Alejandro Rivera Gonzalez, Developer in Guadalajara, Mexico
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Alejandro Rivera Gonzalez

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Bio

Alejandro is a DevSecOps and MLOps engineer expert in cloud technologies with experience in AWS, Azure, and GCP on large production environments. He can automate anything from code deployment to infrastructure, ensuring best practices and proper monitoring. Alejandro thrives in Agile environments, where he can put his problem-solving skills to work.

Portfolio

RenoQuest, LLC
Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, DevSecOps, SecOps...
Deckers - IT
DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
Imbellus
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fluentd, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Docker, Argon.js...

Experience

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 8 years
  • DevOps - 8 years
  • Python - 6 years
  • Docker - 5 years
  • Terraform - 4 years
  • Continuous Integration (CI) - 3 years
  • Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) - 3 years
  • Kubernetes - 3 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Azure, Python 3, CI/CD Pipelines, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, GitOps, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Agile Software Development, Kubernetes, Pulumi

The most amazing...

...project I've completed was setting up multi-region Kubernetes clusters with infrastructure as code and a Terraform and GitOps methodology.

Work Experience

DevSecOps Engineer

2024 - 2024
RenoQuest, LLC
  • Helped as a solutions architect designing the company's infrastructure.
  • Provided budget estimates for implementation in various cloud providers.
  • Gave advice on the best technologies to use for a couple of custom systems that were being designed.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, DevSecOps, SecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD Pipelines, Redshift, API Integration, ArcGIS, Analytics, Terraform, Architecture, ELK (Elastic Stack), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), SSL Certificates, Bash Script

Enterprise DevOps | MLOps Consultant

2022 - 2023
Deckers - IT
  • Designed a CI/CD plan to modernize application development in the company and select the best-suited tools for the job.
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines and templates from the ground up for Java applications using GitHub Actions.
  • Created a migration plan to transition from SVN to GitHub and GitHub Actions workflows for a better team collaboration and development process.
  • Set up and configured a database migration tool, Liquidbase, in GitHub workflows for their Oracle DBs.
  • Built Pipelines for Generative & Inference AI using AWS Sagemaker.
Technologies: DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Java, JavaScript, Python, AWS DevOps, Cloud Architecture, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, AWS VPN, VPN, AWS CLI, ServiceNow, System Administration, OpenSSL, Cybersecurity, GitHub Actions, Cloud Infrastructure, Microservices Architecture, Monitoring, Shell Scripting, AWS CodeBuild, AWS IAM, AWS CodePipeline, DevSecOps, Serverless, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, GitOps, Automation, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Transport Layer Security (TLS), VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Release Management, APIs, Cloud Engineering, Costs, Distributed Systems, Logging, Scalable Web Services, REST APIs, Architecture, Integration, API/Services Architecture, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), SSL Certificates, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Bash Script, Apache Airflow, Splunk

Senior DevOps Engineer

2019 - 2022
Imbellus
  • Supported infrastructure migration from ECS to Kubernetes and reduced infrastructure footprint.
  • Worked on the observability pipeline from Fluentd in containers to the ES cluster and search through Kibana. Metrics from containers to Prometheus with alerts from the alert manager integrated into Slack and visualization in Grafana.
  • Moved away CD with ArgoCD from imperative deployments to declarative, following GitOps practices.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fluentd, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Docker, Argon.js, Drones, GitLab CI/CD, Python, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Kibana, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Helm, Sentry, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon EKS, AWS CloudFormation, Security, Containerization, Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Microservices, Load Balancers, VPN, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon API Gateway, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud, CentOS, AWS DevOps, GitHub, Argo CD, Containers, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Serverless Architecture, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GPU Computing, DevOps Engineer, Databases, AWS Cloud Architecture, Amazon SageMaker, Cloud Architecture, Azure Cloud Services, Single Sign-on (SSO), IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, AWS VPN, AWS CLI, ServiceNow, System Administration, OpenSSL, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Microservices Architecture, Monitoring, SQL, Shell Scripting, AWS Glue, AWS CodeBuild, AWS IAM, AWS CodePipeline, DevSecOps, Serverless, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, GitOps, Automation, Python 3, Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Web Application Firewall, Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Transport Layer Security (TLS), VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloudflare, Redis, PostgreSQL, Load Testing, GCP Security, Release Management, APIs, Cloud Engineering, Costs, Distributed Systems, OpenTelemetry, Logging, Scalable Web Services, REST APIs, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Integration, Microsoft Copilot, API/Services Architecture, Event-driven Architecture, OpenAPI, FastAPI, Cloud Monitoring, ELK (Elastic Stack), Kubeflow, Machine Learning, Canary Deployment, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), SSL Certificates, Bash Script, Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

DevOps Engineer

2018 - 2018
Local Catch LLC
  • Migrated the current infrastructure into IaC using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Wrote lambdas in Python to help automate custom processes.
  • Set up monitoring.
  • Fixed issues related to their Docker containers and ECS cluster.
  • Set up a development/CI environment.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Python, ECS, AWS Lambda, Ansible, Terraform, DevOps, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EC2, Security, Containerization, Load Balancers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitHub, Cloud Migration, Azure DevOps, Azure, Containers, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, ServiceNow, System Administration, DevSecOps, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, Automation, Windows PowerShell, VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Redis, PostgreSQL, Cloud Engineering, SSL Certificates, Bash Script

DevOps

2017 - 2018
Takt
  • Set up Terraform modules for infra deployment.
  • Set up and maintained Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration.
  • Created Kafka PoC.
  • Created Ansible AWX PoC.
  • Created Docker images.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Apache Kafka, DevOps, Git, Amazon EC2, Security, Load Balancers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitHub, Cloud Migration, DevOps Engineer, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, System Administration, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, Automation, VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloud Engineering, Blockchain, DApps, Web3, DigitalOcean, SSL Certificates, Bash Script

DevOps Engineer

2017 - 2018
EpicGames
  • Collaborated with the operations team to handle all infrastructure.
  • Deployed new infrastructure using Terraform to Azure cloud and AWS.
  • Wrote Ansible playbooks to automate the configuration of new resources.
  • Migrated existing applications and services into Docker containers.
  • Created new MongoDB replica sets and implemented Fluentd for log processing.
  • Worked on implementing Kubernetes in a new infrastructure iteration.
Technologies: Fluentd, Grafana, Sumo Logic, TeamCity, Perforce, Docker, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Amazon EKS, CircleCI, Security, Containerization, Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Load Balancers, VPN, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud, CentOS, AWS DevOps, GitHub, Containers, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), DevOps Engineer, AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Architecture, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, AWS VPN, ServiceNow, System Administration, OpenSSL, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Monitoring, SQL, Shell Scripting, AWS IAM, DevSecOps, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, Automation, Python 3, Azure, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Transport Layer Security (TLS), VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloudflare, PostgreSQL, Release Management, APIs, Cloud Engineering, Costs, Distributed Systems, Logging, Scalable Web Services, REST APIs, Architecture, Integration, API/Services Architecture, Event-driven Architecture, Cloud Monitoring, Canary Deployment, SSL Certificates, Bash Script, Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

DevOps Engineer

2016 - 2017
Disney ABC
  • Managed and maintained more than 25,000 chef recipes.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to prepare the infrastructure for Oscar's event and the NBA Finals, pre-warming load balancers and increasing the capacity of back-end servers.
  • Deployed preproduction and production environments, rotating AZs in and out to avoid downtime.
  • Down-sized infrastructure after big events like the Oscars and NBA Finals.
  • Wired Python scripts to automate AWS reports using the BOTO3 library.
  • Contributed to the reduction of infrastructure footprint that resulted in more than 30% monthly cost decrease by right-sizing everything and identifying unused resources.
Technologies: NGINX, MongoDB, Grafana, Logstash, Jira, Jenkins, Ruby, Python, Chef, AppDynamics, Datadog, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, Git, Security, Load Balancers, Cloud, AWS DevOps, GitHub, Cloud Migration, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, System Administration, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Monitoring, Shell Scripting, DevSecOps, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, Automation, VPC, Release Management, APIs, Cloud Engineering, Costs, Distributed Systems, Logging, Architecture, Integration, Cloud Monitoring, SSL Certificates, Bash Script

DevOps Engineer

2015 - 2016
Electronic Arts
  • Contributed to the operations team to keep eCommerce infrastructure healthy and running.
  • Deployed voice servers across multiple regions.
  • Deployed apps in preproduction and production environments.
  • Troubleshot live issues.
  • Created monitoring dashboards in Zabbix.
  • Implemented Auto Scaling groups for different services and applications.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache, Redis, MongoDB, Grafana, Logstash, Jenkins, Ruby, Python, Chef, AppDynamics, Zabbix, DevOps, Git, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Security, Containerization, Continuous Integration (CI), Load Balancers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud, CentOS, AWS DevOps, Cloud Migration, Containers, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, System Administration, OpenSSL, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Monitoring, SQL, Shell Scripting, AWS IAM, DevSecOps, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, Automation, Python 3, AWS Cloud Computing Services, VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), PostgreSQL, Release Management, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, Logging, Scalable Web Services, REST APIs, Architecture, Integration, API/Services Architecture, Cloud Monitoring, SSL Certificates, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Bash Script

Quality Assurance and Production Management

2013 - 2015
Morgan Stanley
  • Prepared all systems for business in different markets around the world (Asia, EU).
  • Handled incidents on sales and trade platform.
  • Set up Apache/Tomcat environments for development teams.
  • Managed NAS/NFS shares.
Technologies: Python, Apache Tomcat, Apache, Linux, IT Security, System Administration, Cybersecurity, Bash Script

Lead NOC Engineer

2012 - 2013
Gorilla Nation/Evolve Media Corp
  • Supervised and coached people on my team.
  • Monitored all infrastructure on a 24x7 schedule, including metal and virtual servers.
  • Wrote Puppet manifests to automate server configuration.
  • Improved internal process for better team 24x7 rotation.
  • Provided performance improvements for Apache back ends.
Technologies: MySQL, Pingdom, NetApp, Graphite, xCAT, KVM, Varnish, Apache, PHP, Nagios, Linux, Bash, Puppet, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, System Administration, Cybersecurity, Monitoring, Shell Scripting, Bash Script

NOC Engineer

2011 - 2012
Gorilla Nation/Evolve Media Corp
  • Contributed proactively to internal projects to improve monitoring and production tools.
  • Monitored infrastructure.
  • Developed a visual check script to rotate through all of our sites to keep it running inside our office and help visual monitoring of sites.
  • Served as the first point of contact when there was an outage, troubleshooting, and escalating when necessary.
  • Improved our response to volumes filling up by creating a wrapper script for LVM.
Technologies: NetApp, Graphite, xCAT, KVM, Varnish, Apache, PHP, Nagios, Linux, Bash, Puppet, IT Security, Networks, Network Security, Infrastructure, Networking, System Administration, Cybersecurity, Monitoring, Shell Scripting, Bash Script

Experience

Multi-availability Zone Deployment on AWS

https://github.com/riveragalejandro/ha-deploy-terraform-ansible
This project involved handling the deployment of multiple environments with Terraform and Ansible on AWS. It entailed deploying a Django app as an example and using multiple availability zones for high availability, following best practices and ensuring flexibility.

Education

2004 - 2009

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Systems Engineering

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) - Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Skills

Libraries/APIs

OpenSSL, REST APIs, OpenAPI, Terragrunt, Argon.js, ArcGIS

Tools

AWS CLI, AWS ELB, Ansible, Grafana, Terraform, Boto 3, Git, Fluentd, Helm, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon EKS, VPN, Amazon CloudWatch, GitHub, AWS Glue, AWS CodeBuild, AWS IAM, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Web Application Firewall, Azure Key Vault, GCP Security, Logging, ELK (Elastic Stack), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), GitLab CI/CD, TeamCity, Jenkins, Zabbix, Chef, Kibana, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon SageMaker, Microsoft Copilot, Nagios, Apache, Pingdom, Logstash, Sumo Logic, Puppet, Jira, AppDynamics, NGINX, Varnish, Perforce, Apache Tomcat, Sentry, CircleCI, AWS CloudFormation, Observability Tools, Apache Airflow, Splunk

Languages

Python 3, SQL, Bash, Python, Bash Script, PHP, Ruby, Java, JavaScript

Frameworks

AWS HA, Windows PowerShell

Paradigms

DevOps, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Development (CD), Agile Software Development, Continuous Delivery (CD), Microservices, Microservices Architecture, DevSecOps, Automation, Load Testing, API/Services Architecture, Event-driven Architecture, Continuous Integration (CI), Azure DevOps, Serverless Architecture

Platforms

AWS ALB, Amazon EC2, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker, CentOS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure Functions, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Blockchain, AWS Lambda, AWS Security Token Service (STS), Apache Kafka, Kubeflow, DigitalOcean, KVM, Apache2, Amazon

Storage

Datadog, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Databases, Azure Cloud Services, NetApp, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Redshift

Industry Expertise

Network Security, Cybersecurity

Other

Linux Server Administration, GitOps, ServiceNow, Networks, Prometheus, CI/CD Pipelines, Security, Containerization, Load Balancers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud, AWS DevOps, Argo CD, Cloud Migration, Containers, GPU Computing, DevOps Engineer, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Single Sign-on (SSO), IT Security, Infrastructure, Networking, AWS VPN, System Administration, GitHub Actions, Cloud Infrastructure, Monitoring, Shell Scripting, AWS CodePipeline, Serverless, Configuration Management, Cloud Security, Transport Layer Security (TLS), VPC, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Cloudflare, Release Management, APIs, Cloud Engineering, Costs, Distributed Systems, OpenTelemetry, Scalable Web Services, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Integration, Cloud Monitoring, Canary Deployment, SSL Certificates, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Grafana 2, Amazon RDS, Amazon API Gateway, DApps, Web3, Pulumi, FastAPI, Machine Learning, xCAT, Graphite, ECS, Drones, SecOps, API Integration, Analytics, IT Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Back-end, ML Pipelines, MLflow

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