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Masato HANAI
JPN

Infra Engineer / Sushi Chef

Tokyo Japan

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About

Experienced Infrastructure Engineer with a strong academic background in Electrical and Communication Engineering. Recognized for research excellence with two conference awards and one peer-reviewed journal publication. Proven track record in data center operations, large-scale storage systems, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and monitoring tools such as Zabbix. Skilled in end-to-end system deployment and troubleshooting, with a hands-on approach to complex infrastructure challenges.

Outside of work, completed a one-year Working Holiday in Australia, followed by professional training at a sushi school in Japan to master the fundamentals of sushi making. Currently preparing for a Working Holiday in the UK under the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) visa.

Tech-savvy and self-driven, with personal projects ranging from mobile development to PC hardware verification. Passionate about smartphones (owning ~30 devices), mobile photography, 4G/5G performance benchmarking, and financial literacy through credit card research.

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Work

Senior Engineer

U-NEXT Co., Ltd. Shinagawa Tokyo JAPAN

2018 - Present
  • NGINX, Apache, php, MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana
  • Open Source Distributed Storage Software
  • Open Source Container Orchestration
  • Kubernetes(Kubernetes The Hard Way)
  • 4G bonding (such as Live-U)
  • L2/L3 Switch
  • Datacenter Management
  • Server Lacking
  • Starlink
  • Raspberry pi
  • Low cost Digital Signage using Raspberry pi
  • VPN(OpenVPN)
  • Wordpress
  • ElasticStack
  • PC Self build(about 20 times a year)
  • Smartphone(had about 30 machines)
infrazabbixOpenSource StorageKubernetesData Center4G/5GStarlinkmobile4G bonding
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Studies

BACHELOR OF Department of Information and Communications Engineering

Tokyo Japan

2012-2016
ElectricTelecommunicationsLinux4G/5GiperfCoDel

MASTER OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS PROGRAM

Tokyo Japan

2016-2018
ElectricTelecommunicationsLinux4G/5GiperfCoDelCUBIC TCPCompound TCPTCP BBRQueue ManagementKernel CompileAndroidVPN

Sushi Chef

Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan

2025
SushiEdomae-SushiMakimono-SushiChirashi-Sushirow fish
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Projects/Volunteer

Interviews with Graduates (Japanese)

2022

Interviews with alumni who have completed graduate studies at the University.

InterviewsKogakuin UniversityMaster of EngineeringU-NEXT

Interviews about TiDB (Japanese)

2021

We adopted TiDB as our new database, and this is an interview with the developer, Pingcap, at that time.

InterviewsTiDBSQLU-NEXT

Working Holiday1

2024-2025

During my working holiday, I come to Australia with the goal of improving my English conversation skills and working with foreigners using English. I believe that interacting with people from different backgrounds helps me grow stronger as a person.

Working HolidayAustraliaEnglish

Working Holiday2

2025 - Present

I am planning another working holiday in the UK, where I hope to work in local restaurants or cafés and continue improving my communication skills. If possible, I would like to connect with people from various cultures and broaden my perspective even further. Ideally, I hope to make use of either my experience as an IT engineer or the sushi-making skills I acquired in Japan, depending on the opportunities available in the local area.

YMSWorking HolidayEnglandEnglish

APPEARANCES ON YOUTUBE(JAPANESE)

2022

I appeared on the channel of “Yobinori-Takumi(ヨビノリたくみ)” a prominent educational Youtuber in Japan. This was an introduction to the working life of alumni/alumnae who have completed graduate school at this university.

InterviewsYobinori-TakumiYoutubeMaster degreeU-NEXT
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Certifications

Test of Chinese Proficiency Pre-Fourth Grade (Inactive)

2019

The Chinese Proficiency Test Pre-Level 4 is an exam that measures introductory-level Chinese language skills, requiring understanding of basic vocabulary, simple grammar, and the ability to engage in basic daily conversations.

Chinese

Google Professional Cloud Architect (inActive)

2022

A Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect enables organizations to leverage Google Cloud technologies. Through an understanding of cloud architecture and Google technology, this individual can design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, highly available, and dynamic solutions to drive business objectives.

A Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect has demonstrated in our assessment their ability to:

  • Design and plan a cloud solution architecture
  • Manage and provision the cloud solution infrastructure
  • Design for security and compliance
  • Analyze and optimize technical and business processes
  • Manage implementations of cloud architecture
  • Ensure solution and operations reliability Google Professional Cloud Architect
Google cloudGCP

LPIC-2 (Active)

2023

LPIC-2 is the second certification in the multi-level professional certification program of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The LPIC-2 will validate the candidate’s ability to administer small to medium–sized mixed networks.

LPI ID: LPI000530892
code: bapf35qxtc
LinuxDNSTCP/IPmailsecurityDHCPSambaFirewallFilesystemKernelStorageApache/Nginx

OSS-DB Exam Silver (Active)

2023

This is a certification for IT engineers provided by the non-profit organization LPI-Japan in Japan and by EDUCO for outside of Japan to certify the techniques and knowledge concerning the open source database (OSS-DB) properly and strictly from a neutral perspective.

SQLPostgreSQL

Sushi Chef

2025

I had successfully completed requirements for the Edomae-Sushi-Technique-Acquisition-Course offerd by the Tokyo Sushi School.

Sushi
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Website/Blogs

boustralia.com(Japanese)

05/2024 - Present

I operate a wiki with information about Australia for Japanese people coming to Australia for study or working holiday. I build and maintain servers and databases for practicing operations, and I do everything from building and maintaining servers to writing.

hanato-blog1(Eng/Jpn)

05/2024 - Present

I try to read in English/Japanese blog.

wiki-OpenYMS(Japanese)

06/2025 - Present

I am building a website with information about the UK for Japanese people applying for the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS). Instead of using WordPress, I utilize modern web technologies and frameworks to create and operate a fast, maintainable, and scalable website.

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Files

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