Summary
Nikolai Lapenok is a DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience automating and stabilizing release pipelines for major Russian banking products, currently focused on CI/CD, orchestration and test-stand automation at Sberbank. He combines hands-on skills with Java and Python, tooling expertise in Jenkins, Ansible and OpenShift, and deep operational experience across WebSphere, Kafka, Cassandra and observability stacks like Prometheus and Grafana. His work has repeatedly turned multi-hour processes into minute-scale operations, enabling more frequent and reliable releases for large-scale financial systems. Earlier roles spanning server support, data migration and financial reporting gave him a strong appreciation for safe automation in regulated environments and for designing practical technical requirements. Based in St. Petersburg, he pairs an engineering background in laser technology with continuous upskilling in IT, bringing curiosity and a systems-oriented mindset to complex infrastructure challenges.
12 years of coding experience
Professional retraining, Information technologies, Professional retraining, Information technologies at St. Petersburg Academic University
Engineer's degree, laser techniques and laser technology, Engineer's degree, laser techniques and laser technology at ITMO University
Russian, English