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Alex Eze

Alex.Eze

// Platform Engineer · Creator of Orkestra

I build infrastructure and platforms for Kubernetes-native teams — and I created Orkestra, the first declarative runtime for Kubernetes operators. Operators as declared behaviors. No Go required. Your CRD is enough.

Orkestra

The first declarative operator runtime for Kubernetes. Built from scratch over three years without a template. Shipped, proven in production, and open source.

v0.7.11 · Early Access

Operators are behaviors, not programs.

Every Kubernetes operator rebuilds the same infrastructure: informers, workqueues, leader election, RBAC, webhooks, status management. That infrastructure is not the reason the operator exists — it's the cost of entry.

Orkestra removes the cost. You declare what your operator does in a Katalog. The runtime handles everything else — reconciliation, drift correction, autoscaling, deletion protection, a live control center. No Go code required. Your CRD is enough.

79 MB RSS for 10-CRD runtime
0.0% Error rate in production
13k+ Resources managed
Apache 2.0 License
Zero Go required
Five reconcile paths — declarative, hybrid, hooks, constructor, WASM-ready. Choose the right level of control.
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Security built in
Deletion protection, namespace isolation, admission webhooks, and RBAC generation — declared in the Katalog.
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OCI-native distribution
Operator patterns distributed as OCI artifacts with E2E proof of correctness baked into the manifest.
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Declarative testing
ork simulate runs reconcilers in memory. ork e2e runs against real clusters. Both ship with every example.

Where I've worked

Infrastructure Developer (AI/ML) 2025 · Present
GOSH NHS · London, UK
  • Designed and deployed hybrid Kubernetes clusters for ML workloads across AWS and on-premises infrastructure.
  • Built MLOps pipelines on AWS SageMaker to automate model lifecycle management.
  • Architected multi-environment agentic workflows using AWS Strands and Bedrock.
  • Tuned resource allocation and networking for optimised AI/NLP workloads across hybrid environments.
MLOps Engineer 2025 · Consultant
Kredete · United States
  • Designed a multi-tenant platform for rapidly deploying machine learning applications through configuration-driven templates.
  • Architected agentic workflows using the latest AWS Agentic platform — AgentCore.
  • Set up MLflow for the full ML lifecycle: manageable, traceable, and reproducible across all project phases.
  • Delivered a fully automated, production-ready, GitOps-driven Kubernetes environment aligned with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 requirements.
Lead Platform Engineer 2025 · Consultant
OnDgo
  • Rebuilt GCP infrastructure from scratch using Terraform, Vault, and ArgoCD with zero downtime migration.
  • Reduced public IP usage by 85% via secure ingress consolidation and private cluster networking.
  • Enabled GitOps across multi-cluster Kubernetes with centralised monitoring, progressive delivery, and dynamic secret injection.
  • Led platform hardening: RBAC, workload identity, disaster recovery, and event-driven autoscaling.
Lead DevOps Engineer 2024
Interswitch Group
  • Introduced DevOps culture and practices across engineering teams for the first time.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments across 20+ applications.
  • Cut release cycles by 85% and achieved annual cost savings of $10K+.
Senior DevOps Engineer 2022 – 2024
Andela
  • Founded the DevOps/Platform team, building cloud architecture and CI/CD from the ground up.
  • Enabled infrastructure to handle 20× traffic growth through autoscaling and container orchestration.
  • Reduced release times by 75%. Mentored junior engineers, boosting team productivity by 80%.
Full experience on LinkedIn →

What I work with

Expert — daily use, deep knowledge

Kubernetes Go Orkestra Terraform ArgoCD GitHub Actions Helm Prometheus + Grafana Vault AWS GCP

Proficient — regular use

Flux CD Istio Kyverno Velero External Secrets Operator Argo Rollouts Azure Ansible MLflow SageMaker Kafka Redis Python Bash

Familiar — used in projects

Crossplane Falco Chaos Mesh KubeFlow Rust OpenTofu Keycloak
BSc — University of Benin Kubernetes for Developers — Linux Foundation Lean Six Sigma Green Belt CS50 — Harvard University DevOps & Cloud Engineering — IReign

Get in touch

Open to platform engineering roles and Orkestra collaborations.

ialexeze@outlook.com