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Senior DevOps, Distributed Systems, & Infrastructure Engineer.
20+ years turning high-scale infrastructural chaos into deterministic, automated pipelines.

Technical Core Focus

• Scale & Topology: High-Performance Computing, Zero-Trust Multi-Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Distributed Systems: Message queues, decoupled worker groups, state synchronization sagas, and atomic data alignment.
• Infrastructure as Code: Production-hardened Terraform, Bicep, Helm, and native Kubernetes scheduling.
• Bare Metal & AI: Homelab cluster orchestration, local LLM/RAG training pipelines, and GPU cluster engineering.

Featured Engineering Deep Dives

01. The Monero Swap Engine & Decoupled Crypto API

A highly scalable, production-grade cryptocurrency swap engine utilizing a distributed transaction saga pattern.
View Architecture Breakdown & Code Engine ->

02. Secure Trade Commerce System with Edge DDoS Protection

An enterprise-grade perimeter isolation architecture leveraging independent CAPTCHA clusters and strict egress container limits.
View Security Topology Diagram & Specifications ->

03. AutoPilot Solutions: Selected Consulting Portfolios

Architectural execution for enterprise clients (Woolworths, Virgin Australia) and greenfield venture setups.
Explore AutoPilot Vault ->

04. Bare Metal Sandbox (Homelab)

A deep dive into my private 42RU data center environment running autonomous containerized microservices.
Inspect the Infrastructure ->

05. VapeFinder.com.au — Distributed Discovery Engine

A mobile-first spatial allocation engine built with Next.js App Router and obfuscated geolocation clustering.
View Platform Layout & System Post-Mortem ->

External Sources & Links

CV - Github - Linkedin