The "Infrastructure Tax" Specialist | 11 Years as a Founding Engineer I spent the last 11 years at the intersection of infrastructure, security, and massive scale. My philosophy is simple: strip away the over-engineering that kills startups and replace it with architectural clarity. Having scaled Atlan from its first lines of code to a global leader, I’ve seen firsthand how an unoptimized "infrastructure tax" becomes the ultimate bottleneck for growth. What I’m Building Now: I am the Founder of Moksh Ved, where we are building the orchestration layer for AI on Kubernetes. I’m currently deep in vCluster, ClickHouse, and VictoriaMetrics to solve performance bottlenecks for deep-infra workloads. How I Can Help (Advisory & Mentorship) 1. Cloud FinOps & Real ROI The Numbers: I’ve engineered cost-saving strategies that cut $3M+ in annual cloud spend. The Audit: Most teams are wasting 30%+ on cloud-burn. I run deep-stack audits across AWS/EKS, Azure/AKS, and GCP/GKE to find that waste and kill it. 2. Bulletproof Infra at Scale Reliability: I managed a global multi-cloud footprint of 600+ Kubernetes clusters at 99.99% uptime. Compliance: I’ve hardened environments for Zero Trust, SOC2, and ISO 27001, including handling high-stakes enterprise onboarding for clients like Hindustan Unilever (HUL). Tooling: My daily drivers are Terraform, Helm, and CloudFormation for pure, automated IaC. 3. Petabyte-Scale Observability The Engines: I architected observability stacks handling 4-5 PB of data using VictoriaMetrics and ClickHouse. National Impact: Before Atlan, I led the technical execution for national-scale data projects like Disha and Ujwala at SocialCops. 4. Engineering Leadership Hiring: I’ve personally hired 100+ engineers and mentored a pipeline of talent who are now VPs and Directors themselves. Culture: I specialise in building high-performance, remote-first engineering cultures that actually ship code without the friction. Let’s Solve Your Scale Problem. I’m here to share the lessons I learned in the trenches, not in a classroom. Whether you’re a founder drowning in cloud costs, a VP needing to bulletproof your security, or an engineer stuck in K8s hell—I’ll give you the clarity needed to hit the next level of scale.