# Valentin F.

> Software Engineer at Bloomberg LP

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/valentinf

Opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent those of my employer.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Bloomberg
Jan 2024 – Present

### Cloud Security Engineer @ Bloomberg
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | London, England, United Kingdom

### Site Reliability Engineer @ Bloomberg
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | London, United Kingdom

### Visiting Researcher @ The Open University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
Continuing my studies in spintronics post-PhD

### Senior System Engineer @ Quantcast
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom

### System Engineer @ Quantcast
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom

### DevOps Engineer @ Student.com
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | London, United Kingdom
- Implemented the concept of "immutable infrastructure" based on a combination of Autoscaling Groups, Packer-built machine images and automated provisioning with Ansible and Rundeck.
- Deployed Consul clusters in a multi-region, multi-environment landscape, with DNS-based service discovery, distributed health checks and automated recovery actions.
- Replaced Ansible with Terraform for core infrastructure management.
- Working on deploying Nomad scheduler for better AWS resource utilisation and Vault for secrets management.

### Infrastructure Engineer @ Affectv
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | London, England, United Kingdom
My responsibilities include:

- deploying all engineering processes in a robust, scalable and easily reversible way;
- setting up test and production environments for engineering processes;
- creating and enforcing standards around testing and deployment;
- system administration and maintenance;
- researching, testing and implementing new technologies, software and services;

I work with technology stack including but not limited to Hadoop, Map/Reduce, AWS (ElastiCache, Elastic Beanstalk), NoSQL/SQL databases, Pig.

### Technical Analyst (EDI) @ Maersk Line
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | London, England, United Kingdom
Responsible for implementation and maintenance of EDI connections for exchanging commercial data with external parties.
Designing data integration solutions for customers, vendors and authorities.Gathering business requirements. Creating message implementation guides. Unit testing. Creating requests for enhancement of core business applications. IT vendor communication. Second level user support

### Cargo Execution Specialist @ Maersk Line
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Executing short- and mid-term planning of loading, discharging and transshipment connections for feeder vessels within the assigned network. Performing cost control within the segment of terminal and waterfeedering expenses. Maintaining vendor relations. Running projects for cost saving and business process improve-
ment.

### Process Support Manager @ Maersk Line
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Support and maintenance of corporate IT systems and adjusting them to business
                       needs. Monitoring KPIs and analyzing performance. End-user training, being the
                       first escalation level for technical issues. Providing general management with
                       suggestions towards process improvement.

### Customer Service Specialist @ Maersk Line
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Producing import clearance documentation, releasing cargo to customers. Settle-
                       ment of freight and demurrage. Communication with terminal operator and local
                       authorities regarding cargo-related matters.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Applied Mathematics
The Open University

### Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Mathematics
The Open University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/valentin-f-a47b5721
- Website: http://math.stackexchange.com/users/31877/valentin
- Website: https://github.com/ValFadeev

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Last updated: 2026-04-05