I build and operate cloud platforms for high-scale products.
Head of Infrastructure, focused on multi-tenant Kubernetes and AWS platforms for iGaming and payments workloads.
- Architect and run production cloud infrastructure on AWS
- Lead platform engineering and DevOps teams
- Build reliable Kubernetes platforms with GitOps workflows
- Improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
- 18+ years in software and infrastructure engineering
- 7+ years focused on cloud platform architecture and operations
- Nearly 8 years in email security, building email scanning and management systems
- Operated 150+ node Kubernetes environments supporting 50+ microservices
- Led cloud optimization initiatives reducing monthly spend by ~30%
- Cloud: AWS (EKS, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, Redshift, WAF)
- Platform: Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, Terraform, Terragrunt, GitHub Actions
- Observability: Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, PagerDuty
- Data/Messaging: Kafka, NATS, PostgreSQL, MariaDB
- Languages: C#, C++, .NET, Go, Bash, Python, TypeScript
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/georgevella
- Email: mail@georgevella.com