Kubestronaut and DevSecOps engineer specializing in Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, and security across AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure, and Linode. Experienced in designing scalable, production-grade systems using Terraform, Docker, and CNCF technologies. Focused on building secure, resilient, and automated infrastructure at scale.
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Why I am excited to be an ambassador: To be part of amazing team of Ambassadors provides you opportunity to learn from other experts and meet new friends across the world who is passionate about same technology. Being Ambassador also gives you a life time opportunity to meet and learn with Cloud Native Community at Kubecons. Give back to community by organizing K8s Meetups, KCDs and sharing the knowledge with wider community.
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