Felipe is available for hire

Felipe Rodrigues Maia

Verified Expert in Engineering

DevOps Engineer and Developer

Belo Horizonte - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Toptal member since May 2, 2018

Expertise

Back-end Development Distributed Systems Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC)SaaS Cloud Architecture Cloud Migration Video Processing Serverless Automation SQL DevOps Git MySQL GitHub SAS

Bio

Felipe has over 20 years of experience in various areas of IT. He's honed his development skills, site reliability engineering, and DevOps capabilities by architecting, designing, and developing simple solutions for big data systems, media streaming, and sundry other commercial projects. Felipe has also acted as the technical lead for many development and infrastructure teams.

Portfolio

Whip Media

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Cloud Computing Services, Jenkins...

Toptal Clients

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Databricks, Apache Airflow, Spark, Elasticsearch...

Cinnecta

Elasticsearch, Redis, Data Architecture, Continuous Delivery (CD), Docker...

Experience

Python - 17 years Back-end Development - 15 years Software Architecture - 14 years Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) - 14 years Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 12 years Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - 12 years Data Pipelines - 10 years Kubernetes - 6 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

CI/CD Pipelines, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Python, Go, Terraform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Azure Databricks, Platform Engineering

The most amazing...

...thing I've worked on was architecting and building services to scale and secure big data and media-streaming systems.

Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

2018 - PRESENT

Whip Media

Oversaw security, reliability, cost optimizations, performance, and cloud operations efficiency.
Implemented best practices for efficient, cost-effective cloud solutions, achieving a 46% reduction in company cloud costs as a cloud architect.
Mitigated risks with pre/post-mortem procedures, debugged and resolved issues from networking to source code, and ensured app reliability for millions of users as a site reliability engineer.
Led platform engineering and DevOps, automating infrastructure to reduce operational costs and enhance tech team efficiency.
Developed platform toolchains, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure as code for multiple AWS accounts, standardizing CI/CD for over 300 projects.
Created data pipelines for collecting, ingesting, analyzing, training, and migrating data across databases and lakehouses in data engineering/MLOps.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Cloud Computing Services, Jenkins, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Serverless Framework, Kubernetes, Lambda Functions, New Relic, Datadog, Amazon CloudWatch, Google Cloud, Apache Airflow, Databricks, Azure Databricks, CircleCI, AWS Lambda, Amazon EKS, Istio, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Digital Platform Development, Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, Software Architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Architecture, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Terraform, Microservices, NoSQL, Docker, Git, Continuous Integration (CI), Shell Scripting, Networks, Python, Data Architecture, Cloud Patterns, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Vim Text Editor, CI/CD Pipelines, Scripting, Data Migration, Data Pipelines, Back-end Development, GitHub, GitOps, Automation, SaaS, Cloud, AWS CLI, Prometheus, NGINX, Architecture, Helm, Cloudflare, Bash, Security, Serverless, AWS Security Hub, IT Networking, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Multitenancy, Solution Architecture, Cloud Migration, SQL

DevOps | Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | Software Architect

2018 - PRESENT

Toptal Clients

Developed standards on infrastructure as code (IaC), continuous integration, alerting, and monitoring, helping data and application engineers to build, monitor, improve and debug eventual issues in production quicker and easier.
Helped to prepare AWS accounts, using the best standards in terms of security and management simplicity, making it possible to continuously grow the company, and smoothing the absorption and integration with newly acquired companies and applications.
Architected, developed, and scaled microservices for high loads of requests (API) and processing (media scraping, transcode, and metadata extraction), using Python or Go languages, running on Amazon EKS (Kubernetes), Lambda, and Fargate (serverless).

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Databricks, Apache Airflow, Spark, Elasticsearch, Memcached, Redis, FFmpeg, Data Architecture, Jenkins, Continuous Delivery (CD), Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Shell Scripting, Networks, Site Reliability, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Linux, Vim Text Editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Serverless Framework, Microservices, Cloud Patterns, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Cloud Architecture, Continuous Integration (CI), Terraform, PostgreSQL, Git, Flask, Amazon DynamoDB, MySQL, PHP, Go, Python, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, REST APIs, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Software Architecture, Makefile, Datadog, New Relic, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Digital Platform Development, AWS Lambda, Amazon EKS, Istio, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Lambda Functions, Amazon CloudWatch, Network Engineering, IT Security, NoSQL, Scripting, Data Migration, Data Pipelines, Video Transcoding, Video & Audio Processing, Back-end Development, Video Processing, Video Streaming, GitHub, GitOps, Automation, SaaS, Cloud, AWS CLI, Apache Kafka, NGINX, Architecture, Helm, Cloudflare, Bash, Security, Serverless, IT Networking, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Multitenancy, Solution Architecture, Cloud Migration, SQL

Data Architect Consultant

2018 - 2018

Cinnecta

Helped the company to simplify and scale big data (data lake, data warehouse, and real-time) systems by rearchitecting the projects responsible for collecting, processing, and storing events-based data.
Built POCs to present evaluations of cloud providers and develop data migration plans.
Fostered culture building, provided training, and offered guidance to tech teams.

Technologies: Elasticsearch, Redis, Data Architecture, Continuous Delivery (CD), Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Shell Scripting, Networks, Linux, Vim Text Editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), CircleCI, Microservices, Cloud Patterns, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Cloud Architecture, Continuous Integration (CI), Terraform, Git, Flask, Amazon DynamoDB, MySQL, Ruby, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Spark, Python, Distributed Systems, REST APIs, Software Architecture, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Lambda, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Amazon CloudWatch, Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, NoSQL, Scripting, Data Migration, Data Pipelines, Back-end Development, GitHub, Automation, SaaS, Cloud, AWS CLI, Apache Kafka, NGINX, Architecture, Cloudflare, Bash, Security, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Multitenancy, Solution Architecture, Cloud Migration, SQL

Head of Engineering

2017 - 2018

Samba Tech

Headed the engineering area of the company, translating business strategy into technological solutions.
Managed high-performance teams (30 people distributed in five teams) and helped them make better architectural decisions.
Created and implemented new effective engineering strategies—encouraging "bottom-up" innovations over processes and tools and knowledge sharing, which engaged people in continuous improvements over operational and tactical scopes.
Achieved a remarkable 56% average increase in productivity for all product development squads within the first six months.
Managed the key performance indicators (KPI), objectives and key results (OKR), and budgets.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redis, FFmpeg, Data Architecture, Jenkins, Continuous Delivery (CD), Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Site Reliability, Google Cloud, Linux, Vim Text Editor, Microservices, Cloud Patterns, Continuous Integration (CI), PostgreSQL, Git, Flask, Amazon DynamoDB, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Software Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Python, Java, Distributed Systems, REST APIs, DevSecOps, AWS Lambda, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, Networks, Data Pipelines, Video Transcoding, Video & Audio Processing, Video Processing, Video Streaming, GitHub, Automation, SaaS, Cloud, Architecture, Cloudflare, Security, IT Networking, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Multitenancy, Solution Architecture, Cloud Migration, SQL

Software Architect | Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

2012 - 2018

Samba Tech

Designed the architecture and developed the services related to the multi-tenant SaaS (OVP and OTT) solutions.
Designed, analyzed, and troubleshot large-scale distributed systems.
Developed internal tools and explored emerging technologies—continuously improving performance, scalability, availability, and the direct and indirect costs.
Led the technical aspects for the engineering and operations teams.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elasticsearch, FFmpeg, Data Architecture, Jenkins, Continuous Delivery (CD), Ansible, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Site Reliability, JavaScript, Google Cloud, Linux, Vim Text Editor, CircleCI, Microservices, Cloud Patterns, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Continuous Integration (CI), PostgreSQL, Git, Flask, Amazon DynamoDB, MySQL, Networks, Shell Scripting, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Software Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Azure, Python, Java, Distributed Systems, REST APIs, AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, New Relic, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS Lambda, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Lambda Functions, Amazon CloudWatch, Digital Platform Development, Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, NoSQL, Scripting, Data Migration, Data Pipelines, Video Transcoding, Video & Audio Processing, Back-end Development, Video Processing, Video Streaming, GitHub, GitOps, Automation, SaaS, Cloud, AWS CLI, NGINX, Architecture, Bash, Security, Serverless, IT Networking, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Multitenancy, Solution Architecture, Cloud Migration, SQL

Full-stack Software Engineer | DevOps | Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

2010 - 2012

Incode Software

Contributed to various projects with roles in analysis, modeling, development, troubleshooting, and fine-tuning of systems engaging with Brazilian and international customers on the sundry focus of the business.
Worked on various projects for banking automation, email marketing, a GUI for a Fibre Channel, a Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), and SAS/SATA protocol analyzer appliance, and applications for the management of F5 significant IPs.
Modeled and developed architectural patterns in highly complex systems using open sources or Microsoft technologies.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Jenkins, Site Reliability, JavaScript, Linux, Vim Text Editor, PostgreSQL, Git, MySQL, Networks, Shell Scripting, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Software Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Tcl, C#, PHP, Python, Distributed Systems, REST APIs, DevSecOps, DevOps, Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Amazon CloudWatch, Network Engineering, IT Security, Scripting, Data Migration, Back-end Development, GitHub, Chef, Automation, SaaS, Cloud, NGINX, Architecture, Bash, Security, Mail Servers, IT Networking, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Solution Architecture, SQL

Software Engineer | Full-stack Developer

2009 - 2010

International Syst

Performed research and development of software solutions related to the Linux operating system, providing tools for automating Infrastructure.
Developed and packed Linux distros in partnership with Intel, ASUS, Positivo, and the Brazilian Government.
Utilized programming languages such as Python, Perl, shell scripting, PHP, and C++.

Technologies: Linux, Vim Text Editor, MySQL, Networks, Shell Scripting, C++, PHP, Python, Perl, Distributed Systems, REST APIs, DevSecOps, DevOps, Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Amazon CloudWatch, Network Engineering, IT Security, Scripting, Back-end Development, Automation, Bash, Security, Mail Servers, IT Networking, SQL

Systems Administrator

2007 - 2009

Hospital das Clinicas da UFMG

Provided 3rd-level support and technical team leadership.
Managed mission-critical servers based on Linux, Unix, and Windows; DBMS (Microsoft SQL Server), MySQL, and InterSystems Caché.
Developed applications for monitoring and automation of mission-critical servers, aiming to comply with high availability, performance, and security requirements.
Standardized and documented the processes and development of applications intending to simplify and automate procedures performed by the 1st-level support team.
Analyzed, designed, developed, and operated various IT services and security projects.

Technologies: Linux, Vim Text Editor, MySQL, Networks, Shell Scripting, Windows, Perl, Python, Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, Scripting, Automation, Bash, Security, Mail Servers, IT Networking, SQL

IT Technician

2003 - 2007

SPM Infor

Managed the IT systems and networks for a small business.
Developed and maintained the IT infrastructure and security projects.
Implemented technical support from the 1st to the 3rd level.

Technologies: Vim Text Editor, Networks, Shell Scripting, Windows, Linux, Infor, Networking, TCP/IP, Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, Scripting, Automation, Bash, Security, Mail Servers, IT Networking

Experience

GitHub | Simple Scripts to Aid Site Reliability Engineers

https://github.com/frmaia/uscripts

• A small project with simple scripts that can help site-reliability engineers to emulate/reproduce some system issues and troubleshooting.

GitHub | Sample Project in Java and Spring Boot

https://github.com/frmaia/api-stats

• A small sample project that I wrote in Java using the Spring Boot framework.

GitHub | Sample Project in Python, Flask, and Docker Compose

https://github.com/frmaia/nextbus-api-extension

• A small sample project that I wrote in Python, Flask, and Docker Compose. Used Redis to implement a Cache-Aside cloud pattern and to implement some sample API manager features.

Education

2009 - 2010

Specialist's Degree in Computer Software Engineering

UFMG | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

2006 - 2009

Bachelor's Degree in Systems Analysis and Development (Computer Science)

Centro Universitario Anhanguera | Fabrai - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Certifications

OCTOBER 2023 - OCTOBER 2026

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services

Skills

Libraries/APIs

REST APIs, FFmpeg

Tools

Git, Apache Airflow, Terraform, Amazon EKS, GitHub, AWS CLI, NGINX, Vim Text Editor, CircleCI, Jenkins, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Makefile, Istio, Helm, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Mesos, Amazon CloudWatch, Chef

Languages

SQL, Go, Python, Java, Bash, PHP, C#, Tcl, Perl, C++, Ruby, JavaScript, Bash Script

Paradigms

Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), DevSecOps, DevOps, Automation, Microservices

Platforms

Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Windows, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Databricks, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), New Relic, Azure, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Amazon, Apache Kafka

Storage

MySQL, Data Pipelines, Memcached, Elasticsearch, Amazon DynamoDB, NoSQL, Datadog, Google Cloud, Redis, PostgreSQL

Frameworks

Spark, Serverless Framework, Flask, Spring

Other

Cloud Architecture, Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Site Reliability, Cloud Patterns, CI/CD Pipelines, Digital Platform Development, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Networking, TCP/IP, OSI Model, Video Transcoding, Video & Audio Processing, Back-end Development, Video Processing, Video Streaming, Cloud Monitoring, SaaS, Cloud, Architecture, Serverless, IT Networking, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Multitenancy, Solution Architecture, Cloud Migration, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Networks, Data Architecture, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Shell Scripting, Network Architecture, Network Design, Network Engineering, Team Leadership, IT Security, Scripting, Data Migration, GitHub Actions, GitOps, Cloudflare, Security, AWS Security Hub, Mail Servers, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Lambda Functions, Azure Databricks, Engineering Software, Computer Science, Algorithms, Infor, Prometheus, Platform Engineering

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