Nikolai Luchanov
About Nikolai Luchanov
Nikolai Luchanov is a Senior Systems Engineer at Interac Corp. in the Greater Toronto Area, where he has worked since 2018, focusing on automation and cloud integration. He has a diverse background in IT roles, including positions at the US Embassy and various consulting and administrative roles in Kyrgyzstan and Canada.
Work at Interac
Nikolai Luchanov has been employed at Interac Corp. as a Senior Systems Engineer since 2018. In this role, he has focused on automating processes using Ansible Tower for orchestration in both on-premises and AWS environments. He previously held the position of Senior Infrastructure Specialist at Interac from 2017 to 2018, contributing to various infrastructure projects. His responsibilities include managing continuous integration systems using Jenkins Enterprise integrated with LDAP and implementing GitHub Enterprise High Availability replication in AWS.
Previous Experience
Before joining Interac, Nikolai Luchanov gained extensive experience in the IT field. He worked as an IT Specialist at the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan from 2007 to 2013. Following this, he was a Self-Employed Consultant in the Toronto area for one year. He served as a Systems Administrator at DB Schenker from 2014 to 2017, where he supported and upgraded Cloudera/CDH and Talend systems. His earlier roles include Leading IT Expert at the Interbank Processing Center and IT Advisor for the RHSP project with the Department for International Development.
Education and Expertise
Nikolai Luchanov holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineer of Technical Systems, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from Razzakov Kyrgyz Technical University, which he completed from 1994 to 1999. He has been studying at the Cisco Networking Academy since 2017 and is also pursuing LPI certification. His technical expertise includes automation, cloud migration, and data analysis, with practical experience in building and managing Elastic Stack for data visualization.
Technical Skills and Projects
Nikolai Luchanov has developed a range of technical skills throughout his career. He has led the migration of Splunk from on-premises to cloud infrastructure and conducted EC2 migrations between different AWS regions and accounts. His work includes developing system-wide documentation and standard operating procedures to enhance operational efficiency. He has also built and managed Elastic Stack for data analysis and visualization, showcasing his ability to handle complex IT projects.