson, VEON Group, and Kyivstar, I've made a deliberate return to hands-on Cloud and AI engineering.

$ grep "current_focus" profile.json

> "current_focus": ["Cloud Infrastructure", "Kubernetes", "DevOps", "Automation"]

$ echo "My strength: Business acumen + Technical execution"

> ✓ Understanding both strategic "why" and practical "how"

> ✓ From network architecture to Kubernetes orchestration

> ✓ Applying 15+ years of carrier grade infrastructure experience

Technical Stack

$ cat skills.json

☁️

cloud_virtualisation

AWS (Certified)
Cloudflare Workers, D1, R2
Linode (Akamai Cloud)
Virtualisation (OpenStack, VMware, VirtualBox)
On Premise

🐧

linux

Ubuntu
Debian
Experimenting with other distros

🔧

devops_automation

Docker & Kubernetes
Ansible, Terraform
CI/CD, GitHub Actions (learning)
Infrastructure as Code

💻

programming_scripting

Python (automation, APIs)
Bash scripting
YAML/JSON
JavaScript (learning)

🌐

networking_systems

Linux administration
TCP/IP, VPN, VLAN
Network security
Load balancing

🤖

ai_ops

AI models integration
Prompt engineering

🎯

leadership

Project & Programme Management
ITIL, Lean Six Sigma
Vendor management
Team leadership

📜

certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
SAFe 6 POPM
PRINCE2 7 Foundation

Work History

$ git log --experience

Hands-on Delivery Lead

Ericsson - Cloud Software and Services Delivery (Eurasia/EMEA)

Aug 2021 - May 2025

Virtualised and Bare-metal infrastructure deployment for 5G Core Functions for MNOs across Europe and Central Asia.

Deployed and configured NFVi and CNIS platforms (servers, networking, storage, security)
Automated deployment tasks using Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes
Reduced software deployment time by 70% with Ansible playbooks automation
Troubleshot complex integration issues and supported CI/CD pipelines
Improved delivery time and system reliability across multiple deployments

Clients: Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange, Azercell, KPN

Linux 5G Core Ansible Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Juniper

IT/Telecom Service Manager

Metinvest-Digital (Industrial Holding)

Mar 2020 - Aug 2021

Managed enterprise networking and telecom infrastructure.

Improved LAN/WAN, VPN, and private cloud environments
Led system upgrades and modernization of communication platforms

Cisco Huawei Azure Network Design

Multiple Senior Roles

VEON Group / Kyivstar

2002 - 2020

18+ years progression from Core Systems Engineer to Technology Consultant at Group CTO Office.

Technology Consultant, Group CTO (2019-2020): Group-wide architecture strategy
Architecture & Strategy SME (2015-2019): Platform strategy and network evolution
Network Planning Engineer (2012-2015): Multi-year technical roadmaps
Head of Service Management (2007-2012): Core network operations
Core Systems Engineer (2002-2007): End-to-end operations and maintenance

2G/3G/4G Core NFVi SS7/Diameter DWDM Linux VPN/MPLS

Research & Deployment Engineer

Techmaker.ua (Volunteer)

2016 - 2017

Community-driven automation initiative spanning public, defence, and private sectors.

Prototyped automation solutions using embedded systems
Developed C++ software for sensor-based systems
Applied Embedded Linux for system integration

STM32 Arduino C++ Embedded Linux

Projects

$ ls -la projects/

🚗 AI based Web App

ACTIVE

AI-powered SaaS application that analyzes UK parking charge notices and generates complete, ready-to-send appeal letters with step-by-step guidance.

Technical Highlights:

Serverless architecture using Cloudflare Workers for edge computing
AI model integration via API (OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok) for analysis and appeal guidance generation
Cloudflare D1 (SQLite) database and R2 object storage
Payment processing with Stripe integration
Full-stack development (Node.js backend, HTML/CSS/JS frontend)

Cloudflare AI/ML Serverless Node.js Stripe

Visit Site →

☸️ Kubernetes Homelab

ACTIVE

Production-grade 3-node K3s cluster on bare-metal Intel NUCs as a platform for experimenting with cloud tools, Kubernetes, and Linux, while running home automation applications.

Technical Highlights:

K3s v1.31 LTS with 3-node etcd HA quorum
Gateway API v1.4.0 + Traefik v3.6 (future-proof routing)
MetalLB v0.15 for bare-metal LoadBalancer services
Ansible playbooks for configuration management

Kubernetes K3s Gateway API Ansible MetalLB

View Details →

📂 More Projects

ONGOING

Continuously working on automation tools/scripts, infrastructure experiments.

$ git status

> Infrastructure automation scripts

> Cloud-native experiments

> Local AI & Automation community contribution

GitHub →

Get In Touch

$ ./connect.sh

I'm keen to meet new people and take on new interesting projects on site and remotely, in startups where I can leverage my unique blend of technical expertise and business leadership. I would be happy to connect with you on LinkedIn, and if you would like to get in touch you can drop me a message via LinkedIn.

💼

linkedin.com/in/igorbondarenko

💻

GitHub

github.com/bil-12

📍

Location

🤖

AI Twin

Coming soon...

status.sh

$ cat work_authorization.txt

> ✓ Valid UK eVisa

> ✓ Full right to work in the UK

$ echo $LANGUAGES

> English (Fluent), Ukrainian (Native), Russian (Native), Italian (A1)