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Senior DevOps · SRE · AI Infrastructure

Infrastructure
that doesn't apologize.

Servers, networks, Kubernetes, VPN and security — turnkey, under one accountable owner. The cost of an infrastructure mistake is always higher than the cost of the expert who prevents it. The daemon doesn't sleep, so you can.

99.99%UPTIME TARGET
13K3S NODES IN PROD
24/7OBSERVABILITY
root@run-as-daemon:~#
$ systemctl status infrastructure
● active (running) — uptime 312d
├─ k3s.cluster ........ READY 13/13
├─ mikrotik.mesh ...... UP
├─ wireguard.vpn ...... ENCRYPTED
├─ backups.s3 ......... VERIFIED
└─ monitoring ......... 0 ALERTS
$ # and yours?
ONE BAD NIGHT
IS ALL IT TAKES.

Downtime. A breach. A backup that was never tested. My job is to make sure that night never comes.

Marathon endurance×Kyokushin strike×Daemon uptime·OSU. No excuses· Marathon endurance×Kyokushin strike×Daemon uptime·OSU. No excuses·
// the code
Marathon endurance.
Kyokushin strike.

The daemon never sleeps and never tires. I hold the distance like a marathoner and hit problems like a Kyokushin fighter — precise, hard, until it's done.

01 / DISTANCE

42.195 km

Uptime is a marathon, not a sprint. 312 days without a break, a steady pace, a second wind exactly where others drop off the course.

02 / FULL CONTACT

Kyokushin

Problems don't negotiate — they get met and put on the floor. Full contact: backups verified, access locked down, monitoring throws the first punch.

03 / DISCIPLINE

OSU

Cold head, drilled technique, zero ego. One accountable owner, a transparent SLA, the hundredth fight in a row — and not one missed alert. OSU

// sound familiar?
Signs your infrastructure is one step from disaster

If two of these are you — it's time to call someone who answers for it with their own name.

[ERR]

Constant outages and downtime

[ERR]

Nobody actually understands the system

[ERR]

No backups — or no one tested them

[ERR]

The contractor failed and vanished

[ERR]

Access and passwords in chaos

[ERR]

Afraid for your clients' data

// services
How I work

No "guy with a USB stick". Engineering discipline, documentation, SLA.

01 / AUDIT

Infrastructure audit

A full map of what you actually have: servers, networks, access, risks. An honest report, no fluff — what's burning, what will blow up, what to fix first.

02 / HARDEN

Fix & harden

I bring it to order: monitoring, backups, security, documentation. It stops "going down sometimes" and starts simply working.

03 / BUILD

Turnkey build

From spec to prod: cluster, network, VPN, CI/CD, observability. I hand over a working system with docs — not a folder of configs.

04 / OPERATE

Operate & support

Problems found before your clients notice them. One accountable engineer, a transparent SLA, response measured in hours.

// stack
The stack that holds prod

Enterprise-grade technology. No vendor lock-in, no compromises, no "good enough".

ORCHESTRATION
Kubernetes / K3s
Fault-tolerant clusters, GitOps, self-healing
NETWORK
MikroTik / mesh
Routing, VLANs, resilient links
SECURITY
WireGuard VPN
Encrypted access, zero-trust, censorship-resistant
OBSERVABILITY
Monitoring 24/7
Prometheus, Grafana, alerts before it falls over
RESILIENCE
Backups + DR
Verified backups, S3, regular drill tests
DOCS
NetBox / IaC
Every piece documented and reproducible
// process
How it works

Transparent at every step. You always know what's happening and what it costs.

01

Talk

No 20-page briefs — straight to it.

02

Diagnose

I see what's there, find the risks.

03

Plan & price

Fixed. No "something else came up".

04

Build

I deliver and show progress.

05

Hand off

Documentation + ongoing support.

// work
From the field

Real projects — from mesh networks to production clusters.

WEB · RESEARCH

Uptime Family

Bilingual research platform on marriage resilience: Astro static site, K3s, privacy-first analytics, Telegram bot. uptime-family.ru

OBSERVABILITY

Monitoring & observability

Full metrics and alerting stack: problems visible before the client ever sees them.

NETWORK

MikroTik network infrastructure

Resilient routing, VPN mesh, segmentation.

KUBERNETES

Kubernetes cluster (K3s)

Production K3s with self-healing and GitOps deploys.

DOCS

NetBox — infra documentation

A single source of truth for the whole network.

WEB

Premium brand landing

Turnkey site — design, build, deploy.

WEB · BOT

Membership club platform

Website + Telegram bot with online payments.

// why it's worth it
Cheap infrastructure is the most expensive

The bill isn't the contractor's invoice — it's downtime, breaches and lost revenue. An expert is insurance, not an expense.

$ / HOUR DOWN

Every hour down is money

The store isn't selling, leads don't land, clients leave for a competitor. Do the math on your hour — the price of the question becomes obvious.

RISK / BREACH

One incident costs more than years of defense

Fines, lawsuits, a scorched reputation. Rebuilding a client's trust costs far more than never losing it.

RISK / "SAVED"

A backup is needed exactly once

The day everything goes down. I verify them with regular drill tests — not "we kind of do it". An unverified backup is hope, not a plan.

RISK / CHURN

"The guy with a USB stick" is expensive

Every new contractor starts from zero and breaks what was there. One accountable engineer with Kyokushin discipline — that's the real saving.

// engage
A format that fits your business

An investment in calm and growth, not a line of expenses. You're in — I'm all in.

One-off

Pinpoint

When you need one specific problem solved — fast and to the point.

  • Diagnose & fix
  • Service setup
  • Emergency recovery
Discuss
MOST CHOSEN
Project

Turnkey

Full infrastructure from plan to prod — with documentation.

  • Architecture & build
  • Monitoring + backups + VPN
  • Handover & training
Start a project
Retainer

SLA 24/7

I own your infrastructure on an ongoing basis.

  • Proactive monitoring
  • Response in hours
  • One accountable owner
Get covered
// ready?

Let's find what's burning
in your infrastructure

I take a limited number of projects at once — so each one gets full focus. The first review of your infrastructure is free. After that — straight to the point, no fluff.