Resume

Senior Platform Engineer & Site Reliability Engineer — Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, AWS, GCP and observability

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil · Available for global remote freelance roles · EU citizen with full working rights

Experience

  1. Senior Site Reliability & Platform Engineer · Toptal

    Aug 2025 — Sep 2026

    Londrina, Brazil · Remote, Contractor

    • Refactored an internal Python/Flask GitOps platform with Kustomize and GitHub webhooks, cutting aggregate GitHub Actions execution time by approximately one hour per day and enabling granular image updates in multi-container deployments.
    • Hardened the platform with repository-level authorization, automatic GitHub OAuth, HMAC-signed webhooks, Firestore caching and ETag-based conditional requests, reducing UI load time to approximately 350 ms.
    • Reduced Google Cloud Artifact Registry storage costs by approximately 19% with a Python lifecycle process that enforced 365-day retention while protecting pinned in-use images; Datadog monitoring also identified three production deployments running outdated versions.
    • Eliminated approximately 20 minutes of manual validation per development release by implementing automated integration tests for the GitOps platform with Playwright.
    • Restored Renovate automation for custom runners and base images after approximately one month of stalled pull-request creation, enabling service repositories to adopt newer base-image versions.
    • Reduced Docker runner image size by 76% and attack surface by 84% through distroless containers and Docker Hardened Images.
    • Resolved more than 50 Datadog-reported CVEs by rolling out Kubernetes image garbage-collection configuration through Terraform, limiting unused cached images to a maximum age of 24 hours.
    • Co-architected the migration of Kafka infrastructure to Terraform, removing approximately 40% of stale resources, retiring legacy release tooling and automating multi-environment deployments with GitHub Actions.
    • Decoupled application and infrastructure delivery by moving Kubernetes manifests into dedicated GitOps repositories and implementing Argo CD ApplicationSets for environment-based deployments.
  2. Independent Consultant · Kawasaki Web Soluções

    Feb 2020 — Present

    Londrina, Brazil · Remote (Global), Self-employed

    • Reduced Kubernetes observability infrastructure costs and resource consumption by 20% by centralizing logs, metrics and distributed traces in a dedicated AWS cluster using Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir and Helm.
    • Global workflow standards: refactored and documented multi-repository GitHub CI/CD workflows as reusable self-service templates, reducing developer friction and supporting async collaboration.
    • Orchestrated the migration of more than five legacy applications from on-premises infrastructure to AWS and GCP, improving availability and data consistency while reducing infrastructure-related incidents by 30%.
    • Deployed sharded Redis clusters on AWS for a real-estate startup, improving website First Contentful Paint (FCP) by 2 seconds.
    • Developed automated integration tests with Postman, Newman and MFA for a fintech startup, accelerating the detection and resolution of microservice defects.
    • Published test metrics to Prometheus over mTLS and built custom Grafana dashboards, giving fintech engineering teams actionable quality signals.
    • Replaced Google Maps with Mapbox in a React.js application for a real-estate startup, reducing geolocation-service costs by approximately 30%.
    • Led technical architecture, DevOps and full-stack engineering for an early-stage startup, scaling and mentoring three distributed remote teams through written specifications, asynchronous workflows and structured Agile delivery.
    • Introduced semantic versioning and automated GitHub Actions release workflows, reducing manual deployment effort by approximately two developer-days per week.
    • Enriched application logs with user metadata and centralized them in AWS Elasticsearch through Filebeat and Logstash, increasing business visibility into website behavior by approximately 50%.
  3. Senior DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer · Arista Networks

    Aug 2023 — Aug 2025

    Dublin, Ireland · Remote (Ireland), Contractor

    • Async incident response and DR: engineered zero-touch disaster recovery for the main corporate website with Python and GitHub Actions, cutting execution from hours to under 10 minutes and authoring runbooks for global on-call teams.
    • Resolved recurring website downtime through on-call incident response and postmortem root-cause analysis, implementing VCL-based RSS caching and malicious-IP blocklisting that prevented recurrence during the next similar event.
    • Infrastructure as Code self-service: designed a scalable Docker-based Jenkins cluster that used Terraform and Ansible to provision cloud VMs dynamically, reducing development environment setup to 15 minutes.
    • Security and compliance automation: developed Ansible playbooks and GitHub Actions pipelines for DKIM key renewal across distributed Postfix infrastructure, reducing manual risk and execution time to under 5 minutes.
    • Custom tooling: created a Python plugin for Ansible that dynamically redacted sensitive telemetry payloads, strengthening internal data-privacy controls.
    • Standardized reusable GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows, simplifying pipeline maintenance and deployments across teams.
    • Led the automation team’s Jira delivery process, coordinating priorities, technical discussions and task ownership while contributing to a 20% productivity improvement.
    • Coordinated technical engagements with AWS, HashiCorp and Fastly, aligning internal requirements with vendor support, training and solution adoption.
  4. DevOps & Data Engineer · Starops

    Sep 2021 — Aug 2023

    San Diego, USA · Remote (Brazil), Contractor

    • Implemented Keycloak SSO with OIDC for Vue.js and Node.js applications, standardising social and enterprise authentication across products.
    • Migrated 100% of active legacy users to Keycloak through an automated email-based password-reset workflow, completing the identity transition without account loss.
    • Built reusable Terraform modules for AWS and GCP environments designed around HIPAA and GDPR requirements, accelerating new-client infrastructure bootstrap by 20%.
    • Enabled client microservices to reach Kubernetes production in under two weeks by architecting versioned Terraform environments and automating infrastructure delivery with GitHub Actions and semantic versioning.
    • Co-architected an Argo CD GitOps delivery model on Kubernetes, standardizing application release and rollback procedures across stakeholders.
    • Rebuilt a POS data pipeline from MongoDB to BigQuery with Apache Beam and Python, processing 20M+ records five times per day in under 20 minutes.
    • Architected a Koa.js API with Jest unit tests to encrypt proprietary image data before external transmission, protecting sensitive data and meeting compliance requirements.
  5. Senior Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer · Dextra (CI&T)

    Aug 2020 — Sep 2021

    Curitiba, Brazil · Remote (Brazil), FTE

    • Accelerated AWS environment provisioning from weeks to days through reusable Terraform infrastructure and automated GitHub and GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting HIPAA-regulated healthcare workloads.
    • Increased automated test coverage by 45% while developing Node.js API microservices with Mocha and Sinon for international healthcare platforms.
    • Collaborated across three global Agile teams on application architecture, DevOps and backend delivery through pair programming and code reviews.
    • Mentored engineers across international healthcare projects, supporting technical design, implementation and engineering best practices.
  6. Software Engineer · DSV — Global Transport and Logistics

    Jul 2018 — Dec 2019

    Horsens, Denmark · On-site (Denmark), FTE

    • Architected a parallel BI pipeline with .NET Core, Parallel LINQ and SQL Server to ingest European logistics data and support route-optimisation decisions.
    • Published an open-source VS Code extension that generates VBA constructors and singleton factories, reaching more than 13,000 Marketplace downloads.
    • Unified backend automations in a central React.js dashboard that enabled operations teams to manage Laravel back-office job queues.
    • Designed robotic process automations with Kofax Kapow and Selenium, enabling freight forwarders to manage workflows directly at the business level.
    • Contributed to an automation program associated with a management-reported 54.7% improvement in process performance and efficiency and 4.8% EBIT growth.
  7. Software Engineer · Let’s Comunicação e Desenvolvimento

    Feb 2018 — Jun 2018

    Londrina, Brazil · Hybrid (Brazil), Part-time

    • Delivered front-end, backend and infrastructure work for startup clients using AngularJS, LoopBack, Gulp and Jenkins across DigitalOcean and Linode environments.
    • Improved maintainability through reusable AngularJS and LoopBack component modularization across private repositories.
    • Standardized application delivery by automating deployments with Gulp and Jenkins across DigitalOcean and Linode infrastructure.
    • Collaborated with distributed teams on technical planning, delivery, training and knowledge sharing through Redmine, Slack and remote-first workflows.
  8. Co-founder / Full Stack Developer · RAIS Saúde

    Jan 2016 — Jun 2017

    Londrina, Brazil · Hybrid (Brazil), Partner

    • Co-founded a healthcare technology startup and led full-stack application architecture, translating customer requirements and user flows into production software.
    • Developed AngularJS and JavaScript frontend apps with Jasmine tests, converting wireframes and UX requirements into reusable interfaces.
    • Built backend services with Java and Spring MVC and contributed to architecture, code reviews, pair programming and technical documentation.
    • Automated build and deployment workflows with Gulp and Jenkins across IBM Bluemix, AWS and Microsoft Azure.
  9. Frontend Engineer · Ligue Site

    Oct 2012 — Jul 2015

    Cornélio Procópio, Brazil · Hybrid (Brazil), Internship

    • Built marketing websites and digital campaigns with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Facebook Ads and Google Analytics while supporting client acquisition and account service.

Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

    Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) · 2014 – 2018

  • Technical Diploma, Electrotechnics

    Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) · 2010 – 2013

Certifications

  • Google Cloud Platform Solutions Architect (2024-2027)
  • GCP Professional Data Engineer (2023-2025)

Languages

  • PortugueseNative
  • EnglishFull professional
  • DanishElementary
  • SpanishLimited working

Skills

Infrastructure & IaC

TerraformAnsibleAWSGCPAzureDocker

Platform, IDP & GitOps

KubernetesArgo CDKustomizeHelmJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIRenovateDeveloper self-service

Observability

PrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryLokiTempoMimirDatadogElasticsearch

Software, Data & Security

PythonNode.jsJavaScriptJava.NET CoreApache BeamBigQueryKafkaRedisPostgreSQLKeycloak / OIDCmTLSBash

Earlier ventures & awards

  • VBA Generators — VS Code Extension

    Built and published an open-source extension that generates VBA constructors, accessors and singleton factories, reaching 13K+ downloads.

    2018
  • ELLP Group

    Co-founded a volunteer technology-education group recognised by Mapa Educação in 2015 among Brazil’s 100 leading education projects.

    2014 – 2016
  • 1st place — TOTVS Agribusiness Hackathon

    Built an Intel Edison IoT irrigation-monitoring solution that won first place among 28 teams.

    2015
  • 1st place — Urban Mobility Hackathon (ECO.TI)

    Built an Arduino UDOO check-in and GPS-tracking system for Londrina's bus network, winning first place.

    2015
  • Conte um Conto

    Co-founded a volunteer web platform that helped low-income students in Brazil develop reading and writing skills.

    2017 – 2018
  • Arrhythmia ECG Recognition

    Developed an ECG arrhythmia classifier using discrete wavelet transforms and machine learning, achieving 97.9% SVM accuracy.

    2017
  • Computer-theme Question Classification (Thesis)

    Developed an NLP classifier for computer-science exam questions, achieving 83% precision with Multinomial Naive Bayes.

    2017
  • Rotary Club Recognition

    Recognized as best Computer Engineering student in Cornélio Procópio, Brazil.

    2017