Petr Ivanov is a Lead DevOps Engineer based in St. Petersburg with 8 years of focused experience building and running reliable CI/CD, packaging and release systems for complex Java and C++ projects. He has led teams and IT operations at Sberbank-Technology and GridGain Systems, where he designed nightly build chains, automated delivery pipelines (Docker, NuGet, Maven, Debian/RPM) and introduced faster, more reliable test pipelines. Petr combines deep hands-on build engineering—demonstrated by his contributions to Apache Ignite packaging and Java 9/11 compatibility fixes—with leadership in release management and developer productivity. He has a strong track record of migrating enterprise processes (SVN to Git), creating enterprise packaging ecosystems and running multi-delivery release cycles. Known for pragmatic automation, he often removes manual bottlenecks across DEV, QA and OPS while preserving auditability and reproducibility. His background in both systems engineering and teaching gives him an unusual blend of technical depth and clear cross-team communication.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English Gymnasium, Magadan
Master’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Master’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace and Instrumentation
Contributions:17 reviews, 94 commits, 64 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Petr primarily focused on build and packaging automation within the Apache Ignite project. They implemented and refined RPM and DEB package generation, including the creation of a `package.sh` script to automate these processes. Additionally, the user addressed Java 9 compatibility issues in various build scripts and configuration files and fixed documentation links, showcasing a strong understanding of the build and release pipeline, along with compatibility maintenance. Several commits were made to facilitate Java 9 and 11 compatibility.
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 PR, 25 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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