mmodeneis
Dev Ops Engineer | Kubernetes Specialist | Cloud & Ia C Expert | Dev Sec Ops Practitioner
DevOps Engineer with 17+ years of experience designing and scaling cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Specialized in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to accelerate deployments and optimize operational costs. Focused on GitOps practices, security-driven architecture, and building highly available Kubernetes clusters to support mission-critical workloads.
Experience: 11 years
Yearly salary: $156,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇮🇹 Italy
Residency: 🇵🇹 Portugal
Experience
DevOps
Ritain.io 2022 - 2025
Designed and operated service architectures for new Java microservices and Spark-based solutions. Developed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines from scratch, including Dockerfile creation and SonarQube integration, and GitOps, reducing deployment times by 30%. Automated CRM environment provisioning with Ansible, reducing setup time by 80% and improving deployment reliability across 10+ environments. Implemented security policies using Iptables and SELinux on Red Hat/Rocky Linux. Managed 43 Kubernetes clusters for mission-critical applications, implementing RBAC and resource policies, reducing downtime by 25% and improving cluster security posture with Istio-based service meshes. Administered and hardened 650+ Linux servers on AWS, improving system security in compliance with CIS Benchmarks and reducing vulnerabilities by 40%. Deployed Elastic Stack with Fluent Bit for Kubernetes microservice monitoring and built Grafana dashboards. Provisioned AWS resources using Terraform.
DevOps
Flash Expense 2022 - 2022
Sole DevOps responsible for provisioning complete infrastructure on Azure and AWS using Terraform, including Kubernetes clusters. Promoted DevOps strategies and implementation goals. Migrated all .NET-based microservices to containers with Kubernetes orchestration. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and Docker, enabling zero-downtime deployments.
DevOps
Provu Financial Services 2021 - 2022
Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket Pipelines and Helm. Architected and managed AWS and GCP environments hosting mission-critical microservices and big data applications, ensuring 99.99% uptime and scalable performance. Participated actively in security audits and compliance checks.
Cloud Architect
AIVEO 2017 - 2021
Led cloud migration strategies for mid- to large-scale clients, reducing costs through best practices. Developed and maintained detailed infrastructure documentation. Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation using tools like AWS CloudFormation, Chef, Ansible, and Terraform.
System Administrator
AIVEO 2010 - 2017
Provided Level 3 technical support, implementing ITSM methodologies aligned with ITIL frameworks. Developed and maintained documentation for system configurations, procedures, disaster recovery plans, and knowledge bases.
System Administrator
DirectB2 2008 - 2010
Deployed and configured production infrastructure for a 25-node clustered environment. Managed SQL Server hosting and IIS WebServers. Conducted periodic audits, ensuring security compliance.
Infrastructure Analyst
DirectTalk / Hi Platform 2005 - 2008
Installed and configured Rack servers and performed 2nd level support tasks. Managed Active Directory, DNS, Exchange Server, and performed routine monitoring.
Skills
ansible
aws
cloud
docker
golang
java
kubernetes
linux
mongo
nosql
python
redis
terraform
devops
english
italian
portuguese