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