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I'm Abubakar Siddiq Ango, a Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, and DevOps & Infrastructure Lead based in Rotterdam. I have 9+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and scaling infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. I have led infrastructure transformations that cut cloud costs by 50%+ and reduced disaster recovery time from days to about 20 minutes. My expertise includes Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and PCI DSS-compliant architectures for fintech and government clients. I'm a Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and a former CNCF Ambassador, with a track record of building scalable platform solutions.…I'm Abubakar Siddiq Ango, a Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, and DevOps & Infrastructure Lead based in Rotterdam. I have 9+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and scaling infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. I have led infrastructure transformations that cut cloud costs by 50%+ and reduced disaster recovery time from days to about 20 minutes. My expertise includes Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and PCI DSS-compliant architectures for fintech and government clients. I'm a Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and a former CNCF Ambassador, with a track record of building scalable platform solutions.

Abubakar Siddiq Ango

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I'm Abubakar Siddiq Ango, a Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, and DevOps & Infrastructure Lead based in Rotterdam. I have 9+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and scaling infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. I have led infrastructure transformations that cut cloud costs by 50%+ and reduced disaster recovery time from days to about 20 minutes. My expertise includes Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and PCI DSS-compliant architectures for fintech and government clients. I'm a Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and a former CNCF Ambassador, with a track record of building scalable platform solutions.…I'm Abubakar Siddiq Ango, a Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, and DevOps & Infrastructure Lead based in Rotterdam. I have 9+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and scaling infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. I have led infrastructure transformations that cut cloud costs by 50%+ and reduced disaster recovery time from days to about 20 minutes. My expertise includes Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and PCI DSS-compliant architectures for fintech and government clients. I'm a Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and a former CNCF Ambassador, with a track record of building scalable platform solutions.

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I’m Abubakar Siddiq Ango, a Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, and DevOps & Infrastructure Lead based in Rotterdam. I have 9+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and scaling infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. I have led infrastructure transformations that cut cloud costs by 50%+ and reduced disaster recovery time from days to about 20 minutes.

My expertise includes Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and PCI DSS-compliant architectures for fintech and government clients. I’m a Google Developer Expert (Cloud) and a former CNCF Ambassador, with a track record of building scalable platform solutions.

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Work Experience

Senior Developer Advocate at Kubermatic

August 1, 2025 - Present

Technical advocate for enterprise multi-cluster Kubernetes management platform; creates architecture guides and technical documentation for Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform and KubeOne; develops content on multi-cluster operations, day-2 Kubernetes management, and platform engineering patterns; engages with enterprise users on complex deployment scenarios and infrastructure automation.

Developer Advocacy Program Manager at GitLab

February 1, 2020 - April 1, 2025

Technical program role focused on cloud-native integrations and DevSecOps enablement for a platform serving 30M+ users; validated and documented infrastructure integrations with Google Cloud, VMware, and Oracle; produced technical guides and reference architectures; authored content on Kubernetes deployments, CI/CD pipeline design, and Software Supply Chain Security; built data pipelines and dashboards for metrics.

Technical Advisor / Infrastructure Lead at ITC Global

May 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024

Led infrastructure transformation for government software services handling sensitive financial data; architected hybrid cloud using Proxmox virtualization, TrueNAS storage, and Cloudflare Tunnels; contributed to PCI DSS compliance and streamlined CI/CD with GitLab CI and Docker; implemented proactive monitoring with Grafana.

Head of Engineering at Glade Finance

March 1, 2019 - March 1, 2023

Led infrastructure strategy and DevOps practices for fintech startup; migrated provisioning from DigitalOcean to AWS with 95% automation using Terraform and Ansible; improved RTO to 20 minutes; designed scalable platform architectures and automated backups.

Cloud Engineering Curriculum Developer at AltSchool Africa

February 1, 2022 - March 1, 2022

Designed a 3-semester Cloud Engineering curriculum covering Linux, containers, IaC, and DevOps; graduates progressed to SRE/DevOps roles.

Support Engineer / Kubernetes Specialist at GitLab

July 1, 2016 - February 1, 2020

Technical support engineer specializing in Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure for enterprise customers; first support engineer focused on Kubernetes; supported GitLab deployments on Kubernetes and CI workloads; developed Kubernetes training material and contributed to multi-cloud incident resolution.

ICT Section Lead / Systems Administrator at Federal Polytechnic Bauchi

March 1, 2010 - June 1, 2016

Led ICT division (Network, Systems, Help Desk, Engineering); maintained high network uptime; deployed Google Workspace; managed cloud and on-premises server infrastructure and staff training.