Hi, I'm

Alexander Samay

Platform / DevOps / Cloud Engineer

Building resilient infrastructure at scale — Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and everything in between.

CKA CKAD AWS Solutions Architect AWS CloudOps Engineer Terraform Associate
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01.About Me

Infrastructure & Platform Engineer based in Boston, MA — I build the systems that let engineers ship faster, sleep better, and spend less.

With 5 years of hands-on experience, I manage large-scale Kubernetes environments, build self-service CI/CD pipelines, and automate cloud infrastructure with Terraform — from cluster provisioning to policy enforcement.

Most recently I've managed 15+ EKS clusters and 20+ microservices, building deployment pipelines that serve 30+ engineers — cutting release cycles from days to hours.

I'm passionate about GitOps, observability, cost optimization, and building platforms that let engineering teams ship faster with confidence.

KubernetesTerraformGitOps CI/CDObservabilityCost Optimization
alexander@infra ~ /about
$ whoami
alexander-samay
$ cat role.txt
Platform / DevOps / Cloud Engineer
$ location
Boston, MA
$ focus --list
self-service platforms
reliability & observability
cloud cost efficiency
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02.Skills & Tools

alexander@infra ~ /skills
$ ls skills/ --grouped
$

☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Terraform
  • Helm
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Linux
  • Karpenter
  • Rancher
  • Istio
  • Velero

🔄 CI/CD & GitOps

  • GitHub Actions
  • FluxCD
  • ArgoCD
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI

📊 Observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Alertmanager
  • OpenTelemetry
  • EFK Stack
  • CloudWatch
  • Datadog
  • Thanos

🔒 Security

  • Teleport
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • IAM
  • VPC Security
  • mTLS
  • Kyverno
  • SealedSecrets
  • Audit Logging

🗄️ Data & Messaging

  • Apache Kafka
  • Amazon Kinesis
  • PgBouncer
  • RDS
  • Aurora
  • DocumentDB
  • DynamoDB

🤖 AI & Dev Tools

  • Claude
  • Claude Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • MCP
  • AI Agents
  • Prompt Engineering

03.Experience

alexander@infra ~ /experience
$ cd ~/experience/company-a
$ cat achievements.log
Company A — Senior Platform Engineer2023 — Present · Boston, MA
▹ Owned 15+ EKS clusters and the self-service deployment platform serving 30+ engineers, cutting release cycles from days to hours
▹ Built reusable Terraform modules that became the org standard, letting teams provision infrastructure via merge requests
▹ Drove a 40% cloud cost reduction through right-sizing, Karpenter autoscaling, and spot capacity
$ cd ../irobot
$ cat achievements.log
iRobot — DevOps Engineer2020 — 2023 · Boston, MA
▹ Containerized legacy services and migrated workloads to Kubernetes with zero-downtime cutovers
▹ Built the observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and reduced mean-time-to-detect on incidents
▹ Automated CI/CD with GitLab, replacing manual deploys with GitOps-driven pipelines
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04.Education

Clark University
Master's degree · MSPC
2017 — 2019 · GPA 3.82
South Ural State University (SUSU)
Master's degree · Information Technology Project Management
2017 — 2019

05.Certifications

CKA — Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation · CNCF
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CKAD — Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
The Linux Foundation · CNCF
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate
Amazon Web Services
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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
HashiCorp
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AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
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06.Get in Touch

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