Highly motivated, driven, and completely self-taught engineer with 28+ years experience as a full-stack software developer (since 1996) and over 20 years of Platform/Infrastructure engineering and IT automation. Passionate about Linux, containerization, and building scalable, highly available, robust, automated systems. I love identifying game-changing technologies early and applying them to solve real-world problems.

I come alive when allowed to automate repetitive tasks and thrive in continually evolving environments of frequent change. The flip side is without problems to solve and challenges to overcome, I tend to struggle with what value I bring to a company or team.

🎯 Core Strengths:

• 🧠 Rapidly understanding complex systems and envisioning comprehensive solutions
• 🔍 Identifying hidden patterns and connections within complex technological ecosystems
• ⚡ Transforming abstract possibilities into concrete, practical action plans
• 🛠️ Combining high-level architectural vision with low-level technical expertise
• 📈 Continuous optimization and improvement without disrupting established momentum

🔭 Seeking: Growth opportunities related to low-level Linux, distributed cloud infrastructure, networking, embedded / hardware development, and cloud-native technologies.

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence." - Albert Einstein

"My greatest strength is not my current knowledge, but an ability to quickly grasp new concepts and bring order and efficiency out of chaos."

As a self-taught expert in the IT sector, I bring a unique combination of extensive hands-on experience and an innate ability for abstract thinking. My professional journey, spanning over two decades, is defined not just by the accumulation of technical skills, but by the development of a powerful mental framework that allows me to dissect, analyze, and solve complex technological challenges with exceptional efficiency.

The ability to see both the forest and the trees simultaneously — understanding the big picture of system architecture while maintaining deep subject matter expertise in low-level implementation details. This enables me to select the right tool for each specific job while avoiding common pitfalls that emerge from mismatched technology choices.

Launched a Cloud Hosting and Consulting private SaaS company with a focus on providing a vendor-agnostic, e2e encrypted, highly-available & globally distributed hyper-converged platform for cost-efficient resiliency against hostile attackers, organizations, and countries.

🎯 Key Achievements:

• 🚀 Launched web hosting and cloud consulting private SaaS company using 5 highly customized AMD & Dell based co-located servers
• 🌍 Containerized and load-balanced several high-profile organizations with 1M+ global visitors/day
• 💪 Single-handedly built core services on co-located custom bare metal 3rd-gen AMD-based servers:
  • 2TB+ RAM, 320 cores, 64TB enterprise-grade NVMe storage
  • Quad-port 25Gb/s ethernet + dual-port 100Gbe Mellanox ConnectX-5 (OCP) NICs
• 🔧 Orchestrated global scaling via multi-cloud hybrid overlay layer:
  • Custom k8s distribution
  • Buildroot and WolfiOS (alpine-based) immutable Linux operating systems
• 📊 Implemented comprehensive monitoring and observability using:
  • Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, NetData, Jaeger

Serve as a technical leader and cloud architect, designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud solutions while mentoring teams on AWS best practices and modern DevOps methodologies.

🎯 Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• ☁️ Architected comprehensive AWS solutions for enterprise applications:
  • Designed secure networking topologies and multi-account strategies
  • Developed robust IAM policies and CloudFormation templates adhering to strict financial industry security standards
• 🏗️ Designed and built a full AWS CDK platform enabling teams to rapidly deploy standardized, compliant infrastructure
• 🐳 Engineered Kubernetes-based deployment solutions:
  • Leveraged EKS, Helm charts, and custom operators for application management
  • Successfully deployed and managed Discourse forums on Alpine Linux containers
• 🔧 Rebuilt and optimized the Jenkins Core platform:
  • Increased build efficiency and reduced pipeline execution times
  • Created cloud orchestration CLI tool for cross-account resource management
• 🔒 Implemented security and compliance:
  • Infrastructure-as-code practices across multiple teams
  • Automated security scanning and compliance checking within CI/CD pipelines
• 👥 Led knowledge-sharing sessions and developed documentation to elevate team capabilities

🎯 Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• 🗄️ Managed and performance-tuned +3.5TB PostgreSQL database cluster, MySQL and SQLite databases
• 🐳 Architected, deployed, and managed:
  • Dynamically scaling, secure, and fully version-controlled hybrid and bare-metal Kubernetes clusters
  • Self-hosted GitLab instance with DevOps build pipelines and automatic blue-green deployments
• 📊 Implemented comprehensive observability:
  • Monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and observability tools
  • GitLab-based Infrastructure-as-Code procedures and pipelines
• 🔒 Deployed and managed security infrastructure:
  • Multiple host, network, and container security tools and vulnerability scanners
  • Organization-wide VPN, VLANs, and security measures
• 🖥️ Infrastructure management:
  • Simplified and standardized hypervisors with centralized Proxmox cluster on ZFS
  • 56G InfiniBand FC SAN implementation
  • Windows Server 2019 AD environment for centralized user account management
• 🛡️ Provided training to address knowledge-gaps and mitigated ransomware attacks

🎯 Key Achievements:

• 📋 Developed 5-year vision, roadmap, and project plan to rebuild legacy monolithic .NET 3.5 application
• 💰 Increased cloud hosting capacity by 10x while reducing budget by 50%
• ⚡ Reduced minimum page load time from 5 seconds to average of 0.8 seconds
• 🎬 Built DRM-secured offline-enabled streaming video player desktop app in Go

🎯 Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• 💻 Full stack application engineer building custom web-based tools and services
• 📊 Managed entire project pipeline, from requirements gathering to production deployment
• 🔄 Led team-wide migration from Rails/MySQL stack to Node.js, Angular.js, and MongoDB
• 🐳 Engineered Docker-based DevOps and deployment pipeline
• 🏗️ Architected and built large-scale external "Order Status" application and decoupled microservice pipeline

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Cloudflare, Bunny.net, Wasabi, OVH Cloud, Fly.io
• Own Platform: BitBuilder Cloud, LLC
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, CloudFormation, CDK, Crossplane
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (k3s, k0s, k8s, EKS), Docker, Podman, containerd
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, FluxCD
• Virtualization: Proxmox, KVM, QEMU, VMware

• Linux: Arch, Alpine, WolfiOS, Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, embedded Linux, LinuxFromScratch/Buildroot
• BSD: OpenBSD, FreeBSD (primarily for networking/routing)
• Windows: Server 2019/2022, Active Directory (when absolutely necessary)

• Relational: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
• NoSQL: MongoDB, Redis/ValKey, Memcached
• Time-Series: InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, Prometheus
• Analytics: DuckDB, ClickHouse

• Primary: Go, Rust, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Bash/Shell
• Secondary: Lua, C/C++, Java, Ruby
• Preferred Shell: NuShell, Zsh, Bash

• Modern: Vue/Nuxt, SolidJS, Svelte/SvelteKit, Alpine.js
• Web Standards: WebComponents, Lit
• Legacy: React (avoided), Angular

• Metrics: Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana
• Logging: ELK Stack, Loki, Fluentd
• Tracing: Jaeger, Zipkin
• APM: NetData, Zabbix, Datadog

• Security Tools: Wazuh, SecurityOnion, OpenVAS, Nessus, Trivy, Falco
• VPN/Tunneling: WireGuard, ZeroTier, Tailscale, OpenVPN, Teleport
• Network Security: Suricata, Snort, pfSense, VyOS
• Scanning: ClamAV, Vuls.io, OWASP ZAP

• API Specs: OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, tRPC, JSON-RPC
• Data Formats: Protocol Buffers, Avro, MessagePack
• Config Languages: Cue, Dhall, HCL, YAML, TOML, JSON

A vendor-agnostic, e2e encrypted, highly-available & globally distributed hyper-converged platform designed for cost-efficient resiliency against hostile threats.

Managed and optimized a +3.5TB PostgreSQL database cluster with high availability, performance tuning, and disaster recovery capabilities.

Designed and implemented dynamically scaling, secure, and fully version-controlled hybrid and bare-metal Kubernetes clusters supporting mission-critical workloads.

Developed comprehensive plan to modernize legacy monolithic .NET 3.5 application into 18 modern department & role-based microservice portals.

Built DRM-secured offline-enabled streaming video player desktop application in Go with cross-platform support.

Architected and built large-scale external "Order Status" application with decoupled microservice pipeline handling millions of transactions.

• 🔍 System Analysis: Quickly understanding complex systems and mapping comprehensive solution paths
• ⚠️ Risk Prevention: Spotting potential problems and opportunities during execution
• ⚡ Real-time Optimization: Finding more efficient paths to desired outcomes
• 📊 Strategic Insights: Providing clear insights into how different approaches play out
• 🔄 Rapid Adaptation: Adding particular value in situations requiring quick pivots

• Research & Development - Exploring new technologies and methodologies
• Systems Architecture - Designing scalable, robust solutions
• Complex Problem-Solving - Tackling challenging technical issues
• Technology Innovation - Pioneering new approaches and tools
• Strategic Consulting - Providing high-level technical guidance

I Excel When:

• Breaking down complex problems into clear, actionable components
• Translating abstract possibilities into concrete action plans
• Creating comprehensive frameworks that others can implement
• Maintaining strategic oversight while enabling tactical execution
• Identifying optimization opportunities without disrupting momentum

I Partner Best With:

• Teams who appreciate detailed solution frameworks
• Colleagues who enjoy methodical execution of well-defined components
• Organizations that value both visionary thinking and practical implementation
• Leaders who understand the importance of continuous optimization

I approach technology through the lens of the Unix Philosophy and principles outlined in "The Art of Unix Programming." My technical decisions are guided by:

• Deep Understanding: What problems each technology was designed to solve
• Trade-off Analysis: Inherent trade-offs and appropriate use cases
• Early Adoption: Consistently identifying game-changing technologies early (discovered Docker months after public beta, adopted AngularJS in beta)
• Pragmatic Selection: Choosing the right tool for each specific job

• 28+ Years in software development (since 1996)
• 20+ Years in Platform/Infrastructure engineering
• Full-Stack Versatility: Experience spanning multiple technology generations
• Self-Taught Expert: Completely self-directed learning and skill development
• Early Innovation Adopter: Track record of identifying transformative technologies

My problem-solving approach is built on a specific cognitive structure that enables exceptional efficiency in complex technological environments:

• Deep theoretical understanding of systems
• Pattern-based learning and recognition
• Self-directed study with comprehensive resources
• Continuous exploration of emerging technologies

• Low-level Linux and kernel development
• FPGA and programmable hardware
• Embedded systems and IoT
• Network protocol optimization
• Quantum computing fundamentals

"I come alive when allowed to automate repetitive tasks and thrive in continually evolving environments of frequent change. The flip side is without problems to solve and challenges to overcome, I tend to struggle with what value I bring to a company or team."

_{Last Updated: Aug 2025 | Built with passion for technology and continuous improvement}