About Me

Hi I am Thomas Cordeu :wave:,
a senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer/SRE (I prefer to be called Cloud Wizard 🧙🏻‍♂️) from Argentina, focused on Kubernetes, and I have proven experience designing and implementing production-grade architectures.

Programming Skills

Kubernetes

95%

AWS

90%

GCP

90%

Python

75%

Ruby

70%

Other Skills

Wizardry 🧙🏻‍♂️

1000%

Social skills

100%

Meeting attendance

5%

Email reading

1%

Software Developer, Fudo, Argentina

2018 — 2019

Maintenance and enhancements of an AngularJS application, ensuring seamless functionality and user experience. Played a pivotal role in the maintenance and upkeep of a Ruby on Rails (RoR) application, addressing bugs and optimizing performance to meet evolving business needs. Led the development and implementation of a Flutter application, contributing to its design, architecture, and deployment for optimal user engagement. Orchestrated seamless integration with Argentina's revenue service, streamlining financial processes and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and deliver high-quality software products on schedule.

Cloud Engineer, Shipnow, Remote

2019 — 2020

Led the successful migration of a complex micro-service architecture from AWS ECS to Kubernetes on AWS EKS, enhancing scalability, reliability, and resource utilization. Implemented robust monitoring and alerting mechanisms using Prometheus and Grafana, enabling real-time visibility into cluster performance and application health. Provided comprehensive documentation and training sessions to equip teams with the necessary skills to operate and maintain Kubernetes clusters effectively. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for a diverse portfolio of over 10 applications, streamlining the software delivery process and accelerating time to market. Conducted regular audits and optimizations of CI/CD processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

Cloud Engineer, Freelance, Remote

2020 — 2021

Orchestrated the transformation of an E-Commerce firm's infrastructure by implementing Dockerized architectures on AWS ECS. Leveraged containerization technology to enhance scalability, portability, and deployment efficiency for critical E-Commerce applications. Architected a traditional EC2-based infrastructure for the same E-Commerce firm, utilizing AWS ECS for container orchestration. Designed and deployed EC2 instances to host containerized workloads, optimizing resource utilization and ensuring high availability. Provided comprehensive consulting and guidance to a logistics firm on Kubernetes clusters hosted in AWS. Offered strategic insights and best practices for Kubernetes deployment, configuration, and optimization to maximize performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

Cloud Engineer, Ocelot Consulting, St. Louis, Missouri, US (Remote)

2021 — 2023

AWS cost optimization initiatives for a multi-million-dollar firm, achieving significant savings of 20-30% through strategic analysis, optimization recommendations, and implementation of cost-saving measures. Conducted thorough assessments of AWS usage and spending patterns, identified areas for improvement, and implemented cost-saving strategies tailored to business needs and priorities. Led the successful migration of a multi-node Jenkins cluster, serving over 100 projects, to AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), streamlining deployment workflows, enhancing scalability, and improving resource utilization. Provided expert AWS support to diverse development teams, ranging from .NET development teams to Data Science teams, offering guidance, best practices, and technical assistance to optimize application performance, security, and scalability.

Cloud Engineer, Fudo, Remote

2023 — 2024

Managed and maintained AWS clusters to support critical workloads, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and optimal performance. Led the migration of SaaS monitoring services to self-hosted environments using Kubernetes in GCP, orchestrating the deployment and management of containerized workloads to improve scalability, flexibility, and control. Designed and implemented Kubernetes clusters in GCP, leveraging GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) to automate deployment workflows, optimize resource allocation, and enhance application reliability.

SRE, Avenue Code, Remote

2024 — Present