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Software Developer
Location
Bogotá - Bogota, Colombia
Toptal Member Since
December 30, 2021
Javier is a DevOps architect, consultant, and engineer with 12 years of experience working mainly with Microsoft technologies. Back in the day, he worked with on-prem services, such as ADDS, System Center suite, Hyper-V, and Microsoft SQL Server. Javier's currently working with Azure public and government cloud services, implementing DevOps, DevSecOps, and GitOps processes with top trending tools.
Portfolio
EPAM Systems
Ansible, Azure, Azure Bicep, Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Bash...
Globant
Azure, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, Windows PowerShell, Terraform...
Endava
Ansible, Azure, Azure Bicep, Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Kubernetes, Docker, Windows PowerShell, DevOps, Azure, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Bash
The most amazing...
...thing I've achieved is the automation of 90% of all processes for a big financial organization using PowerShell scripting.
Work Experience
Lead DevOps Engineer
2021 - PRESENT
EPAM Systems
- Automated as much as possible all the processes related to DevOps.
- Applied continuous improvements of all services/applications/processes.
- Designed new solutions and implemented and supported them.
Technologies: Ansible, Azure, Azure Bicep, Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Bash, Cloud Infrastructure, Windows PowerShell, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevSecOps, Programming, IT Automation
Cloud Engineer Senior II
2021 - 2021
Globant
- Transformed a big monolithic application into cloud-native microservices.
- Researched different solutions and tools to implement advance design patterns.
- Developed a cloud-native application used for more than 1,000 customers around the world.
Technologies: Azure, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, Windows PowerShell, Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Azure Bicep, Istio, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevSecOps, IT Automation
Senior DevOps Architect and Engineer
2020 - 2021
Endava
- Designed, architected, implemented, supported, and troubleshot the DevOps process for a fleet application used by customers from the United States and Canada.
- Automated 90% of the manual processes to build and deploy the app and service.
- Developed the app and service used by big government and private companies from the United States and Canada.
Technologies: Ansible, Azure, Azure Bicep, Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Kubernetes, Windows PowerShell, Jenkins, Terraform, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps, IT Automation
Azure Technical Lead
2020 - 2020
Vision Software
- Designed, delivered, supported, and troubleshot different scenarios and solutions mainly in Microsoft Azure public cloud.
- Satisfied different requirements for 50+ public, private, and government customers.
- Automated different processes and services that were executed manually, saving tons of time.
Technologies: Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps, IT Automation
Senior Microsoft Consultant
2016 - 2020
Controles Empresariales Ltda
- Delivered services for 50+ LATAM region customers, covering IT solutions, financial, health, transportation, entertainment, food, and government companies.
- Implemented different projects, from designing solutions and services from the ground up to troubleshooting in-place solutions and services.
- Met with different customers to gather requirements to design, architect, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, improve various kinds of services and scenarios with different Microsoft Server technologies and Azure cloud solutions.
Technologies: Azure, Cloud Infrastructure, Server Infrastructure, Virtualization, System Center, Windows Server, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps, IT Automation
Microsoft Senior Architect Consultant
2015 - 2016
Evolution Technologies Group
- Implemented services and solutions for identity, configuration management, service management, virtualization, monitoring, and security.
- Met with different roles of the customer to get requirements to design, architect, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, improve different kinds of services and scenarios with Microsoft server technologies and Azure cloud solutions.
- Delivered services for a local government organization for the protection of childhood.
Technologies: Windows Server, Virtualization, System Center, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, IT Automation
Microsoft Senior Consultant
2013 - 2015
Compufacil
- Designed, implemented, supported, troubleshot, and improved different services and solutions, mainly with Microsoft technologies.
- Delivered services and solutions for 50+ LATAM customers covering IT solutions, financial, health, transportation, entertainment, food, and government companies.
- Interviewed customers to get requirements to design, architect, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve different services and scenarios with Microsoft server technologies and Azure cloud solutions.
Technologies: Windows Server, Virtualization, Windows PowerShell, IT Automation, System Center
Microsoft Senior Consultant
2012 - 2013
Bextechnologies
- Designed, implemented, supported, troubleshot, and improved different services and solutions, mainly using Microsoft technologies.
- Delivered services and solutions for 10+ local customers and companies covering IT solutions, financial, health, transportation, entertainment, food, and government industries.
- Gathered requirements while meeting with customers to design, architect, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve different services and scenarios with Microsoft server technologies and Azure cloud solutions.
Technologies: Windows Server, Virtualization, System Center, Windows PowerShell, IT Automation
Microsoft Senior Consultant
2010 - 2012
Palmtree Consulting
- Designed, implemented, supported, troubleshot, and improved different services and solutions mainly with Microsoft technologies.
- Delivered services and solutions for 10+ local area customers within the IT, financial, health, transportation, entertainment, food, and government domains.
- Held meetings with customers to get requirements to design, troubleshoot, and improve different kinds of services and scenarios with different Microsoft server technologies.
Technologies: Windows Server, Virtualization, System Center, Windows PowerShell, IT Automation
Experience
Cloud-native Application for Industrial Automation
Transformed a big monolithic application into a cloud-native app running on microservices. The application is accessed by more than 1,000 customers around the world. The services provided for the app are related to industrial automation such as robots and SCADA.
Safety Solutions for Fleet Vehicles
My role on this project was to lead a team of two cloud and DevOps engineers, while the main responsibilities were meeting with customer project architects to get requirements, propose recommendations and best practices to implement, reviewing proposed solutions by other teams, and designing and architecting solutions and scenarios according to requirements.
Day-to-day activities included implementing different processes like infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management (CM), monitoring, security, designing, architecting, implementing, and improving infrastructure and services on customer cloud provider. The methodology of work was Agile, using frameworks like Scrum. The communications levels were mostly with customer project architects, product owners, and technical leads.
Day-to-day activities included implementing different processes like infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management (CM), monitoring, security, designing, architecting, implementing, and improving infrastructure and services on customer cloud provider. The methodology of work was Agile, using frameworks like Scrum. The communications levels were mostly with customer project architects, product owners, and technical leads.
Automation of Processes
Designed, implemented, supported, and troubleshot the automation of 20+ manual and semi-manual processes for a financial organizations. The automation executed configurations, generated reports, and executed self-healing behaviors.
Education
2015 - 2020
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
UMD University - Bogotá, Colombia
2010 - 2012
Specialization in Cybersecurity
UMD University - Bogotá, Colombia
2007 - 2010
Technologist Diploma in Computer Networking
UMD University - Bogotá, Colombia
Certifications
APRIL 2020 - APRIL 2022
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft
JULY 2019 - PRESENT
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft
MAY 2019 - PRESENT
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft
MAY 2014 - PRESENT
MCSE: Private Cloud
Microsoft
JULY 2012 - PRESENT
MCSE: Messaging
Microsoft
JULY 2012 - PRESENT
MCSE: Server Infrastructure
Microsoft
Skills
Tools
Ansible, Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Jenkins, Istio, Envoy Proxy, Hyper-V, Skype for Business
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell
Languages
Bash, Go
Paradigms
DevOps, Azure DevOps, DevSecOps, Design Patterns
Platforms
Microsoft, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows Server
Other
IT Automation, GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Azure Bicep, Programming, Security, Software Development, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Information Security, Ethical Hacking, System Center, Virtualization, Office 365, Server Infrastructure, IT Networking, Computer Networking
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