Alex Alakin
Network Engineer at ESTI Consulting Services
Almaty, Canada
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Top SchoolAlex Alakin is a network engineer and instructor with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and securing enterprise networks across Canada and Central Asia. He has deep expertise in Cisco routing, switching and VoIP platforms (2960–6500 series, ISR 2800/2900, CUCM/CME) and practical experience with DMVPN, OpenVPN, Linux-based NMS and AAA systems. As a long-time authorized Cisco course instructor, he builds and maintains realistic hardware labs and teaches core tracks from ICND to BGP and TSHOOT, translating complex internals into practical skills. His background includes implementing production VoIP and unified communications on Cisco MCS/UCS servers and gateway platforms, plus early-career work in data transmission networks. An MSc in Communications Networks (Distinction) underpins his practical work with strong theoretical foundations. Colleagues know him for combining meticulous infrastructure hardening with a knack for making hands-on lab environments mirror real-world operational challenges.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Communications Networks, MSc, Communications Networks at University of BirminghamBachelor, Radiotechnics, Electronics and Telecommunications, Bachelor, Radiotechnics, Electronics and Telecommunications at Kazakh Agro Technical University after S. Seifullin
English, Russian
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Github Skills (26)
telegram-bot-api10
telegram10
telegram-bot10
python-telegram-bot9
cobbler9
python-api9
dhcp8
tftp8
python8
cross-platform8
vim8
text-editor8
linux7
cacti5
plugin5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
aleksashka/eem
Dec 2014 - Aug 2016
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 8 months
sysloginterfacesdescriptionsappletsyslog-messages
aleksashka/scripts
Feb 2017 - Jun 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
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