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. Runs on a single Debian VM with a shared credential vault.

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 348-repo org. Led signup abuse investigation and forensics. Coordinate infrastructure across a 12+ engineer platform surface.

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.