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Kubernetes Orchestration Core Strength
10+ years experience with K8s at scale. From tiny dev clusters to massive production beasts. Self-healing, declarative magic.
Ivan Barjaktarov
Platform Engineer by definition. AI Augmented Human by choice.
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Who Am I
Platform Engineer by definition. AI Augmented Human by choice. Kubernetes Practitioner all the time. With over a decade of Kubernetes orchestration under my belt, and a few more decades in Infrastructure Development, I'm now diving deep into the fascinating world of Agentic AI.
I fell in love with Docker orchestration and Kubernetes for its self-healing, declarative magic. There's something beautiful about infrastructure that thinks for itself. Now I'm taking that philosophy to the next level by building AI agents that can actually operate that infrastructure.
Work-preference: Remote-first companies or distributed engineering teams.
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Core Expertise
Years Infrastructure
20+
Years Kubernetes
10+
Years AI/Agentic
2+
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Platform Engineering
Building developer platforms and self-service infrastructure at enterprise scale.
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Agentic AI Systems
Building autonomous infrastructure with A2A communication and MCP. AIRE methodology for self-improving systems.
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GitOps & IaC
Infrastructure as Code, Everything as Code. Declarative, GitOps-first approach with ArgoCD.
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DevSecOps
Security-first deployment pipelines with observability and governance for production systems.
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AWS & Azure Cloud
Full-stack cloud-native solutions on AWS EKS and Azure AKS. Multi-cloud architecture expertise.
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My Toolbox
Kubernetes Ecosystem
- Kubernetesexpert
- Dockerexpert
- ArgoCDadvanced
- Helmadvanced
AI & Automation
- Agentsintermediate
- A2Aintermediate
- MCPintermediate
- Ollamaintermediate
Cloud Platforms
- AWS EKSadvanced
- Azure AKSadvanced
- OpenShiftadvanced
Languages & Operating System
- Pythonexpert
- Bashexpert
- Linuxexpert
- Terraformadvanced
Philosophy: "An AI prompt away to become something pretty"
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Featured Projects
Real-world apps crafted with care and released fully open-source on my GitHub.
Stonks
stonks.nu
Live
A sophisticated stock valuation platform that combines Elliott Wave technical analysis with fundamental DCF modeling to provide data-driven investment insights.
Real-time market data
Elliott Wave analysis
AI-powered recommendations
python · javascript · yfinance · flask
→ open stonks.nu
Crypto
kripto.nu
Live
A comprehensive cryptocurrency analysis platform combining Elliott Wave technical patterns with on-chain metrics to deliver actionable insights for digital asset investors.
Real-time crypto data
Elliott Wave analysis
AI-powered recommendations
python · javascript · coingecko · flask
→ open kripto.nu
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Beyond Code
Outside of Kubernetes and ArgoCD finalizers, I play guitar and produce music.
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Blog
Deep dives into Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, and Agentic AI. Sharing lessons from 30+ years of infrastructure experience.
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Let's Connect
Interested in the future of autonomous infrastructure? Let's chat about Agentic AI, Kubernetes at scale, or something else.