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Diego Spera

@diegospera

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Experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineer and Reliability Manager

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role that fosters innovation, collaboration, and growth opportunities.

I am a seasoned Staff Site Reliability Engineer and Cloud Architect with extensive experience in leading technical operations and driving cloud adoption strategies. My journey has taken me through various roles, where I have successfully spearheaded AWS re-architecture projects and engineered serverless platforms on Azure, significantly enhancing deployment velocity and feature delivery.

Throughout my career, I have been dedicated to fostering a culture of reliability within organizations. I have led high-performance teams, developed next-gen DevSecOps pipelines, and implemented custom SRE tooling to improve security and reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR). My technical expertise spans across multiple cloud environments, including AWS and Azure, and I am proficient in utilizing tools such as Terraform and Kubernetes to automate and scale SaaS products.

As I continue to grow in my career, I am eager to leverage my skills in a challenging environment that values innovation and collaboration. I am passionate about mentoring teams and driving initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

RealVision

Mar 2022 - Apr 2025 (3 years 1 month)

• Spearheaded AWS re-architecture to Kubernetes (ArgoCD,
Helm) to boost deployment velocity.
• Engineered a new serverless platform on Azure, accelerating
new feature delivery for stakeholders.
• Led the platform team's FinOps drive, collaborating with
leadership to cut cloud costs by >45%.

DevOps AWS Terraform Kubernetes ArgoCD Helm Azure Azure DevOps

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

SolarWinds

Jan 2019 - Mar 2022 (3 years 2 months)

• Recruited and led a high-performance SRE team, embedding a
culture of reliability across the org.
• Architected a modern AWS stack (Terraform, Kubernetes, Flux)
to automate and scale SaaS products.
• Developed next-gen DevSecOps pipelines and custom SRE
tooling in Golang to improve security & MTTR.
• Key Tech: Tekton, CircleCI, Prometheus

management skills Site Reliability Engineering Kubernetes Terraform AWS Flux CD

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Red Hat

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Architected hybrid-cloud container platforms (AWS & On-
prem) for enterprise client workloads.
• Orchestrated Kubernetes & OpenShift deployments using
Ansible, Puppet, and Jenkins.
• Served as the technical liaison between engineering and
stakeholders for infrastructure strategy.
• Key Tech: RHV, OpenStack, RHEL

Hybrid Deployments Container Platforms AWS Kubernetes OpenShift Ansible Puppet Jenkins

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

CERC

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)

Architected a secure, multi-cloud SaaS infrastructure (AWS,
Azure, Heroku) for a high-growth FinTech startup.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning (Terraform, Ansible) and
CI/CD (Jenkins) on Kubernetes & OpenShift.

SaaS AWS Azure Heroku Terraform Ansible CI CD Jenkins Kubernetes OpenShift

Senior DevOps Engineer

Nexiit

Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year)

Acted as an independent DevOps consultant, guiding multiple
companies in their cloud adoption journey.
• Engineered immutable infrastructure on AWS using Terraform,
Packer, and SaltStack.
• Automated end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to
accelerate clients' software delivery.

Senior Systems Administrator

Hewlett Packard

Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 years)

Administered and ensured the 24/7 reliability of critical
monitoring infrastructure for HP's enterprise services.
• Managed monitoring platforms (HPOM, CA Unicenter) on
Linux and Unix (HP-UX) environments.

Systems Administration Monitoring HPOM CA Unicenter Linux Unix HP UX

Senior Backup & Recovery Administrator

IBM

Jan 2006 - Jan 2010 (4 years)

Led a team of administrators responsible for enterprise-wide
data protection and business continuity.
• Managed critical backup infrastructure (IBM TSM, NetBackup)
protecting petabytes of data on Linux & Unix (AIX, HP-UX).
• Developed and executed disaster recovery (DR) plans to
ensure service availability for key clients.