Aaron Alaniz
@aaronalaniz
Lead Cloud Engineer / DevOps leader driving reliable, automated, multi-cloud infrastructure.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a strategic, hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer and DevOps practitioner with 13 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, cloud infrastructure, and automation. I specialize in architecting high-availability, multi-region deployments across AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM Cloud while embedding SRE and DevOps principles across teams.
My achievements include leading a global OpenShift Kubernetes deployment with 99.99% uptime, implementing Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform to reduce setup time by 60%, and building CI/CD pipelines that doubled deployment frequency and cut release cycles by 30%. I have driven security and compliance automation (SOC 2, GDPR), cost optimization that reduced cloud spend by 25%, and proactive monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana.
I combine deep technical skills—Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana—with a commitment to operational excellence, resilience engineering, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, reliable cloud platforms.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Cloud Engineer
IBM Cloud
Feb 2021 - Present (5 years)
Led deployment of a multi-region OpenShift Kubernetes platform on IBM Cloud achieving 99.99% uptime, built CI/CD pipelines that doubled deployment frequency and cut release cycles by 30%, and automated IaC and security checks to reduce setup and audit time.
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
Medtronic
Mar 2014 - Jan 2021 (6 years 10 months)
Designed and managed cloud infrastructure for mission-critical services, implemented Jenkins/GitLab CI pipelines to cut deployment time by 50%, and deployed containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes to improve availability.
Site Reliability Engineer
Concertium
Aug 2012 - Feb 2014 (1 year 6 months)
Maintained and scaled cloud infrastructure using Terraform and monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana to reduce manual intervention by 40% and implemented multi-region resilience achieving 99.99% uptime targets.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
TAThe University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, graduating in May 2012.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
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