THE ENGINEERING JOURNAL

THALAMUS / ENGINEERING FIELD NOTES

Work with me

Platform engineering architecture reviews, Kubernetes readiness assessments, and infrastructure advisory with Karén Danielyan.

I work with engineering teams through Thalamus, providing architecture reviews, infrastructure advisory, and technical implementation.

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Advisory Areas

1. Platform & Kubernetes Architecture Review

  • Cluster topology evaluation (control plane redundancy, node sizing, network fabric).
  • On-premise bare-metal setups (kubeadm, MetalLB, Calico) versus managed cloud (AWS EKS).
  • Storage architectures, ingress controllers, and workload isolation policies.

2. Delivery Pipelines & GitOps Migration

  • Declarative delivery systems (ArgoCD / Flux) and artifact management.
  • Multi-environment promotion strategies, immutable release tagging, and rollout safety.
  • Secret management and least-privilege automation credentials.

3. PKI Hierarchy & TLS Hardening

  • Private Certificate Authority hierarchy design (offline root CA, intermediate issuing CAs via CFSSL).
  • Automated certificate rotation, mutual TLS (mTLS), and ingress termination.

How to Connect

If you would like to discuss an architecture assessment or advisory engagement:

  1. Review Experience & Background: Read my detailed career history and track record on LinkedIn.
  2. Direct Contact: Send me a message on LinkedIn with a little context about your team and the problem you want to solve.