MaxDCloudOps · South Carolina · Est. 2024

I build cloud platforms that have to work at 3 am.

Independent DevSecOps consultant — twenty years from aviation ATM systems and Cisco networks to AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes at scale. Co-founder of SQOR.ai. I also mentor engineers stepping into cloud and platform roles.

Talk about your platform Project work
Experience
0 years in IT infrastructure
Clouds
AWS · Azure · GCP
Scale
0 servers automated
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How I work with teams

No slide decks for their own sake. I join where you are — legacy data center, first Kubernetes cluster, or a platform that grew faster than its runbooks.

  • Production first. Design for on-call, rollback, and audit — not just a diagram that looks good in a review.
  • Hands-on delivery. Terraform modules, pipeline fixes, cluster hardening. I implement, document, and transfer knowledge.
  • Clear boundaries. Reference architectures and sector examples here are anonymized. Client names stay confidential.
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What I help with

Consulting engagements typically span architecture, implementation, and operational handoff.

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Cloud architecture

Multi-cloud design on AWS, Azure, and GCP — VPCs, private networking, hub-spoke topologies, and cost-aware landing zones.

02

Kubernetes platforms

EKS, AKS, and GKE — cluster lifecycle, GitOps with ArgoCD, ingress, autoscaling, and production hardening.

03

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform and Terragrunt modules, environment promotion, drift control, and repeatable multi-account patterns.

04

CI/CD & automation

GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps — secure pipelines, OIDC to cloud, and deployment gates for regulated workloads.

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Security & compliance

Network segmentation, secrets management, patch automation, WAF, and architectures aligned with HIPAA and PCI-DSS.

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Observability

Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Datadog — monitoring, alerting, and SRE practices for mission-critical systems.

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Mentoring & coaching

One-on-one IT mentorship, career coaching, and motivation for engineers moving into DevOps, cloud architecture, and Kubernetes platform roles.

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Reference architectures

Patterns I use in the field — anonymized, with real delivery constraints in mind.

AWS API Gateway, Lambda, EKS, and Batch reference architecture
Route 53 ACM API Gateway Lambda EKS AWS Batch
DNS & TLSRoute 53 public zone → ACM cert → CloudFront/WAF → API Gateway custom domain.
ComputeLambda for edge logic; VPC Link to internal ALB; EKS pods with IRSA; Batch for async jobs.
DataAurora Multi-AZ, S3 job I/O, Secrets Manager — multi-region EKS with private Route 53 zones.
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Tools & certifications

Depth across cloud, platform engineering, and regulated environments.

Cloud & platform

  • AWS · Azure · Google Cloud
  • Kubernetes · Docker · Helm
  • Terraform · Terragrunt · Vault
  • Gateway API · Istio · KEDA · Karpenter

Delivery & data

  • GitLab CI · GitHub Actions · Azure DevOps
  • Argo CD · Artifactory · Lambda · Batch
  • BigQuery · API Gateway · CloudFront
  • SSM Patch Manager · Private endpoints

Certifications

  • AWS DevOps Engineer — Professional
  • AWS Solutions Architect — Professional
  • AWS Advanced Networking — Specialty
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Also: Red Hat, Cisco, aviation ATM / mission-critical ops.

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Selected project work

Sector-focused outcomes — client names withheld unless noted (SQOR.ai, Calendmax).

Decision intelligence · Co-founder

SQOR.ai — cloud platform

Co-founded and built the cloud platform for SQOR.ai — outcome-driven decision intelligence for operators, funds, and LPs. The product connects existing tools, databases, and warehouses in read-only mode (no migration), delivers 800+ KPIs and 60+ AI agents, and goes live in days or weeks instead of quarters.

  • 800+ KPIs across data sources
  • 60+ AI agents
  • GKE · Argo CD · BigQuery

View SQOR architecture →

Scheduling SaaS · Visionary

Calendmax — smarter scheduling

Visionary and product inspirer for Calendmax — a scheduling platform focused on helping people and teams organize time more effectively. Tagline: Schedule Smarter, Live Better.

  • Scheduling & calendar SaaS
  • Product vision & growth
  • calendmax.com
Aviation · ATM

Air Traffic Management (ATM) platform

Built and deployed mission-critical servers for an Indra Air Traffic Management environment — systems carrying flight data and pilot communication workloads. Provisioned Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, integrated the Cisco network layer, and connected the full stack into the Indra ATM platform for reliable, always-on air traffic operations.

  • Flight data & pilot comms servers
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Cisco network infrastructure
  • Indra ATM system integration

View ATM architecture →

Healthcare

HIPAA-aligned Azure / AKS platform

Designed and built a multi-environment Kubernetes platform for a U.S. healthcare software startup — private endpoints, Key Vault secrets, Gateway API, Azure DevOps CI/CD with production approval gates, and Hub-Spoke network architecture.

  • 5+ containerized applications
  • Zero public PHI exposure
  • 120h phased deployment plan
Financial services

Payment platform on AWS EKS

Secured and modernized a regulated fund-transfer platform — EKS clusters across Canada and the U.S., 13+ payment batch jobs, API Gateway with WAF, infrastructure review, and disaster-recovery design.

  • 6+ EKS clusters
  • Multi-region (CA + US)
  • Terraform / Terragrunt IaC
Education SaaS

GCP / GKE for nationwide platforms

Operate staging and production GKE environments for U.S. education SaaS — Gateway API, cert-manager, external-secrets, Grafana/Loki monitoring, and 30+ public ingress hosts.

  • 2 dedicated GCP projects
  • K8s 1.34–1.35
  • Gateway API migration
Enterprise security

Multi-account AWS patch automation

Built Terraform + Lambda + SSM solution for automated security patching across an AWS Organization — 1,000+ EC2 instances, rollback via snapshots, GitLab OIDC deployment.

  • 1,000+ EC2 patched
  • Linux + Windows
  • CISA-aligned baselines
Retail

Data center → EKS migration

Led enterprise replatforming of 100+ microservices from on-premise data centers to AWS EKS with ArgoCD GitOps — 22+ application domains, shared Helm library, KEDA scale-to-zero.

  • 700+ retail locations
  • 25+ container base images
  • GitOps at scale
Gaming / media

Full GCP platform build

Greenfield GCP infrastructure for a multi-country game studio — GKE Autopilot, Istio, Vault, GitLab CI on Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and real-time analytics pipelines (Spanner → BigQuery).

  • 1M+ monthly active users
  • 100+ microservices CI/CD
  • Zero-downtime migration

I build platforms where a Friday prod deploy is just another release — not a reason to cancel dinner.

— MaxDCloudOps · DevSecOps consulting & mentoring
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Get in touch

Cloud consulting, architecture reviews, platform builds, mentoring — for teams and individual engineers.

MaxDCloudOps Corp · South Carolina S-Corporation · DevSecOps & CloudOps for U.S. and international teams.

Indian Land, South Carolina · EIN 99-3529933

What I do

Cloud architecture, Kubernetes platforms, IaC, CI/CD, security hardening, and production operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Mentoring

IT mentor and career coach for engineers growing into DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering roles.

Startups

Co-founder at SQOR.ai. Visionary behind Calendmax.