Yury Tsarev

Yury Tsarev has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Yury began their career as a System Administrator at Chelyabinsk State University in 2005. From there, they worked as an Engineer/Programmer at Joint-stock investment bank "Chelyabinvestbank" until 2010.

In 2010, Yury joined SUSE as a Senior Software Engineer, where they were responsible for maintaining the quality of various software products. Yury then moved to GoodData in 2014, taking on roles such as Sr. QA Engineer and QA Architect. Yury also served as a Principal Software Engineer, focusing on tools and infrastructure.

Yury worked at iflix as a Software Engineer for a brief period in 2017 before joining McKinsey & Company later that year. At McKinsey, they held roles as a Technology Architect and Senior Technology Architect, specializing in Site Reliability Engineering.

Yury then joined Absa Group in 2019, where they initially served as a Senior Platform Engineer. Yury was later promoted to the position of Platform Engineering Tech Lead and eventually became a Principal Engineer at the executive level. During their time at Absa, they had a strong focus on Kubernetes and Golang.

In 2021, Yury became involved in the FinOps Foundation as a Community Member. Yury also joined Mind Bank Ai as an Advisory Board Member.

Most recently, in 2022, Yury began working at Upbound as a Principal Solutions Architect.

Yury Tsarev's education history begins in 2002 when they enrolled at Chelyabinsk State University. Yury pursued a Master's degree in applied mathematics and computer science, completing their studies in 2007. In the same year, they briefly attended South Ural State University, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned.

Yury Tsarev also possesses several additional certifications. In 2013, they obtained the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification from ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board. Additionally, in the same year, they completed the CS169.2x: Advanced Software as a Service course offered by UC Berkeley through edX. Since then, they have obtained various certifications related to Kubernetes and cloud computing. These include CKAD - Certified Kubernetes Application Developer and CKA - Certified Kubernetes Administrator, both offered by CNCF - Cloud Native Computing Foundation, in 2020. Yury also holds the CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist certification from The Linux Foundation, obtained in 2022. Moreover, Yury Tsarev has delivered multiple presentations as a speaker at various KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events organized by The Linux Foundation, with the most recent being in 2023.

Apart from these certifications, Yury Tsarev has completed several online courses, including Building Blocks of Express.js, CoffeeScript, Data Center Advanced Technical Specialist, Data Center Technical Specialist, Git Real, Novell Certified Linux Administrator 11, Novell Certified Linux Engineer 11, Novell Certified Linux Professional 11, On Track With Golang, and Rails Testing for Zombies. The institutions responsible for offering these courses include Code School, Novell, and Rackspace. However, the specific completion dates for these courses are not provided.