Deep hands-on experience spanning Linux kernels, high-concurrency streaming, commerce engines, and distributed cloud clusters.
13+ Years Production Experience
Ryan Ben Hassine
Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Architect
13+ years architecting resilient cloud platforms, production Kubernetes clusters, and Cloudflare Zero Trust perimeter defense. Specializing in cloud cost optimization (25–45% reduction), GitOps automation, and high-ticket DevOps consulting.
Status
Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Consultant
Invoicing Entity
QOUIQ LLC / The Makers Lab
Core Stack
Kubernetes • Cloud FinOps • Zero Trust • CI/CD
Track Record
Production Operations & Distributed Systems
Targeted FinOps audits eliminating orphaned storage, rightsizing compute tiers, and engineering intelligent spot/savings architectures.
Airtight perimeter defense with Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnels, eliminating exposed attack surfaces and securing microservices.
Multi-zone resilience, automated health checks, GitOps rollback mechanisms, and tested disaster recovery runbooks.
High-Impact Engineering
DevOps & Consulting Services.
$2,500
Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps Audit
One-time comprehensive diagnostic
Eliminate cloud waste and slash AWS, GCP, or Azure bills by 25% to 45% without compromising reliability or performance.
- Full infrastructure resource & billing audit (Compute, Databases, Storage, Egress)
- Identification of idle, orphaned, and over-provisioned cloud assets
- Spot / Savings Plans / Reserved Instance roadmap tailored to your workload
- Executive FinOps Report with clear, prioritized step-by-step savings matrix
- 60-minute strategy debrief call with engineering leadership
$4,500
Production Kubernetes & GitOps Architecture
Fixed-scope turnkey setup
Battle-hardened, production-grade Kubernetes cluster setup (EKS, GKE, or Bare-Metal) with automated GitOps workflows.
- Multi-node production cluster architecture with high availability & auto-scaling
- Automated GitOps deployment pipeline (ArgoCD / GitHub Actions)
- Zero-downtime rolling updates & automated canary / blue-green release strategy
- Prometheus, Grafana, & Alertmanager observability stack with custom metrics
- Ingress controllers with automated SSL/TLS certificates and security hardening
- Comprehensive runbooks, disaster recovery procedures, and team handover
$3,000
Cloudflare Zero Trust & Perimeter Defense
Fixed-scope implementation
Close all public firewall ports and secure distributed teams with enterprise Cloudflare Zero Trust (ZTNA) architecture.
- Zero-port-exposure configuration via Cloudflare Tunnels (cloudflared)
- Cloudflare Access policies (SSO, MFA, device posture checking)
- Web Application Firewall (WAF), rate limiting, and bot protection rules
- Secure private routing for staging, internal admin dashboards, and database endpoints
- DNS hygiene, TLS 1.3 enforcement, and automated certificate lifecycle
$2,000 / mo
Fractional DevOps Advisor & Retainer
Ongoing strategic partnership
On-demand senior DevOps and infrastructure leadership to guide architecture, review code, and prevent downtime.
- 15 to 20 hours/month dedicated senior architecture & engineering advisory
- Direct private Slack / Discord / Teams channel for real-time collaboration
- Weekly engineering syncs, architectural review of PRs and RFCs
- Priority incident escalation, post-mortem reviews, and root cause analysis
- Quarterly disaster recovery testing and continuous cloud cost governance
$1,800
CI/CD & Release Pipeline Engineering
Fixed-scope automation sprint
Transform slow, error-prone manual deployments into fast, reliable, automated release pipelines.
- Custom GitHub Actions / GitLab CI pipeline design and optimization
- Multi-stage Docker build caching and minimal container image hardening
- Automated testing, linting, security vulnerability scanning, and artifact push
- Instant one-click rollback mechanism and deployment telemetry
$3,500
Distributed Systems & IoT Infrastructure
Custom architecture sprint
Connect physical devices, distributed nodes, and edge hardware with secure MQTT/WebSocket real-time gateways.
- Scalable MQTT broker and WebSocket telemetry event streaming architecture
- Hardware gateway integration (e.g. 3D printing fleets, SimplyPrint, Bambu MQTT)
- Edge node monitoring, automated heartbeat diagnostics, and failover routing
- Secure encrypted communication between cloud backend and remote edge hardware
Transparent Engagements
Turnkey Packages & Retainers.
Quick High-ROI Win
3 - 5 Business Days
DevOps & Cloud Health Check
$
2,500
Fixed One-Time Fee
Approx. €2,300 • Wise B2B
Deep diagnostic of your infrastructure, cloud spend, and deployment pipelines. Ideal for identifying massive cost leaks and security blind spots.
- Full AWS / GCP / Azure billing & compute audit
- Cloud Cost Leak & Savings Matrix (guaranteed ROI target)
- Security posture & access vulnerability evaluation
- Infrastructure architecture diagram & health score
- Prioritized step-by-step remediation action plan
- 60-minute executive briefing & strategy session
Most Popular
2 - 3 Weeks Delivery
Production Kubernetes Setup
$
4,500
Fixed Scope Project
Approx. €4,200 • Wise B2B
End-to-end production-ready Kubernetes infrastructure with automated GitOps CI/CD, monitoring, auto-scaling, and zero downtime.
- Multi-node HA Kubernetes cluster (EKS/GKE/Bare-Metal)
- Declarative Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Helm)
- Automated GitOps CI/CD pipeline with zero-downtime deploys
- Full observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager
- Ingress controllers with automated SSL/TLS certificates
- Staging & Production environment parity with backup automation
- Complete runbooks & engineering team handover session
Zero Open Ports
1 - 2 Weeks Delivery
Zero Trust Security Hardening
$
3,000
Fixed Scope Project
Approx. €2,800 • Wise B2B
Eliminate all public-facing server ports and secure internal apps, databases, and remote access via Cloudflare Zero Trust (ZTNA).
- Cloudflare Tunnels configuration (zero exposed inbound ports)
- ZTNA identity-aware access policies (SSO / MFA)
- WAF security rules, bot defense & rate limiting
- Secure remote access for internal dashboards & staging
- Database private tunnel proxying & access logging
- Automated SSL/TLS certificate management & DNS hygiene
Dedicated Advisory
Ongoing Monthly Partnership
Fractional DevOps Partner
$
2,000
per month (cancel anytime)
Approx. €1,850 • Wise B2B
Your dedicated Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Architect on retainer. Strategic advice, PR reviews, and priority escalation without full-time overhead.
- 15 to 20 hours/month dedicated senior architecture advisory
- Private Slack / Discord / Teams direct channel with Ryan
- Weekly engineering sync & pull request architecture reviews
- Priority incident escalation & root cause investigation
- Quarterly disaster recovery drills & backup validation
- Continuous cloud FinOps governance & capacity planning
Proven Deployments
Production Systems & Architectures.
The Makers Lab
Distributed 3D Platform & Production Ops 2024-2026Engineered scalable infrastructure, REST APIs, real-time printing telemetry, automated order fulfillment, and e-commerce backend operations for a distributed manufacturing network.
OkkitO Streaming Network
High-Throughput Streaming & Video CDN 2022-2025Architected high-throughput streaming infrastructure for live TV, movies, and Android app delivery. Optimized server load balancing, caching, and stream stability, driving a 40% boost in active user engagement.
Laqta Commerce
High-Volume Transaction Automation & Gateways 2018-2023Operated high-volume digital commerce infrastructure over 6+ years. Engineered automated payment API integrations and asynchronous transaction queues that reduced latency by 30% with zero data loss.
Université TELUQ Operations
Academic Infrastructure & Security 2024Supported mission-critical university infrastructure, operational automation, database performance tuning, and high-security access controls for digital learning platforms.
Tripo 3D Extractor Pro
3D Mesh Engine & License System 2025-2026Developed a specialized high-fidelity 3D mesh extraction utility with instant licensing verification, cryptographically secure keys, and automated payment flows.
BST Digital Platform
Cloud Deployment & CMS Delivery 2023Delivered cloud-native Laravel platform with performance caching, custom CMS backend, dynamic sales pages, and automated staging/production deploy workflows.
Technical Mastery
Core Competencies & Specializations.
Enterprise Linux & Cloud Architecture
Kernel tuning, Debian/Ubuntu/RHEL, AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC), GCP, Bare-Metal servers, and high-availability clustering.
Containers & Orchestration
Docker containerization, Kubernetes (CKA track), Helm charts, ArgoCD, Ingress-NGINX, auto-scaling, and cluster security.
Cloudflare Zero Trust & Hardening
Cloudflare Tunnels, ZTNA, WAF, mTLS, DDoS mitigation, SSH key hygiene, secrets management, and compliance.
Continuous Delivery Pipelines
GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, automated test orchestration, container scanning, canary releases, and zero-downtime deployments.
Cost Optimization & Observability
Cloud spend audits (25-45% reduction), Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, distributed tracing, and database query optimization.
Microservices & Distributed Nodes
REST APIs, WebSockets, MQTT real-time brokers, Python/Go/Node tooling, and distributed edge hardware orchestration.
Architecture Log
Engineering Notes & Articles.
2026-08-27
Web Architecture
High-Throughput Web Backends and Database Query Optimization
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2026-08-26
AI Systems
Self-Hosted Inference Runtimes and Production AI Pipelines
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2026-08-25
Cloud Infrastructure
Hybrid Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure Cost Control
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2026-08-24
DevOps & Cloud Systems
Production Kubernetes Reliability and Automated Canary Rollouts
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2026-08-23
Hardware & Distributed Manufacturing
Distributed 3D Manufacturing Fleets and Real-Time Production Telemetry
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2026-08-04
AI Automations & Trends
Next-Gen AI Models and Open Source Frontiers: Navigating the 2026 AI Landscape
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Client FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions.
Direct Engagement
Let's build reliable systems that scale without downtime.
Available for high-ticket infrastructure consulting, production Kubernetes builds, Zero Trust security hardening, and fractional DevOps retainers. Invoicing via US entity QOUIQ LLC.