Adam FosterStaff Platform Engineer

10+ years of experience specializing in Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, and large-scale cloud automation

KubernetesTerraformGitOpsArgoCDAzureAWS

About Me

Professional Summary

I build platforms that help developers ship faster. With 10+ years working with Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps, I focus on automation and self-service infrastructure that just works.

I enjoy mentoring engineers and working with teams to solve complex problems in simple ways.

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Technical Expertise

Container Orchestration & Cloud

KubernetesDockerAzureAWS

Infrastructure as Code

TerraformSpaceliftChef

CI/CD & GitOps

ArgoCDHelmJenkinsGitLabGitHubBitbucket

Monitoring & Observability

DatadogGrafanaNew RelicSentrySnyk

Databases & Message Queues

RedisElasticsearchMySQLKafka

Development & AI Tools

PythonTypeScriptLambdaClaudeCursor

Experience

Key achievements and transformative moments throughout my career journey

2025 - Present

Developer Enablement

  • â–¹Introduced Port.io self-service portal empowering developers and support teams
  • â–¹Built internal tenant service for managing multi-tenant infrastructure and configuration
2024

Infrastructure Provisioning & Automation

  • â–¹Implemented Spacelift.io as the orchestration framework for Terraform workflows, modernizing infrastructure automation
2022-2023

Platform Engineering

  • â–¹Designed and developed custom Helm charts and config structure for GitOps-driven deployments
  • â–¹Migrated from Azure DevOps pipelines to ArgoCD
2020 - 2021

Infrastructure Modernization

  • â–¹Developed serverless Lambda functions (Python) to enhance business processes
  • â–¹Created reusable Terraform modules and Chef recipes for infrastructure-as-code

Get in Touch

Looking for a Staff Platform Engineer or Technical Architect? Let's connect and discuss how I can help your organization.

Location

Remote | Nottingham, UK

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