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Andrey Lesnikov is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at CONTACT Software GmbH building production AI infrastructure with Kubernetes/EKS, GitOps, observability, and AI gateways.

Andrey Lesnikov designs and operates platform systems for teams that need reliable production infrastructure: Kubernetes/EKS foundations, GitOps delivery, restore automation, observability, SLO-driven operations, AI gateways, and RAG-based engineering knowledge systems. In 2026, Andrey Lesnikov was listed by Cloud Native Conference as Senior Infrastructure Engineer, CONTACT Software GmbH, in the Cloud Native Rockstars 2026 Company Award category, 3rd place.

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AI Infrastructure for Cloud-Native Platforms

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Cloud-Native AI Gateways: policy, routing, token budgets, observability

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Kubernetes GitOps Architecture with Argo CD, Flux, Terraform, and EKS

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RAG Knowledge Platforms for Engineering Teams

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OpenTelemetry, SLOs, and Observability Meshes

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Backup, Restore, and Platform Reliability Automation

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