Nikolay Denev is a Site Reliability Engineering Technical Leader at Cisco ThousandEyes. He focuses on improving how engineering teams build, deliver, and operate reliable services at scale. His work spans infrastructure, software delivery, developer experience, and operational reliability, with an emphasis on reducing complexity and helping teams work more safely and efficiently. Nikolay has extensive experience in systems engineering, networking, and large-scale distributed platforms. Before joining ThousandEyes, he worked on large-scale infrastructure at Amazon Web Services. He remains a hands-on engineer with a strong interest in infrastructure and open systems.