Kubernetes • Cloud Platforms • Terraform • Platform Observability • SRE
Building secure, observable, automated platforms across AWS, vSphere, and Proxmox.

• Kubernetes: EKS, K3s, vSphere Tanzu, Proxmox + k3s clusters
• Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform, Helm, GitOps
• Platform Engineering: NGINX KIC, service mesh patterns, secure ingress
• Observability: OTEL, Metrics/Logs/Traces, end-to-end platform insights
• Cloud & Virtualisation: AWS, vSphere, Proxmox
• Security: Baseline hardening, policy-as-code, microservices posture
• Automation: CI/CD, GitLab pipelines, semantic-release, IaC governance

Minimal, production-ready EKS platform with NGINX KIC, IAM, networking, and automated deployment.

vSphere-hosted Kubernetes app stack with secure ingress, TLS, and policy baselines.

Full OTEL-enabled observability pipeline with EKS, metrics/logs/traces, and rich dashboards.

AWS-native microservices reference deployment (IaC-first).

Automated VMware-hosted K3s cluster with full IaC deployment.

Proxmox-native K3s cluster automation (Terraform + cloud-init).

• Platform Engineer specialising in secure, observable, cloud-native platforms
• Strong background in Kubernetes, distributed systems, and IaC automation
• Obsessed with clean architecture, repeatable environments, zero-to-prod automation
• Active builder of open-source platform patterns

Languages:
Go · Python · Bash · YAML

Cloud & Runtime:
AWS · Kubernetes · Proxmox · vSphere

IaC & Automation:
Terraform · Helm · Ansible · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI

Ingress / Proxy / Networking:
NGINX KIC · IngressLink patterns · LB controllers

Observability:
OpenTelemetry · Grafana · Prometheus · Loki · Tempo

(To be updated with your Credly export)

• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Security

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