How I Can Help

I work across the entire platform stack—from infrastructure to observability to developer experience. Here's what I can do for you.

Kubernetes Platform Engineering & EKS Optimisation

End-to-end Kubernetes platform design and management for production workloads.

✓EKS cluster design, deployment, and architecture
✓Zero-downtime Kubernetes upgrades (1.30 → 1.31 → 1.32+)
✓Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation)
✓Node group optimisation and autoscaling strategies
✓Disaster recovery planning and backup strategies
✓Cost optimisation and resource management
✓CloudFormation stack recovery and troubleshooting

Observability Stack Setup

Set up observability platforms for visibility, alerting, and faster incident response.

✓Prometheus + Grafana + Loki + Tempo stack deployment
✓Custom business metrics design (DORA metrics, SLIs, SLOs)
✓Distributed tracing implementation (OpenTelemetry)
✓Alerting strategy, runbooks, and on-call workflows
✓Log aggregation pipelines and retention policies
✓Dashboard development and visualisation
✓MTTR reduction through improved observability

GitOps & CI/CD Pipeline Modernisation

Streamline deployments with GitOps best practices and automated pipelines.

✓ArgoCD implementation and migration strategies
✓ApplicationSet automation for dynamic environments
✓Bitbucket/GitHub/GitLab pipeline optimisation
✓Feature branch workflows and preview environments
✓PostSync hooks for test orchestration
✓Deployment automation and rollback strategies
✓Secrets management (External Secrets Operator, Vault)

Security & Compliance Automation

Integrate security into your platform with runtime monitoring and policy enforcement.

✓Runtime security monitoring (Falco rule development)
✓Network intrusion detection (Suricata NIDS)
✓Security scanning integration (Veracode, Snyk, Trivy)
✓SIEM integration and compliance reporting
✓Vulnerability management workflows
✓Policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno)
✓Security audit remediation

Service Mesh Architecture & Traffic Management

Implement and manage service mesh for secure, observable microservices communication.

✓Istio installation, upgrades, and migration (1.20 → 1.26+)
✓EnvoyFilter development for custom traffic policies
✓mTLS implementation and certificate management
✓Advanced routing (canary, blue-green, A/B testing)
✓Observability integration (distributed tracing, service graphs)
✓Performance tuning and troubleshooting
✓Zero-downtime service mesh upgrades

Data Platform & Streaming Infrastructure

Build reliable data pipelines and streaming platforms at scale.

✓Kafka/MSK cluster management and upgrades
✓Stream processing architecture (Flink, Kafka Streams)
✓Monitoring and alerting for data pipelines
✓Consumer lag management and optimisation
✓TimescaleDB/PostgreSQL performance tuning
✓Data migration strategies
✓JMX metrics and exporter configuration

Developer Experience & Platform Tooling

Self-service platforms and productivity tools to make developers' lives easier.

✓Self-service developer platforms (internal developer portals)
✓Feature branch environment automation
✓Remote debugging infrastructure (JVM, Node.js, Python)
✓Test suite enhancement and code coverage reporting
✓Developer onboarding workflows and documentation
✓Productivity tooling and CLI development
✓Namespace isolation and resource governance

Let's Talk

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