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Manuel Guarinos López

SRE & DevOps Engineer | Telecommunications Engineering

Spanish (Native) • English (IELTS C1/C2) • French (DALF C1)

4 AWS Certifications • Certified Kubernetes Administrator

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Result-oriented SRE & DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience building robust cloud infrastructures and implementing DevOps best practices. Certified AWS Professional and Kubernetes Administrator with a proven track record of successful migrations and infrastructure modernization.

Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform
  • Services: EC2, S3, EKS, RDS, CloudFront, GKE
  • IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible

Containerization & Orchestration

  • Kubernetes: EKS, GKE, Karpenter, HPA
  • CI/CD: ArgoCD, GitLab, GitHub Actions
  • Tooling: Docker, Helm, Kustomize

Monitoring & Observability

  • Metrics: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch
  • Logs: Elastic Stack, FluentBit, Kibana
  • APM: Datadog, Sentry

Security & Compliance

  • Identity: IAM, Keycloak, SAML, MFA
  • Network: VPN, Security Groups, WAF
  • Standards: SOC 2, Encryption, Best Practices

Certifications

Education

Telecommunications Engineering

Technical University of Madrid

Bachelor of Telematics, Computer Science, Electronics, Cloud Computing
  • Awards: 14 courses with honors mention, overall average grade: 8.24/10
  • Final thesis: Deployment of a Kubernetes cluster on AWS including EFK stack, Grafana and Prometheus using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

Professional Experience

DevOps & SRE Engineer

Atinary Technologies, Lausanne

Transformed cloud infrastructure while implementing security best practices and cost optimization strategies.
  • Successfully migrated infrastructure to AWS, implementing cost-effective storage solutions with S3 and EFS.
  • Deployed PostgreSQL databases on Aurora RDS.
  • Established comprehensive monitoring systems using Elastic Stack with FluentBit, Grafana, and Prometheus.
  • Contributed significantly to SOC 2 compliance through MFA, VPN, and encryption implementations.
  • Managed Kubernetes environments with ArgoCD, optimizing scalability with HPA and Karpenter.
  • Deployed MLFlow infrastructure to support machine learning workflows.
  • Administered Google Workspaces including security requirements and IAM roles.

Cloud Engineer & DevOps

orbyn, Madrid

Built advanced cloud infrastructure platforms delivering customized solutions and exceptional user experiences.
  • Architected comprehensive AWS ecosystem including ALB, CloudFront, EKS, RDS, and MSK.
  • Managed Kubernetes environments with ArgoCD, ExternalDNS, and Karpenter for optimal scaling.
  • Implemented monitoring solutions using Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus.
  • Maintained CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and GitLab Runners.
  • Deployed infrastructure as code using Terraform with multiple providers.
  • Established secure data management practices across distributed systems.
  • Enhanced internal tools for efficient operations and data processing.

Cloud Engineer & N2 Support Technician

acens, Madrid

Provided reliable technical support for enterprise systems ensuring consistent availability of critical services.
  • Administered AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch for scalable infrastructure.
  • Managed domain architecture and DNS configurations for organizational web presence.
  • Implemented secure email systems with advanced threat protection.
  • Configured and maintained Google Workspace environment for collaboration.
  • Deployed Netapp StorageGRID for object storage and data management.
  • Orchestrated virtual infrastructure using VMWare Cloud Director.
  • Supported web hosting environments with Plesk and cPanel platforms.
  • Managed X.509 certificate lifecycle for secure communications.