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Service — Cloud & infrastructure

Infrastructure your team can actually operate.

Infrastructure nobody understands is a liability regardless of how modern it is. We build environments that are reproducible, observable, and boring to run — which is the highest compliment infrastructure can be paid.

DISCIPLINECloud & infrastructure
CAPABILITIES3 Core Domains
ARCHITECTUREProduction-Grade
DELIVERY MODELDedicated Squads
RELIABILITY99.99% Standard

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Cloud environments & IaC

Infrastructure you cannot recreate from code is a disaster waiting for the person who built it to leave.

Reproducible cloud infrastructure defined in code, with automated drift detection and multi-region resilience.

  • Declarative infrastructure as code (IaC) reviewed and versioned like software
  • Identical environments from local developer staging through production
  • Automated capacity scaling and cloud cost attribution mapped to business units
syscov-infra // terraform-opentofu-main.tf
STATE DRIFT: 0.00%
IAC: DECLARATIVE OPENTOFU V1.8SLA: 99.99% MULTI-REGION

AWS & OpenTofu Multi-Region

Immutable infrastructure defined strictly in code with multi-region VPC peering, global Aurora databases, and automated DynamoDB state locking.

TF-1
State Lock & S3 Bucket
AES-256 encrypted remote state with cryptographic lease locks
LOCKED
TF-2
Multi-AZ EKS Worker Pool
Auto-scaling Karpenter provisioner across 3 availability zones
OPTIMIZED
TF-3
Aurora Global DB Cluster
Sub-second replication across us-east-1 and eu-central-1
HEALTHY
TF-4
Automated Drift Sensor
Hourly CI/CD plan checks comparing real cloud to git repository
ACTIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE TELEMETRYGit-Controlled
MANAGED RESOURCES142 Managed Resources100% In Version Control
STATE LOCK LEASEActiveDynamoDB + S3 Enforced
FAILOVER SLA< 15sRoute 53 Global DNS
PROD DRIFT COUNT0Automated Reconciliation
INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION & RESILIENCE
Verifies that production is 100% reproducible from code, with zero manual console changes allowed.

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CI/CD & release pipelines

A release pipeline is only as trustworthy as its ability to safely roll back in under 60 seconds.

Deployment pipelines that make releasing boring and routine, backed by battle-tested rollback mechanics.

  • Continuous integration running automated test gates and security scans on every PR
  • Ephemeral preview environments spun up and torn down per pull request
  • Zero-downtime rolling and canary deployments with automated rollback triggers
syscov-runtime // release-pipeline-argo.yaml
CANARY HEALTH: 100%
GITOPS: ARGOCD + FLUX MESHROLLOUT: 10%

Progressive Canary Rollout

Automated canary deployments where new code serves 10% of real production traffic while Prometheus monitors p99 latency and error budgets.

CI-1
Parallel Test Matrix
Unit, integration, and security scans executed in 92 seconds
PASSED
CI-2
Container Image Digest
OCI container image signed with Cosign cryptographic keys
SIGNED
CI-3
Canary Traffic Shift (10%)
Argo Rollouts routes 10% of users to new release pods
HEALTHY
CI-4
Automated Promotion (100%)
Zero-downtime cutover after 5 minutes with zero HTTP 5xx errors
ACTIVE
RELEASE METRICSZero Downtime
PIPELINE RUNTIME2m 14s ParallelAutomated Test Matrix
DEPLOY FREQUENCY14x / dayContinuous Delivery
ROLLBACK DURATION< 45sAutomated Threshold
FAILED RELEASES0 User ImpactCanary Isolated
CANARY PROGRESSION & SAFETY CONTROLS
Simulates progressive Canary deployment with automated error budget protection.

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Observability & telemetry

During a 2am outage you do not get to add logging. You only get what you already instrumented.

Structured logging, distributed tracing, and real-time metrics arranged around the questions asked during an incident.

  • OpenTelemetry instrumentation crossing all service and database boundaries
  • Distributed trace correlation linking user requests directly to database queries
  • Alerts tied to actual customer impact rather than noisy resource graphs
syscov-runtime // opentelemetry-collector.yaml
OTEL FABRIC: ONLINE
TRACING: OTLP / W3C TRACE CONTEXTSLA: < 50ms P99

OpenTelemetry Distributed Trace

End-to-end request tracing that links user browser clicks through edge CDNs, API gateways, microservices, and database query executions.

SP-1
edge-cdn // cloudfront
HTTP/2 GET /api/v2/orders
12ms
SP-2
api-gateway // envoy-proxy
JWT verification & rate limit check
4ms
SP-3
order-service // gRPC worker
Domain validation & inventory hold
42ms
SP-4
database // postgres-query
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE tenant_id = $1
68ms
OBSERVABILITY TELEMETRYW3C Context
TRACE SAMPLING100% Error / 10% TailAdaptive Tail-Based
AVAILABILITY SLO99.982%Error Budget Intact
ALERT NOISE RATIO0.0%Actionable Alerts Only
MEAN TIME TO DIAGNOSE< 90sDistributed Correlation
TRACE CORRELATION & 2AM RUNBOOK DRILL
Correlates distributed traces directly to root-cause lines of code and database queries in seconds.

Practical Stack Architecture

Tools chosen for the problem, not for the résumé.

We work across a deliberately practical set of technologies — mature enough to support real production scale, current enough to keep a product moving fast without architectural debt.

SELECTION CRITERION

Every resource is declarative, reproducible from Git, and audited with zero manual console drift.

OpenTofu / Terraform

CORE // IAC

Declarative infrastructure as code with multi-region state locking and automated drift reconciliation.

State locking in DynamoDB

Kubernetes (EKS & GKE)

CORE // RUNTIME

Production container orchestration utilizing Karpenter for sub-minute horizontal compute auto-scaling.

Auto-scaled node pools

AWS & Google Cloud

CORE // TOPOLOGY

Multi-region redundant VPC networks, peering fabrics, and hardened cross-cloud transit gateways.

Multi-AZ SLA 99.99%

Docker & OCI Containers

STANDARD // OCI

Hermetic container packaging with Cosign cryptographic signatures and minimal Alpine/Distroless bases.

Cryptographically signed

Cloudflare & Fastly

STANDARD // EDGE

Global edge reverse proxy, programmable WAF protection, and tag-based CDN cache invalidation.

Sub-20ms edge POPs

LocalStack Sandbox

VERIFIED // LOCAL

Self-contained local AWS emulation enabling developers to validate cloud topologies before merging.

1:1 dev-to-prod parity

Engineering Principles

Three things we hold to.

How we approach every engagement — the non-negotiables that keep systems maintainable, compliant, and buildable.

RULE 01 // FOUNDATION

Reproducible by default

If it cannot be rebuilt from code, it is a risk waiting for the person who set it up to leave.

100% Declarative Terraform / OpenTofu state management
RULE 02 // EXECUTION

Designed for the bad day

Recovery paths, alerting, and runbooks decided before they are needed rather than during.

Unit economics and egress budgets tracked per microservice
RULE 03 // GOVERNANCE

Right-sized

The simplest infrastructure that meets the requirement, not the most impressive one.

Distributed tracing and structured metrics on every endpoint

Engagement Outcomes

Production deliverables you own from day one.

Every engagement produces tangible codebases, automated pipelines, and operational specs your internal team actually runs.

DEL-01TERRAFORM / TOFU

Declarative Infrastructure as Code

100% codified cloud topology with reproducible environments, drift detection, and modular architecture.

  • Modular Terraform/OpenTofu blueprints
  • Strict state locking & isolation
  • Multi-cloud migration ready layout
DEL-02OBSERVABILITY

Distributed Telemetry & Alerts

Distributed tracing, centralized log aggregation, and real-time metric dashboards with automated anomaly alerting.

  • OpenTelemetry distributed tracing setup
  • SLO & error budget alert thresholds
  • Real-time APM performance dashboards
DEL-03RESILIENCE

High-Availability Architecture

Automated multi-AZ failover, regular backup verification, and rapid recovery time objectives (RTO < 15m).

  • Automated point-in-time snapshot recovery
  • Chaos engineering game day scripts
  • Graceful network degradation fallbacks
DEL-04HANDOVER

FinOps & Team Transfer

Cloud cost attribution models, egress optimization policies, and thorough infrastructure handover guides.

  • Per-service unit cost breakdown
  • Automated resource autoscaling rules
  • Architecture maintenance walkthrough

Tell us what you are trying to build.

Bring the constraint that worries you most. That is usually the fastest way to work out whether this is the right service for the job.

Principal engineer review·48h scoping·Zero sales friction