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.

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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

13+ Years in Production Engineering

Deep hands-on experience spanning Linux kernels, high-concurrency streaming, commerce engines, and distributed cloud clusters.

25-45% Average Cloud Cost Reduction

Targeted FinOps audits eliminating orphaned storage, rightsizing compute tiers, and engineering intelligent spot/savings architectures.

0 Open Ingress Ports (Zero Trust)

Airtight perimeter defense with Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnels, eliminating exposed attack surfaces and securing microservices.

99.99% Production Uptime Mindset

Multi-zone resilience, automated health checks, GitOps rollback mechanisms, and tested disaster recovery runbooks.

High-Impact Engineering

DevOps & Consulting Services.

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$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

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$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

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$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

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$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

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$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

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$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

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Transparent Engagements

Turnkey Packages & Retainers.

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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

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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

Start Kubernetes Setup

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

Secure Your Perimeter

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

Engage Monthly Retainer

Proven Deployments

Production Systems & Architectures.

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The Makers Lab

Distributed 3D Platform & Production Ops 2024-2026

Engineered scalable infrastructure, REST APIs, real-time printing telemetry, automated order fulfillment, and e-commerce backend operations for a distributed manufacturing network.

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OkkitO Streaming Network

High-Throughput Streaming & Video CDN 2022-2025

Architected 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.

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Laqta Commerce

High-Volume Transaction Automation & Gateways 2018-2023

Operated 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.

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Université TELUQ Operations

Academic Infrastructure & Security 2024

Supported mission-critical university infrastructure, operational automation, database performance tuning, and high-security access controls for digital learning platforms.

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Tripo 3D Extractor Pro

3D Mesh Engine & License System 2025-2026

Developed a specialized high-fidelity 3D mesh extraction utility with instant licensing verification, cryptographically secure keys, and automated payment flows.

Open System

BST Digital Platform

Cloud Deployment & CMS Delivery 2023

Delivered cloud-native Laravel platform with performance caching, custom CMS backend, dynamic sales pages, and automated staging/production deploy workflows.

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Technical Mastery

Core Competencies & Specializations.

About Ryan's Journey

Cloud & Linux

Enterprise Linux & Cloud Architecture

Kernel tuning, Debian/Ubuntu/RHEL, AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC), GCP, Bare-Metal servers, and high-availability clustering.

Kubernetes & GitOps

Containers & Orchestration

Docker containerization, Kubernetes (CKA track), Helm charts, ArgoCD, Ingress-NGINX, auto-scaling, and cluster security.

Security & Zero Trust

Cloudflare Zero Trust & Hardening

Cloudflare Tunnels, ZTNA, WAF, mTLS, DDoS mitigation, SSH key hygiene, secrets management, and compliance.

CI/CD & Automation

Continuous Delivery Pipelines

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, automated test orchestration, container scanning, canary releases, and zero-downtime deployments.

FinOps & Performance

Cost Optimization & Observability

Cloud spend audits (25-45% reduction), Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, distributed tracing, and database query optimization.

APIs & Distributed Ops

Microservices & Distributed Nodes

REST APIs, WebSockets, MQTT real-time brokers, Python/Go/Node tooling, and distributed edge hardware orchestration.

Architecture Log

Engineering Notes & Articles.

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2026-08-26 AI Systems Self-Hosted Inference Runtimes and Production AI Pipelines → 2026-08-25 Cloud Infrastructure Hybrid Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure Cost Control → 2026-08-24 DevOps & Cloud Systems Production Kubernetes Reliability and Automated Canary Rollouts → 2026-08-23 Hardware & Distributed Manufacturing Distributed 3D Manufacturing Fleets and Real-Time Production Telemetry → 2026-08-04 AI Automations & Trends Next-Gen AI Models and Open Source Frontiers: Navigating the 2026 AI Landscape → 2026-08-02 AI Automations & Trends Free AI Tools, Open Models, and Developer Resources in 2026 →

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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.

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