Oleksander

Olexander Zhuravel
Principal Systems Engineer | Lead Architect | Platform Engineering | Hybrid Cloud | Virtualization | Storage & SAN | Backup & DR
Kyiv, Ukraine | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
Age: 43 years
Summary
Principal Systems Engineer with 13+ years of experience designing, building, and operating mission-critical infrastructure for banking and large enterprise environments.
Specialized in platform engineering, hybrid cloud, virtualization, storage & SAN, and backup & disaster recovery, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale datacenter transformation programs.
Hands-on expert in VMware (vSphere, NSX-T, HCX), OLVM/KVM, enterprise storage systems, and data protection platforms (NetWorker, Data Domain, RecoverPoint CDP).
Successfully delivered large-scale platforms supporting 5000+ virtual machines and 2+ PB data environments with 99.99% availability.
Experienced in infrastructure automation (ManageIQ), enabling self-service provisioning and full VM lifecycle management, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes.
Strong background in SRE practices (SLA/SLO/SLI), capacity planning, performance optimization, and L2/L3 troubleshooting, ensuring high availability and reliability of enterprise systems.
Top Skills
· Platform Engineering & Infrastructure Automation (ManageIQ)
· VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter
· VMware NSX-T (Overlay Networking, Microsegmentation)
· VMware HCX (Hybrid Cloud Migration)
· Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
· Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM / KVM)
· Storage Systems (NetApp, Hitachi, IBM, Dell)
· SAN (Cisco MDS, Brocade)
· Backup Solutions (Dell NetWorker, Data Domain, Veeam, IBM TSM)
· Disaster Recovery (RecoverPoint for VM, CDP, DR Orchestration)
· Linux (RHEL, Oracle Linux), AIX, Windows Server
· Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting (L2/L3, RCA)
· SRE (SLA / SLO / SLI)
· Capacity Planning & Infrastructure Optimization
KEY PROJECTS
Hybrid Cloud & Virtualization Platform Transformation
VMware + NSX-T + HCX → GCP | OLVM | RecoverPoint for VM
• 13 VMware clusters / 71 ESXi hosts
• 5000+ virtual machines
• 2+ PB data
• 99.99% availability
Achievements:
• Designed and implemented hybrid cloud architecture (GCP)
• Delivered workload migration using VMware HCX (L2 stretch, zero/near-zero downtime)
• Migrated Oracle platform:
◦ IBM Power (AIX) → x86 (OLVM/KVM)
• Transformed backup architecture:
◦ IBM TSM → NetWorker + Data Domain + Tape
• Implemented DR solution:
◦ RecoverPoint for VM (continuous data protection, low RPO/RTO)
• Designed NSX-T network virtualization and microsegmentation

Infrastructure Automation Platform
ManageIQ (Open Source) | VMware / OLVM
• Implemented self-service infrastructure provisioning platform
• Automated:
◦ VM provisioning
◦ VM lifecycle management
◦ network integration
• Integrated with:
◦ VMware vSphere
◦ OLVM/KVM
• Implemented approval workflows and quota management
• Reduced provisioning time:
◦ from hours/days to minutes

Experience
Sense Bank — IT Development Project Manager / Principal Systems Engineer / Lead Architect (2021–2026)
· Led enterprise datacenter transformation and infrastructure modernization
· Designed and implemented hybrid cloud architecture (GCP)
· Built and operated virtualization platforms:
• VMware vSphere + NSX-T
• OLVM (Oracle migration platform)
· Delivered HCX-based workload migration
· Implemented infrastructure automation:
• ManageIQ (self-service, VM lifecycle management)
· Led SAN transformation:
• Brocade → Cisco MDS
· Delivered storage modernization:
• All-Flash / NVMe platforms
· Led backup transformation:
• NetWorker + Data Domain + Tape Libraries
· Implemented DR solution:
• RecoverPoint (on-prem CDP replication)
· Introduced SRE practices:
• SLA / SLO / SLI
· Managed engineering teams and infrastructure programs
Alfa-Bank — Head of Infrastructure Team (2020–2021)
· Led infrastructure engineering teams
· Managed enterprise infrastructure stack:
• VMware virtualization
• IBM Power Systems (AIX)
• Linux / Windows platforms
· Storage:
• Hitachi VSP Enterprise
· Backup:
• IBM TSM + Tape Libraries
· SAN:
• Brocade Directors
Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Alfa-Bank — Senior Infrastructure Specialist (2019 – 2020)
• Ensured stability of processing center infrastructure
• Administered:
◦ Oracle-based systems
◦ IBM Power (AIX)
◦ VMware (4 clusters)
• Performed L2/L3 troubleshooting
• Participated in migration:
◦ Java applications (AIX → x86)
• Conducted RCA and performance tuning

Forward Bank — Head of DC Support (2014–2019)
VMware, Storage, Backup, OS, Troubleshooting
Managed high-availability datacenter operations (24/7)
Virtualization
• VMware vSphere
• VM lifecycle management (provisioning, scaling, migration, decommissioning)
Storage
• Midrange storage systems:
◦ IBM Storwize V7000 / V5030
◦ Dell SC5020
Backup
• IBM TSM + Tape Libraries
• Veeam Backup & Replication
Operating Systems
• Linux / Windows / AIX / Solaris

Operations
• L2/L3 troubleshooting
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Performance optimization

Education
Donetsk National Technical University