Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer / Cloud Architect
Melbourne, Australia
fm.loftwah.com • LinkedIn • pizza.deanlofts.xyz • loftwah/react-pizza-demo
DevOps Engineer and Cloud Architect specialising in AWS, Ruby on Rails, and infrastructure automation. Expert in designing resilient cloud environments and building developer-centric platforms that merge DevOps, AI, and creative automation.
Known for delivering clean, observable systems with structured logging, telemetry, and composable CI/CD pipelines. Creator of LoftwahFM — a project showcasing innovation in analytics and AI-generated media.
- LoftwahFM: AI-powered streaming radio and generative music platform blending beats, voice, and automation.
- NASA Open MCT PR #5520: Contributed Playwright test automation improving end-to-end reliability.
- AWS Infrastructure Delivery: Architected a redundant multi-region streaming solution (EC2 + ECS) in under 72 hours to meet a CEO directive.
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Cloud / Infra:
AWS (ECS, Fargate, S3, RDS, CloudWatch), Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions -
Languages:
Ruby, TypeScript, Shell -
Frameworks:
Ruby on Rails, Kamal -
Observability:
Structured Logging (Axiom), CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus -
Databases:
PostgreSQL, Redis -
Security:
Tailscale, IAM, CompTIA Security+
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
- CompTIA Security+