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Mattan User

@mattanuser

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I build secure, financial-grade cloud platforms and Kubernetes-native CI/CD systems.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build secure, cloud-native platforms and modern CI/CD systems, especially for high-growth teams working across distributed environments.

At Tikal, I design secure cloud infrastructure and platform engineering strategies for high-growth FinTech, Cybersecurity, and AgTech companies. I build AWS and GCP environments with Terraform and Terragrunt, meet financial regulatory requirements, and implement Minimal Human Access and Cloudflare Zero Trust architectures.

I modernize developer workflows through GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, and Bitbucket Pipelines, while managing large-scale EKS and GKE clusters. I also build AI workflow infrastructure and LLM observability frameworks, architect monitoring with VictoriaMetrics, Datadog, and Prometheus, and share Platform Engineering deep-dives with more than 60,000 Medium readers.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Platform & DevOps Engineer

Current

Tikal

Jan 2021 - Present (5 years 7 months)

Spearheaded DevOps strategies, Platform Engineering, and cloud architectures for high-growth FinTech, Cybersecurity, and AgTech companies within global distributed teams. Designed secure cloud infrastructures using Terraform and Terragrunt, implemented Zero Trust security with Cloudflare ZTNA, and modernized CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and ArgoCD.

AWS GCP Terraform Terragrunt Kubernetes GKE Helm GitHub Actions Gitlab CI ArgoCD Bitbucket Pipelines Okta Dex SSO Istio Nexus VictoriaMetrics Datadog Prometheus Observability AI Agents LLM Observability

DevOps Engineer

Leader.codes

Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 7 months)

Migrated legacy services to modern CI/CD workflows, increasing deployment reliability and speed across multiple teams. Provided hands-on DevOps support to multiple development teams, aligning infrastructure practices across diverse environments.

CI CD DevOps Migration Support