AWS Community Builder • Cloud Engineer • Women in Tech Advocate
Driving cloud innovation and empowering the next generation of tech leaders
Hello! I'm Muna Bhattarai, an AWS Community Builder and Women in Tech advocate based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
As a passionate Cloud Engineer and community builder, I've mentored 500+ students, organized 20+ tech events, and delivered 25+ talks while holding leadership roles as AWS Community Builder, Communication Coordinator of AWS User Group Women in Tech Nepal, GitHub Campus Expert and Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador.
I'm a multi-cloud enthusiast with hands-on experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, and GenAI implementations. Currently exploring Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps workflows.
Passionate about AWS services, cloud architecture, and helping organizations scale efficiently.
Building and nurturing tech communities, especially for underrepresented groups in technology.
Advocating for diversity and inclusion, mentoring women entering the tech industry.
Exploring cutting-edge technologies and their practical applications in solving real-world problems.
Cloud Engineer
Led weekly cloud engineering sessions for APAC scholars, delivering hands-on training on Google Cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows. Provided architectural guidance and troubleshooting support for GCP services, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployments. Coordinated program operations, documentation, and attendance using cloud-based collaboration tools.
AI Fellow
Selected for a competitive, full-scholarship AI Fellowship focused on real-world project delivery. Built and deployed AI-driven applications, contributing to data pipelines, model deployment workflows, and automation processes. Collaborated in distributed teams using Git and CI/CD practices to ensure reproducible and scalable systems.
Cloud Engineer
Designed and deployed serverless Generative AI applications on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Amazon Bedrock), cutting provisioning time ~40%. Implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline for an Employee Assistant chatbot, integrating enterprise data sources with LLMs. Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, automating ~90% of deployments and shortening release cycles. Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, reducing manual errors ~60%. Managed AWS IAM Identity Center, roles, and permissions for secure cloud operations.
Cloud Engineer
Completed an intensive 12-week cloud engineering apprenticeship focused on AWS core services, networking, security, and infrastructure fundamentals. Gained hands-on experience deploying and managing EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, RDS, and CloudFormation. Earned AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification and AWS re/Start Graduate Badge.
Internship · DevOps
Assisted with deployment and environment setup for Java and Angular applications on Linux systems. Supported CI/CD workflows and version control using Git. Practiced Docker fundamentals, Linux commands, and cloud basics while supporting development teams.
National ICT Scholarship
CAN Federation
Hult Prize On Campus Winner
LBEF Campus
Hult Prize Regional Summit Rep.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador
Microsoft
GitHub Campus Expert
GitHub Education
AWS All Builders Welcome Grant — re:Invent Las Vegas
Amazon Web Services
Dan Kohn Scholar — KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India
CNCF · Hyderabad
Google Cloud Career Launchpad Scholar — Track Lead
Mentor Me Collective
AWS Community Builder
AI & Engineering
Aspire Leadership Program Graduate
Aspire Leadership
Grafana Emerging Champion
Grafana Labs
CTBTO Mentee
CTBTO
AWS-focused expertise in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, GenAI, and Backend Development with proven leadership in building scalable solutions
Microsoft
GitHub
HashiCorp
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Oracle
Oracle
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services
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Production-grade cloud infrastructure projects spanning AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes ecosystems
CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, Docker, and AWS ECS Fargate for zero-downtime deployments.
Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform provisioning VPC, EC2, RDS, and automated deployments.
Serverless event-driven architecture with Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, and containerized deployment.
Kubernetes-native 3-tier app with auto-scaling, Load Balancer, and Terraform-provisioned EKS.
Check out more projects on GitHub or let's discuss how we can collaborate on your next project.
Sharing insights on cloud computing, AI/ML, community building, and technical innovations
AWSMy experience at AWS re:Invent covering the latest in Generative AI, Analytics, and Machine Learning innovations.
AI/MLA step-by-step guide to building an AI-powered learning advisor application using Amazon Bedrock and PartyRock.
My experience at AWS re:Invent covering the latest in Generative AI, Analytics, and Machine Learning innovations.
A step-by-step guide to building an AI-powered learning advisor application using Amazon Bedrock and PartyRock.
Sharing insights from my session at the AWS User Group Women in Tech Nepal's 2nd All-Girls Meetup.
The story of our first All-Girls Meetup and the importance of diversity in technology innovation.
A technical guide to integrating Microsoft SharePoint with Amazon Bedrock for AI-driven applications.
A comprehensive guide to building an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automate deployments to AWS, covering infrastructure as code, containerization, and zero-downtime deployments.
Follow me on Medium for the latest insights on cloud computing, AI/ML, and community building.
Follow on MediumMoments from conferences, workshops, community events, and sessions that showcase the journey of building and sharing technology.
Open to speaking, mentoring, open-source collaboration, and cloud consulting opportunities.
How I can help
Tech conferences, workshops, community events
Career guidance, resume reviews, interview prep
Collaborate on cloud tooling and DevOps projects
Cloud architecture, AWS migrations, cost optimization