Welcome

Hello! I’m Alexander Sivtsov — a Senior Infrastructure Engineer based in Moscow, Russia. With 10 years in IT, I’m passionate about building reliable systems, GNU/Linux, coding, music, travel, and architecting high‑load infrastructure.

Work experience // Education

Work experienceEducation

1. Program Region: 2016 - 2018 (USA/RUS);
2. DocDoc: 2018 - 2020 (RUS);
3. SberMarket (Kuper): 2020 - 2024 (RUS);
4. CFDX 02.2024 - 10.2024 (UK);
5. SkyEng 05.2025 - 08.2025 (RUS).
6. Lamoda 11.2024 - time.Now() (RUS).

1. RSREU: 2012 - 2016 (bachelor's degree)
2. RSREU: 2016 - 2018 (magist's degree)
3. MTI: 2018 (advanced training)

My technology stack

Below are the technologies that I work with every day.

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My favorite technologies are marked with emoji -

Programming languages

• ❤️ Golang
• Python
• Bash/sh

Databases

• Kafka
• PostgreSQL
• Redis / redis sentinel
• MySQL

Clouds

• Yandex Cloud
• Cloud.ru
• AWS
• GCP

VPN

• WireGuard
• Strongswan

Version control

• Bitbucket
• Gitlab
• Github

Observability

• Kibana
• Elastic Search
• Vector
• Fluentbit
• VictoriaMetrics

Orchestration systems

• Nomad HashiCorp
• Kubernetes

Tools

• Vault HashiCorp
• Consul HashiCorp
• Harbor
• Nexus
• Flux
• Velero
• Kyverno
• Helm
• Kaniko

PAM

• Teleport

Infrastructure as code (IaC)

• Terraform / terragrunt
• Ansible
• Packer

My favorite books

A short list of my favorite books

Please note

I recommend you to read -

Golang

1. The Go Programming Language ¹
2. Cloud Native Go ²

Python

1. Learning Python ³
2. Python One-Liners ⁴

IaC

1. Terraform: Up and Running ⁵
2. Infrastructure as Code ⁶

OS

1. Modern Operating Systems ⁷
2. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook ⁸

Architecture

1. Designing Data-Intensive Applications ⁹
2. Site Reliability Engineering ¹⁰

Apps

1. Kubernetes Patterns ¹¹
2. Kubernetes in Action ¹²
3. Kafka: The Definitive Guide ¹³

Mind & Body

1. The Brain and Its Needs 2.0: From Nutrition to Recognition ¹⁴

CV

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Information for employers

Warning

I do not work with companies in the fields listed below, so let’s save each other’s time.

1. Online casino;
2. Betting companies;

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1. Alan A. A. Donovan · Brian W. Kernigha ↩

2. Matthew A. Titmus ↩

3. Mark Lutz ↩

4. Christian Mayer ↩

5. Yevgeniy Brikman ↩

6. Kief Morris ↩

7. Andrew Tanenbaum ↩

8. Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder ↩

9. Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini ↩

10. Niall Richard Murphy, Betsy Beyer ↩

11. Bilgin Ibryam, Roland Huss ↩

12. Marko Luksa ↩

13. Neha Narkhede, Gwen Shapira, Todd Palino ↩

14. Dubynin Vyacheslav Albertovich ↩