Platform Engineer & Kubernetes Specialist

I Build Kubernetes Platforms That Actually Work

Spent the last few years wrangling Kubernetes, setting up observability stacks, and fixing CI/CD pipelines.
Now helping other teams do the same—without the 3am wake-up calls.

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AWS + K8s

Cloud Native

GitOps

ArgoCD Expert

24/7

Observability

What I Do

I tackle the platform engineering challenges that keep your team from shipping fast.

Kubernetes & EKS

EKS cluster design, zero-downtime upgrades, infrastructure as code (CDK/Terraform), disaster recovery, and cost optimization.

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Enterprise Observability

Complete Prometheus/Grafana/Loki/Tempo stack, custom metrics, distributed tracing, alerting strategies, and MTTR reduction.

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GitOps & CI/CD

ArgoCD implementation, ApplicationSet automation, pipeline modernization, feature branch workflows, and deployment strategies.

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Security & Compliance

Runtime security (Falco), network intrusion detection (Suricata), security scanning integration, and policy-as-code.

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Service Mesh

Istio installation & upgrades, EnvoyFilter development, mTLS implementation, traffic management, and observability integration.

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Data Platforms

Kafka/MSK management, stream processing architecture, monitoring & alerting, consumer lag optimization, and data migrations.

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Developer Experience

Self-service platforms, feature branch automation, remote debugging infrastructure, test enhancement, and productivity tooling.

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Tech Stack

Tools I work with daily to build production-grade infrastructure.

Kubernetes

AWS

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Istio

Kafka

Featured Work

Here are a few projects where I got to build something cool and make a real impact.

DORA Metrics & Developer Experience Platform

Business Intelligence & DevEx Tooling

Built comprehensive DevEx platform with DORA metrics collector, intelligent pipeline notifications, and automated deployment gates—transforming engineering visibility and developer productivity.

PythonBashPrometheusGrafanaTeamsJira API

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CI/CD & GitOps Platform Engineering

Enterprise Pipeline Architecture from Scratch

Built production-grade CI/CD from greenfield microservices migration—evolved to 400 deploys/month across 20 services with enterprise security and GitOps automation.

GitOpsArgoCDKubernetesSAST/SCABitbucket Pipelines

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Enterprise Observability Stack

Self-Hosted Monitoring Platform

Built production-grade observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki—achieving full-stack visibility for 20 services at 95%+ cost savings vs cloud solutions like Datadog.

PrometheusGrafanaLokiThanosKubernetesAlertmanager

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Let's Work Together

Whether you need help with Kubernetes, want to build out observability, or just want to chat about platform engineering—I'm here to help.

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