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Taras Hohol

Network engineer — 10,000 endpoints across five states, and two hotel networks built from nothing.

Chicago, IL · on-site, hybrid or remote

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PROFILEUPDATED [DATE]

CURRENT: Network Engineer, EZ Blockchain — Chicago
SINCE: Jan 2025
CERTS: CCS Enterprise Core (350-401 ENCOR) · CCNA
BASED: Chicago, IL
CONTACT: [EMAIL] · [PHONE]

01 / AT A GLANCE

10,000+

endpoints across five sites

states, no permanent on-site engineers

8.8 → 9.6

guest Wi-Fi rating after full rebuild

hotel networks built from the ground up

02 / DELIVERED

IN PRODUCTION

Built, handed over, running in production today

IN PRODUCTION

FLAGSHIP

Ten thousand endpoints, five states, no one on site

10,000+ endpoints500+ switches5 states

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IN PRODUCTION

FLAGSHIP

Tavel Hotel: a network built from nothing

8.8 → 9.6 on Booking.combuilt from zero

[ONE-LINE SUMMARY — 12–18 WORDS]

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IN PRODUCTION

Hvoya Hotel: rebuilding a live network without closing

8.9 → 9.4no closure

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IN PRODUCTION

NOC edge: removing the single firewall

1 → 2 firewallsdual ISP

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03 / DESIGN WORK

DESIGN PHASE · NOT DEPLOYED

Documented and reviewed — not built, not carrying traffic

DESIGN PHASE · NOT DEPLOYED

HLD

AI compute site: high-level network architecture

8-section HLD6 compute pods

[ONE-LINE SUMMARY — DESIGN SCOPE, 12–18 WORDS]

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04 / EXPERIENCE

Jan 2025

present

Network Engineer

EZ Blockchain · Chicago, IL

[DESCRIPTION — 2 SENTENCES: SCOPE OF ESTATE, WHAT YOU OWN DAY TO DAY]

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May 2023

Jan 2025

Head of IT Department

Hvoya & Tavel Hotels · Bukovel

[DESCRIPTION — 2 SENTENCES: TEAM, TWO PROPERTIES, BUILD AND REBUILD SCOPE]

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Jan 2022

May 2023

System Administrator

Hvoya Hotel · Bukovel

[DESCRIPTION — 2 SENTENCES: SYSTEMS OWNED, HOW THE NETWORK WORK STARTED]

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05 / DIAGRAMS

CLICK TO OPEN ZOOMABLE OVERLAY

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06 / HANDS-ON

[PHOTO — RACK OR SITE]

[CAPTION — SITE, EQUIPMENT, WHAT IS HAPPENING]

[PHOTO — RACK OR SITE]

[CAPTION — SITE, EQUIPMENT, WHAT IS HAPPENING]

[PHOTO — RACK OR SITE]

[CAPTION — SITE, EQUIPMENT, WHAT IS HAPPENING]

07 / HOMELAB

SERVING THIS PAGE · [STATUS]

This site is served from self-hosted infrastructure

HOST: [HOSTNAME]
UPTIME: [UPTIME]
UPLINK: [UPLINK]
SERVICES: [SERVICES]

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08 / CAPABILITIES

DESIGN & PLANNING

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SCALE OPERATIONS

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ROUTING & SWITCHING

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WIRELESS & VOICE

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SECURITY & CONNECTIVITY

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AUTOMATION

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MONITORING

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SYSTEMS

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09 / CERTIFICATIONS

Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Core (350-401 ENCOR)

Cisco

Jul 2026

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco

Sep 2024

DevOps II: CI/CD, Containers and Cloud Fundamentals

SoftServe

May 2024

10 / CONTACT

[EMAIL]

PHONE

[PHONE]

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