Platform · Automation · AI-Infrastructure

I build production automation and AI infrastructure.

25+ years in carrier-grade networks, now shipping observable, self-hosted automation and LLM/RAG systems built to run in production — not demos.

Network automation · AI / LLM infrastructure · Observability · Remote / relocation-open

Services

What I can build for you

Three areas where I deliver end to end — from the first commit to alerting in production.

Web Development

Fast, multilingual, self-hostable websites and lightweight admin tooling — from static-first marketing sites to custom portals.

  • Mobile-first, multilingual sites (Astro / PHP) with correct i18n and SEO
  • Static-first performance with top Lighthouse scores
  • Lightweight self-hosted CMS / admin instead of heavy platforms
  • Contact and lead capture with notifications and integrations
  • Deployment automation to Docker, shared hosting or CI

Network Automation & Tooling

Turn carrier-grade network operations into code: provisioning, config, and health checks that run themselves.

  • Multi-vendor config automation and golden-config drift detection
  • SNMP/NETCONF/REST collectors feeding alerting and dashboards
  • Secret rotation and credential brokering across device fleets
  • Backbone/IX uplink watchers with anomaly and outage detection
  • CLI and API tooling that replaces manual NOC runbooks

AI / LLM & RAG Infrastructure

Production retrieval-augmented systems on self-hosted models — private, observable, and built to ship.

  • Self-hosted LLM serving (GPU and CPU) with local embedding models
  • Retrieval-augmented pipelines over thousands of internal documents
  • LLM scoring and enrichment kept off the critical ingest path
  • Prompt, evaluation and fallback strategy for reliable outputs
  • Integration with chat, search and notification surfaces

Observability & Platform Engineering

Metrics, logs and alerts wired in from day one — so systems are debuggable in production, not just in theory.

  • Time-series stacks (Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics + Grafana) with retention
  • Flow and traffic analytics from export to columnar store to dashboards
  • Actionable alerting routed to Telegram, with confirming context
  • Containerised deployments behind nginx with TLS and access control
  • Auth, audit and rate limiting baked into every exposed surface

How I build

Every system follows the same production-grade spine

Network tool, data pipeline or RAG service — I build them the same way: ingest the data, store it properly, add intelligence where it earns its place, expose it through a clean API and UI, then wire in alerting and auth from the start.

So the systems I hand over are observable, access-controlled and debuggable in production — shipped software with a clear operational story, not prototypes that fall over the first time something breaks.

Selected work

Things I've designed, built and run

A sample of self-built systems, abstracted for confidentiality. Each maps onto the pipeline above.

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Languages
  • Brand BTQ — multilingual agency site

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    A fast, mobile-first multilingual site for a branding agency, with a lightweight self-hosted content editor.

    multilingualphpsqlitestatic-firstPHP
  • La petite ballerine — ballet school site

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    A trilingual website for a children's ballet school in Kyiv, with schedule, gallery and trial-lesson booking.

    multilingualstatic-firstresponsivebooking
  • Job Watcher

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    A job discovery pipeline that scrapes ATS boards and aggregates listings, using an LLM for scoring against legal criteria before presenting results in a web UI.

    scraperllmweb-uiautomationfastapiPythonHTMLCSSMakefileDockerfileJavaScript
  • OSBB Resident Web Portal

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    A closed-access web portal managing resident data, documents, and communications using PHP 8.3 and SQLite. Features include OCR for vehicle license plates and role-based analytics.

    phpsqliteself-hostedocrweb-applicationPHPCSSJavaScriptHTML
  • Inverter Portal

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    A self-hostable web portal for monitoring and controlling hybrid inverters via a secure RBAC system. It integrates with Home Assistant data sources.

    self-hostedrbachomeassistantweb-portalPythonHTMLCSSJavaScriptDockerfile
  • beam-geo-viz

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    A read-only web visualization of SDH and DWDM asset distribution across Ukrainian regions, ingesting data from XLSX exports using Python and FastAPI.

    pythonjavascriptfastapihtmlvisualizationPythonHTMLJavaScriptShell
  • CV Portfolio Site

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    The site you're reading: an Astro (SSR) CV/portfolio in a single Docker container — SQLite datastore, passkey-secured admin, a daily GitHub→local-LLM pipeline that drafts these project cards, and self-hosted, privacy-first analytics.

    astrotypescriptjavascriptsqlitessrdockerTypeScriptAstroJavaScriptPythonCSSShellDockerfileHTML
  • FlowLens

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    A self-hosted system for visualizing and analyzing network traffic by ingesting IPFIX/NetFlow v9 data into ClickHouse. Features a web UI built with FastAPI, HTMX, and ECharts.

    network-analysisnetflowclickhousepythonjavascriptPythonHTMLJavaScriptCSSMakefileShellDockerfile
  • Eltek Power-Systems Tracker

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    A web portal for monitoring Eltek power systems, providing SNMP control, system mapping, and proxy gateway access using Python and FastAPI.

    snmppythonweb-uidockermonitoringPythonHTMLCSSJavaScriptShellDockerfile
  • nginx-acl-guard

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    An auditor and access control panel for Nginx configurations that computes effective policies and manages safe deployment via a structured pipeline using Python and FastAPI.

    pythonnginxfastapisecuritywebdevPythonHTMLCSSMakefile
  • Suri Defender

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    A lightweight IDS/IPS front-end that detects attacks and auto-blocks source IPs by announcing them as RTBH via iBGP using ExaBGP. The system integrates CrowdSec, fail2ban, and a custom web UI.

    idsipsbgppythondockerPythonShellJavaScriptCSSHTMLDockerfile
  • Maximo Ticket Tools

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    A toolkit for indexing IBM Maximo service request data into Onyx using Python and generating status dashboards with PHP.

    pythonphpibm maximoonyxapiPythonPHP
  • Rent Watcher

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    CLI tool that scrapes rental listings from OLX.ua and otodim.com.ua, scores them using a local LLM (Ollama), and sends alerts via Telegram.

    pythonllmweb-scrapingtelegramcliPythonPHPJavaScriptShell
  • Taro Thoth Online Site

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    A single-page application for the Thoth Tarot deck featuring multilingual descriptions, 16 spreads, and SSR support via PHP.

    javascriptphphtmlcssspaJavaScriptPHPCSSHTMLPython
  • KB

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    A knowledge base system that ingests and organizes content from multiple sources, featuring an LLM agent for suggestion while maintaining offline search capabilities using Next.js and PostgreSQL.

    typescriptnextjspostgresqldockerllmTypeScriptShellDockerfileJavaScriptCSS
  • OZ — Hardware Tracker 2.0

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    A PWA for tracking ISP network assets, polling devices via SSH/SNMP, and managing spare parts inventory using FastAPI, Next.js, and PostgreSQL.

    fastapinext.jspostgresqlsshpwaTypeScriptPythonJavaScriptDockerfileCSS
  • tg-intel

    A tool utilizing Python and Docker to process Telegram intelligence data. The structure suggests integration with templating engines like Mako.

    pythondockertelegramhtmlmakoPythonHTMLDockerfileDIGITAL Command LanguageMako

Stack

Tools I work with

Networking

BGPOSPFIS-ISMPLSDWDMSDHRIPE / ASNMulti-vendor (Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, MikroTik)

Automation

PythonTypeScript / NodeBashSNMP / NETCONFREST / gRPCsystemd / cronn8nGit / CI

Data & Observability

PrometheusVictoriaMetricsGrafanaClickHousePostgreSQLSQLitegoflow2 / IPFIXVector

AI & LLM

OllamaLocal LLMs (Gemma family)RAG pipelinesEmbedding modelsOnyxpgvectorGPU serving

Infrastructure

LinuxFreeBSDDocker / ComposeKVM / libvirtnginxLet's Encrypt / TLSWireGuardOAuth2 / WebAuthn

About

Carrier-grade background, automation-first mindset

I'm Andrew Khanoff, a platform and automation engineer. For 25+ years I've designed and operated carrier-grade networks — BGP/MPLS, IS-IS/OSPF, DWDM/SDH across multi-vendor estates — and led IT and systems teams.

Today I spend most of my time turning that operational experience into code: automation, observability and self-hosted AI/LLM infrastructure that small teams can actually own and run.

  • 25+ years in carrier-grade telecom & ISP infrastructure
  • MSc in Computer Science — National Aerospace University “KhAI” (with distinction)
  • Current senior systems / IT lead role
  • Open to remote work and relocation

Contact

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