Bastien Arata

At Loft Orbital I architect and develop critical systems while leading the SRE team. I focus on cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, system architecture, and team leadership. Working across multi-cloud environments (GCP, AWS) with modern DevOps practices.

• Led SRE team for 2+ years, managing production infrastructure and team growth
• Architected and developed core platform systems using Go and microservices
• Implemented GitOps workflows with FluxCD and infrastructure management with Config Connector
• Designed scalable Kubernetes deployments across GCP and AWS
• Built automation tooling and improved deployment reliability using Dagger and CUE
• Contributed to global mesh network architecture and system design

Cloud and DevOps consultant helping clients modernize deployment processes and infrastructure. Specialized in serverless architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and development workflow optimization. Led internal training programs and hands-on laboratory sessions.

• Automated serverless stack deployments (AWS Lambda, GitHub Actions) across environments
• Architected microservices-oriented projects with containerized deployments
• Designed CI/CD pipelines with Docker and canary deployment strategies
• Created and delivered hands-on workshops on Docker and CI/CD best practices

Software factory engineer focused on backend infrastructure modernization and deployment automation. Developed custom tooling and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate development cycles. Contributed to early containerization and Kubernetes adoption initiatives.

• Dockerized entire backend stack, reducing deployment complexity and improving consistency
• Built custom testing tools and automation frameworks for backend services
• Participated in backend architecture refactoring with Docker and Kubernetes migration
• Improved CI/CD pipeline performance and reliability for development teams