Hamza N.

I build and run production Kubernetes (EKS) platforms on AWS GitOps with ArgoCD, Istio service mesh, AWS CDK infrastructure, and Datadog observability. 3 years full-time on US production environments. 100% Job Success 🌟 100% Job Success | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | English Fluency Verified 🛠️ SERVICES I OFFER: ✔️ Kubernetes & EKS: cluster setup, ECS to EKS migration, Kubernetes version upgrades, Helm charts, Karpenter autoscaling and node cost optimisation, troubleshooting CrashLoopBackOff and production issues ✔️ GitOps & CI/CD: ArgoCD setup and high availability, GitHub Actions pipelines, deployment automation, migration from Jenkins/CodePipeline to GitHub Actions ✔️ Datadog & Observability: Datadog setup and configuration, custom dashboards, alert tuning and noise reduction, APM instrumentation (Kubernetes and Lambda), log management and Datadog cost optimisation ✔️ AWS Infrastructure as Code: AWS CDK (Python), Terraform, CloudFormation, VPC and networking, IAM, multi-environment setups (dev/stage/prod) ✔️ Istio Service Mesh: ingress gateway setup, traffic management, migration from ALB to Istio ingress ✔️ DevSecOps SAST/DAST: Snyk and StackHawk security scanning in CI/CD, secrets management, Kubernetes network policies 📊 PROOF, NOT PROMISES: • Migrated 120+ containerized services from ECS to EKS with a flag-controlled rollout and instant rollback, zero pipeline changes for dev teams • Cut Kubernetes node count from 21 to 6 right-sized instances with Karpenter, zero downtime • Eliminated false-positive Datadog alerts that fired on every autoscaling event, and the team started trusting alerts again • Root-caused a 17-hour production P1 in 1 session (Datadog init-container CPU throttling), zero recurrence since 🏅 AWS Certified Solutions Architect How I work: clear scope before I start, daily async updates, documentation with every delivery so your team isn't dependent on me. 📩 Send me an invite or message, I will reply within a few hours and can usually start the same week.