Summary
Nikolai Vostokov is a production engineer with a decade of hands-on experience bridging broadcast TV systems and IT infrastructure, currently based in San Diego. He has led studio and channel operations, managing everything from SMPTE 2022/2110 IP playouts and SDI signal chains to Windows AD, Exchange, and mixed virtualization platforms (Hyper-V, ESXi, XEN). Nikolai pairs deep hardware expertise—blade systems, FC fabrics, SAN/NAS and LTO libraries—with software skills across Go, C#, PowerShell, NodeJS and classic web stacks to automate media ingest, QC and playout workflows. He has a track record of building custom tools (FFmpeg GUIs, Dalet importers, AD-integrated web apps) that simplify complex broadcast workflows and reduce failure rates. Comfortable escalating and collaborating with vendors, he also brings post-production Mac/Final Cut experience and network-level know-how (Cisco, MikroTik, pfSense) that most IT-first engineers lack. Practical, pragmatic and results-oriented, he thrives in environments where live media reliability and scalable automation intersect.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer