Building systems that scale & AI that acts.

Computer Engineer | AWS & Kubernetes Specialist (CKS, CKA, CKAD)

With 17+ years in the trenches—from Big Data at Cloudera to distributed systems at Elasticsearch—I specialize in bridging the gap between heavy-duty backend infrastructure and the next generation of AI-driven software.

Featured Projects

The Zero Project

Engineered a resilient orchestration layer to run stateful Elasticsearch/OpenSearch workloads on AWS Spot Instances. Utilized Step Functions and Lambda to manage automated node evictions without sacrificing stability or high availability.

Step Functions, Lambda, EBS, EC2 Spot, Python

Concierge AI Suite

Developed an autonomous AI agent and RAG-based chatbot for survey analytics. Built custom Action Groups in Bedrock to allow models to interact with web APIs and private databases, transforming static reports into interactive insights.

AWS Bedrock, Flask, RAG, Pandas, Plotly/Dash

The Growth Mindset

Foundational Systems

Kubernetes: CKS, CKA, CKAD

Big Data: Hadoop, YARN, ELK Stack

Infrastructure: Linux, Docker, CI/CD

Current Mission

Generative AI: Bedrock, RAG, AI Agents

Modern Orchestration: Lambda, Step Functions

Data Delivery: Python (Flask/Dash), Pandas

Professional Journey

Elasticsearch Ltd. | Support Engineer 2021 – Present
  • Collaborating with enterprise clients to resolve complex distributed systems challenges and improve observability.
  • Troubleshooting large-scale Kubernetes deployments and translating failures into stability improvements.
Hortonworks / Cloudera 2017 – 2021
Premium Support Engineer (London, UK) | 2019 – 2021
  • Promoted to "White-Glove" dedicated support for Lloyds Bank, acting as the single point of contact for critical data infrastructure.
Senior Customer Operations Engineer | 2017 – 2019
  • Resolved bottlenecks in massive-scale Hadoop/YARN environments and served as SME for Data Flow.
Oracle | Support Engineer (Disk Arrays) 2011 – 2017
  • Coordinated global workloads as a Cluster Technical Lead across NA, Europe, and Asia.
  • Developed a custom Python/Linux application to automate team scheduling and authored global training manuals.
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