Alex Gain

Senior Cloud Engineer/Architect, Kubernetes Enthusiast at Revolgy

Bio

Experienced Cloud Engineer and DevSecOps Specialist with 16+ years in the industry and 9 cloud certifications. Deep expertise in AWS, with a strong focus on infrastructure automation, cloud security, system reliability, and performance optimization. Proven track record of designing and securing complex cloud environments, mitigating risks, managing technical debt, and driving operational excellence through automation, compliance, and best practices.

Sessions

ACD800

Deploying Observability at Scale: Multi-Cluster Monitoring Made Easy

Room: D9 | Time: 16:00 | Duration: 45 min

Our Monitoring Journey: From Chaos to Nirvana

Alex Gain shares the evolution of his team’s monitoring setup — from manual chaos to a fully automated, GitOps-driven system managing dozens of Kubernetes clusters. The talk covers key transitions: early Terraform-based IaC, adoption of ArgoCD and ApplicationSets, and future plans with Crossplane. Packed with lessons on scaling observability, reducing engineer toil, and building resilient, client-agnostic monitoring platforms.

Alex Gain

Senior Cloud Engineer/Architect, Kubernetes Enthusiast at Revolgy