Ilia

Platform Engineer


  • About
  • Full name

    Ilia Rostovtsev a.k.a. Ilia Ross

  • Born

    1981

  • Profiles

  • Work experience
  • September 2015 - present

    Platform Engineer at Cloudmin LLC

     ◦  webmin/webmin - Web-based system administration control panel

     ◦  virtualmin/virtualmin-gpl - Web hosting control panel

     ◦  webmin/webmin-ci-cd - CI/CD pipeline for building, testing, and deploying Webmin and its modules

     ◦  webmin/webmin.com - Webmin web site source repository.

     ◦  virtualmin/virtualmin.com - Virtualmin web site source repository.

     ◦  virtualmin/virtualmin-podman - Virtualmin plugin for managing Podman containers and pods.

     ◦  virtualmin/virtualmin-wp-workbench - Virtualmin plugin for WordPress management.

  • 2026 - present

    Author

    Virtualmin Podman - Virtualmin plugin for deploying and managing Podman containers and pods per virtual server, with integrated networking, proxying, and browser terminal access.
    Built using Perl, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • 2025 - present

    Author

    Virtualmin WP Workbench - Virtualmin plugin that simplifies WordPress management — core settings, bulk plugin and theme updates, scheduled backups, site cloning, and database operations, all from one place.
    Built using Perl, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • September 2014 - present

    Author

    Authentic Theme - Official theme for Webmin/Usermin web-based server management control panel.
    Built using Bash, Perl, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • June 2013 - present

    Author

    Karateka - Data management and video-sharing system, that is solely dedicated to karate.
    Built using PHP, SQL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

  • June 2008 - June 2013

    Freelance

    PHP, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS. Linux/Unix System Administration.

    Building and maintenance of web-sites using PHP and SQL. Developing advanced database driven systems. Testing and debugging.

  • Education
  • October 1994 - present

    Self-Study

    Computer Science

    Experience in software development, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, and system reliability. Experience designing, building, maintaining, and supporting software platforms and Internet-based services. Experience with deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, performance improvement, and technical support for web, mail, and server systems. Experience working with Linux environments and toolchains, including shell scripting, Git, and related development and operations tools.

  • September 2003 - June 2006

    Postgraduate School

    Russian State University for Humanities

    Vygotsky Institute of Psychology, Department of Personality

  • September 1998 - June 2003

    Graduate School

    Russian State University of Physical Education and Sport.

    Theory and methods of physical education, sports training and adaptive physical education

  • Principles

  • Paradigm Shift

    Think different. Be different. Share different.

  • Continuous Improvement

    Accept the only constant, which is everlasting change. Advance in all that you are.

  • Sustainable Living

    Go vegan and attempt to reduce use of the Earth's natural resources, along with personal resources, by living a naturally balanced life.

  • Interests

  • Music

    Aside from my professional devotion to programming, I have hobbies among which first and foremost are karate, guitar and piano playing.

  • Foreign Languages

    I consider English to be my second native language.