Basil Pozdeev, Kubernetes platform engineer

Kubernetes platform engineer on Azure and AWS, based in Breda, the Netherlands. Freelance since September 2023.

• Production-ready AKS cluster provisioning cut from six months to about one hour, with a library of 30+ Terraform modules.
• 161 Kubernetes clusters run as one platform: 146 on Azure (AKS) and 15 on AWS (EKS).
• Deployments across 150+ clusters cut from 20–30 minutes to near-instant with ArgoCD.
• 100+ Azure Policies enforced as code across 1200+ subscriptions.
• Disaster recovery with RTO 1 hour and RPO 15 minutes, rehearsed in quarterly game days.

Experience

• 2023 to now: freelance Kubernetes platform and reliability engineer, Netherlands
• 2022 to 2023: senior DevOps engineer, Ctac
• 2020 to 2022: senior system architect, Volksbank
• 2018 to 2020: senior system architect, BNP Paribas Cardif
• 2015 to 2018: senior fullstack engineer, EPAM Systems, Poland

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Associate.