Scope

Platform lead for infrastructure transformation from bare metal/VM deployments to cloud-native Kubernetes architecture. Managed staging, QA, and production EKS clusters serving development and operations teams.

Systems Influenced

Cloud Migration & Kubernetes Platform

  • Architected migration from bare metal/VM to automated CI/CD deploying to Kubernetes (EKS and on-premises)
  • Delivered organization’s first cloud infrastructure
  • Scaled across multiple clusters and environments
  • Impact: Enabled cloud-native development, reduced deployment time 83% (30min → 5min)

Enterprise Observability

  • Deployed Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager stack
  • Delivered organization’s first observability solution
  • Enabled metrics-driven operations and incident response
  • Impact: Visibility into application and infrastructure performance

CI/CD Pipeline Modernization

  • Implemented GitLab CI/CD merge request pipelines
  • Increased release frequency through automation
  • Reduced deployment time from 30+ minutes to under 5 minutes
  • Impact: Developer velocity improved, deployment risk reduced

Security & Compliance

  • Enhanced EKS cluster security via AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • Implemented organization’s first shift-left initiative
  • Integrated security earlier in development lifecycle
  • Impact: Reduced security issues in production

Architectural Decisions

Bare Metal to Kubernetes Migration

  • Decision: Migrate from bare metal/VM to Kubernetes (EKS + on-premises)
  • Rationale: Enable cloud-native patterns, improve deployment velocity, reduce manual operations
  • Outcome: First cloud infrastructure, 83% faster deployments, automated scaling

Enterprise Observability Stack

  • Decision: Deploy Prometheus/Grafana/AlertManager
  • Rationale: No existing observability, needed metrics for operations and incident response
  • Outcome: First observability solution, enabled data-driven decisions

GitLab CI/CD Adoption

  • Decision: Implement merge request pipelines with Kubernetes deployments
  • Rationale: Automate deployments, increase release frequency, reduce manual errors
  • Outcome: Sub-5-minute deployments, higher release cadence

Shift-Left Security

  • Decision: Integrate security into CI pipelines following AWS Well-Architected
  • Rationale: Catch security issues earlier, reduce production vulnerabilities
  • Outcome: First shift-left initiative, improved security posture

Cost Optimization

  • Decision: Migrate data workloads to cloud, right-size resources
  • Rationale: Reduce operational costs, improve resource utilization
  • Outcome: 25% cost reduction

Measurable Outcomes

  • 83% deployment time reduction (30min → 5min)
  • 25% operational cost reduction through cloud migration and right-sizing
  • First cloud infrastructure delivered to organization
  • First observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana/AlertManager)
  • First shift-left security initiative
  • Multiple EKS clusters managed (staging, QA, production)
  • Increased release frequency through automated pipelines

Key Technologies

Kubernetes (EKS), AWS, GitLab CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager, Terraform, Helm, Docker