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Sergey Tovstonog has a diverse and extensive work experience in the IT industry. Sergey is currently working as a Lead Backend Engineer at Helu.io, where they started in January 2022. Previously, in 2022, they also worked as a Python Trainer at Beetroot Academy.

Prior to their current roles, Sergey worked at Blackbird Lab from 2019 until 2022. At Blackbird Lab, they served as a Python Developer/Team Lead, responsible for onboarding a new project and leading a team of two backend developers. Sergey also worked as a Project Manager, coordinating and facilitating the work of a development team and QA for a Canadian marketing company.

In 2019, Sergey worked as a Freelance Python Developer, undertaking consultations and small development/infrastructure projects related to finance and capital markets. Sergey also worked as a Senior Python Developer at Intellias, where they were responsible for developing and improving automation and Chatops tools for infrastructure.

From 2011 to 2019, Sergey held various roles at EPAM Systems. Sergey served as a Production Operations Hands-on Team Lead for Data as a Service Platform/Resources Manager, leading a support team and managing resources for one of the largest hedge funds in the world. Sergey also worked as a Customer Support Offshore Team Lead/Resources Manager for Syncplicity and as an Application Support Team Lead and Resource Manager for investment bank credit products support. In these roles, Sergey handled a wide range of responsibilities related to support, infrastructure management, and improvement projects.

Additionally, Sergey has worked as a Websphere Administrator at Luxoft, an IT Specialist in the CIS region at AstraZeneca Ukraine, and a Senior System Administrator at ING Bank Ukraine, where they were involved in infrastructure design, implementation, and support projects.

Before entering the IT industry, Sergey worked as an IT Manager at Kiev Zhitlo-Invest.

Overall, Sergey Tovstonog has extensive experience in backend engineering, Python training, project management, support and operations management, infrastructure automation, and system administration.

Sergey Tovstonog attended National Aviation University from 2003 to 2008, where they obtained a Specialist degree in Informational Security. In addition to their formal education, Sergey has earned various certifications. Sergey completed the Computational Investing, Part I course from Coursera in December 2012. Sergey also obtained certifications in AWS Concepts and AWS Essentials from LinuxAcademy.com. Furthermore, Sergey earned the IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 certification and the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) - Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment certification, although specific details about the institutions and the dates of the certifications are not provided.