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

Verified Expert  in Engineering

DevOps Engineer and Linux Developer

Cotia - State of São Paulo, Brazil

Toptal member since November 18, 2024

Expertise
Cloud EngineeringLinuxTerraformAnsibleKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonDockerDjango
Bio

Felippe is a well-versed DevOps engineer with more than eight years of experience employing Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, and Azure), and related ecosystems, including CI/CD, Helm, GitOps, and monitoring, for improved scalability and reliability. He also brings 20+ years of experience with the Linux operating system and its surrounding environments, such as web servers, shells, mail servers, and security. Leveraging his expertise, Felippe delivers solutions that foster business growth.

Portfolio

Toptal
Ansible, Cloud, Linux, Terraform, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL
Rekki
AWS IoT, Ansible, Cloud, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes...
Bionexo
AWS IoT, Chef, Python, Docker, Linux

Experience

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

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Linux, AWS IoT, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Kubernetes

The most amazing...

...tool I've built is a user segmentation tool in Python on Google App Engine. It targets 1+ billion users for personalized ads and analytics with DFP integration.

Work Experience

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

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: AWS IoT, Ansible, Cloud, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform

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: AWS IoT, 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

Languages

Bash, Python

Platforms

Kubernetes, Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS IoT, Azure, Docker

Storage

PostgreSQL

Frameworks

Django

Other

Cloud, Google Appengine

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