Hey, I'm Mori.
I'm a Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer
I've spent the last few years architecting scalable cloud infrastructure and automating deployments on AWS, Kubernetes, and beyond. I build resilient systems, optimize costs, and mentor teams in DevOps best practices. Let's connect!
About.
Hey! I'm Mori, if you haven't already gathered that by now. I'm a Cloud Architect and DevOps Engineer from Nairobi, Kenya, specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Python automation. I build scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud infrastructure that just works.
I currently work as a Senior Cloud Architect at Gramx Infra and Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer at StartHub Academy, where I architect multi-environment Kubernetes clusters, implement GitOps workflows, and optimize cloud costs by up to 45%. I love solving complex infrastructure challenges with elegant solutions.
Outside of work, I'm passionate about mentoring aspiring DevOps engineers and contributing to open-source observability and infrastructure-as-code projects. I volunteer 20+ hours monthly helping engineers master CI/CD, IaC, and cloud optimization.
I'm always interested in opportunities where I can architect innovative cloud solutions and lead high-performing infrastructure teams. If you're building something ambitious in the cloud space, let's connect 🔗
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Experience.
Architected multi-environment Kubernetes clusters (EKS, K3s) with Terraform and GitOps. Built observability stack with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki. Achieved 45% AWS cost reduction through Spot orchestration and autoscaling. Reduced security vulnerabilities by 60% through cloud governance.
Designed CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes. Migrated legacy workloads to AWS EKS microservices achieving 99.95% uptime. Mentored DevOps teams in Terraform/OpenTofu IaC practices. Built Grafana dashboards improving financial transparency by 35%.
Led cloud infrastructure redesign for scalable SaaS workloads using Terraform and ArgoCD. Integrated Tailscale subnet routers and internal DNS for secure service-to-service communication. Authored infrastructure shutdown and cost recovery playbooks ensuring compliance during platform wind-down.
Built backend automation pipelines using Python, AWS Lambda, and S3 for real-time air cargo data ingestion. Implemented asynchronous task management (Celery + Redis), improving data throughput by 40%. Enhanced observability by integrating CloudWatch and Grafana alerting for backend error tracking.
Developed modular Django-based web applications with Terraform-deployed AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3). Created Prometheus exporters for real-time database monitoring and integrated performance dashboards in Grafana.