Alfonso Grana

AWS & Azure Cloud Platforms

AWS & Azure cloud services.

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible

Programming Languages

Python, Javascript

DevOps & CI/CD

GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Github Actions

System Design

Capacity planning, scalability ressilience

Monitoring & Observability

Defining SLIs, SLOs. Implemented metrics logging and tracing in several observability platforms datadog, splunk, instana, grafana (loki, mimir).

Agile Methodologies

Comfortable working in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Soft Skills

Customer value-focused, ownership & accountability, positive attitude toward challenges, team development & mentoring, continuous learner.

Languages

English (Full professional proficiency), Spanish (Native), Portuguese (Begginer), Dutch (Beginner)

Brenntag

Developer Experience Engineer • Jan 2024 - Present

Provided tools and processes to ensure optimal developer productivity and satisfaction. Maintained and improved Gitlab CI/CD, Atlassian Suite, Jfrog Artifactory, Snyk.

Shell Recharge Solutions

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Managed a network of public and private EV chargers hosted on AWS (EKS). Defined SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets with development teams. Acted as primary escalation point for cloud-related issues. Key AWS services: EKS, RDS Aurora PostgreSQL, Lambda, AppSync. Introduced MongoDB Atlas as document store

WCC

Senior Site Reliability Engineer • Oct 2021 - Jan 2023

Established processes and tools for reliable and secure software. Bridged development teams and operations. Ensured observability with APM and tracing. Accelerated CI/CD adoption and cloud integration. Reduced cost per release via IaC and automation. Participated in architectural board decisions.

ASML via Itility

DevOps Engineer / Consultant • Jul 2019 - Sep 2021

Developed CI/CD pipelines for on-premise deployments. Infrastructure automation with Ansible (DC/OS). Led adoption of Azure and Azure DevOps for CI/CD/CT. Collaborated with CCoE on secure cloud adoption.

Liveclicker

Senior Cloud Engineer • Nov 2016 - Jun 2019

Core product team, enabled cloud technologies. Migrated compute infra from EC2 Classic to VPC. Migrated DBs from EC2 to Aurora. Built serverless scraping solution with Lambda, API GW, Puppeteer. Introduced Ansible for deployments. Built ChatOps deployment tool. Architected Kinesis analytics pipeline.

inConcert

Head of IT Infrastructure • Jul 2013 - Nov 2016

Led IT infra reliability, security, scalability. Built data centers in US and Spain. Last escalation for infra incidents. Migrated customers to SaaS in Mexico and Spain. Introduced virtualization, automated deployments, patching. Improved product performance with load testing.

HG via NetLabs

Senior Linux Sysadmin • Jul 2012 - Jul 2013

Government projects, Unix system admin. Suggested improvements to infra and apps. Reviewed changes, interacted with DBAs, sysadmins. Automated daily sysadmin tasks. Projects: Zimbra email centralization, gov portals infra, datacenter migration. Tools: Apache, Nginx, Postfix, Zimbra, Tomcat, Jboss, WebSphere, VMware, Puppet

Abitab S.A.

Infrastructure Technician • Aug 2011 - Jul 2012

Administered Linux RHEL, AIX, servers, and network services. VMware ESX, IBM servers, HA datacenters. Cisco networking (HSRP, Spanning Tree, ACLs). Data center ops (provisioning, UPS, monitoring). Managed ATM network infra.

Telecom Networks

IT Manager • Apr 2009 - Sep 2011

Built IT team, hired resources. Designed infra, translated business needs to tech. Built CMS (Drupal), reporting (BIRT), web crawler.

Telecom Networks

System Administrator • Sep 2008 - Jul 2011

Ensured IT infra availability and security. SIP Trunking, Asterisk, NEC PBX, Cisco routers. Windows AD, file servers, SharePoint. MySQL optimization, replication, backups.

SouthLat Technology S.A.

Systems/Network Administrator • Aug 2004 - Sep 2008

Systems and network administration responsibilities.

Finning South America

Network Administrator • 2004 - 2008

Network administration responsibilities.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services • Apr 2024 – Apr 2027

Earners of this certification have an extensive understanding of designing technical strategies to accomplish specific business goals. They demonstrated the ability to balance best practices and trade-offs based on business context. Badge owners are able to design solutions across multiple platforms and providers.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Amazon Web Services • Apr 2022 – Apr 2025

Professional-level certification demonstrating expertise in AWS DevOps practices, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud architecture.

Azure Developer Associate

Microsoft • 2021 – 2023

Microsoft Azure certification covering cloud development, DevOps practices, and Azure services integration.

MLOps Specialization

Coursera • 2022

Complete MLOps specialization including ML in Production, Data Lifecycle, Modeling Pipelines, and Model Deployment.

KCNA - Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

The Linux Foundation • 2023 - 2026

Earners of this designation demonstrated a basic knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, including how to deploy an application using basic kubectl commands, the architecture of Kubernetes (containers, pods, nodes, clusters), understanding the cloud-native landscape and projects (storage, networking, GitOps, service mesh), and understanding the principles of cloud-native security.

GitOps Fundamentals

Codefresh • 2024 – 2027

This badge recognizes individuals who have demonstrated proficiency in GitOps principles and practices with Argo CD and Argo Rollouts. This certification certifies the earner’s ability to set up and manage Argo CD and progressive delivery using Argo Rollouts using GitOps principles and practices. Earners of this badge possess skills and have a grasp of applications, rollouts, and operation of Argo CD in a day-to-day end-user way while following the GitOps principles.

CCNA – Cisco

Cisco Systems • 2006 – 2009

Cisco Certified Network Associate certification covering networking fundamentals, routing, switching, and network security.

ORT Uruguay

Computer Electronics • 2002 - 2004

• Technical degree in Electronics and Computer Science

Technical studies in electronics and computer science

ORT Uruguay

Linux Operating Systems (entry-level) • 2004

Entry-level Linux certification

Entry-level Linux operating systems course

ORT Uruguay

Linux Systems Administration (advanced) • 2005

Advanced Linux administration certification

Advanced Linux system administration course

Hack Academy

Backend Developer (Node.js, Express, MongoDB) • May - Jun 2018

Backend development certification

Intensive backend development bootcamp covering Node.js, Express, and MongoDB

Cisco

CCNA - Cisco Career Certifications • 2006 - 2009

CCNA certification

Cisco Certified Network Associate certification

Coursera

MLOps Specialization • Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

MLOps Specialization certificate

Complete MLOps specialization including Intro to ML in Production, ML Data Lifecycle in Production, ML Modeling Pipelines in Production, and Deploying ML Models in Production

Guitar & Bass Playing

Passionate about music production and playing guitar and bass

Cooking

Enjoy experimenting with different cuisines and cooking techniques

Nature & Travel

Love exploring nature and traveling to new places

Photography

Enjoy capturing moments through photography, especially during travels