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Kevin Wong

@kevinwong1

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I build self-service cloud platforms and reliable backend automation for engineering teams.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build secure, self-service cloud platforms and backend automation that reduce operational toil, improve developer experience, and strengthen production reliability.

I'm building internal platform capabilities at Enlighten that give application teams secure, repeatable self-service paths to provision environments, deploy services, and operate workloads. I develop Terraform modules, Helm charts, CI/CD pipelines, Python/FastAPI services, and internal SDKs across AWS and Kubernetes.

Previously at Nielsen, I delivered Go-based platform services that automated onboarding and management for more than 100 engineering teams, reducing support requests by 80%. I also built a self-service GitLab Runner platform for 50+ teams that supported 1,000+ daily runner jobs.

My work spans EKS, AWS infrastructure, Docker, Kubernetes, observability, DevSecOps, PostgreSQL performance, incident response, and production reliability. I turn recurring operational failures into automation, monitoring, runbooks, and stronger platform safeguards.

I started by supporting Linux and database environments at the University of Florida, where I built a Django self-service application for database account creation and password resets. I bring a practical, full-stack perspective to developer platforms and cloud operations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Platform Engineer

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Enlighten

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Owns and evolves internal platform capabilities, building reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and CI/CD pipelines to standardize infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes. Operates multi-tenant Kubernetes environments and improves observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.