Michael Singh
Senior DevOps Architect & Founder Location: Barbados | [email protected]
Professional Summary
Senior DevOps Architect and Founder with over 10 years of experience designing secure, compliant infrastructure for high-growth US startups and FinTech unicorns. I specialize in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), NixOS, and FinOps (Cloud Cost Reduction). I bridge the gap between complex engineering problems and business goals, delivering “Golden Path” architectures that allow teams to ship faster with zero downtime.
Core Competencies
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (Expert), GCP, Multi-Cloud Architectures.
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (Expert), NixOS, CloudFormation.
- Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, ECS, Fargate.
- Automation: GitHub Actions, Terraform Cloud, GitOps, CircleCI.
- Security & Observability: Datadog, Prometheus, Vault Enterprise, SOC2 Compliance, SRE.
Professional Experience
SYSTEMS ORIENTED BUSINESS ENGINEERING & RESEARCH (SOBER)
Founder & Principal DevOps Architect | May 2023 – Present
- Founded a boutique consultancy delivering production-grade, security-hardened Reference Architectures to enable deterministic, reproducible cloud infrastructure.
- suena.energy (Staff DevOps): Roadmapped the transition from manual ops to enterprise-grade automation.
- FinOps Leadership: Executed comprehensive cost-reduction strategies for AWS resources, optimizing instance sizing and budget efficiency.
- Levee (Senior Infrastructure Architect): Implemented Terraform Cloud and GitHub Actions to drive a “commit-to-deploy” workflow with zero manual interference.
GEM
Senior DevOps Engineer | 2021 – 2023
- Orchestrated the architectural design and management of a multi-cloud footprint focused on high availability.
- Spearheaded a major infrastructure refactor that resulted in a ~20% reduction in monthly cloud costs.
CHAINALYSIS
DevOps Engineer | 2019 – 2021
- Designed critical infrastructure supporting AML/KYC software used by global governments and financial institutions.
- Executed a high-stakes migration of compliance software from Hetzner to AWS with zero unexpected downtime.