My Story
> From marketing automation to infrastructure engineering
I didn't start in infrastructure. My path began in digital marketing and business automation, where I helped clients build CRM systems, integrate APIs, and automate workflows. I was good at it—but something was missing.
The turning point came when I started asking deeper questions: How do these systems actually run? What happens when they scale? How do you make them reliable? I found myself more interested in the infrastructure layer than the business logic on top of it.
So I built a homelab. Not a toy setup—a production-grade 3-node Kubernetes cluster running on Proxmox with GitOps, observability, and real workloads. I deployed n8n for automation, configured Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, set up Cloudflare tunnels for secure ingress, and learned to troubleshoot everything from networking issues to persistent volume claims.
That's when I realized: this is what I want to do. Not as a side project, but as my career. I want to be the person who designs resilient systems, automates deployments, and keeps services running smoothly. I want to work on infrastructure that matters.
I Learn by Doing
> I don't just read documentation—I deploy it, break it, fix it, and understand why it works
My homelab isn't a resume bullet—it's where I spend nights debugging ingress controllers and optimizing resource limits because I genuinely want to understand how things work at a deep level. Below is a snapshot of real commands from my actual infrastructure.
| NAME | READY | STATUS | RESTARTS | AGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| grafana-6c9dbbd666-ck9v2 | 1/1 | Running | 0 | 3d |
| prometheus-768b9b9f7c-z2s4q | 2/2 | Running | 0 | 3d |
| NAME | NAMESPACE | REVISION | UPDATED | STATUS | CHART |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n | automation | 4 | 2026-01-07 12:00 | deployed | n8n-0.21.0 |
This hands-on approach extends beyond my homelab. This portfolio site is a real production application with a serverless backend on AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code. Every project I build teaches me something new that I can apply to production systems.
I'm driven by the idea that infrastructure should be invisible when it works and debuggable when it doesn't. The best compliment an infrastructure engineer can get is "I didn't even notice the deployment happened."
How I Work
> My approach to infrastructure and problem-solving
I Value Reliability Over Complexity
The best infrastructure is boring infrastructure. I'd rather build something simple that runs for months without intervention than something clever that requires constant attention. Observability, automation, and clear documentation aren't optional—they're how you sleep at night.
I Communicate Clearly
Years of working with non-technical clients taught me to explain complex systems in plain language. I can write runbooks that junior engineers can follow, document architecture decisions that make sense six months later, and explain why we need to invest in monitoring before the outage happens.
I Own the Outcome
Whether it's a deployment pipeline or a monitoring dashboard, I don't just build it and walk away. I think about edge cases, failure modes, and how the next person will maintain it. If something breaks at 2am, I want to be the kind of engineer who left enough breadcrumbs to fix it quickly.
I Stay Curious
When I'm not working on infrastructure, I'm usually still learning something technical—whether that's exploring new cloud services, reading SRE books, or experimenting with automation workflows. I'm the kind of person who finds Kubernetes networking diagrams genuinely interesting.
Certifications
> Validating knowledge with hands-on practice
Completed
Google Professional Cloud Architect
Earned September 2025
Validated my understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure design, and GCP services through hands-on scenarios and case studies.
"To learn and not do is not to learn; to learn and then do is to learn."
In Progress
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Target: Q2 2026
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)
LPIC-1: Linux Administrator
Target: Q4 2026
What I'm Looking For
> The right team and the right challenge
I'm actively seeking a full-time role as a DevOps Engineer or Cloud Engineer where I can contribute to building reliable, scalable infrastructure. I want to work with a team that values automation, observability, and continuous improvement.
I'm looking for an environment where I can learn from experienced engineers while bringing my own perspective from operating real infrastructure. I want to be part of on-call rotations, incident response, and the day-to-day work of keeping systems running.
If you're building infrastructure that matters and need someone who's genuinely passionate about this work, let's talk.