Nicholas Haven DevOps / Platform Engineer

Primary DevOps consultant for 20+ enterprise clients, architecting production Kubernetes infrastructure across multi-cloud environments.

• Architect and maintain production clusters across AWS (EKS), GCP (GKE), Azure (AKS), and Kops serving millions of requests with 99.95% uptime
• Lead direct client engagements through regular 1:1 meetings and technical consultations, delivering tailored infrastructure solutions
• Automate multi-cloud deployments using Atlantis for Terraform and ArgoCD for GitOps-based application delivery
• Design zero-trust security architectures using Vault, Kyverno, OPA, and Istio service mesh
• Pioneer Terraform templating strategies reducing deployment time by 60% across client projects
• Maintain and contribute to open-source Kubernetes tooling including custom operators and security tools

Delivered technical solutions for government and enterprise clients in secure and classified environments.

• Collaborated with government teams to deliver solutions into classified environments with full compliance
• Upgraded Infrastructure as Code from Terraform to Crossplane with Helmfile templating
• Designed CI/CD pipelines with CVE scanning, secret detection, and compliance validation
• Created Kubernetes dashboard for resource tracking, observability, and cost analysis
• Enabled autonomous deployment capabilities through self-service automation

Modernized legacy cloud infrastructure and established infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Modernized legacy cloud infrastructure to current-generation solutions
• Implemented comprehensive metrics and alerting for improved observability
• Established version-controlled infrastructure management with Terraform

Managed all client-facing services with 99.99% uptime and led major cloud migration initiative.

• Managed 300+ client services with 99.99% uptime including maintenance windows
• Orchestrated AWS migration achieving $250,000+ annual cost savings
• Implemented CI/CD with GitHub, Jenkins, S3, Lambda, and auto-scaling across multiple AZs