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Cosme Alves

@cosmealves

Principal Azure Platform Engineer at SmartMecânico / PecTec, automating containerized production platforms with Terraform, Kubernetes and CI/CD.

Portugal

Message

At SmartMecânico / PecTec, I lead DevOps and application-infrastructure activities for Linux-based web platforms. I build and operate Docker and Kubernetes environments, automate infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

At Claranet Portugal, I operate enterprise UNIX/Linux environments supporting mission-critical production workloads under SLA, security and formal change-management requirements. I investigate production incidents, support recovery procedures and execute controlled production changes.

Across roles supporting organizations including TAP Air Portugal, Claro, Embratel and IBM, I’ve worked on UNIX/Linux platforms, high availability, storage, virtualization and disaster recovery. I hold Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) and Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certifications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Systems Administrator

Current

Claranet Portugal

May 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Operate enterprise UNIX/Linux environments supporting mission-critical production workloads under SLA, security and formal change-management requirements. Investigate and restore complex production incidents and perform capacity and performance analysis.

Linux Unix NFS Storage Networking Incident Management Capacity Planning Backup Disaster Recovery

Current

DevOps Engineer / Team Leader

Current

SmartMecânico / PecTec

Jan 2021 - Present (5 years 9 months)

Lead DevOps and application-infrastructure activities for Linux-based web platforms, combining hands-on engineering with technical coordination. Build and operate Docker and Kubernetes environments, implement Infrastructure as Code, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Shell Scripting GitHub Actions Jenkins Gitlab CI PostgreSQL Redis Nginx Python Django

Systems Consultant

Aubay Portugal

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Supported enterprise UNIX/Linux and Windows infrastructure for critical aviation services with strict availability and operational reliability requirements. Administered AIX and Linux platforms and automated repetitive infrastructure activities using Shell scripting.

Unix Linux Aix Windows Shell Scripting Backup Monitoring Security Disaster Recovery

UNIX Support Analyst

Planejar / Montreal Informática

Jan 2017 - Dec 2021 (4 years 11 months)

Administered AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and Red Hat Linux in large-scale, security-sensitive production environments. Supported Oracle Exadata, OracleVM and enterprise SAN infrastructure and performed troubleshooting, performance analysis and high-availability support.

Aix Solaris HP UX RedHat Linux Oracle Exadata Oracle VM SAN High Availability Troubleshooting

SAP BASIS & UNIX Support Analyst

Claro / Embratel

Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 (4 years 11 months)

Supported mission-critical telecommunications infrastructure across UNIX/Linux, SAP Basis, Oracle, JBoss and VMware, covering production monitoring, administration, troubleshooting and incident resolution.

Unix Linux SAP BASIS Oracle JBoss VMWare Monitoring Incident resolution

DBA Oracle & UNIX Support Analyst

SystemPlan

Jan 2008 - Dec 2012 (4 years 11 months)

Administered IBM Power Systems / AIX, Linux, Solaris and Windows Server environments with LPAR/VMware virtualization, Oracle/SQL Server, Veritas NetBackup and TSM. Participated in migration, consolidation and production support.

IBM Power Systems Aix Linux Solaris Windows Server LPAR VMWare Oracle SQL Server NetBackup IBM TSM

UNIX Support Analyst

Service IT

Jan 2007 - Dec 2012 (5 years 11 months)

Administered IBM Power/AIX and Solaris with LPAR, Brocade Fibre Channel, IBM SVC and enterprise backup. Supported Solaris-to-IBM-Power migration, consolidation and production troubleshooting.