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Keanu Harrell

DevOps Engineer | Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

3+ years building and optimizing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration. Expert in AWS, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code with proven track record of 99.9% uptime.

About

I'm a DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience building and optimizing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration. I specialize in AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.

Currently serving as CTO/DevOps Architect at a startup and DevOps Engineer at a healthcare company, I've implemented automated deployment pipelines that reduced release times by90% and achieved 99.9% uptime through effective monitoring and performance tuning.

My expertise includes managing Kubernetes microservices platforms, architectingGitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Terraform, and building comprehensive monitoring stacks with Prometheus and Grafana. I'm passionate about automation, cloud architecture, and continuous improvement.

3+
Years Experience
15+
Microservices Managed
90%
Release Time Reduction
99.9%
Uptime Achieved

🎯Current Certifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
In Progress
Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
In Progress

🚀Interests & Focus Areas

Open-source contributionsInfrastructure automationCloud architectureGaming infrastructure

Professional Experience

3+ years of DevOps and platform engineering experience across healthcare, research, and startup environments.

CTO / DevOps Architect

Untitled, Grand Nancy Innovation

Nancy, France

Nov 2024 - Present

Leading cloud infrastructure design and deployment using AWS serverless architecture with Infrastructure as Code, achieving <1s P99 latency.

Key Achievements:

  • ▶Designed AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC (SST/CloudFormation) with serverless architecture
  • ▶Implemented CI/CD pipelines with zero-downtime deployments using Docker and AWS ECS
  • ▶Built comprehensive monitoring system with CloudWatch and performance tuning
  • ▶Automated infrastructure provisioning reducing deployment time from hours to minutes
AWS LambdaDynamoDBAuroraDockerSSTPythonBash

DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer

Orisha Healthcare France (HDS Certified)

Villers-lĂšs-Nancy, France

Aug 2022 - Present

Managing Kubernetes-based microservices platform hosting 15+ healthcare services on AWS EKS with HDS compliance.

Key Achievements:

  • ▶Managed Kubernetes microservices platform serving 15+ healthcare services
  • ▶Architected GitOps workflow using ArgoCD, Terraform (3-layer IaC), and Kustomize
  • ▶Deployed Trino data lakehouse (2TB) reducing reporting time by 70%
  • ▶Established monitoring stack with Prometheus, Grafana for system observability
AWS EKSKubernetesTerraformArgoCDPrometheusGrafanaTrino

Automation Engineer Intern

University of Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland

Jun 2024 - Oct 2024

Developed Python automation scripts for scientific computing workflows and built automated testing frameworks.

Key Achievements:

  • ▶Developed Python automation scripts reducing manual tasks by 40%
  • ▶Built automated testing framework for computational models
  • ▶Implemented version control and documentation standards
PythonBashGitLinuxScientific Computing

DevOps Projects

Infrastructure and platform engineering projects showcasing cloud architecture, container orchestration, and automated deployment pipelines.

Serverless AI Agent Platform

2025

Architecting serverless AI agent infrastructure with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB for scalable deployments with event-driven architecture

📊 Multi-region deployments with cost optimization

AWS LambdaPythonSSTDynamoDBSQS/SNSStep Functions

Kubernetes Microservices Platform

2024

Deployed containerized microservices on Kubernetes cluster with auto-scaling, achieving 99.9% uptime and <5min CI/CD deployments

📊 99.9% uptime, <5min deployments

DockerKubernetesJenkinsPrometheusGrafanaHelmArgoCD

Healthcare Cloud Platform (HDS Certified)

2022-Present

Managed Kubernetes-based microservices platform hosting 15+ healthcare services on AWS EKS with GitOps workflow and comprehensive monitoring

📊 15+ microservices, 70% reporting time reduction

AWS EKSTerraformArgoCDKustomizeTrinoPostgreSQL

High-Performance Gaming Infrastructure

2022-2023

Maintained production infrastructure serving 150K users with automated scaling, monitoring, and reduced system crashes by 30%

📊 150K users, 30% crash reduction

JavaDockerGitLab CILinuxMonitoringPerformance Tuning

Contact

Let's work together on your next project.

Available for freelance work

I'm currently taking on new projects and would love to hear about your ideas. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to work together.