Albano Vaz
@albanovaz
Senior cloud and DevOps engineer delivering high-availability, cost-efficient enterprise systems.
What I'm looking for
Dynamic software engineer with over 10 years of expertise in enterprise-scale applications and cloud architecture. I spearhead mission-critical work that improves application performance by 40% and delivers 99.9% system availability.
I architect cloud-native solutions using AWS and Azure, driving 30% cost reduction in infrastructure spending. I also lead microservices and DevOps transformations, cutting deployment time by 60% while maintaining continuous delivery of secure, reliable services.
I’ve led cross-functional teams of 8+ engineers and am recognized for building scalable solutions that process 1M+ daily transactions. I bring strong governance through SOP-driven operational excellence, CI/CD automation, and thorough test planning with integration and automated UI tests.
Across roles including DevOps engineering, QA, applications support, and Web development, I collaborate closely with development, QA, operations, and stakeholders. I’m energized by continuous learning and problem-solving—turning monitoring signals into actionable improvements for stability, performance, and user experience.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Quality Assurance Consultant
Appen Ltd
Jul 2019 - Present (6 years 10 months)
Designed and executed QA test cases to evaluate and improve AI chatbot solutions, supporting conversational accuracy, ethical compliance, and user experience. Identified 35 critical cloud application bugs and ran 500+ functional tests, documenting performance issues to improve stability and outcomes.
DevOps Engineer
NOS SGPS
Jun 2024 - Jun 2025 (11 months)
Authored and enforced SOPs to improve operational best practices and cut incident response times by 35%. Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by 60% while enabling continuous delivery of secure, reliable services.
Microsoft 365 Support Engineer
Microsoft
May 2023 - Dec 2023 (7 months)
Improved customer satisfaction by 15% through personalized support and proactive Microsoft 365 update communication. Resolved 80% of customer issues within the first contact and helped customers understand subscription plans, increasing correct plan adoption and reducing plan-selection support requests.
QA/DevOps Engineer
Standard Bank Angola
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022 (8 months)
Transitioned from QA to DevOps, automating test environments and integrating CI/CD to streamline deployments. Led automation of AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda) with 99.9% system availability and a 30% infrastructure cost reduction, while increasing automated UI test coverage from 50% to 85% using 200+ Selenium/Robot Framework tests.
Applications Support Engineer
Standard Bank Angola
Dec 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year)
Performed 24/7 on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve critical incidents, maintaining service reliability and customer satisfaction. Improved web application uptime to 99.5% through proactive monitoring and root cause analysis on AWS/Azure, and increased team productivity by 15% by implementing workflow management tools.
Contact Center Consultant
Standard Bank Angola
Aug 2018 - Sep 2020 (2 years 1 month)
Built Salesforce automation solutions with Apex and Lightning Web Components to streamline customer data management, reducing call handling time by 15% and improving record accuracy. Increased first-contact inquiry resolution to 80% using Einstein chatbots and Salesforce automation, and improved customer return rates by 10% with personalized CRM communication.
Web Developer
Vincent and Tiffany Co
Feb 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 9 months)
Led UI/UX redesign projects for the company platform, improving user engagement by 55%. Developed responsive web applications with JavaScript and Bootstrap and built RESTful APIs using Java, supporting core product functionality and brand presentation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
The International University of Management
Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems
2013 - 2016
B.S. in Computer Science with a focus on Business Information Systems at The International University of Management (2013–2016).
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