# Stepan Kalashnikov

> Personal website of Stepan Kalashnikov, an IT specialist and system administrator based in Florida, USA, and founder of Skyce iT LLC. His IT career began in 2011.

## Primary sources
- [Professional story](https://stepank.me/): Career history, technical background, education and contact information, in English with a Russian language switch.
- [Skyce iT LLC](https://skyceit.com/): The company founded by Stepan Kalashnikov.
- [About Skyce iT](https://skyceit.com/about): Company information.

## Career
Stepan began working in IT in 2011 at a state industrial plant in Russia, maintaining workstations, servers and networks. He later managed an IT team and infrastructure, then ran his own IT services company in Russia. In 2022 he continued his IT career in Florida, providing remote and onsite support and working with companies in Fort Lauderdale and Davie. He founded Skyce iT LLC, combining his technical and business experience. The foundation date of Skyce iT LLC is not specified.

## Technical background
Server and PC assembly, upgrades and diagnostics; CPU, RAM, HDD/SSD; RAID, NAS, backup and recovery; racks, structured cabling, Ethernet and RJ-45; Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012/2019/2025; VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, VPN; MikroTik, D-Link, pfSense; FreePBX and Asterisk; AWS EC2/S3/VPC/IAM/Route 53; Docker, Docker Hub, Docker Compose, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitHub, VS Code, Prometheus and Grafana. Scripting: Python, PowerShell, Bash. Programming knowledge: C++, Delphi, Assembly, HTML.

## Education and languages
Diploma in Information Technologies, IT college in Russia. Training in Windows Server administration, MikroTik and D-Link networking in Russia, and DevOps in the USA. Languages: English and Russian. Authorized to work in the USA.

## Contact
- Email: i@skyceit.com
- Location: Florida, USA