Rodrigo Moro Rodrigues
Verified Expert in Engineering
Azure SRE and Developer
São Paulo - State of São Paulo, Brazil
Toptal member since August 25, 2023
Rodrigo is passionate about cloud, DevOps, and site reliability, with over 17 years of hands-on experience. He has worked extensively as an individual contributor and tech leader across diverse teams in multicultural and fast-paced global environments. Rodrigo has focused on corporate delivery solutions in the cloud environment for the last seven years.
Portfolio
Experience
- Observation - 12 years
- CI/CD Pipelines - 6 years
- Ubuntu Server - 6 years
- Cloud Architecture - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 6 years
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) - 5 years
- Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - 3 years
- Argo CD - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Azure, Azure DevOps, Amazon EKS, CI/CD Pipelines, AWS HA, Observation, Terraform, Automation
The most amazing...
...system I set up and migrated is a data and microservices stack on Azure that handles predictions of plastic components for big companies in Brazil and the US.
Work Experience
Cloud and DevOps Architect
Toptal
- Helped achieve cloud infrastructure modernization and migrated the company's application to Azure Kubernetes AKS and EKS. Improved CI/CD pipelines, GitOps with ArgoCD, and IAC using Terraform; troubleshot and architected the cloud, mainly in AWS and Azure.
- Built CI/CD pipelines and handled security concerns with cloud-native solutions, providing observability with Cloud Native, Datadog and Dynatrace, ELKS, Prometheus, and migrated RDS databases following DevOps best practices.
- Handled the financial operations process in the cloud.
Azure DevOps Engineer (via Toptal)
Jasetech Ltd.
- Developed Azure tenant migration and created a roadmap for a marketing product. Improved security and scalability. Led DevOps for a credit card system, enhancing infrastructure security and CI/CD with GitHub and Terraform.
- Improved security on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) monitoring using Kiali service mesh and Grafana. Created CI/CD for components such as Azure API Management.
- Focused on cost optimization on AKS and security improvements on serverless systems such as Azure Logic Apps and Azure API Management.
Cloud and SRE Manager
Equinix
- Managed customer contracts and operations, cloud infrastructure, AWS and Azure systems, and DevSecOps pipelines for large retail electronics, fashion, and jewelry customers.
- Acted as the DevOps technical lead, deciding on budget, allocation of resources, and work execution. I also handled searches for business opportunities in cloud adoption and migrations.
- Handled projects and hired, trained, and managed cloud and SRE operations staff, improving the software development lifecycle, technical auditing procedures, and technical tasks.
- Leveraged my experience in the Azure and AWS stacks, performing observability with Dynatrace, Datadog, and Azure Data Factory.
- Operated on customer sites with microservices stacks such as Kubernetes on AWS and Argo CD, as well as Azure DevOps and GitLab for CI/CD.
Cloud Architecture Manager
KPMG
- Managed customer contracts identified by cloud adoption, FinOps, AIOps, and data governance, deciding on budget, allocation of resources, and work execution.
- Searched for business opportunities in the cloud, acted as a cloud architect for set solutions, made proposals in Cloud Azure/Aws and DevOps solutions, and performed internal procedures such as hiring people, setting training, and setting roadmap.
- Performed cloud adoption for clients, mainly leveraging solutions on Azure and AWS.
Lead Consultant – Infrastructure Management
Infosys
- Built and migrated data resource groups on Azure to new structures, created Azure DevOps pipelines, helped development teams fix environment bugs, provided observability on cloud native, and delivered containerized code.
- Migrated data and microservices resources on the cloud and maintained and built pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Developed secure infrastructure on the cloud and infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Performed cost reduction on Azure after automation and migration efforts.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Insper
- Coordinated and conducted SLAs on ongoing system infrastructure providers and new projects.
- Acted as the focal point between infra architecture and complex projects involving development teams.
- Led data center changes, proposed new architecture in the DevOps environment, and managed high-availability and DevOps CI/CD systems.
- Performed migrations from on-premises systems to microservices using Kubernetes and WebApp. I also provided implementation of observability through ELK (the Elastic Stack) and APM.
Senior DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer
Grupo Fleury
- Handled provider coordination and DevOps tasks in new projects and existing solutions for the business area. I also managed the job scheduler of processes, methods, IT infrastructure, and development tasks.
- Led internal and external provider teams like the Linux, VMware, storage, and microservices teams.
- Implemented resolution and automation processes, reducing the downtime of several services, improving environments and IT efficiency, and reducing costs due to the crisis of care.
- Leveraged monitoring solutions like Nagios, SCOM, and Dynatrace and implemented automation with System Center and Azure Automation.
Senior Technical Consultant
Iamit
- Designed solutions for Microsoft customers, handling implementation, migration, troubleshooting, validation, customer support, pre-sales tasks, and project budgeting.
- Managed migration processes to reduce downtime for users. The operations team was able to operate remote workstations and also install applications for all workstations more efficiently.
- Planned migrations, downtime, and related solutions for customers according to each environment.
- Leveraged Microsoft infrastructure solutions, including System Center, Cloud Services, and datacenter architecture.
Senior Information Technology Consultant
Ajinomoto
- Designed solutions for Microsoft customers, handling implementation, migration, troubleshooting, validation, customer support, pre-sales tasks, and project budgeting.
- Managed migration processes to reduce downtime for users. The operations team was able to operate remote workstations and also install applications for all workstations more efficiently.
- Improved software and hardware inventory practices as well as the migration process of workstations to a new Windows version, making the entire IT infrastructure process faster and more efficient.
- Leveraged Microsoft Infrastructure solutions, including System Center and APM.
Senior Information Technology Consultant
Softcorp
- Designed solutions for Microsoft customers, handling various requests and pre-sales tasks.
- Handled implementation and migration of active directory and System Center services, troubleshooting, project scheduling, risk analysis and documentation, and project budgeting.
- Planned migrations, downtime, and related solutions for customers according to each environment by creating relevant meetings and checkpoints.
IT Infrastructure Team Leader
MAPFRE
- Led major migrations and internal projects by monitoring, analyzing, and problem-solving in high-availability environments.
- Managed definition technology and data center consolidation, coordinating with suppliers such as IBM and Telefonica.
- Handled project scheduling, risk processes, and change management.
- Conducted internal projects and medium- and high-complexity changes in data centers, making documentation, training IT staff, following up on changes with internal managers, and negotiating deadlines.
Experience
Cloud Support for Large Retail Companies
Implementation Observability with Dynatrace and Datadog
Resource Migration on Azure
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Operations Management
Paulista University (UNIP) - São Paulo, Brazil
Certifications
LFC108: Cybersecurity Essentials
The Linux Foundation
AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
Microsoft
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Azure API Management, React
Tools
Amazon EKS, AWS Deployment, AWS Fargate, AWS IAM, Docker Compose, Azure App Service, ELK (Elastic Stack), Dynatrace, Terraform, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), VMware, Git, GitHub, NGINX, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Hyper-V, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Kibana, Logstash, Azure Key Vault, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), GitLab, Helm, Grafana, Azure Automation, Nagios, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Apache, Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Machine Learning, Jenkins
Paradigms
Agile, Azure DevOps, Microservices, DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices Architecture, Test-driven Development (TDD), Automation, DevSecOps
Platforms
Azure, AWS IoT, Linux, Windows Server, Kubernetes, Windows Server 2016, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, Windows, Docker, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure IaaS, Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), WordPress, Dedicated SQL Pool (formerly SQL DW)
Storage
Azure Active Directory, On-premise, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Azure Cloud Services, Datadog, Elasticsearch, Data Centers, Azure SQL Databases, PostgreSQL, Database Performance, MySQL, Azure SQL
Languages
Bash Script, SQL, Python, Python 3, Bash
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell, WebApp, COBIT, AWS HA
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale, Network Security, Cybersecurity
Other
schum, Leadership, Software Engineering, IT, IT Governance, Clustering, Storage, Data Center Management, Cloud, Cloud Migration, Active Directory Federation, Software Architecture, ITIL 4, Architecture, Containers, IT Operations Management (ITOM), Configuration Management, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Control & Cost Analysis, Cloud Infrastructure, FinOps, System Administration, VM, Team Leadership, Technical Documentation, Virtual Machines, Managed Services, IT Automation, Observation, VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes Operations (kOps), Grafana 2, Office 365, Microsoft Entra, Remote Desktop Services, GitHub Actions, AWS DevOps, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), IIS, Firewalls, SSL Configurations, SSL Certificates, Networking, Ubuntu Server, Autoscaling, Microsoft 365, Azure Virtual Networks, Medical Equipment, API Management, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Middleware, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Operations Management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DocumentDB, Amazon RDS, Prometheus, Load Balancers, APM, Cloud Services, DNS, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Network Data Storage, Cisco UCS, ASA Firewalls, GitOps, Cloudflare, Argo CD, Manufacturing, Security, Message Queues, eCommerce, APIs, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Analytics, SecOps, Cloud Security, SSL
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