Gabriel Santos
@gabrielsantos1
Experienced DevOps/Cloud Engineer with a focus on automation and efficiency.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
As a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of experience, I specialize in designing and managing cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. My journey has been marked by a commitment to optimizing operational efficiency and improving system reliability through innovative automation and CI/CD pipeline development.
At Stride, Inc., I led cloud DevOps efforts that supported nationwide digital learning platforms, achieving significant cost savings and enhancing scalability. My expertise in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform and my ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams have been key to delivering secure, scalable, and highly available systems. I am passionate about driving best practices in DevOps and cloud security, which has resulted in improved deployment frequency and reduced downtime.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer
Stride, Inc.
May 2022 - Present (3 years)
Led cloud DevOps efforts for nationwide digital learning platforms, optimizing scalability and building secure CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and AWS CodePipeline for over 30 microservices. Migrated legacy infrastructure to fully automated IaC using Terraform, achieving 38% cost savings by optimizing AWS usage. Orchestrated Kubernetes clusters via KOps and EKS, implementing Helm cha
Lead DevOps Engineer
Worldpay, Inc.
Jun 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 11 months)
Oversaw DevOps strategies for high-throughput fintech services, ensuring 99.99% uptime and architecting AWS-native CI/CD workflows using CodePipeline, Lambda, and CloudFormation. Migrated production systems from on-prem to cloud with zero downtime, created reusable Terraform modules, and implemented EFK stack for centralized logging. Set up real-time alerting with Prometheus/Grafana and led cost o
Senior DevOps Engineer
Worldpay, Inc.
Jan 2018 - May 2020 (2 years 4 months)
Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and SonarCloud, implementing Kubernetes with KOPS and later migrating services to EKS, developing custom Helm charts. Automated vulnerability scans and compliance checks (DevSecOps), and created Prometheus/Grafana dashboards for monitoring. Supported hybrid cloud environments (AWS & GCP) with Terraform-based provisioning, reducing
DevOps Engineer
Worldpay, Inc.
Nov 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 1 month)
Managed Jenkins CI pipelines and release automation for Java-based backend services, writing Ansible playbooks to automate OS-level configuration and app deployment, and Dockerized legacy applications. Integrated Filebeat with Elasticsearch for faster issue triage, supported on-call rotations, and helped provision and configure AWS resources including EC2, S3, IAM, and Route 53. Wrote bash and Pyt
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UAUniversity of Texas - Austin
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. The program provided a strong foundation in various computing principles and practices.
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