Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture

AI powered platforms minus the security holes

Security being a prime focus for my platforms philosophy, I work with locally hosted open-source AI models, so your data stays safe from AI megacorps looking to harvest data. AI can sometimes hallucinate or miss the obvious, so I make sure the final products are well tested and production ready. I like to architect systems that run smooth regardless of traffic spikes, cost less as they grow and let your team sleep peacefully at night.

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Transforming a monolithic e-commerce platform into a resilient, cost-effective cloud architecture

Before
Fragile & Expensive
Architecture Monolithic EC2
Monthly Cost $22,000
Page Load Time 4-5 seconds
Deployment Manual, Downtime
Traffic Handling Degradation on spikes
After
Reliable & Optimised
Architecture Distributed, Serverless
Monthly Cost $7,700
Page Load Time 0.5-1 seconds
Deployment Automated, Zero Downtime
Traffic Handling Auto-scaling
New Architecture: Distributed & Resilient
Edge
CloudFront + WAF
Caching
ElastiCache Redis
Compute
ECS/Fargate
Database
RDS + Proxy
Events
Lambda + API Gateway

The result: A system that handles 10,000+ daily users with room to scale, saves $171,600 annually and delivers 85% faster page loads - all while maintaining zero-downtime deployments and surviving DDoS-like traffic bursts.

Engineering reliable infrastructure at scale

Reliability Engineering
Building systems that stay up when it matters most - handling traffic spikes, surviving failures and enabling zero-downtime deployments.
  • High-availability architecture design
  • Auto-scaling & load balancing
  • Disaster recovery & failover systems
  • Zero-downtime deployment pipelines
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Cloud Migration & Optimisation
Migrating legacy systems to cloud-native architectures with Terraform, improving performance while reducing costs.
  • AWS infrastructure architecture
  • Monolith to microservices migration
  • Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform
  • Cost optimisation strategies
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Security & Compliance
Implementing security best practices and working toward compliance frameworks like PCI DSS with proper network isolation.
  • AWS WAF, GuardDuty, Security Hub
  • Network architecture & segmentation
  • Secrets management & encryption
  • DDoS mitigation & rate limiting
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Observability & Performance
Building monitoring systems that catch problems before users notice, with actionable alerts that drive real improvements.
  • CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Performance profiling & optimisation
  • Caching strategies (Redis, CDN)
  • Database query optimisation
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CI/CD & Automation
Streamlining deployments with automated pipelines, enabling teams to ship faster with confidence.
  • GitHub Actions, GitLab CI pipelines
  • Container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS)
  • Automated testing & validation
  • Infrastructure automation with Ansible
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Team Building & Mentorship
Building and leading DevOps teams, establishing best practices, and mentoring engineers to senior roles.
  • Team hiring & onboarding
  • Documentation & knowledge transfer
  • Engineering culture development
  • Career development mentorship

Battle-tested tools and technologies

Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS Terraform Ansible EC2 ECS/EKS Lambda CloudFront
Container & Orchestration
Kubernetes Docker Helm Kustomize Istio Fargate
CI/CD & DevOps
GitHub Actions GitLab CI Harbor Jenkins
Security
AWS WAF GuardDuty Security Hub Secrets Manager
Monitoring
Grafana Prometheus CloudWatch Datadog
Databases & Caching
MySQL Aurora Redis RDS Proxy DMS
Languages
Bash Python Golang
Networking
HAProxy NGINX Apache Route53 ALB

The unique advantages of working together

Team-First Philosophy
I prioritize tools with clear documentation, a reliable future and team consensus. Technology choices that work well today and offer effortless knowledge transfers.
APAC Timezone Coverage
Based in Japan with availability across APAC: Singapore, India, Australia, NZ and Dubai. Perfect for companies needing reliable infrastructure support in these time zones.
Cross-Cultural Technical Bridge
Naturalized Japanese citizen with deep experience in various cultures. I combine Japanese reliability with Indian creative problem-solving, understanding both business cultures intimately.
Proven Mentorship
Successfully mentored junior engineers to senior roles at major tech companies. I don't just fix systems - I help build the teams that maintain them.
Bias Towards Simplicity
Complex solutions only when absolutely justified. I design systems that your team can understand, maintain and improve even without me.
Signal Over Noise
Monitoring and alerting designed to drive action, not fatigue. You'll know when something's wrong and exactly what to do about it.

Free 30-Minute Infrastructure Audit

I'll review your current setup and identify immediate opportunities for improvement in reliability, performance, security and cost. No sales pitch - just actionable insights.

01
Architecture Review
Walk through your current infrastructure diagram. I'll look at compute, storage, networking and data flow to understand your system's foundation.
02
Reliability Assessment
Identify single points of failure, scaling bottlenecks and deployment risks. Where does your system break under load or during incidents?
03
Cost & Performance Analysis
Review your AWS bill and performance metrics. Find over-provisioned resources, caching opportunities and architectural inefficiencies.
04
Security & Compliance Check
Evaluate network isolation, secrets management, WAF rules and compliance posture. Quick wins for improving your security stance.

What you'll get: A concise summary of findings, prioritized recommendations and estimated impact for each improvement - delivered within 48 hours.