Available for new opportunities
~/tomasz-lyko
$ whoami
> Tomasz Łyko
$ cat role.txt
> Cloud Architect & Platform Lead
$ ./deploy-portfolio.sh
> Initializing cloud infrastructure...
> ✓ Kubernetes clusters ready
> ✓ GitOps pipelines configured
> ✓ Welcome to my portfolio!

Building robust cloud architectures, designing scalable platforms, and leading engineering strategy on AWS.

7+ Years of Experience

Optimizing Cloud Infrastructure

With over 7 years driving Cloud Strategy & DevOps, I specialize in architecting robust, secure, and cost-effective platforms. I don't just deploy infrastructure; I design enterprise ecosystems that enable business growth while optimizing operational maturity.

FinOps & Cost Optimization

I help organizations optimize cloud costs by analyzing usage patterns, implementing budget controls, and leveraging spot instances to maximize ROI.

Security & Compliance

Improving security standards and meeting strict compliance requirements (PCI DSS) through automated policy enforcement and secure architecture design.

Cloud Architecture

Designing and optimizing scalable, containerized architectures on AWS/Kubernetes to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.

Performance Tuning

Deep-diving into system metrics to eliminate bottlenecks, reduce latency, and ensure your infrastructure handles peak loads effortlessly.

Engineering Impact

Impact-driven engineering with measurable results.

99.99%
Uptime SLA
Critical infrastructure
500+
Deployments/month
Automated CI/CD
$2M+
Cloud costs saved
Annual optimization
Zero
Security breaches
Enterprise standards

40% Faster Deployments

Implemented GitOps workflows with ArgoCD, dramatically reducing time-to-production for all services.

Team Enablement

Built developer platforms that empower 50+ engineers to self-service infrastructure needs.

Scale to Millions

Architected systems handling 10M+ daily transactions with auto-scaling and fault tolerance.

30-Min MTTR

Built observability stack with Prometheus & Grafana, reducing incident response time by 8x.

Cloud Toolchain

Tools and technologies I use to build, deploy, and maintain infrastructure at scale.

AW
AWS
Azure
GCP
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
ArgoCD
AW
AWS
Azure
GCP
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
ArgoCD
Terraform
Ansible
Pulumi
Prometheus
Grafana
Datadog
Python
Go
Bash
Terraform
Ansible
Pulumi
Prometheus
Grafana
Datadog
Python
Go
Bash

Cloud Platforms

AWSAzureGCP

Containers & Orchestration

DockerKubernetesHelm

CI/CD

GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsArgoCD

IaC & Config

TerraformAnsiblePulumi

Monitoring & Observability

PrometheusGrafanaDatadog

Languages

PythonGoBash

Career Journey

Building cloud-native platforms, automating infrastructure, and scaling Kubernetes at enterprise level.

Senior DevOps Engineer

FinTech Company

2025 - PresentRemote

Designing zero-trust infrastructure architectures for highly regulated payment processing environments.

Key Achievements

  • Architected the migration from legacy CI/CD to a secure, compliant GitOps platform
  • Designed isolated network topologies (VPC) meeting strict PCI DSS compliance requirements
  • Established security-first engineering culture and automated compliance guardrails
GitOpsArgoCDKubernetesTerraformCI/CD

Senior Platform Engineer

IMG Arena

2024.07 - PresentRemote

Senior Platform Engineer responsible for Container-as-a-Service platform, leading technical strategy for EKS-based infrastructure.

Key Achievements

  • Architected and implemented global Terraform modules to enforce standardisation across all engineering teams
  • Designed the observability stack strategy to reduce costs by 40% while improving signal-to-noise ratio
  • Leading the adoption of GitOps best practices and automated delivery pipelines
AWSKubernetes EKSTerraformGitHub ActionsPrometheusGrafanaDataDog

Senior DevOps Engineer

Sigma IT Poland

2023.06 - 2024.07Poland

Architected a next-generation EKS platform specialized for high-performance GPU workloads and AI model training.

Key Achievements

  • Designed dynamic auto-scaling architecture handling 100x traffic spikes for GPU nodes
  • Architected a cost-efficient compute strategy using Spot Instances and Karpenter
  • Led the technical implementation of self-service internal developer platforms
  • Defined disaster recovery strategies and high-availability standards
AWSKubernetes EKSArgo WorkflowsArgoCDTerraformCDKPythonKubecost

Cloud Engineer

VirtusLab

2022.03 - 2023.06Poland

Core contributor to the Tier-0 retail platform architecture serving millions of daily requests.

Key Achievements

  • Engineered self-healing Kubernetes clusters for mission-critical retail systems
  • Led a major infrastructure refactor to improve deployment velocity by 300%
  • Implemented infrastructure-as-code standards using CloudFormation
AWSKubernetesCloudFormationJenkinsBashCoreOSFlatcar Linux