Alain Apigban
Cloud Engineer
Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience across Kubernetes, multi-cloud platforms, and Linux infrastructure. CKS, CKA, RHCE, and Azure Solutions Architect certified. Supported 300+ cloud environments in enterprise settings. Relocating to NSW, Australia with a Subclass 190 — Skilled Nominated visa.
Certifications
Professional Experience
Cloud Engineer
Provided comprehensive cloud support and engineering solutions for enterprise customers, specializing in multi-cloud environments, Kubernetes orchestration, and infrastructure automation. Headline results: uncovered $20K+/month in unbilled Azure spend and cut a 48 man-hour weekly billing audit to 20 minutes.
Systems Engineer (DevOps / Linux Administration)
Led DevOps transformation initiatives, implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration to enhance operational efficiency and security.
- Managed DevOps and system engineering projects, optimizing infrastructure and enhancing security operations.
- Developed a build-test-release CI/CD pipeline for SOC tool SIEM.
- Created streaming ETL pipeline, enriching data with threat intelligence using Apache Kafka and MISP.
- Converted infrastructure docs to IaC using GitLab for version control, Ansible for configuration, Terraform for IaC, Docker for app deployment, and Packer for automating image builds.
- Achieved 99.9% uptime by successfully implementing redundant systems and failover protocols.
- Reduced infrastructure and licensing costs by migrating to a Proxmox (KVM) Cluster.
- Managed 100+ Linux servers and containerized services.
- Monitored servers and containers using Prometheus and Grafana.
- Consulted on AWS lift-and-shift and containerization strategies.
Information Security Engineer
Technical Lead specializing in SIEM deployments, leading teams to implement comprehensive security information and event management solutions for enterprise clients.
- Technical Lead for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) deployments.
- Lead teams in deploying SIEM solutions to enhance security infrastructure.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand security needs and customize SIEM configurations.
- Ensure seamless integration of SIEM tools with existing IT systems.
- Conduct training sessions for team members on new SIEM features and updates.
- Monitor and optimize SIEM performance for efficient threat detection.
Information Security Analyst
Security analyst focused on implementing and fine-tuning threat detection systems, deploying security solutions, and evaluating open-source security tools.
- Fine-tuned threat detection systems (SIEM, IPS).
- Installed security solutions, firewall, SIEM, IPS/IDS, and NACS on customer sites.
- Deployed open-source security solutions for in-house security tool benchmarking.
This post outlines the process for deploying Immich, a self-hosted photo and video backup solution, using a dedicated Ansible role.