Tanya Babitskaya

Cloud Engineer

I believe in clean code, strong CI/CD, and calm clarity in infrastructure

8+ years building secure, observable, cost-efficient infrastructure on AWS. Infrastructure Lead at Flare Emergency Response, a mission-critical healthcare platform where reliability directly affects emergency response outcomes.

AWS Certifications

Solutions Architect Professional verify on credly ↗

DevOps Engineer Professional verify on credly ↗

Subject Matter Expert Associate verify on credly ↗

Stack & Roadmaps

Cloud Platform

AWS (SAP · DOP · SME)
Google Cloud
Multi-account · Organizations · Control Tower
Well-Architected

Compute

EC2
Lambda
Elastic Beanstalk
Compute Optimizer
ECS / ECR / Fargate
EKS
Docker
ARM (Graviton)
AMD (EPYC)

Security & Identity

IAM
IAM Identity Center
KMS
Secrets Manager
Certificate Manager
GuardDuty
WAF · Shield · Macie
Cognito
1Password
Zitadel
Zero Trust
SPIFFE/SPIRE

Networking & Delivery

VPC
CloudFront
Route 53
PrivateLink
ELB
VPN
Cloud Map
API Gateway

Compliance

HIPAA-adjacent
SCPs
CloudTrail
Config
Security Hub
GDPR

Analytics & Streaming

Kinesis
Athena
QuickSight
Glue
OpenSearch
DevOps Guru

Application Integration

SNS
SES
Pinpoint
Step Functions
EventBridge
SAM

Infrastructure as Code

CloudFormation
TypeScript CDK

OS & Environment

Ubuntu
Amazon Linux
MacOps

CI/CD & Hosting

CodeBuild
CodePipeline
GitHub Actions
Netlify
X-Ray
CodeConnections

Observability

CloudWatch
Systems Manager
DataDog
NewRelic
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
Sentry
Prometheus

FinOps

Cost Explorer
Savings Plans
Budgets
Cost and Usage Reports
Pricing Calculator

Data

Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL
DynamoDB
ElastiCache (Redis, Memcached)
S3
EBS
EFS
Glacier
Backup
DMS
MongoDB

Languages

TypeScript
Node.js
JavaScript
Bash

Personal Projects & AI Tools

AI Agents & LLM

Claude Code
MCP Server
Claude API
TrOCR
LoRA fine-tuning
Ollama

Personal Infrastructure

Hono.js
React SPA
Astro.js
D3.js
osascript
iCloud sync

Knowledge & Workflow

Obsidian
PARA
GTD
Apple Reminders API
Apple Calendar API
Google Calendar API

Technologies and tools I work with

Languages & Scripting

JavaScript / Node.jsTypeScriptBash

OS & Environment

UbuntuAmazon LinuxMacOps

Networking

VPCDNS / Route 53HTTP / TLSPrivateLinkELBVPNFirewalls / WAF

Source Control

GitGitHub

CI/CD

GitHub ActionsCodeBuildCodePipelineNetlify

Containers

DockerECS / ECR / FargateEKSKubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CloudFormationTypeScript CDKPulumi

Cloud Platforms

AWSGoogle Cloud

Observability

CloudWatchDataDogNewRelicGrafanaOpenTelemetrySentryPrometheus

Security & Identity

IAMIAM Identity CenterGuardDutyWAF · Shield · MacieKMSZero TrustSPIFFE/SPIREZitadelCognito

Secrets Management

Secrets ManagerKMS1Password

Compliance

HIPAA-adjacentGDPRCloudTrailConfigSecurity HubSCPs

FinOps

Cost ExplorerSavings PlansBudgetsCost and Usage Reports

Technologies and tools I work with

Compute

EC2LambdaECS / ECR / FargateEKSElastic BeanstalkCompute OptimizerARM (Graviton)AMD (EPYC)

Storage

S3EBSEFSGlacierBackup

Databases

Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQLDynamoDBElastiCache (Redis/Memcached)DMS

Networking

VPCCloudFrontRoute 53ELBPrivateLinkVPNCloud MapAPI Gateway

Security & Identity

IAMIAM Identity CenterKMSSecrets ManagerCertificate ManagerGuardDutyWAF · Shield · MacieCognitoSecurity HubInspector

Analytics & Streaming

KinesisAthenaQuickSightGlueOpenSearch

Application Integration

SNSSESPinpointStep FunctionsEventBridgeSQS

Developer Tools

CloudFormationTypeScript CDKCodeBuildCodePipelineSAMX-Ray

Management

CloudWatchCloudTrailConfigSystems ManagerOrganizationsControl TowerWell-Architected

FinOps

Cost ExplorerSavings PlansBudgetsCost and Usage ReportsPricing Calculator

Technologies and tools I work with

Languages

TypeScriptNode.jsJavaScriptBash

Frameworks

Hono.jsExpressAstro.js

APIs

RESTAPI GatewaySAMGraphQLgRPC

Databases

PostgreSQLMySQLDynamoDBMongoDBRedisElastiCache

Auth

IAMCognitoZitadelSPIFFE/SPIRE

Messaging

SNSEventBridgeStep FunctionsKinesisSQSKafkaRedpanda

Technologies and tools I work with

AI Agents & LLM

Claude APIClaude CodeMCP ServerAgentic workflowsTool useParallel subagentsOllama

Fine-tuning

LoRA / QLoRATrOCR

Claude Code Core

Claude Code CLICLAUDE.mdSession managementSlash commandsCLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR isolationsettings.json

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

MCP Serverstdio transportTool definitionsRead / Write toolsMulti-server setup

Integration Patterns

Obsidian vault agentApple Reminders via osascriptDashboard MCP layerAutomated weekly review

RAG & Knowledge

Structured markdown navigation

Experience

2025-now

Infrastructure Lead

Flare Emergency Response

Promoted from Cloud Engineer

54% reduction in cloud costs through strategic AWS optimization
99%+ uptime with sub-10-minute incident response
IaC, CI/CD and observability stack on a mission-critical healthcare-adjacent platform

2024-2025

Cloud Engineer

Flare Emergency Response

Promoted to Infrastructure Lead in 2025.

2018-2024

Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer / Cloud Architect

Ohmycloud OU

Tallinn, EE · freelancer · AWS Partner

Led 8 long-term AWS engagements. Scalable, secure, cost-optimized infrastructure across emergency response, retail SaaS, document SaaS, real-estate analytics and blockchain. Client names under NDA, sectors and regions disclosed below.

Emergency-response platform US healthcare-adjacent Node.js · IaC · Kinesis · ECS · Elastic Beanstalk

Retail SaaS / CRM Swedish company PHP · Apache · MySQL · NewRelic · GDPR · 35% cost reduction

Document / CV-builder SaaS Dutch company · 2023-2024 TypeScript · CloudFront · Cloudflare · Netlify · CDN logging

Real-estate analytics US company · 2024 AWS ECS Fargate · TypeScript CDK

6mo

Blockchain startup European startup AWS architecture from scratch

Long-running AWS support engagements multiple clients Cloud ops · deploys · server configuration

2015-2018

Project Manager

School of Robotics

Belarus + Russia

Distance-learning platform adopted by ~100 centers nationwide
Onboarding system, sprint-based delivery, country-specific teaching manuals
Established Moscow department from the ground up as CEO of regional team

Volunteering

Apr 2024-now

AWS Subject Matter Expert

Amazon Web Services

Contributor to AWS certification development

Jun 2024-Jun 2025

Mentor

Women in Tech

wintech.me · mentoring women in tech transitions

Writing

PKMLLMObsidian 2026-05

Identity API: Writing Your Operating Manual

A typed identity layer for AI agents. Schemas, evidence-backed claims and bidirectional links across 173 vault files turn freeform user context into a structured API for LLMs.

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Personal OSRAGOCR 2026-05

Iva and Me: Building a Personal Operating System with Obsidian, RAG, OCR and AI

Twenty years of handwritten diaries as the memory layer of a personal AI. How vault, RAG, OCR and an agent loop come together into a system that knows who you actually are.

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