Worked on cloud infrastructure automation and build system improvements across the confidential-containers/cloud-api-adaptor and openshift/sandboxed-containers-operator repositories. Focused on reducing technical debt by simplifying build configurations, retiring deprecated options, and enhancing documentation for future maintainability. Delivered features to automate AWS AMI lifecycle management, including robust snapshot validation and safer cleanup during resource removal. Improved CI/CD readiness by introducing automation-friendly Docker base image tagging, supporting seamless integration with the Konflux bot. Utilized technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Shell scripting, with changes implemented in Dockerfile and HCL. Prioritized reliability, reproducibility, and onboarding experience throughout the development process.