Cloud Architect · Platform Engineer · Trainer

I build platforms that let teams ship faster and sleep better.

Kubernetes, GitOps, zero-trust security, and observability — from bare-metal labs to enterprise-scale Azure/AWS deployments.

Robert Horvath

About

25+ years building infrastructure — from single-rack servers to multi-cloud platforms.

I've worked in enterprise telecom, investment banking, SaaS startups, and consulting. Today I architect production-grade Kubernetes platforms, design GitOps workflows, and train engineering teams on cloud-native operations. When I'm not deploying Crossplane compositions, I'm writing tutorials or building open-source tools.

Let's build something together.

Looking for a cloud architect, platform engineering consultant, or trainer? I'd love to hear about your project.

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Tutorials & Writing

Learn by building.

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Kubernetes

Building K8s Monitoring from Scratch

Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana — deployed with Helm and wired to real workloads.

Hands-on
GitOps

GitOps with ArgoCD ApplicationSets

One ApplicationSet deploys any chart to any cluster — multi-env GitOps without duplication.

Hands-on
Security

Zero-Trust K8s with OIDC

K8s API server integrated with OIDC — RBAC driven by identity provider group membership.

Hands-on
Cloud

Crossplane Cloud Provisioning

Declarative multi-cloud infrastructure using Crossplane compositions and XRDs.

Hands-on
Observability

Observability Pipeline: OTel → ClickHouse

Full telemetry pipeline — traces, metrics, logs via OpenTelemetry Collector into ClickHouse.

Hands-on

Skills & Stack

Tools I use daily.

Orchestration

Kubernetes k3s OpenShift Docker Helm

GitOps & IaC

ArgoCD Terraform Crossplane Ansible Terragrunt

Cloud

Azure AWS GCP

Observability

OpenTelemetry Grafana Prometheus ClickHouse Elasticsearch Datadog

Security

Vault Cilium OIDC/SSO Keycloak Zero-Trust

Languages

Python Bash YAML

Experience

Career path.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Dakai.io

Azure, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Crossplane, AI tools

Cloud Architect

Sigma Software

Azure, Terraform/Terragrunt, GitLab, Ansible, AKS, OpenTelemetry, Grafana

Cloud Architect

Freelancer

Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Grafana, Terraform, Crossplane, ClickHouse

DevOps Lead

Intland Software (PTC)

Jenkins, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, ProxMox, Docker, Python, Terraform, Ansible

Solution Engineer

Deutsche Telekom IT

Kubernetes, OpenShift, Elastic Stack, Ansible, Terraform, Datadog, AWS, Azure, GCP

DevOps Engineer

Freelancer

Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

Tech Lead / Senior DevOps

EPAM Hungary

Hadoop, ElasticSearch, Grafana, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes

Senior Developer

Sigma Technology

OpenStack, Bash, Python, KVM/libvirt, Jenkins, Git

Principal Red Hat Engineer

ULX

RHEL, Red Hat Cluster, IdM/IPA, RHEV, VMWare ESX, Nagios, ZenOSS

Directory Server Specialist

Morgan Stanley

Oracle DS, Perl, Autosys, Zabbix, Linux

IT Team Leader

Takinfo Kft.

RedHat Cluster, RHDS, Oracle, MySQL, Python, Perl, VMWare ESXi

Senior Solution Engineer

EDS Hungary

Red Hat Linux, Solaris, LDAP, Linux-HA, Postfix, Iptables, Nagios