About Me
I've spent 12 years making sure production systems don't fall over — migrating datacenters to cloud, building CI/CD pipelines for Disney-scale traffic, and keeping global infrastructure reliable at GoDaddy. I started as a computer lab monitor at university and spent a decade climbing from server administration to SRE, which means I understand infrastructure from the metal up.
I work across AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare, OpenStack, and bare-metal — wherever systems live, I make them reliable, observable, and easier to ship against. Outside the day job, I co-founded the CNCF Pereira chapter and spent nearly a decade co-organizing PereiraJS and Pereira Tech Talks, because I believe strong engineering communities build better engineers.
Experience
Sr Site Reliability Engineer L3
GoDaddy — Studio 503 Contractor
- Manage production AWS and OpenStack accounts across a global multi-region presence supporting thousands of internal users.
- Own GitHub Enterprise Cloud & On-Prem platform for the entire engineering org — version control, branch protection, security policies, and Actions runners at scale.
- Built and maintain advanced GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines reducing manual deployment steps across multiple product teams.
- Delivered custom Python/TypeScript automation tools integrating AWS services with third-party APIs, improving operational efficiency.
- Drive AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews to improve reliability, cost, and security posture across production workloads.
- Provide Artifactory infrastructure reliability guidance across the artifact management lifecycle.
CloudOps & DevOps Engineer
Globant Colombia
- Maintained multi-cloud AWS + Azure infrastructure for Disney Media Entertainment products — Digitalscreeners, Marvel, and TheForce — serving millions of users globally.
- Delivered Infrastructure as Code resources using Terraform and CloudFormation across 5+ independent product squads.
- Designed and operated GitLab CI/CD Enterprise pipelines enabling continuous delivery for multiple tech stacks simultaneously.
- Orchestrated containerized workloads across Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, and ECR — improving deployment reliability and rollback speed.
- Built iOS/tvOS CI/CD mobile pipelines with Fastlane, accelerating mobile release cycles.
Sr IT Infrastructure Engineer
Soluciones Globales SAS
- Sole infrastructure owner for a fleet of 80–90 servers across multiple OS environments hosted at a regional BTLatam datacenter.
- Led full PostgreSQL on-premise → AWS RDS migration with zero data loss, reducing maintenance overhead significantly.
- Designed and managed site-to-site and client-to-site VPN infrastructure using StrongSwan, Fortinet, Cisco, and OpenVPN — supporting core business services across multiple offices.
- Implemented Linux Security Hardening practices and AWS Well-Architected Framework recommendations across all production workloads.
- Administered SaaS ecosystem for the entire company: Google Workspace, Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and AWS accounts.
Chapter Lead & Community Organizer
CNCF Cloud Native Pereira · PereiraJS · Pereira Tech Talks
- Founded and lead the CNCF Cloud Native Pereira chapter — one of the first CNCF chapters in Colombia.
- Organized recurring events, workshops, and talks on Kubernetes, observability, and cloud-native practices for a growing regional community.
- Co-organized PereiraJS (Jan 2016 – Dec 2025, ~10 yrs) and Pereira Tech Talks (Jan 2017 – Dec 2025, ~9 yrs) — local meetups reaching hundreds of developers across Risaralda.
DevOps Engineer
Basik Development LLC · Part-time · Remote
- Implemented git branching strategies and managed server fleets with Ansible in production.
- Administered Linux/Unix servers across multiple workloads; maintained IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and firewalls.
- Leveraged APM and log management (New Relic) for application health monitoring and performance tuning.
- Worked alongside development teams to troubleshoot and fix Node.js/PHP healthcare applications.
Infrastructure Engineer & System Administrator
XeroGroup · Part-time · Pereira, Colombia
- Tuned Nginx and Varnish Cache web servers; secured PHP web applications and Apache configurations.
- Automated daily tasks and jobs using Bash/sh under Debian GNU/Linux.
- Managed cloud infrastructure on DigitalOcean and OVHCloud; supported users on cPanel and WHM.
Sr DevOps & System Administrator
Innoving Innovations Ingenieria SAS · Part-time · Pereira, Colombia
- Designed multi-tier service architecture for production workloads.
- Built an HTTP RESTful API service in Node.js for high traffic and concurrent users.
- Installed observability tools (CachetHQ, New Relic) and deployed SNMP sensors across 10 Debian GNU/Linux servers.
- Performed corrective software maintenance with Ansible; managed FTP, DNS, DHCP, and proxy configurations fleet-wide.
- Created network and infrastructure diagrams; designed backup and DR strategies.
Unix Support Engineer
Upwork · Freelance · Colombia
- Developed and maintained Bash scripts for automated database backups.
- Migrated and installed high-performance web servers using Nginx; implemented application monitoring for nginx environments.
- Installed and updated software across MEAN, ELK, and LAMP stacks on production environments.
- Managed firewall and network security policies for multiple small companies.
Skills & Stack
Cloud Platforms
Infrastructure as Code
Containers & Orchestration
CI/CD & GitOps
Observability & SRE
Networking & Security
Languages & Scripting
Data & Messaging
Tooling & ITSM
Projects
Disney Media Entertainment MultiCloud
Multi-cloud (AWS + Azure) infrastructure for Digitalscreeners, Marvel, and TheForce teams at Globant. End-to-end IaC, EKS orchestration, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines at Disney scale.
GitHub Enterprise Platform
Full GitHub Enterprise Cloud & On-Prem management at GoDaddy. Advanced GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD and automation, integrating AWS and third-party APIs via Python and TypeScript.
On-Premise → AWS Cloud Migration
Full datacenter migration at Soluciones Globales: 80–90 server fleet, PostgreSQL to AWS RDS, VPN infrastructure with StrongSwan and Fortinet, and multi-service AWS environment setup.
k8s-workshop
Hands-on Kubernetes workshop with a practical guide for learning Kubernetes fundamentals — used in community talks and training sessions.
Jenkins HA Multi-Region Cluster
Highly available Jenkins deployment across multiple AWS regions using EKS, Route 53 latency-based routing, and cross-region EFS for shared workspace persistence. Active-active setup with automatic failover and zero-downtime upgrades via Helm.
Jenkins Global Controller Federation
Federated Jenkins architecture using CloudBees Operations Center to manage regional controllers across US-East, US-West, and EU. Centralized RBAC, shared agent pools via Kubernetes plugin, and unified observability through Prometheus + Grafana.
Bare Metal Kubernetes with OKD
Self-hosted OpenShift OKD cluster deployed on bare metal. Full provisioning automation covering PXE boot, Ignition configs, and post-install hardening. Includes integrated container registry, internal DNS, and OAuth-based RBAC — zero cloud dependency.
Bare Metal Kubernetes with Kubespray
Production-grade Kubernetes cluster on bare metal using Kubespray. Fully automated node provisioning with Ansible, Calico CNI for networking, MetalLB for load balancing, and Rook-Ceph for persistent storage — entirely on-premise with no managed control plane.
HPC Video Processing Cluster on AWS
High-performance video transcoding cluster on AWS with fully automated provisioning and deployment. Leverages EC2 GPU instances, S3 for raw and processed storage, SQS for job queuing, and Auto Scaling to handle burst workloads — end-to-end IaC with Terraform.
Certifications
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Valid · Expires Apr 2027GitHub Foundations
GitHub
Valid · Expires Feb 2027Organizer — Cloud Native Community Group
The Linux Foundation
Issued Jan 2025LFC102: Inclusive Open Source Community Orientation
The Linux Foundation
Issued Dec 2024AWS Partner: Technical Accredited
Amazon Web Services
Issued Jun 2021Claude Certified Architect – Foundations
Anthropic
In Progress · 2025AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
In Progress · 2025AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Amazon Web Services
In Progress · 2025AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
In Progress · 2025AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
To Renew · Expired Dec 2025HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)
HashiCorp
To Renew · Expired Dec 2023Let's Talk
I'm always open to new SRE opportunities, infrastructure challenges, and community collaborations. Let's build something reliable together.