Cloud Infrastructure That Scales From architecture to operations

I design and build Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native systems – pragmatic, reliable, and without vendor lock-in. Strategy, implementation, and operations from a single source.

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Kevin Pilch
Kevin Pilch

Cloud Engineer with Industry Background

Before building cloud infrastructure, I was an engineer at a global automotive supplier. Test benches, sensor data, manufacturing processes – I know the world where your software needs to run.

I'm not a generic DevOps freelancer. I understand why a production line has different latency requirements than a web shop. Why sensor data needs different processing than user events. And why your team needs infrastructure they can evolve themselves.

M.Sc. Big Data & Analytics

B.Eng. Automotive

AWS Certified

7+ Years Cloud & Data

Does this sound familiar?

1

IT can't keep up with the business

Legacy systems, manual deployments. Every change takes weeks.

2

Kubernetes yes, but how?

The team knows Docker – but building and running a production-ready platform?

3

Data trapped in silos

Excel, SharePoint, local tools. Valuable information sitting unused.

4

No capacity for infrastructure

Internal IT chronically overloaded. No time for strategic projects.

5

AI projects fail at the foundation

Data isn't ready. Infrastructure is missing. Where to start?

What I Deliver

01

Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms

AWS Landing Zones, Kubernetes clusters, Infrastructure as Code. I build platforms your team can evolve independently – from multi-account strategy to CI/CD pipelines.

AWS Kubernetes Terraform GitOps
02

Data & Event-Driven Systems

From batch to real-time. Kafka, streaming pipelines, microservices. I migrate legacy systems and build scalable architectures for millions of events per day.

Kafka Python Spark ETL/ELT
03

Consulting & AI Readiness

Strategy before implementation. I evaluate your systems, define target processes, and get your data ready for automation and AI workloads.

Cloud Strategy AI Readiness Team Enablement

How I Work

1

Evaluate

Analyze your systems and processes. Identify quick wins.

Clear implementation plan
2

Implement

Build infrastructure, execute target process, iterate.

Solution in production
3

Scale

Templates and modules for further automation.

Self-sufficient platform
4

Handover

Documentation, training, and hands-on enablement.

Your team takes over

Reference Projects

Vertical AI AI Startup

AI Cloud for Fine-Tuning

Cloud platform for application-specific fine-tuning of Small Language Models. Hosting and inference in multi-tenant GPU pools via dynamic LoRA adapter loading. Plus: AWS Organization with Landing Zone and multi-account structure.

AWS Kubernetes vLLM Terraform
Essent Energy Corporation

Event-Driven Data Platform

Real-time processing of 100k+ events per second with Kotlin and Spring Boot. Batch to event-driven migration, latency from hours to seconds. GDPR-compliant data architecture across multiple domains.

Kafka Kotlin Spring Boot AWS EKS ECS
Vibracoustic Automotive Supplier

Measurement Data Platform

AWS-based platform for test bench measurement data. Domain data model, structured data in the data lake, queryable via Glue Data Catalog. Plus: Automation of status processes with Power Platform.

AWS S3 Glue Athena Python

What Clients Say

Zep Swijghuisen

Zep Swijghuisen

CTO & Co-Founder, Vertical Studio AI

"Kevin's leadership and critical thinking fundamentally changed our overall technical vision. No matter the problem, his cloud and system architecture expertise and clear thinking always lead to a solid solution."
David Bros

David Bros

Lead Data Engineer, Essent

"Kevin is a tremendous engineer, capable of any task any business might throw at him. His approach is methodical, detail oriented and future proofed. His solutions stand the test of time both in resilience and quality."

Tech Stack

Cloud & Platform

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Docker Linux Azure GCP

Backend & Streaming

Kafka Spring Boot Python Kotlin Java

Data & AI

Spark ETL/ELT MLOps LLMOps Agentic AI SQL

Practices

Infrastructure as Code GitOps CI/CD Event-Driven Architecture

Why Work With Me?

End-to-End

From strategy through implementation to operations. No handover chaos between different freelancers.

No Lock-In

Everything stays yours. No vendor lock-in, no proprietary solutions. Your team can evolve everything.

Pragmatic

Working solution in 4 weeks, not the perfect system in 12 months. Quick wins first, then scale.

Max 2 Clients

I'm fully present on your project. Not a freelancer juggling five projects in parallel.

Let's Talk

First consultation free – including three concrete recommendations for your project. No sales pitch, just an honest conversation about where you stand.

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