Ilia Serbin

Ilia serbin

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  • About me

    DBA Team Lead/PostgreSQL Technical Lead

  • Education

    • Южный федеральный университет (бывший ростовский государственный университет)

      2011 - 2015
      Бакалавр mathematics
  • Experience

    • Database intelligence (dbi)

      May 2015 - Apr 2023

      Led a team of seven project employees operating on a 5/2 schedule responsible for the support and management of over 1400 servers across various technologies including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Kafka, MySQL, Redis, and ELK. Collaborated closely with a separate 24/7 support department.- Strategically planned and enhanced Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings, significantly impacting over 50 teams and 400 developers by optimizing service delivery and operational efficiency.- Developed and impleted Incident and Problem management workflow. It included Jira Automation to identify recurring incidents and streamline major incident responses. Support members and managers received a clear overview of project incidents. My initiatives led to a drastic reduction in monthly alerts from approximately 3000 to 900 within five months, enhancing service quality while optimizing staff resource allocation and improving of services stability- Enhanced Operational Workflows: overhauled communication patterns between support members and developers, leading to enhanced workflows, quicker service delivery, and improved SLAs.- Developed dynamic reporting dashboards (using Jira Automation, Scriptrunner, and Slack Workflows) to ensure project stakeholders had access to real-time data.- Contributed to the development and enrichment of technical documentation and the Knowledge Base, which led to increase of support efficiency and quality of service- Overhauled the monitoring and alerting framework, transitioning from Zabbix to a more advanced and integrated solution using Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, Opsgenie, and Jira, thereby improving predictive alerting and operational response capabilities Show less Led the PostgreSQL support department of retail company, comprising over 330 servers across more than 150 diverse environments, including 90+ critical 24/7 production environments- Engineered and implemented a workflow for the rapid deployment of new PostgreSQL instances and environments. Using Jenkins for "one-click" automation significantly reduced setup times and improved operational efficiency. This included the automation of documentation, database setup, monitoring, and alerting processes, marking a notable advancement in the project's infrastructure management capabilities.- Authored comprehensive documentation and established best practices for 24/7 Level 1 and Level 2 support teams. Significantly improved the support team's response efficiency and problem-solving capabilities. Show less Specialized in the administration and optimization of PostgreSQL clusters versions 9 through 12, leveraging a variety of technologies to ensure the high availability, performance, and security of database systems- Managed complex PostgreSQL clusters utilizing tools such as Pgpool, PgBouncer, and high-availability solutions like Corosync and Pacemaker. Additionally, managed Aurora PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL on AWS RDS- Implemented streaming/logical replication and Foreign Data Wrapper (FDW) technologies to deploy systems of various configurations, including warm standby setups and production-synchronized test environments, thereby enhancing system reliability and developer productivity.- Successfully executed almost zero downtime upgrades and migrations of PostgreSQL clusters, ensuring continuous business operations and data integrity.- Audited and impoved clusters' performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks, problematic requests, and suboptimal configurations, significantly improving system efficiency and response times.- Developed and deployed monitoring solutions, automated routine maintenance tasks, including scripting cloning procedures and backups, which reduced manual workload and increased operational reliability.- Worked with wide range of technologies beyond PostgreSQL, including MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Zabbix, Sitescope, GreenPlum, AWS, Yandex Cloud, Grafana, Oracle, and extensive use of Bash scripting for automation and integration tasks Show less Installation, support, cloning, monitoring and troubleshooting of Oracle 10G, 11G, 12C instancesPatch installation, CPU/PSUUpgradeCrossplatform migrationsWorking with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c, 13cResearch and optimization of performance bottleneck, traces and execution plan investigation, AWR/ASH/ADDM reportsBackup configuration and support (RMAN,export, hot and cold backups)Automatisation of maintenance routines, proactive supportOracle RAC, ASM, DataguardOracle on EC2 AWSSupport of OLAP and OLTP systems Show less Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, 12.0-12.1, 12.2:Cloning of multitier OEBS installationsInstallation, configuration, scaling and support of multitier OEBS systemsSupport, configuration and performance tuning of OEBS and it's components (OPMN, MWA, Weblogic Server)Optimization and automatisation of OEBS maintenance jobs (purge, GSS, backups, cleanup)Configuration, support and troubleshouting of WF mailer.Patching and upgrading Research and tuning of bottlenecksProactive support and monitoring Show less

      • Technical Account Manager/Level 3 Support Lead

        Jun 2021 - Apr 2023
      • Technical Project Lead

        Oct 2019 - Jun 2021
      • Senior DBA/Lead DBA

        Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
      • Senior Oracle DBA

        Dec 2016 - Oct 2018
      • Oracle Application Database Administrator

        May 2015 - Dec 2016
    • Дневник.ру

      May 2023 - now
      Lead postgresql dba

      Managing PostgreSQL infrastructure in EdTech company.Managing nearly 100 postgreSQL clusters.Worked on PG managing automatization via ansiblePerformed migration of all clusters to Patroni+etcdImproved monitoring and alerting rules

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Mysql cloud service 2018 certified implementation specialist

      Oracle
      Jul 2019
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    • Oracle management cloud 2017 certified implementation specialist

      Oracle
      Oct 2018
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