Vladimir Ulogov is a seasoned systems engineer with over 20 years of experience in systems architecture, software development, and monitoring. He has extensive skills in programming languages like Python and databases like MongoDB. The document provides a detailed summary of his work history and roles at various companies where he has designed and implemented monitoring platforms, networking solutions, and infrastructure architectures.

1. VLADIMIR ULOGOV
PO BOX 61, Mount Tabor, New Jersey, 07878, USA
☎ +1 (973) 975 3363 E-mail: vladimir.ulogov@me.com
Summary
Seasoned Systems Engineer with 20+ years of experience in Systems and Network design and
architecture, Software development, Monitoring and Systems and Network management.
Technical skills
• Zabbix monitoring platform
• Programming languages: C, Python, CLIPS, Unix shells, Erlang
• Database management and development experience: Custom OODBMS, MySQL and
MongoDB
• Finite State Machine implementation using Erlang
• CISCO ASA and Fortinet Fortigate devices
• Brocade switches
• Case Driven Object Modeling
• All common Internet services: SMTP, SNMP, POP, IMAP, FTP, SSH, RADIUS, HTTP, LDAP
Work History
Zabbix LLC 2015-present
Technology Evangelist.
As Certified Zabbix Trainer, responsible for public and private trainings and certification. Providing full
range of the consulting service for the users of Zabbix monitoring platform. Performing configurations
review and architecture development. Provide general IT consulting as needed. Participating in
various related events as support specialist and presenter.
• Author of the “Zabbix 3.0 Lab manual” which is use during official training and certification.
• Created loadable module, which provides solution for embedding Cython language core in the
product. Improves performance of the Python-based extensions 6 to 7 times compare with
previous C-Python implementation.
• Created “Zabbix Agent Simulator” allowing to Zabbix architects and developers to test
configurations, simulate failures and simulate large, multi-site deployments.
• Prepared architecture proposals for monitoring several multi-site installations with 10K to 25K
deployed hosts.
• Implementing solution for the conversion monitoring platform from single server to distributed,
clustered multi-site platform.
• Troubleshoot and performance improvement on the monitoring systems, collecting data from
the range of 10K to 35K nodes. Tuning the system to be capable to handle up-to 27000 metrics
per second.
AnchorFree San Francisco, CA 2014-2015
Senior DevOps Engineer.
Responsible for an architecture and design of the distributed, fault tolerant monitoring platform.
Zabbix-based, deployed on AWS monitoring platform were designed to be 99.9999% available,
provide high-performance modules for the custom data acquisition and be easily scalable.
• Created architecture for a high-availability monitoring platform

2. • Adapted and deployed own open-source loadable module, integrating Python interpreted and
Zabbix Agent. This allows to increase flexibility ands performance on data acquisition stage.
• Created a prototype of the library, which supported Geo-Clustering operation (C, Python)
• Write a documentation for custom modules and installation procedures
• Prepare training materials for pyzabbix module
Boeing (Skarven Enterprises and Kestrel Enterprises) Berkeley Heights, NJ 2003-2014
Senior System and Network Administrator and infrastructure Architect, Boeing Technical Lead
Engineer.
Responsible for systems and network architecture planning and developing consisting of over 3000
nodes. Accountable for security architecture planning and development, network and systems audit
and incident handling.
• Achieved better enforcement of applicable security policies and guidelines by developing
procedures for monitoring and auditing of company infrastructure
• Serve as an adviser to senior management on the IT-related topics
• Designed and developed integrated monitoring platform, which brought together systems,
network and security items into single platform
• Developed directory service integrated with management application for the company
• Developed enterprise-class DNS service, integrated with monitoring and management platform
• Responsible for developing of various software libraries and tools, such as:
• Custom VPN front and back-end
• Systems audit initiator and aggregator application
• LDAP front-end tool
• Customized job scheduler
• Python library for developing common System Administrator's and System Engineer
tools.
• Python library for interfacing with Zabbix monitoring platform
• Participating in data-center management and capacity planning.
• Providing technical leadership and training for a team of system administrators
• Preparing technical documentation for operations support
• As a member of company CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) responsible for
managing and handling of computer-related incidents
AT&T Labs, AT&T Research, Florham Park, NJ 1998-2003
System and Network Administrator and Developer for AT&T White and Yellow pages service
http://www.anywho.com .
• Achieved savings of about $300K by developing an application to detect fraudulent use of the
expired telephone cards
• Managed cluster of near real-time custom databases with 27M records
• Responsible for planning and implementation of the cluster configuration for application's high
reliability and performance
• Designed and developed custom monitoring platform for the front-end and database
application
• Participated in capacity planning, data-center planning and management
• Managed project source code control and build system
• Developed software for AT&T embedded VPN solution
• Provided operations support for AT&T development platform
• Served as a Software Architect and Developer for monitoring platform handling distributed
network of about 300 media cache servers
• Developed a software library to predict potential failures and automate capacity management

3. for the media servers using Python and CLIPS
• Served as System Administrator for “Call Detail Database” platform
LG Center of Information Technology, Seoul, South Korea 1997-1998
Assistant researcher for LG Center of Information Technology in Seoul, South Korea.
Responsible for design and development of custom object-oriented Python libraries covering high
performance primitives, dynamic classes and objects, dynamic network objects, generic pure-Python
OODBMS, Python-CLIPS integration primitives and tools.
Russian Telecommunication network “ROSNET”/AT&T Easylink service 1995-1997
Senior System administrator for the Internet services provided for more than 50 regional offices.
Developer of custom services and Internet-based applications System administrator for East
European AT&T EasyLink ATTMail service, provided service for about 15000 customers across
Eastern Europe and Russia.

4. Education
MS in Information Technology. Moscow State University of Economics and Statistics.
Certifications and affiliations
• Infragard
• Certified Zabbix trainer
• Certified Zabbix administrator and Zabbix administrator for the large environments
• Certified Ethical Hacker CEH v6
• CERT: Information Security for Technical Staff.
• Brocade BCNE
• SUN E10K and E15K administrator
• RedHat RH436, RH401
Open source projects
• Object-Relation Mapper between Python and MongoDB. Language: Python
• Integration of the Python into Zabbix agent. Language: C,Python
• Finite State Machine module. Language: Erlang
• Distributed message handler, based on XMLRPC protocol. Language: Python
• Text formatting and converting tool, converting text in ChordsPro format to TeX
• Secure “one time RSA key” messaging platform with strong emphasis on anonymity
Personal
• US Citizen
• RACES (Radio Amateur Emergency Service) volunteer for an Office of Emergency
Management in Parsippany, NJ