Kubernetes
Designing, deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters — in the cloud and on-premise. Built for security and reliability, with a service mesh where it makes sense.
Kubernetes • GitOps • Platform Engineering
Cloud without the complexity.
Cloud without the complexity.
Infrastructure that just works.
I'm Michał Rudź. I build Kubernetes-based solutions, roll out GitOps and bring order to cloud infrastructure — primarily on Google Cloud. You focus on your product; I take care of the foundations.
Kubestronaut
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
In IT since 2014
Kubernetes
GitOps & Argo CD
Terraform & Crossplane
Training for teams
About
A DevOps & Platform Engineer with a passion for simplifying
I've worked in IT since 2014. I started in system and application administration, moved through DevOps, SRE and cloud engineering, and today I also design solution architecture. I specialise in Kubernetes, GitOps and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) — primarily on Google Cloud, with hands-on experience in AWS as well.
Since 2021 I've been an independent consultant, working as Simplify Cloud. I've delivered projects for banking, retail and e-commerce, SaaS companies, and IT services and enterprise software providers — from one-off consultations and audits to long-term project work.
I'm a Kubestronaut — a holder of all five CNCF Kubernetes certifications — and a Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect. My focus is automation, reliability and keeping cloud costs sensible.
I also run training and workshops for teams — on cloud, Kubernetes, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code — and speak at conferences and meetups, including DevOpsDays Kraków, GDG CloudFest Poland and Cloud Native Warsaw.
In IT since 2014
From systems administration, through DevOps and SRE, to solution architecture.
Kubestronaut
All five CNCF Kubernetes certifications: CKA, CKS, CKAD, KCSA and KCNA.
Specialist, not generalist
Kubernetes, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code are my bread and butter.
Training built to fit
Workshops for teams — hands-on, on your stack, no theory for theory's sake.
Services
How I can help
End-to-end infrastructure support — from strategy, through implementation, to operations.
GitOps & Platform Engineering
GitOps adoption and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) that let teams ship faster and with confidence.
Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure described in code, including what has been set up by hand so far. Repeatable, versioned environments that are easy to recreate.
CI/CD & automation
Designing, creating and evolving pipelines that build, test and deploy your applications — plus improving existing setups and automating your team's repetitive work.
Cloud migrations
Planning and executing migrations to Google Cloud and AWS, and modernising existing environments — with cost and security in mind.
Cost optimisation & audits
A review of your infrastructure and cloud bills: where the money leaks, what to simplify and where to start. You get a concrete, prioritised action plan.
Training
Workshops for teams
The best infrastructure is the one your team understands and can evolve on its own. My training is hands-on — keyboards out, not slide clickers. I build the programme around a specific team: its stack, its level and the problems it actually runs into.
- Remote or on-site at your office
- Small workshop groups
- Scope and length agreed around your team's goals
- Programme tailored to your stack and skill level
- Materials and an exercise repository stay with the team
Example topics
- Kubernetes in practice From core objects to a production cluster — networking, resources, security.
- GitOps with Argo CD Deployments you can see in Git and roll back with a single revert.
- Infrastructure as Code Terraform and Crossplane — describing infrastructure in code without drowning in state.
- CI/CD from commit to production Building pipelines the team understands and trusts.
Not seeing the topic you need? Get in touch — I'll put together a programme for you.
Tech stack
Tools I work with every day
Kubernetes & containers
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Helm
- Istio
Platform Engineering
- GitOps
- Argo CD
- Crossplane
- IDP
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Terragrunt
- Digger
- Ansible
Cloud
- Google Cloud (GCP)
- AWS
CI/CD
- GitLab CI
- GitHub
- Jenkins
Automation & systems
- Python
- Bash
- Linux
Certifications
Skills backed by exams
CNCF awards the Kubestronaut title to people who have passed all five Kubernetes exams. On top of that, three Google Cloud certifications.
CNCF / The Linux Foundation
Kubestronaut
- CKA Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
- CKAD Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- KCSA Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
- KCNA Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Certified
- Professional Cloud Architect
- Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
- Associate Cloud Engineer
Other
GitOps & service management
- GitOps Fundamentals Codefresh
- ITIL® Foundation in IT Service Management PeopleCert
Contact
Let's talk about your project
Have a question, a project, or need help with your infrastructure? Drop me a line — I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I work in Polish and English.