Tan Si Kai

DevSecOps & Infrastructure Engineer (CKA | AWS | Terraform)

CKA-Certified Engineer with 4+ years of experience across the Full-Stack DevOps Lifecycle - from secure software development to automated infrastructure management and high-traffic QA. Experienced in architecting Zero-Trust AWS environments and automating GitOps workflows with Terraform. Specialized in scaling secure, 99.9% uptime infrastructure for high-stakes government and AWS cloud environments.

Built With

  • AWS S3 & CloudFront (OAC)
  • AWS Lambda (Python/Boto3)
  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
  • GitHub Actions (CI/CD)

Professional Certifications

Technical Arsenal

Cloud (AWS)

EC2 VPC S3 IAM Lambda

Containers

Kubernetes CKA Helm Docker

Automation

Terraform GitHub Actions GitOps

DevSecOps

Checkov TFLint Pentest Fixes Policies

Professional Experience

Software Quality Assurance

SiteGiant | Jun 2025 - Oct 2025

  • Implemented shift-left quality engineering by developing 100+ comprehensive test suites to identify critical errors prior to deployment.
  • Standardized bug-tracking workflows, reducing time-to-remediation by 15% and accelerating the overall deployment lifecycle.

Project Manager

VeecoTech Solutions | Jul 2022 - Jun 2025

  • Architected technical specifications and compliance frameworks for national-scale infrastructure, ensuring 100% alignment with government regulatory standards.
  • Defined a cost-optimized High Availability (HA) on-prem strategy for a national Scam Tracking System, utilizing a 1-Master/2-Slave application layer and synchronous DB replication to ensure 24/7 service for 60 government agencies.
  • Provided technical consultation to government infrastructure teams, successfully pivoting from cloud to on-prem within tight timeline constraints while maintaining a 99.9% uptime design.
  • Advised on a 'Lean HA' model (1 Master, 1 Slave for DB), which optimized project infrastructure cost while applying Multi-AZ resilience patterns and Synchronous DB replication, meeting all regulatory uptime requirements.
  • Orchestrated the remediation of 100% of critical vulnerabilities identified during government-mandated penetration testing.
  • Optimized the maintenance lifecycle of the Scam Tracking System by implementing an in-house ticket management system, resulting in 20% improvement in MTTR.
  • Led technical demos and system rollouts for 60 government agencies, ensuring 100% user acceptance and successful production deployment.

Software Developer

VeecoTech Solutions | Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Developed and maintained internal APIs with other internal systems, which automated internal reporting tools that improved data accuracy, facilitating better decision-making for senior stakeholders.
  • Developed and maintained an internal Quotation & Invoice system using PHP (Laravel) and JavaScript that managed a total RM800,000+ of the company's revenue.

Featured GitHub Projects

Multi-Tier Cloud Architecture (AWS & Terraform): View on GitHub

  • Multi-AZ 2-tier system with ALB for traffic distribution across ASG and RDS with synchronous replication for HA data persistence.
  • Maintained 99.9% availability during Availability Zone failures while securing sensitive database workloads.

Serverless Cloud Resume Infrastructure (GitOps): View on GitHub

  • Event-driven serverless pipeline using CloudFront for edge delivery, S3 for static hosting, and an API Gateway/Lambda/DynamoDB stack for dynamic visitor tracking.
  • Built global, cost-optimized web presence that eliminates idle infrastructure expenses and automates the entire deployment lifecycle from code to edge.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computing

Coventry University | 2019 - 2021

Diploma in Internet Technology

Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology | 2017 - 2019

The Cloud Resume Challenge

I built this serverless website to demonstrate full-stack cloud proficiency. The architecture includes a CloudFront OAC secured S3 bucket, a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline, and a visit counter powered by Lambda and DynamoDB.

View the challenge here: Terraform Your Cloud Resume Challenge

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