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Khwelisile Lukhuleni

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Platform & Cloud Engineer architecting enterprise-scale infrastructure across AWS & Azure. Building resilient Kubernetes platforms, GitOps pipelines, and developer ecosystems that power modern applications.

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Khwelisile Lukhuleni

Khwelisile Lukhuleni

Senior Cloud Engineer · ShopriteX
📍 Johannesburg, South Africa
Cloud ArchitectureExpert
Kubernetes / EKSExpert
CI/CD PipelinesExpert
Terraform / IaCExpert
Platform EngineeringExpert

About Me

Architecting the
cloud-native future

Platform & Cloud Engineer with 7+ years of experience architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise-scale infrastructure for Insurance, Banking, and Retail organizations. I specialize in building secure, resilient platforms on AWS and Azure using Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines.

Passionate about bridging DevOps and SRE principles — from zero-trust security with AWS IAM to FinOps cost optimization and developer-centric internal platforms. I empower engineering teams to ship faster with confidence.

✉️ Lukhulenik@gmail.com 📱 0749667831 🔗 linkedin.com/in/khwelisile-lukhuleni-244598145

Career Journey

Work Experience

7+ years building and scaling cloud infrastructure across Insurance, Banking, and Retail sectors.

Senior Cloud Engineer
ShopriteX · South Africa
2024-08 – Present
  • Orchestrated end-to-end Kubernetes ecosystem on AWS EKS using Helm charts and GitOps-driven ArgoCD workflows with automated rollbacks across dev/qa/prod
  • Built observability frameworks with Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic Stack ensuring high system reliability
  • Designed reusable Terraform modules for multi-environment cloud infrastructure provisioning at scale
  • Architected Apache Airflow workflows for ETL pipeline automation and batch processing via KubernetesPodOperator
  • Streamlined CI/CD using Azure DevOps Build & Release Pipelines for containerized and serverless workloads
  • Built self-service developer platforms automating K8s namespace provisioning and Helm chart templating
  • Optimized cloud costs by refining Kubernetes resource limits, HPA policies, and AWS Cost Management tooling
  • Integrated Kubernetes workloads with Azure AD via OIDC for secure federated authentication
  • Developed tooling in Python, Bash, and PowerShell to abstract K8s complexity and enable self-service infra
AWS EKSKubernetesArgoCDTerraformAirflowPrometheusGrafanaAzure DevOpsHelm
Systems Engineer
Capitec Bank Limited · South Africa
2023-07 – 2024-07
  • Created GitLab CI/CD pipelines deploying backend services into Kubernetes environments
  • Provisioned AWS resources (EC2, VPCs, subnets, security groups, S3) using modular Terraform configurations
  • Implemented Kafka producers/consumers enabling event-driven communication for banking transactions
  • Designed AWS Glue jobs for ETL data pipelines from diverse sources to Amazon S3
  • Managed containerized applications via Rancher, streamlining deployment and ensuring scalability
GitLab CITerraformKubernetesKafkaAWS GlueRancher.NETAWS ECR
Intermediate Software Engineer
Old Mutual
2022-05 – 2023-06
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins & AWS CodePipeline with blue-green deployment strategies
  • Deployed highly available stack on AWS using Fargate, ALB, NLB, and EC2 autoscaling groups
  • Migrated web applications and on-premise databases to AWS RDS and Amazon Managed Services
  • Implemented monitoring, logging, and alerting using Grafana and Kibana
  • Mentored team members and researched new infrastructure patterns for React/Vue/Angular apps
JenkinsAWS FargateDockerKubernetesCloudFormationSonarQubeGrafana
Analyst Programmer
Old Mutual
2020-08 – 2022-05
  • Built APIs and Web Applications on AWS, deployed via Jenkins pipelines
  • Wrote highly maintainable, SOLID-principled backend service code
  • Worked closely with clients to establish specifications and system designs
  • Provided sizing and scoping for development work
AWSJenkinsNode.jsC#JavaScript
GAP Trainee & Software Engineer Intern
Old Mutual · Symbiotics
2018-06 – 2020-07
  • Developed Old Mutual's Broker Web and Quotes Web application and API services
  • Built an AngularJS customer management application using Amazon Web Services at Symbiotics
  • Participated in architecture design sessions and offered integration design input
AngularJSAWSJavaScriptREST APIs

Technical Arsenal

Skills & Technologies

A comprehensive stack spanning cloud platforms, DevOps tooling, and software engineering.

Containerization
Docker Kubernetes Helm Rancher
CI / CD
Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps GitHub Actions CodePipeline
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform CloudFormation Ansible
Cloud Platforms
EC2 AWS EC2 EKS FGT Fargate S3 S3 IAM IAM RDS RDS GLU Glue Azure Azure AD / OIDC
GitOps & Orchestration
ArgoCD Apache Airflow Apache Kafka
Observability
Prometheus Grafana DD Datadog Kibana ELK Elastic Stack LM LogicMonitor
Networking
VPCAWS VPC R53Route 53 ALBALB / NLB TGWTransit Gateway CDNCloudFront VPNVPN / Direct Connect
Scripting
Python Bash Linux PS PowerShell
Backend
Node.js .NET / C# TypeScript JavaScript
Frontend
React Angular Vue.js Redux

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Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Rancher
Terraform
CloudFormation
Jenkins
GitLab CI
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps
ArgoCD
Airflow
Kafka
Prometheus
Grafana
Elastic Stack
Python
Bash
PS PowerShell
Node.js
.NET / C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Angular
Vue.js
Redux
AWS
Azure
Git
SonarQube
Ansible
DDDatadog
Linux
Networking
Flux
LMLogicMonitor
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Rancher
Terraform
CloudFormation
Jenkins
GitLab CI
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps
ArgoCD
Airflow
Kafka
Prometheus
Grafana
Elastic Stack
Python
Bash
PS PowerShell
Node.js
.NET / C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Angular
Vue.js
Redux
AWS
Azure
Git
SonarQube
Ansible
DDDatadog
Linux
Networking
Flux
LMLogicMonitor

Academic Background

Education & Certifications

Continuous learning in cloud engineering and software development.

NWU
BSc Information Technology
North-West University
2015 – 2018
AWS
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
2022 – 2023
AWS
AWS Intermediate Solutions Architecture
Zensar Technologies · Pune, India
2019
APMG
Certificate in Agile Project Management Foundation
APMG International
2020

Get In Touch

Let's build something extraordinary

Open to senior engineering roles, consulting opportunities, and challenging cloud-native projects across Africa and beyond.

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