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Lucas J.

Lucas J.

DevOps & AI Architect | AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform | Python, LLM

I build production cloud infrastructure and the AI systems that run on it, LLM agents, RAG pipelines, and FastAPI services deployed with Terraform, secured with IAM and secrets management, built to pass HIPAA, SOC 2, and FedRAMP audits from day one. 100% Job Success Score. Solutions Architect with Google Cloud Premier Partner experience. 6 years architecting across AWS, GCP, and Azure platform, DevOps, AI/ML, and security in regulated environments (healthcare, federal, fintech). My clients run sensitive operations and need infrastructure they own, not SaaS they rent: I deploy it, document it, and hand it off so your team maintains it without me. Recent results: an AI exception-triage agent with tool calling and confidence scoring, CI/CD rebuilds cutting deploy times 70%, and 30-40% cloud spend reductions for enterprise clients. 👉🏻 CERTIFICATIONS ☑️ AWS Certified Solutions Architect ☑️ Google Professional Cloud Architect ☑️ Google Professional Data Engineer ☑️ Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) ☑️ HashiCorp Terraform Associate ☑️ Azure Administrator (AZ-104) ☑️ Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) If what you're asking for is a bad idea, I'll tell you before you pay for it. Share your use case and timeline, scoped plan within 24 hours.

🇺🇸Sonoma, United States$65/hr100% JSS4.11 (5)Since May 2025

Earnings and projects

MRR
$7.7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#2,260 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#953 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $46k

Total earnings
$68k

Billed in all: $72k

World#58,361 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,076 / 62.1k
Per project
$9.7k

$15k in the last 6 months

World#16,564 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,805 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
3
0% fixed100% hourly
World#66,482 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,998 / 62.1k
Projects in all
7

Across 8 contracts

13% fixed87% hourly
World#236,191 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#33,699 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$72kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$70k$71k$72k$73kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 20

Rarest: top 0.95% in CI/CD, of 3,691. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1FedRAMP23 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 4%
  2. 2CMMC32 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 6%
  3. #8SOC 2200 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #5Top 4%
  4. #11Cloud Security639 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #7Top 2%
  5. #20HIPAA1,315 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #6Top 2%
  6. #34Linux System Administration2,578 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #11Top 1%
  7. #34Terraform2,052 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #10Top 2%
  8. #35CI/CD3,691 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #10Top 0.95%