
Boriss N
@borissn
Platform engineer at Emirates who designed a GPU Kubernetes platform used by 20+ teams for AI training and LLM inference.
What I'm looking for
At Emirates, I designed a GPU Kubernetes-as-a-Service platform supporting 100+ H100/H200 nodes, where 20+ teams run AI training and LLM inference. I also delivered $410K in annual infrastructure savings through workload tuning and moving OpenShift clusters on-prem.
Across Emirates, Intapp, GFT, and Experian, I’ve worked on Kubernetes platforms, cloud infrastructure, and service mesh. My work includes introducing vCluster and FluxCD-based platforms, setting up Istio patterns for client deployments, and automating cluster provisioning; I’m available for contract and fractional work.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Sr. Technical DevOps Engineer
Emirates
Sep 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)
Designed and built a GPU Kubernetes-as-a-Service platform supporting 100+ H100/H200 nodes across bare metal and multi-cloud, used by 20+ teams for AI training and LLM inference. Achieved $410K in annual savings through cost optimization and migration of OpenShift clusters to on-prem.
Implemented FluxCD-driven Container-as-a-Service on AKS/EKS with Kyverno and Workload Identity for governance. Developed Python tooling to analyze cost data from Kubecost deployments and automated Azure provisioning with Terraform, cutting deployment timelines by 50%.
Led Anthos Service Mesh (Istio) implementations across financial services GKE clusters, establishing reference patterns for clients. Created a GKE design template adopted as corporate standard and introduced Argo Rollouts for zero-downtime deployments.
Managed a global hybrid OpenShift platform with 100+ nodes across on-prem and AWS, including cross-region networking and secure data paths for ML workloads. Migrated SDN from OpenShift SDN to Cilium for eBPF observability and tighter network policies.
Service Delivery Engineer
Trakm8
Dec 2019 - Oct 2020 (10 months)
Responsible for data centre operations and server administration, including IBM, HPE, and Dell EMC hardware, and virtualisation with VMware and Hyper-V.
Performed system administration duties including data centre operations, server administration, and virtualisation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Edinburgh Napier University
BEng, Computer Systems & Networks
Grade: 2:1
Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems & Networks with a 2:1 classification.
Dundee & Angus College
HND, Internetworking Technologies
Grade: A
Completed an HND in Internetworking Technologies with a Grade A.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
OpenEBS
GitLab
Kubernetes
Helm
Flux CD
GitHub Actions
PostgreSQL
Terraform
Pulumi
Azure DevOps
Python
ELK
Loki
Kubeflow
Istio
Grafana
Prometheus
OpenTelemetry
Sysdig
Consul
Datadog
Falco
Ansible
Docker
ceph
Vault
Nomad
MinIO
Cilium
KubeVirt
Trivy
Tetragon
eBPF
Kyverno
Ray
vLLM
Wiz
ArgoCD
VictoriaMetrics
Dynatrace
Bash
Calico
Checkov
Karpenter
Envoy Gateway
VCluster
SGLang
Talos Linux
Kustomize
MetalLB
WireGuard
AWS
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
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