Ilya Pavlov
Head Of Packet Core Network Development at MegaFon
Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolIlya Pavlov is a seasoned telecommunications engineering leader with over a decade at MegaFon, currently heading Packet Core Network Development and delivering federal-scale projects from architecture through commercial traffic handover. He combines deep hands-on expertise in core, transport and radio networks with proven program management—achieving accident-free integrations, on-time DPI and pLTE rollouts, and notable capex savings (25% on a DC rollout, 5% on IPv6). Ilya builds and leads high-performing distributed teams (employee engagement 96%, eNPS 77.8%) while managing 98% budget realization and procurement across complex federal processes. He has driven import-substituted domestic EPC launches, traffic localization (30% PD delay reduction) and Pre5G subscriber products, demonstrating both technical breadth and regulatory savvy. Known as a DevOps/SysAdmin practitioner, he leverages testing partnerships with federal R&D centers to vet new EPC/PCEF vendors and data services before production. Practical, metrics-driven, and fluent in coordinating multinational contractors, he excels at translating strategic network modernization plans into reliable, cost-efficient operational outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Economic-manager, Business/Managerial Economics, Economic-manager, Business/Managerial Economics at Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Science
Github Skills (179)
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
spirkaa/vault-bootstrap
Mar 2022 - Jul 2024
Init and unseal Hashicorp Vault on Kubernetes
Contributions:12 PRs, 61 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 4 months
hashicorp-vaultkubernetesvault
spirkaa/containers
Jan 2023 - Jan 2026
Kubernetes tailored container images for various applications
Contributions:29 PRs, 42 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years
containerstailoredpodmandockercontainer-images
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