Summary
Igor Kovalenko is a Senior Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS with over eight years of experience building and operating cloud-native services and containerized platforms at Thomson Reuters. He combines deep Java/J2EE full-stack expertise and architecture experience with hands-on AWS skills across EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudFront and CloudWatch to deliver scalable, cost-effective solutions. Igor has led cross-functional teams from concept to release, managed outsourced projects end-to-end, and driven measurable product growth—once scaling a Virtual Samples tool to over a million monthly uses. He pairs strong troubleshooting and API integration experience supporting resellers and end-users with practical knowledge of databases from MySQL to MongoDB. Certified in cloud computing and seasoned in networking and security fundamentals (CCNA, SCJP, SCWCD), he brings a pragmatic blend of legacy platform know-how and modern cloud architecture. Based in Toronto, he is notable for translating complex business cases into operational systems while staying deeply involved in implementation details.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University of Toronto
MongoDB for Java Developers, MongoDB for Java Developers at MongoDB University (online education)
Master's degree, Master's degree at Taurida 'V. I. Vernadskiy' National University, Simferopol
English, Russian