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Jacobo Garcia

@jacobogarcia

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A creative, earnest, problem-solving oriented DevOps engineer with 13 years of expertise.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

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

I am a creative and self-motivated engineer with over thirteen years of experience in systems engineering. My journey has taken me through various roles, including Founder and Director at LIMINAL, where I focused on business strategy, artist management, and project development. I pride myself on being a team player and an empathetic professional, always striving to foster collaboration and innovation.

My technical expertise includes DevOps practices, where I have successfully managed systems operations and server provisioning using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and AWS. I have a strong background in infrastructure as code and have led initiatives to transition monolithic architectures to microservices, enhancing scalability and performance. My experience also extends to UX research and product strategy, where I have facilitated workshops and developed value propositions that resonate with users.

As I look to the future, I am eager to leverage my diverse skill set in a DevOps or managerial role, where I can continue to drive innovation and contribute to a positive company culture. I believe in the power of technology to transform businesses and am excited about the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder, Director, Cultural Manager & Strategist

Current

LIMINAL

Feb 2020 - Present (5 years 4 months)

Developed and executed business strategies, including business development, research, and networking. Managed artists, projects, and bookings, handling pitching, deal-making, and fee negotiations.

Business Strategy Business Development Project Management Artist Management Negotiation Innovation Process Optimization Technological Advice

Culture, Research, Product

Mendesaltaren

Aug 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 4 months)

Conducted extensive UX research, including user interviews, quantitative research, and heuristic analysis. Defined product strategies, value propositions, and roadmaps, facilitating design thinking workshops.

UX Research User Interviews Quantitative Research Heuristic Analysis User Testing Product Strategy Design Thinking Process Optimization Knowledge Management

Senior DevOps Engineer

BeBanjo

Oct 2019 - Mar 2020 (5 months)

Managed day-to-day systems operations and server provisioning using Ansible. Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and AWS services, and configured Nginx front-end.

DevOps Ansible Terraform AWS Nginx Rails MariaDB

Course Director

Positive DevOps

Nov 2018 - May 2019 (6 months)

Designed and developed the course curriculum, including format, learning units, and activities. Led a small team to design and code the course website, defining its brand, mission, and values.

Product Design Brand Sales Google Analytics SEO Marketing

Senior Systems Engineer

Cabify

Sep 2017 - Mar 2018 (6 months)

Addressed scaling issues on the platform, performing troubleshooting, analysis, and post-mortems for downtime. Managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and deployed metrics using Datadog.

Systems Engineering Troubleshooting Microservices Architecture Terraform Docker Ansible Jenkins Datadog Redis ELK CouchDB MySQL

Senior Systems Engineer

DNSimple

Mar 2014 - Jul 2017 (3 years 4 months)

Managed and expanded the company's infrastructure, migrating from LXC servers to bare metal. Developed internal tooling in Ruby for CI/CD and server operations.

Systems Engineering Infrastructure as Code Chef CI CD Ruby BGP PowerDNS PostgreSQL Rails Nginx Incident Response Security Sensu Datadog ELK

Lead Systems Administrator

BeBanjo

Jul 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 5 months)

Designed and implemented a new High Availability systems platform, migrating to AWS. Automated server provisioning and application deployment using Chef, Capistrano, Ruby, and BASH.

Systems Administration Chef Capistrano Ruby BASH Uptime Improvement Incident Response Disaster Recovery Log Management

Lead Systems Administrator

ASPgems

Oct 2008 - Jul 2011 (2 years 9 months)

Managed server provisioning with Chef, troubleshooting, and Sensu monitoring. Handled backups, disaster recovery, and Rails deployments with Capistrano.

Systems Administration Chef Troubleshooting Sensu Backup Disaster Recovery Rails Capistrano BASH Ruby Postfix Elasticsearch

Systems Administrator

The Cocktail

Oct 2006 - Jul 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Designed, implemented, and migrated a High Availability platform for Rails applications and a high-traffic blogging platform. Automated installations and configurations using BASH and Ruby.

Systems Administration Rails BASH Ruby Postfix Troubleshooting Optimization Monitoring Security OpenVPN

Intern, Developer

Google Summer of Code

Jun 2006 - Sep 2006 (3 months)

Collaborated with the Eclipse Foundation to develop an Eclipse plugin. This plugin was designed to create multi-platform installers for Eclipse RCP applications.

Eclipse Plugin Development Java Multi Platform Installers Eclipse RCP