An experienced IT professional with over twenty years of global experience in the technology industry serving internal and external clients and acting as a subject matter expert in various technical areas. Areas of expertise include enterprise system development and implementation, virtualization and cloud computing, business development, sales enablement, industry competitive analysis as well as product and technology strategy.

Co Founder @ Ищем DevOps / программистов кандидатов желающих переехать из бывших социалистических стран. Шукаємо DevOps / програмістів кандидатів бажаючих переїхати з колишніх соціалістичних країн. Szukam devops / programiści kandydatów, którzy chcą przenieść się z byłych krajów socjalistycznych. From November 2011 to Present (4 years 2 months) Greater New York City AreaTechnical Director @ Build next generation CPA's website with clients secure login portal to upload documentation. Integrate into website ticketing system to track client request and issues. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months) CEO @ I operate and manage my own computer consulting company and do computer consulting on the side and/or remote when time and opportunity permits. From November 1997 to Present (18 years 2 months) Delivery Manager / DevOps @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Senior Manager, Application Engineering & Operations @ Managed global team of 10 application engineers. Achieved the highest level of employee engagement and productivity though a strong focus on the individual strengths and goals of each team member. Developed and implemented operational guidelines. Leaded operational excellence road mapping in collaboration with various development teams. Evaluated new technologies and provide business cases where needed. Negotiated and drove approval process for vendor contracts and renewals. Provided strategic IT leadership and directions. Analyzed team metrics to ensure SLA's achieved and identified problem areas that needed improvement. Translated business vision, strategy, and objectives into an effective infrastructure fabric. Responsible for team hiring and performance management. From December 2014 to June 2015 (7 months) Lead DevOps Engineer @ Lead global cross-functional team with diverse technical backgrounds. Responsible for creating the company's DevOps strategy along with creating and implementing a cloud strategy based on Amazon Web Services. Developed repeatable processes to enable development teams to deploy, manage and monitor their own applications in the cloud. From June 2014 to November 2014 (6 months) Greater New York City AreaSr. DevOps Engineer @ * Developed multi-detailed strategy execution roadmaps. * Guided cross-functional development and product management teams to ensure successful implementation. * Provided overall system engineering experience in the architecture, design, deployments, requirements analysis, data flow, network design, implementation and testing. * Took ownership of AWS accounts and saved over $250,000 in operational cost. * Installed Bamboo and maintained the deployment and artifact management scripts. * Maintained & optimized AWS infrastructure (ELBs, EC2, AMI, S3, SimpleDB, RDS, EBS/Provisioned IOPS, etc) * Negotiated pricing and contracts with partners and services. From October 2013 to June 2014 (9 months) Web Infrastructure and Operations Manager / Sr. Sys Admin @ Provide support and troubleshooting for Linux based application server administration with focus on network, caching, security, automation, optimization, build automation and standardization of new and deployed systems and applications. Extend the hosted Chef deployment. Enable a uniform method to administer all aspects of the platform across multiple Chef environments. Maintain the Jenkins deployment, including the build system and artifact management scripts. Monitor the production deployment. Diagnose and resolve operational issues as they arise. Assist all teams with operational issues that arise in pre-production/production environments. Developed Amazon AWS provisioning and management scripts for fully automated systems deployment. From January 2013 to October 2013 (10 months) Web Systems Administrator @ Provide support and troubleshooting for Windows, Linux RedHat, and various software applications Maintain production Linux and Windows web, application, and database servers for nature.com, and related websites in various data center environments. Develop strategies to maintain the integrity of websites during anticipated and unanticipated high traffic events. Maintain and upgrade various storage systems. Compile and test code on various platforms and kernels. Administer NAS storage clusters. Conduct general systems administrations duties. Served as technical lead for NT to Windows 2008 migration. Provided developer/dba application and debugging support on Windows and Linux platforms. Monitored and maintained various Linux related tasks including security procedures and protocols, Kernel Tuning/Recompiling, RAID administration, patch testing and deployment, capacity planning, backup schemas, environment customization. Maintained all Windows and Linux systems for the Nature websites. Monitored disk space usage, performed backups and tape archive management. Maintained and scripted system cron jobs, performed constant system tuning including applying OS patches. Administered firewall and necessary security protocols. Managed website publishing process from local servers to live site. Performed file management. Administered list servers. Automated audit of systems. Facilitated seamless deployment of applications such as database application servers, scripts, and utilities to the live website. Maintained Linux and Windows servers and related equipment. Administered Internet communications and firewalls through router. Duties included network planning, disk space monitoring, OS version updates, password and user updates. Performed backups of all critical systems. Provided general hardware servicing and maintenance. From September 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 4 months) VP of Internal Technology @ •Lead multiple projects including installation and configuration of Citrix Presentation Server, Consolidate Firewalls, co-location ,Virtual Iron , VMware, Xen Server; migration of Exchange 2007, migration of DC from 2000 to 2003; deployment of SQL Servers 2005, configuration of Voice over IP solution; set up and configuration of offsite backup, CISCO ASA, SmoothWall, VLAN, SSH, SSL. •Manage IT support personnel and consultants •Relocate server room to new location and re-design network •Build co-location with traffic balance solution •Consolidate Firewalls with Juniper Firewalls & Switch Layer3 •Negotiate contracts and purchase hardware, software and consulting services •Lead design and implementation of helpdesk support, call scheduling and ticket tracking solution •Continuously monitor network performance, collect metrics and fine-tune configuration •Setup and configure Citrix network solution in support of bonds, futures and securities trading software •Responsible for design and implementation of Citrix failover solution •Plan Microsoft Project server installation to assist in tracking numerous internal projects •Consolidate Windows, Linux, Solaris servers into VM, Zones. •Design, support, monitor, upgrade, balance load and set security policies for network, servers, and printers •Provide support and troubleshooting for Windows, Linux, Solaris and various software applications From September 2007 to September 2010 (3 years 1 month) Sr. Technology Consultant @ •Provided hardware and software support, troubleshooting and solutions for companies in multiple industries •Supported and maintained DC’s, Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise, Act, SQL, IP Phone •Migrated mail boxes & public folders from NT & Exchange 5.5 to Win 2k3 & Exchange 2003 •Installed and configured Spam/AV solutions •Provided telephone technical support and troubleshooting •Supported and monitored server, network, and printers •Installed and configured security and monitoring software •Troubleshot and supported Design Manager, Act and QuickBooks From October 2006 to July 2007 (10 months) IT Manger/Network System Administrator @ •Maintained and supported AD, DNS, DHCP, VPN, TS and POP3 services for five related entities •Managed and assigned tasks to subcontractors -- Birns.net, Verizon, Dell, CISCO •Initiated implementation of new technology and upgrades •Provided telephone and remote support for 250 end users and 12 servers •Provided training to end users and IT personnel •Recommended new software and hardware purchases From March 2006 to October 2006 (8 months) Network System Administrator @ •Maintained and supported domains for Century21 and Bluedingo, Inc. •Provided PC and MAC related telephone support for developers, graphic designers, and end users •Supported Exchange, Active Directories, SQL, DNS, FTP services •Monitored network users, firewalls, VPN, Backup systems •Participated in upgrading, IT strategy development, and purchasing of new equipment and software •Migrated domain server from Windows 2000 to 2003 •Upgraded iBooks and PowerBooks, and helped with migration to Tiger. •Supported and upgraded Sun Workstation with Solaris 10 and Office/Hardware From October 2004 to March 2006 (1 year 6 months)

MBA, Finance @ City University of New York-Baruch College From 2008 to 2009 BS, EE @ New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering From 2002 to 2005 AS, Computer Since @ Kingsborough Community College From 1997 to 2000 Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering @ Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University From 1992 to 1996 Oleg Levenkov is skilled in: Data Center, VMware, DNS, Active Directory, Windows Server, Servers, Linux, Operating Systems, Red Hat Linux, DHCP, Microsoft Exchange, VPN, Agile Methodologies, Troubleshooting, Firewalls