Cloud, Platform & AI Infrastructure

Voytek Zygadlo.

I build the platforms product teams rely on to move fast and stay safe. Cloud, security, and AI infrastructure at production scale.

15.
Years
Building
Platforms

Platform, Security, AI Infrastructure

Fifteen-plus years building the platforms engineering organizations rely on to ship. Full-stack ownership across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, security and compliance, CI/CD, observability, cost, and AI infrastructure. My focus is the parts other teams shouldn't have to think about: reliability, guardrails, and paved paths so product engineers can move fast without stepping on landmines.

Kubernetes / AWS0
Terraform / IaC0
Security / PCI DSS0
AI Infrastructure0

Kubeflare-light.

Kubernetes operator that brings GitOps discipline to Cloudflare edge security. WAF rules, rate limits, and bot detection are declared as Kubernetes resources alongside application code, same pull request review, same audit trail, same rollback story as the rest of the platform. Replaces click-ops in the Cloudflare dashboard with a controller that reconciles desired state.

AI Observability Assistant.

An AI assistant with scoped read-only access to Grafana metrics, logs, and traces. Sits inside team chat, answers "what changed at 14:02?" style questions, pulls dashboards, and speeds up incident triage. Runs on a shared LLM subscription rather than per-token API billing, predictable cost, no per-query anxiety.

Agent Fleet.

Self-hosted multi-agent platform running specialist assistants for personal ops, engineering, coaching, legal, tax, and more. Each has persistent memory, its own tool policy, and access only to what it needs. Backed by a pgvector store for RAG, cron-driven heartbeats for proactive check-ins, and Mattermost for a shared inbox across agents.

AI Workload Runtime on ECS.

Multi-service AI workload runtime on Amazon ECS. Per-service EFS access points for isolated persistent state, IAM task and execution role separation, and an ECR image pipeline. Runs subscription-backed LLM agents in production alongside per-token API workloads without leaking state between them.

Cross-Repo E2E Orchestration.

Cross-repo end-to-end test orchestration for polyglot microservice architectures. Coordinates test flows across independently-deployed services owned by different teams, attributes failures back to the right team, and keeps integration coverage honest as engineering orgs scale past 50-500 people.

PCI DSS 3.x to 4.x Migration.

Led the PCI DSS migration from 3.x to 4.x for a fintech payments platform. Scope reduction, control gap analysis, evidence collection, and QSA coordination. Rewired application, network, and CI/CD boundaries to meet the new authenticated-scanning, script-integrity, and access-review requirements.

Self-Healing Production Deployments.

Fully automated production deployments for a global payouts platform, built before AI was a tool. Ansible for configuration and rollout, Python for orchestration, automated health checks and rollback. Turned releases into a button and gave on-call a fighting chance during peak traffic.

Femtocell Integration, UEFA Euro 2012.

Small-cell rollout and integration for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Capacity augmentation for stadiums and fan zones during mass-event traffic surges. Backhaul, provisioning, and OSS integration with the core network.

Experience

2026 - Present
Founder

Openerra

Independent consulting practice for platform engineering, security, and AI infrastructure. Working with scale-up teams on cross-repo end-to-end test orchestration, Kubernetes patterns, and multi-agent tooling. Productizing patterns from years of full-stack platform ownership.

2024 - Present
Lead DevOps Engineer

VidIQ

Own the platform for a growth-stage SaaS. Built Kubeflare-light (Cloudflare WAF operator), an AI-powered observability assistant, and the infrastructure backbone for a large multi-repo org. Led signup abuse investigation and forensics. Coordinate infrastructure across the platform engineering team.

2022 - 2024
Director of DevOps & IT

Rocket Financial

Leadership role covering DevOps strategy and IT operations. Implemented IaC for automated provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, PCI DSS certification compliance. Cloud cost optimization without performance impact. Mentored the engineering team.

2020 - 2022
MTS 2 / DevOps Cloud Engineer

PayPal

Directed AWS to GCP cloud migration after PayPal acquired Hyperwallet. Python / Ansible / Terraform automation. Enhanced CI/CD environments for faster, more dependable releases. Reduced operational cost through process improvements.

2017 - 2020
DevOps Engineer / Sr Linux Admin

Hyperwallet (Vancouver)

Built IaC across AWS, GCP, and traditional VMware environments. Blue/Green deployment automation. 24/7 on-call. Vulnerability management and patching cadence. CI/CD pipeline automation. Established cross-team dev/ops/QA communication channels.

2013 - 2017
Systems Engineer

Cisco Systems (UK)

Managed software, OS, and monitoring stacks (Nagios, ELK, Grafana). Assisted in OpenStack hybrid cloud creation. Application performance analysis, bottleneck identification. 2nd and 3rd-level technical support for internal and external teams. Awarded three internal recognitions for customer impact.

2011 - 2013
Software Integration Specialist

Nokia Siemens Networks (Poland)

Linux RedHat, Tomcat, WebSphere, Oracle DB installation and configuration. 24/7 on-call. Designed and implemented test environments. Femto / Small Cells network solutions at customer sites. Verified new features in software releases. Delivered internal training on NSN Femto Solution.

Companies I've worked for

  • VidIQ
  • Rocket Financial
  • PayPal
  • Hyperwallet
  • Cisco
  • Nokia Siemens Networks

Contact

Open to Staff / Principal / Platform Engineering roles. Remote or Vancouver-area.

Vancouver & Fraser Valley area, British Columbia, Canada

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Coffee or a call. Happy to talk platforms, security, or AI infra.