From Kubernetes clusters to 3D printers, I just like making things work.

I'm a DevOps & Platform Engineer specializing in Google Cloud. My career blends DevOps, systems administration and over a decade in cyber security, which is why I build platforms that are reliable, scalable and secure from the ground up.

• GKE platforms managed entirely as code with Config Connector, Helm and ArgoCD
• GitOps delivery, including per-PR ephemeral environments
• Cloud networking (HA VPN, hub-and-spoke, SD-WAN) and identity (Zitadel, OIDC)
• Security and compliance (ISO 27001, HIPAA, HITRUST)

helm-charts: Helm charts I build and maintain, used in production.

• cnrm-chart: GCP infrastructure (projects, VPCs, GKE, Cloud SQL, IAM, DNS, VPN, monitoring) through Config Connector
• gateway-api-chart: Gateway API routing for GKE with Cloud Armor WAF policies
• snipeit: Snipe-IT asset management on Kubernetes

helm repo add pursechicken https://pursechicken.github.io/helm-charts

Upstream contributions

• ZITADEL charts: self-signed certificate init container (co-authored with the ZITADEL team), HTTPS probe scheme when TLS is enabled, extraContainers support
• PeerDB Enterprise charts: existing secrets for PeerDB, UI and NextAuth, missing service account fix

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When I'm not in a GCP console, I'm usually tinkering with 3D printers.