Profile
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About Me
My name is Igor Kuznetsov. I work as both a Network Engineer and a System Engineer for Convey, a multi-platform notification company formerly known as Message Broadcast. I spend a lot of time building, fixing, and fine-tuning systems, and when I’m not doing that I’m usually tinkering with something new in the lab.
I’ve always been an open source junkie, the kind of geek who can’t resist spinning up another project just to see how it works. Hardware hacking and reverse engineering are some of my favorite ways to learn, and they’ve taught me that breaking things (carefully) can be just as valuable as building them.
All work and no play would be boring. Luckily, my work feels like play!
The paycheck is a nice bonus that keeps my family of four happy. Outside the racks and servers I enjoy photography, cars, and just about anything that challenges me to get my hands dirty and figure out how it really works.
Details
- Name
- Igor Kuznetsov
- Location
- California, United States
- Languages
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English
Russian
- Specialties
- Enterprise Networking & Security Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering Systems Administration & Automation Open Source Solutions
- Interests
- Hardware Hacking Software Reverse Engineering Open Source Automation Cybersecurity Research Emerging Tech Photography
A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies, and principles set by his profession.
I’ve been working at Convey, which was formerly known as Message Broadcast. It’s a multi-platform notification company where I focus on network and system engineering to keep large-scale communication systems reliable and secure. The platform handles everything from SMS, MMS, RCS, and voice to push, email, and social channels, so there’s always something new to architect, optimize, or troubleshoot.
Wright Finlay & Zak, LLP was my comeback role after my family welcomed a new baby. I stepped back into the field providing IT support at a WBENC-certified litigation and transactional law firm with offices across the western United States. It was a fast-paced environment where I supported attorneys and staff across multiple practice areas, making sure their systems stayed secure and reliable.
At Zenith IT Solutions, I provided IT services, cloud solutions, web hosting, and consulting for small to medium businesses in Southern California. The company has since evolved into what is now SynoForce, and my time there gave me broad experience supporting clients across different industries and technologies.
At Zuk Financial Group, I worked as a System Administrator supporting a retirement planning and advisory firm that specializes in educators and the public sector across California. My role involved keeping their infrastructure stable and secure so the advisors could focus on clients. It was a solid experience in managing systems for a highly regulated environment where uptime and data integrity were critical.
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Scope & Scale
Multi-site networks, hybrid cloud, and high-volume messaging platforms. Comfortable with routing, switching, firewalls, and service meshes.
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Automation
Python, Bash, PowerShell, Git. Infra as code, repeatable builds, config management, and API-driven workflows.
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Security
Network segmentation, VPN, IDS/IPS, hardening, key management, least privilege, and compliance minded (PCI, HIPAA).
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Reliability
Monitoring, alerting, SLOs, incident response, postmortems, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
Core Stack
Linux and Windows, VMware and KVM, AWS and Azure, containers, Nginx, HAProxy, MySQL and MS SQL, AD and LDAP, DNS and DHCP.
How I Work
Document as I go, design before deploy, test in lab, automate what repeats, measure results, and leave things simpler than I found them.
Curiosity
Open source tinkerer, hardware hacking and reverse engineering, always learning and sharing tips with the team.
TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, VPN, NAT, QoS, Wi-Fi
Firewalls, IDS/IPS, TLS, MFA, PAM, hardening, vulnerability management
Authoritative/recursive DNS, DNSSEC awareness, DHCP design and reservations
Linux, Windows Server, AD, Group Policy, virtualization (VMware, KVM)
Python, Bash, PowerShell, Git, CI builds, templating, REST APIs
AWS, Azure, load balancers, IAM basics, monitoring and logging