About Me

Manthan Thakkar

Hello, I'm Manthan 👋

I'm an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer and Cloud Architect passionate about building scalable, cost-efficient infrastructure. Specializing in Kubernetes, EKS, and platform engineering, I help organizations modernize their cloud environments. Proven track record across 15+ production-grade migrations.

Based in

India

Specialty

AWS Certified Professional

Technical Expertise

Cloud Native & Infrastructure

AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda)KubernetesDockerTerraformCloudFormationServerless

DevOps & Automation

GitHub ActionsArgoCDJenkinsGitOpsPythonBash Scripting

Observability & Security

PrometheusGrafanaELK StackDatadogSOC2 ComplianceAWS Security Hub

Backend & Data

PostgreSQLRedisSystem DesignMicroservicesCost Optimization

My Mission

My mission is to decouple business growth from technical complexity. I transform fragile infrastructure into self-healing, audit-ready assets that allow teams to ship faster—without breaking production.

Professional Journey

2025

Senior Cloud Architect

Partnering with high-growth SaaS startups as a Strategic Cloud Architect. Designing the roadmap for multi-region scale, FinOps governance, and automated compliance frameworks.

2024

Security, Compliance & Automation

Focused on hardening infrastructure. Enhanced ECS deployments for SOC2 compliance, implemented AWS Security Hub for automated patching, and optimized CI/CD pipelines to enforce security standards automatically.

2023

Kubernetes Migrations & Modernization

Took on complex challenges: Migrating a Metaverse platform from EC2 to EKS and orchestrating zero-downtime upgrades for stale, legacy EKS clusters. Corrected architectural anti-patterns to ensure stability and scalability.

2022

The Pivot & VirtueCloud Mentorship

Transitioned from Frontend to Cloud Infrastructure at VirtueCloud. Architected my first production-grade serverless platform: a scalable Python ETL application using Terraform & AWS SAM, reducing manual data processing by 100%.

2021

The Spark & Frontend Roots

Started as a Frontend Enthusiast deploying to Heroku & Vercel. The turning point came during an internship, listening to seniors strategize a startup's cloud launch. This sparked my curiosity to move beyond code to infrastructure.

...and many more milestones, learnings, and late-night debugging sessions along the way.

When I'm Not Engineering

Continuous Learning

I stay sharp by staying on the bleeding edge of AWS & CNCF developments, ensuring I'm always up-to-date with the latest cloud-native innovations.

Tech Exploration

My weekends often involve spinning up new tools in my lab to test their limits before recommending them for production.

Coffee & Code

I believe the best engineering culture is built on constructive code reviews and great coffee.

Gaming

When I'm not architecting clouds, you'll find me exploring virtual worlds. I love strategy and RPG games that challenge my problem-solving skills in new ways.