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Carlos Felipe Gomes

@karlipegomes

Staff DevOps/Platform Engineer and CloudNative Specialist

Brazil
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I’m a hands-on Staff DevOps / Platform Engineer with 16+ years of experience across infrastructure, cloud, SRE, DevOps, and solutions architecture. My focus has evolved from operating infrastructure and solving complex production problems to designing scalable platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver and operate services more autonomously.

In my current role, I work across AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes, focusing on platform engineering, automation, GitOps, security, reliability, and FinOps. I build reusable Terraform and Helm components and recently led an ECS-to-EKS migration that achieved over 65% cost optimization. I also designed OpenTelemetry observability pipelines and have been exploring agentic AI for SRE and platform operations using MCP, RAG, and event-driven workflows.

Earlier in my career, I worked across SRE, DevOps, infrastructure, and solutions architecture, including cloud and Kubernetes migrations, infrastructure automation, observability, and regulated environments. I’m also a technical writer and maintainer of StaffOps, an open-source ecosystem focused on DevOps, Platform Engineering, and SRE.

I’m particularly interested in challenging distributed-systems problems, cloud-native technologies, platform engineering, observability, automation, and the practical application of AI to engineering operations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

BigDataCorp logoBI
Current

Staff DevOps/Platform Engineer

May 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

- Drove cross-team technical initiatives, owning architectural decisions and influencing platform direction while contributing hands-on to complex cloud and Kubernetes-based systems.
- Led the standardization of cloud infrastructure using IaC and GitOps, developing reusable Terraform modules and Helm charts to ensure consistency, versioning, and reliable provisioning across environments.
- Built i

Zazmic Inc logoZI

DevOps Engineer

May 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 8 months)

- Working in a globally distributed, cross-timezone team
- Design, implement, and maintain reusable Terraform modules for Azure and GCP, supporting Kubernetes, networking, load balancing, compute, databases, and backup solutions.
- Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks to install, update, and manage Linux environments in a standardised and automated manner.
- Deploy and manage applications using

DBSP logoDB

Site Reliability Engineer

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 1 month)

- Reduce operational toil through automation with Ansible, standardising configuration management, updates, and patching.
- Manage infrastructure changes using Terraform to enable safe, scalable, and repeatable service provisioning.
- Ensure production reliability and observability leveraging Dynatrace and ELK Stack.
- Led incident response and on-call rotations, collaborating with development tea

SEDUC-CE logoSE

DevOps Engineer

May 2020 - Jun 2021 (1 year 1 month)

- Manage on-premises platforms using Docker and VMware.
- Contribute to large-scale on-premises to AWS migrations, leveraging Kubernetes for application portability.
- Ensure security of hybrid environments (700+ schools) through centralised Check Point Firewall management.
- Build and maintain comprehensive observability stacks using ELK, Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager.
- Standardi

Beach Park Hotéis e Turismo S/A logoBS

Infrastructure Team Lead

Jan 2019 - May 2020 (1 year 4 months)

- Lead the rebuild of enterprise on-premises infrastructure, covering networking, security, compute, and storage layers.
- Execute VMware Cluster migrations (5.1 → 6.5) with zero downtime, improving stability and lifecycle management.
- Implement standardised backup strategies using Veeam to ensure data protection and recovery readiness.
- Modernise monitoring and observability using Zabbix and Gr

Beach Park Hotéis e Turismo S/A logoBS

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Jan 2018 - May 2020 (2 years 4 months)

Worked as Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Beach Park Hotéis e Turismo S/A.

MobTelecom logoMO

Solutions Architect

Nov 2014 - Jan 2018 (3 years 2 months)

- Lead the design and delivery of customer-facing and internal environments, aligned with evolving market demands.
- Conduct technical assessments with customers, partnering with Sales to propose architectural improvements aligned with business requirements and existing governance models.
- Architect highly available and secure infrastructures across multiple products and platforms.
- Support engi

Energy Telecom logoET

Red Hat Engineer

Dec 2013 - Nov 2014 (11 months)

- Conduct Proofs of Concept (PoCs) for VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solutions in large-scale banking environments, focusing on user experience improvements.
- Perform installation and migration from VMware 4 to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), delivering both production and disaster recovery environments in Gov Financial Department.
- Execute end-to-end migrations, ensuring minima

Energy Telecom logoET

Technical Support Engineer

Aug 2012 - Nov 2013 (1 year 3 months)

- Designed and operated enterprise security and network environments
- Supported customers through remote and on-site engagements
- Deployed centralized logging and security visibility with Splunk
- Managed perimeter and network security controls, including VPNs, IPS, WAF, and traffic failover
- Actively mitigated security incidents and continuously reviewed access policies

Tech stack: Route and

Mob Telecom logoMT

Technical Support

Nov 2011 - Jul 2012 (8 months)

- Designed and operated enterprise security and network environments
- Supported customers through remote and on-site engagements
- Deployed centralized logging and security visibility with Splunk
- Managed perimeter and network security controls, including VPNs, IPS, WAF, and traffic failover
- Actively mitigated security incidents and continuously reviewed access policies

Tech stack: Route and

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

TF

The Linux Foundation

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Jan 2026 · Expires Jan 2028

TF

The Linux Foundation

KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate

Feb 2026 · Expires Feb 2028

TF

The Linux Foundation

KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

Feb 2026 · Expires Feb 2028

CH

Chainguard

Chainguard Vulnslayer

Sep 2025

TF

The Linux Foundation

Introduction to GitOps

Sep 2025

AA

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Aug 2025

TF

The Linux Foundation

CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Oct 2025 · Expires Oct 2027

CH

Chainguard

Chainguard Container Crusader

Sep 2025

ES

Estácio

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2019 - 2021

RH

Red Hat

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration

Feb 2021

RH

Red Hat

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes

Jan 2021

RH

Red Hat

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management (EX403)

Dec 2020

ES

Estácio

Associate's degree, Analysis and System Development

2017 - 2019

ND

NED Training Centre - Dublin/Ireland

Student Upper-Intermediate Level

2017 - 2017

LI

Linux Professional Institute

LPIC-3 Linux Enterprise Professional Certification (303 - Security)

Oct 2014

EX

EXIN

ITIL Foundation

Sep 2014

CO

CompTIA

Server+

Aug 2014

VM

VMware

VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization

Jul 2014

RH

Red Hat

RHCVA - Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator

May 2014

RH

Red Hat

RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer

Dec 2013

RH

Red Hat

RHCSA - Red Hat Certified System Administrator

Dec 2013

CO

CompTIA

Linux+

Aug 2013

DS

Dell SonicWALL

Certified SonicWall Security Administrator

Feb 2013

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