Streamlined Compliance. Strategic Oversight.

I specialize in accelerating SOC 2 readiness for fast-moving startups via automation. For established corporations, I offer a fresh perspective through independent audits designed for C-level governance.

Iliya Karin - DevSecOps Expert
Extraordinary Ability

14+ Years of Enterprise DevSecOps Excellence

Senior expert with a distinguished track record in high-regulation industries including Fintech, Banking, and IoT. Recognized with the US O-1 Visa (Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement) and EB-1A Green Card for exceptional contributions to the field.

Key Achievements

  • Completely transformed $460B+ annual turnover projects
  • Expertise in Government regulated environments
  • High-scale transformations at Gazprom, VTB Bank, Nokia

Trusted By

Delivered solutions for industry giants including Goldman Sachs, Alliance Insurance, Cambridge Investment Research, and Douglas Elliman Realty.

Nokia Gazprom VTB Bank Invent

Services

Comprehensive DevSecOps solutions tailored to your infrastructure needs.

Cloud Security

Hardening cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) ensuring least privilege, IAM policies, and secure network architectures.

CI/CD Hardening

Implementing security gates in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins). SAST/DAST integration.

Compliance & Governance

Automating compliance checks for SOC2, HIPAA, and GDPR. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) auditing.

Engagement Packages

Transparent pricing for fixed-scope audits and strategic roadmaps. Custom engagements available.

Security Audit

Prevent data loss and PII exposure. Essential for passing heavy client DDQs.

$5k
  • Infrastructure Security Scan
  • SOC2 Gap Analysis
  • Timeline: ~1 Week
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Infra Automation

Save countless developer hours, prevent incidents, and focus on code.

$7-10k
  • Terraform/Ansible Audit
  • CI/CD Optimization Plan
  • Timeline: 1-2 Weeks
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AI Architecture

On-premise AI audit and strategic roadmap.

$5-10k
  • Hardware/GPU Sizing
  • Privacy & Security Audit
  • Timeline: 2 Weeks
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Hourly Consultation

Troubleshooting, Architectural Review, Interviewing for your team.

$200 - $450 / hour

Rate depends on task complexity and engagement duration.

Experience

A proven track record of securing enterprise environments and leading high-performance teams.

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Director of DevOps

Oct 2022 – Present

Invent (Austin, TX)

  • Achieved 64%+ annual cloud savings through strategic rightsizing and architecture redesign.
  • Reduced environment provisioning time from 3–4 days to ~1–2 hours via GitOps & IaC.
  • Designed a SOC2-compliant DevSecOps ecosystem (SAST/DAST, secrets management, policy-as-code).
  • Scaled a high-performing team of 14 DevOps/SRE engineers.
Kubernetes OpenTelemetry SOC2
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Senior DevOps Manager

Aug 2020 – Oct 2022

Innotech / VTB Bank

  • Led DevOps for a division of 550+ engineers at a bank with $460B+ annual turnover.
  • Reduced deployment time from hours to minutes using automated GitLab/Jenkins pipelines.
  • Implemented production-grade OpenShift and microservices infrastructure.
  • Spearheaded observability transformation with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
OpenShift FinTech Terraform
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Principal SRE

Mar 2019 – Aug 2020

Nokia

  • Led deployment of the Nokia IMPACT IoT platform for large enterprise/telecom clients.
  • Designed high-availability infrastructure for geo-distributed environments.
  • Optimized platform scalability for millions of connected devices.
  • Automated lifecycle management using Ansible and Python.
IoT High Availability Python
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Lead DevOps Engineer

Jun 2015 – Mar 2019

Gazprom

  • Re-architected entire infrastructure and implemented a 3-2-1 backup strategy for critical data clusters.
  • World's first integration of PureStorage NVMe via 10Gb iSCSI with VMware vSphere.
  • Deployed Thin Client terminal solutions to create highly secure, cost-effective workspaces.
  • Implemented complete workspace control and audit solutions for government compliance in the energy sector.
PureStorage NVMe VMware Governance
Previous relevant Enterprise IT experience Jan 2012 – May 2015

Master's Degree in Computer Science

2005 – 2011

MATI (Russian State Technological University)

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