Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer looking for remote roles building and hardening cloud-native infrastructure. Focused on Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and supply chain security. Open to platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure-focused positions with ownership over architecture and tooling decisions.
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Open to opportunities
Juan Makau
@juanmakau
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer specializing in Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud supply chain security. Building automated, policy-driven infrastructu
KenyaWhat I'm looking for
I'm a Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer based in Nairobi, Kenya, with a background spanning Linux administration, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering. My focus is building secure, automated, and cost-efficient infrastructure on AWS and GCP using Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Terraform, and GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Crossplane. I'm particularly interested in supply chain security, implementing policy-as-code with Kyverno and OPA/Gatekeeper, managing secrets with HashiCorp Vault, and enforcing image signing with Cosign/Sigstore. Outside my full-time role, I build and publish DevOps tooling and templates, and write about platform engineering practices on Medium.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Current
Senior Devops Engineer
Devlan Solutions Ltd
Dec 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer at Devlan Solutions. Built and hardened Kubernetes platforms on AWS EKS using Terraform/Terragrunt, ArgoCD, and Crossplane. Enforced policy-as-code with Kyverno and OPA/Gatekeeper, managed secrets with HashiCorp Vault, and secured the software supply chain with Cosign/Sigstore signing
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Devops Engineer
Beatronics
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022 (2 years 1 month)
DevOps Engineer at Beatronics (Oct 2020 to Nov 2022, remote, Houston TX). Cut cloud costs 20% while maintaining performance. Automated deployments with Jenkins, Ansible, Helm, and GitHub Actions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Built ELK based logging and Prometheus monitoring for real time visibility. Automated tasks with Python and Bash to reduce manual ops work.
Linux Administrator
Complete identiy Solutions
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year)
Linux Administrator at Complete Identity Solutions (Sep 2019 to Sep 2020, Kenya, on-site). Deployed and managed Linux servers and VMs, configured hardware and file systems for performance. Implemented firewalls, access controls, and security patches, running regular audits. Wrote shell scripts to automate backups, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
St Paul's University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Open to opportunities
Location
KenyaAuthorized to work in
Website
medium.com/@Juan_MakauSalary expectations
100k-150k USD
Social media
Job categories
Skills
Communication SkillsAWSInfrastructure as CodeContainerizationContainer OrchestrationAutomationCICD PlatformsCICD Pipeline DesignKubernetesDockerDocker ComposeDNS managementPythonCost ManagementCost OptimizationCost ControlFinOpsCollaborationCloud Migration AdoptionCloud MigrationBASHSupply Chain Security
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