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Islam Mukambetov

Senior System Administrator / Database Administrator (DBA)
📍 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

About Me

System Administrator with 15+ years of experience. I specialize in building fault-tolerant infrastructure from scratch and rescuing systems that perform poorly. My expertise lies at the intersection of hardware (HCI, servers), databases (Oracle RAC, MS SQL Always On), and smart automation (Zabbix, Grafana, AI/LLMOps). I enjoy complex challenges that require architectural transformation rather than simple maintenance.

Technical Stack (Hard Skills)

AI & LLMOps

Self-Hosted LLM (Qwen 32B) RAG Architecture Vector Search Open WebUI AI Agents (Jira, Zabbix, Postfix) On-Premise AI

Virtualization & Clusters

VMware vSphere VMware vSAN HCI ESXi Windows Failover Cluster

Databases

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Oracle RAC MS SQL Server (Always On) MariaDB/MySQL (Galera Cluster) SQL queries

Network & Web

Nginx Apache RouterOS (MikroTik) VPN Network Load Balancing HAProxy

DevOps & Monitoring

Zabbix (deep tuning) Grafana Veeam Python Bash PowerShell

Mail & Services

Postfix Active Directory G-Suite Synology DSM Veeam

Cloud Computing

Oracle Cloud Computing Oracle Storage Microsoft Exchange Server Google Workspace

Experience

Kyrgyz Energy Settlement Center (KESC)

Senior System Administrator
August 2025 — Present
  • Enterprise Infrastructure: Administration and support of a 6-node HCI cluster for energy sector tasks
  • Network Security: Configuration and support of secure communication channels (IPsec VPN tunnels), load balancing via HAProxy and Nginx
  • High Availability & Security: Oracle RAC support. Full responsibility for data security policy and Backup
  • Monitoring: Deployment of comprehensive infrastructure monitoring (Zabbix + Grafana)

Asia Retail

Lead System Administrator
August 2023 — Present
  • Main Achievement: Designed and launched a new data center from scratch. Implemented VMware HCI vSAN hyper-converged infrastructure, replacing outdated approaches
  • Corporate AI Ecosystem: The AI autonomously diagnoses servers via Zabbix, verifies email delivery status in Postfix logs, and retrieves answers from the knowledge base.
  • Backups: Implemented a Veeam backup monitoring system via custom Python scripts (automated reporting and alerting)
  • Databases: Configured MS SQL Server in Always On mode, ensuring high availability of critical business data
  • Migration: Migrated all production services to the new data center with minimal downtime

UAB "Sigmatelas"

System Administrator / DBA
June 2021 — August 2023
  • Project: Developed server architecture for EMCOS billing software for clients
  • Oracle: Installed and administered Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC

Integra Engineering Group

System Administrator / Project Coordinator
2016 — 2021
  • Scale: Coordinated a power grid modernization project at the country level (Power Sector Rehabilitation Project)
  • IoT/Data Collection: Led the creation of an automated data collection system for Chakan HPP. This utilized experience with databases and network protocols
  • Automation of company business processes

NTS TV Company

System Administrator
2012 — 2016
  • 2014 World Cup: Provided technical support for the first private broadcast of the FIFA World Cup in Kyrgyzstan's history
  • Innovations: Organized Full-HD stream and audio transmission over fiber optics (Ethernet) over long distances, when others were still using old analog relays

National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

System Administrator / GIS Specialist
2009 — 2012
  • GIS & Data: Developed a database of infectious disease outbreaks (anthrax). Used QGIS for collection and processing of geographic data.
  • Start-up: IT infrastructure support for the scientific institution, administration of PC park and first servers.

Key Expertise

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Infrastructure Design

Design and development of server infrastructure, data centers, and cluster solutions from scratch

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Databases

Administration of Oracle RAC, MSSQL AlwaysOn, high availability configuration and backup

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Virtualization

VMware vSphere, HCI clusters (vSAN), containerization and cloud technologies

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Security

Security planning, VPN tunnel configuration, monitoring, and ensuring network security

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Monitoring

Deep tuning of Zabbix, Grafana, custom monitoring scripts in Python

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Migrations

Planning and execution of infrastructure migrations with minimal downtime

Education

Bachelor's Degree