Engineering Operations & Platform Systems Leader

Ivan Bessolitsyn

Engineering Operations & Platform Systems Leader

Goa, India. Open to Remote / Relocation

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Delivery Transformation • Platform Reliability • Production Governance • Large-Scale Engineering Systems

12+ years leading engineering operations, delivery systems, and production governance across high-load, regulated, and mission-critical environments.

Focused on designing and scaling end-to-end engineering operating models that improve delivery predictability, production stability, and organizational engineering efficiency.

Core Expertise

Engineering Systems & Operating Models

Engineering Operating Model Design, Production Governance Architecture, Delivery System Design, Engineering Organization Scaling, Cross-Team System Coordination, Engineering Process Architecture

Platform Reliability & Production Engineering

Platform Reliability Engineering, Service Stability Models, Production Readiness Frameworks, Incident & Problem Management Systems, SLA / RTO / RPO Governance, Operational Resilience Engineering, High-Load Distributed Systems Operations

Delivery Transformation & Engineering Systems

End-to-End Delivery Transformation, CI/CD System Architecture, Release Engineering Systems, Change & Deployment Governance, Agile Delivery Scaling, Engineering Workflow Industrialization, DevOps Platform Enablement

Enterprise & Regulated Systems Operations

Mission-Critical Infrastructure Operations, SOC / ITSM Governance Models, Vendor & Stakeholder Engineering Coordination, Regulated System Operations, Compliance-Driven Engineering Processes

Engineering Governance & Validation Systems

Release Governance, Quality Systems, Delivery Validation Frameworks

Professional Experience

Independent Systems & Algorithmic Trading R&D

2022 — Present

Developing automated trading systems and operational tooling focused on workflow automation, validation processes, and engineering productivity.

Key areas:

- algorithmic trading system development

- operational automation and tooling

- software development and testing workflows

- iterative validation and system refinement

Infosecurity — Deputy Director, Security Operations Center (SOC)

2020 — 2022

Commercial security operations platform delivering monitoring and incident response services for regulated environments.

Responsible for scaling security operations delivery systems across SOC, engineering, and operational teams in mission-critical environments.

Focused on strengthening production governance, operational reliability, and cross-team coordination for security services under regulatory constraints.

Key impact areas:

- designed and scaled security operations delivery model

- implemented structured SLA / RTO / RPO governance frameworks

- improved service scalability and operational continuity

- established incident response coordination system across teams

- aligned engineering, SOC, and vendor operations

- supported regulatory coordination (GosSOPKA / FinCERT ecosystem)

- maintained operational documentation and service lifecycle governance

LogistPro — Co-Founder, Head of Software Delivery & Quality Assurance

2013 — 2020

High-load logistics automation platform and freight transportation marketplace.

Co-founded and led evolution of a logistics platform from MVP to production-scale distributed system supporting real-world freight operations.

Responsible for design and scaling of end-to-end engineering operating model including delivery system, production reliability, and release governance.

Key impact areas:

- built and scaled engineering delivery operating model (dev, ops, QA as integrated system)

- designed platform release and deployment governance model (CI/CD + production workflows)

- improved logistics operations efficiency (up to to25% cost reduction in processes)

- ensured production stability and infrastructure reliability during platform scaling

- introduced structured penetration testing and security validation into delivery lifecycle

- reduced time-to-market through delivery process optimization

- supported operational workflow system for logistics execution platform

Moscow City IT Department — CIO, Unified Medical Information System (EMIAS)

2017 — 2018

Mission-critical healthcare infrastructure supporting city-wide distributed healthcare operations.

Led transformation of engineering delivery and production governance systems across large-scale regulated infrastructure.

Key impact areas:

- implemented production governance and deployment coordination model

- established SLA / RTO / RPO operational frameworks

- introduced incident and problem management systems at scale

- improved delivery throughput (~6x acceleration of delivery cycles)

- coordinated stakeholders across government, vendors, and engineering teams

- optimized infrastructure across thousands of distributed healthcare sites

- standardized engineering and operational processes across ecosystem

LANIT — Head of QA & DevOps

2015 — 2017

Government information platform for energy sector monitoring and forecasting.

Led evolution of engineering delivery and CI/CD-enabled release governance systems for regulated infrastructure.

Key impact areas:

- implemented CI/CD pipelines and delivery automation systems

- established engineering delivery governance model for government systems

- improved release coordination and operational readiness processes

- led acceptance and validation frameworks for regulated deployments

- standardized engineering workflows across distributed teams

- managed team of 30+ engineers across internal and external units

Infotecs — Head of DevOps

2014 — 2015

Secure communications and internal enterprise systems.

Led infrastructure optimization and engineering workflow transformation for internal platforms.

Key impact areas:

- optimized virtualization infrastructure (VMware vCenter, 30% resource efficiency gain)

- improved CI/CD pipeline throughput (~2x improvement via TeamCity optimization)

- introduced role-based access control model

- established operational governance and SLA / RTO / RPO frameworks

- improved system performance (data exchange speed ~4x)

- supported internal platform reliability and infrastructure scaling

Positive Technologies — Head of QA

2011 — 2013

Security platform focused on vulnerability scanning and compliance systems.

Owned engineering quality systems and release governance model for security product delivery.

Key impact areas:

- established QA organization structure and engineering standards

- introduced code quality governance (static analysis, review processes)

- improved release stability and delivery predictability

- implemented structured validation and testing processes

- built QA team (20+ engineers) and hiring framework

- aligned engineering workflows across product teams

Acronis — QA Automation Team Lead Developer

2008 — 2011

Enterprise backup and disaster recovery platform.

Built scalable QA automation systems and testing infrastructure for distributed engineering teams.

Key impact areas:

- designed automated testing architecture for enterprise systems

- achieved ~90% automation coverage in QA processes

- built test infrastructure and execution systems

- introduced standardized engineering and review practices

- led QA automation team (10 engineers)

- improved reliability of release validation processes

MERA — Software Quality Assurance Engineer

2005 — 2008

Telecom analytics platform for GSM performance monitoring.

Worked on QA automation and release validation systems for telecom analytics infrastructure.

Key impact areas:

- reduced configuration delivery cycle (1 month -> 2 weeks)

- automated configuration generation processes

- improved test execution and environment reliability

- supported release planning and operational risk analysis

- maintained testing infrastructure and defect tracking systems

Technologies & Methodologies

CI/CD, TeamCity, VMware vCenter, Python, C++, Agile (Scrum / Kanban), ITIL / ITSM, Incident & Problem Management, Release & Change Management, Infrastructure Operations, Platform Reliability, Production Operations, Operational Governance, High-Load Distributed Systems, Engineering Delivery Processes, DevOps Practices

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