AWS Certified Solutions Architect | Secret Clearance | 20+ Years IT Experience
Specializing in CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. Currently building a GitOps-driven Kubernetes (k3s) platform in a homelab with Argo CD, GitLab Runner, and observability — documented in public for hiring managers.
Get In TouchGoal: a recruiter-ready, production-style platform that demonstrates Kubernetes fundamentals, GitOps (Argo CD), CI/CD with GitLab Runner, storage (Longhorn), and basic security. Live repo: k3s-devops-platform.
kubectl, Helm, Git. Repo scaffold created (infra/, gitops/, docs/, Makefile).Coming next (Days 1–5): Deployments → Services → Ingress → Longhorn → Argo CD first demo (commit → auto-deploy).
DevOps Engineer with 20+ years of IT experience including 3+ years managing CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure in cleared environments. Active Secret clearance. Strong with AWS, Terraform, GitLab/GitHub automation, and pragmatic security.
Recently AWS Solutions Architect certified (Associate). I’m currently building a homelab Kubernetes platform to demonstrate production-style patterns: GitOps, CI/CD, logging/metrics, and basic security controls — all documented for transparency.
AWS (IAM, EC2, S3, VPC), Terraform, GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD, Bash scripting, Git, Docker, pipeline automation
Clearance work, IAM, access control, log analysis, security documentation
Windows/Ubuntu, Active Directory, SQL Server, Proxmox
Splunk, pfSense, Grafana/Loki (in progress)
Active Secret Clearance, DoD environments
Building a k3s cluster with GitOps (Argo CD), GitLab Runner for CI/CD, Longhorn for storage, and Loki/Grafana for logs/dashboards. Focused on production-style patterns you’d expect in real environments, executed in a homelab for transparency.
AWS infrastructure built with Terraform demonstrating production-style cloud architecture. Automated deployment pipeline with GitHub Actions (VPC, EC2, ALB, S3 static hosting, Route 53, ACM).
Security monitoring lab using Splunk Enterprise with multi-source log integration. Demonstrates operational security skills via real-time detection, pfSense + Linux logs, and professional SOC dashboards.
Modular AWS VPC deployment showing Infrastructure as Code principles: public/private subnets, IGW, route tables, and security groups. Clean, reusable Terraform modules.
Production-style AWS infrastructure deployed via Terraform — built for clarity, cost control, and automation.
