DevOps & Platform Engineer · U.S. Navy Veteran · Kubernetes · Terraform · GitOps
I build and operate Kubernetes platforms end to end: infrastructure as code, GitOps delivery, CI/CD with security gates, and the observability to know when something breaks. I’m open to remote DevOps, Platform, and Site Reliability Engineer roles in the U.S., and hybrid roles in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Proof of work
- Multi-tenant Kubernetes platform on Azure (AKS): built over 10 phases with Terraform; onboarding a new customer is a 1-line change that provisions an isolated namespace, PostgreSQL database, TLS ingress, daily backups, network policies, and alerts.
- Raspberry Pi K3s cluster: 3 nodes run through GitOps with Flux; 4 real incidents diagnosed and written up as postmortems.
- CI/CD pipeline with security gates: 23 backend tests at 98.55% coverage, end-to-end tests in ephemeral k3d clusters, and Trivy HIGH/CRITICAL findings cut from 20 to zero.
About this site
This is also my working journal for DevOps-style infrastructure, cloud engineering, and automating all the things. I share the full experience: wins, frustrations, and the “aha!” moments when deployments finally click, rooted in real-world scenarios that go beyond textbook examples.
Whether you’re troubleshooting container networking, exploring IaC patterns, or curious about cloud best practices, I hope something here makes your DevOps journey a bit easier. Start with the Blog.
Email: [email protected] | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/babu-macharia | GitHub: github.com/bmacharia