Felippe Bueno Gracia Neto, Developer in Cotia - State of São Paulo, Brazil
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Felippe Bueno Gracia Neto

DevOps Engineer and Linux Developer

Cotia - State of São Paulo, Brazil

Toptal member since November 18, 2024

Expertise
Cloud EngineeringLinuxTerraformAnsibleKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonDockerGoogle App EngineDjango
Bio

Felippe is a senior cloud platform architect with 20+ years of Linux and 8+ years of Kubernetes, Terraform, and multi-cloud experience. Operating exclusively as a fractional consultant, he helps engineering teams build scalable infrastructure and advanced GitOps workflows (FluxCD/ArgoCD). Felippe thrives in async-first environments, delivering high-impact Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and robust Internal Developer Platforms that accelerate software delivery.

Portfolio

SwoopFunding
Ansible, Bash, Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), GitOps, Flux CD...
Toptal
Ansible, Cloud, Linux, Terraform, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Helm...
Rekki
Ansible, Cloud, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform...

Experience

  • Linux - 20 years
  • Cloud - 10 years
  • Ansible - 8 years
  • Terraform - 8 years
  • Kubernetes - 7 years
  • Amazon EKS - 6 years
  • Helm - 6 years
  • Azure - 3 years

Preferred Environment

Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps

The most amazing...

...platform I've built creates ephemeral Kubernetes environments ('Temploys') using Argo CD, drastically accelerating developer testing and CI/CD lifecycles.

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer/Consultant

2021 - PRESENT
SwoopFunding
  • Led the design and implementation of a scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using Terraform.
  • Implemented and managed a GitOps workflow using FluxCD/ArgoCD to automate Kubernetes cluster configuration.
  • Engineered multistage CI/CD pipelines within Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions.
  • Established a comprehensive monitoring stack using Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack, cutting MTTR.
Technologies: Ansible, Bash, Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), GitOps, Flux CD, Argo CD, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Engineer

2016 - 2024
Toptal
  • Developed a company-wide Helm chart utilizing Bash, Makefile, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Helm for streamlined deployments and a sandbox script for rapid application setup in sandboxed GKE clusters, enabling developers to go from the local environment to live deployments efficiently.
  • Built a system that enabled temporary application deployments directly from GitHub PR comments, using ArgoCD, Helm, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions to facilitate smoother and faster testing processes.
  • Spearheaded the creation of an ETL process to synchronize PostgreSQL replicas across multiple application databases, ensuring consistent data integrity for precise ETL operations.
Technologies: Ansible, Cloud, Linux, Terraform, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Helm, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Senior DevOps Engineer

2017 - 2020
Rekki
  • Boosted scalability and operational efficiency significantly by migrating infrastructure from dedicated servers to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
  • Facilitated developer-friendly production deployments by creating a generic Helm chart, eliminating the need for Kubernetes expertise.
  • Managed self-hosted GitLab and its runners, ensuring the reliability and robustness of CI/CD pipelines.
  • Implemented advanced monitoring and provided continuous support for developers.
Technologies: Ansible, Cloud, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm

Infrastructure Specialist

2014 - 2016
Bionexo
  • Spearheaded infrastructure migration from a São Paulo colocation center to AWS, significantly enhancing scalability and reliability.
  • Modernized legacy applications by containerizing outdated JBoss applications utilizing Docker for improved consistency and portability.
  • Collaborated with the development team on redefining the existing system into a new, streamlined Docker-based deployment system, optimizing release processes.
Technologies: Chef, Python, Docker, Linux

Experience

Proxy4.us

https://web.archive.org/web/20160316020340/https://proxy4.us/
Proxy4.us ensures a professional and consistent email presence for businesses. I developed this solution to help users create email aliases with their domain, such as help@your_company.com or sales@your_company.com, and have them forwarded seamlessly to existing email accounts, like you@gmail.com.

SiteApps

https://web.archive.org/web/20150314204344/http://siteapps.com/
Launched in 2011, SiteApps is the first marketplace of web apps that can be installed with just one click. It was born from BTBuckets, the first segmentation and personalization platform that served thousands of websites worldwide. SiteApps examines website analytics and provides recommendations that address problems and tap into a site's full potential.

Certifications

MARCH 2009 - MARCH 2017

Red Hat EX442 – System Monitoring and Performance Tuning (RHCA 1/6)

Red Hat

AUGUST 2008 - AUGUST 2015

RHCE Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Red Hat

Skills

Tools

Terraform, Makefile, Ansible, Helm, Amazon EKS, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Chef, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Languages

Bash, Python

Platforms

Kubernetes, Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Docker, Google App Engine

Storage

PostgreSQL

Frameworks

Django

Paradigms

Azure DevOps

Other

Cloud, GitOps, Flux CD, Argo CD, GitHub Actions

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