Architect & Azure Architect & Azure Engineer & Cloud Architect & Cloud Engineer & IT Security Consultant

Experienced Infrastructure engineer with over 25 years in IT. He is currently holding a position as an Architect but he is also working as a more hands-on engineer. He is responsible for the automation, deployment, cloud, security and configuration, keeping the documentation, and the synergy between vendors and the company. He has experience with Powershell, Azure DevOps, VMware, Citrix. They are currently migrating the platform to a new one using Kubernetes and Docker. He holds various certifications in Azure such as Fundamentals, Administrator, Network Engineer, DevOps Engineer Expert and Solution Architect Expert. Recently he also passed the certification exam for Security Engineer. Even though he is mostly skilled in Windows, he has been also working with Linux in IBM and his own personal projects. He has no issues with Ubuntu, Fedora. He has been also using Vue ang Go on his own side projects. He likes to learn new things every day and advance further in his expertise. He speaks fluent English and Portuguese is his mother tongue. He can also speak Czech but not on a professional level.

IT Technical Architect Lead

JANUARY/2022 - CURRENT

Responsibilities:

• Took on additional leadership responsibilities, building upon seniority in the company's business processes and cloud technology.
• Responsible for the technical architecture of the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure for over 50 websites across global, regional, and local domains for all the company's brands.
• Chair of the Technical Design Authority (TDA) board, making critical architectural decisions related to the platform's infrastructure, application, and operations for the websites.
• Working closely with various IT Production teams, including Active Directory, Network, Security, and Enterprise Architecture, and providing guidance and coordination to outsourced technical teams responsible for managing the cloud infrastructure, applications, and content.
• Involved in projects for the implementation of new technologies and methodologies, including the adoption of containerization and serverless architecture, as well as the use of Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

IT Technical Architect

OCTOBER/2018 - DECEMBER/2021

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical expertise in designing and implementing the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure for over 50 websites across global, regional, and local domains for all the company's brands.
• Chair of the Technical Design Authority (TDA) board, responsible for making key architectural decisions related to the platform's infrastructure, application, and operations for the websites.
• Collaborated with various IT Production teams, such as Active Directory, Network, Security, and Enterprise Architecture, and provided guidance and coordination to outsourced technical teams responsible for managing the cloud infrastructure, applications, and content.
• Led the successful adoption of cloud automation deployment for the establishment of Infrastructure as Code, using Azure DevOps.
• Involved in the entire solution life cycle, from initial planning and design to final implementation and ongoing support, as a Subject Matter Expert, technically leading support infrastructure and application teams.

Solution Architect

DECEMBER/2016 - AUGUST/2018

Responsibilities:

• Designed and owned technical or business solutions involving huge, virtualized environments with VMware technology.
• Conducted client-facing workshops and worked closely with procurement teams to identify customers' business requirements.
• Acted as the interface between business requirements and technical directives, and defined solutions to customers' business problems through the most reasoned structuring of the various solution elements.
• Focused on the front end of the solution life cycle, primarily involved in the initial stages of the solution development process, such as the requirements gathering, design, and planning phases.
• Cooperated with all teams or architects to ensure full compatibility with other solution elements, such as storage, network, applications, backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, security, compliance, and cloud orchestration.