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Manuel Pérez

@manuelprez

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Cloud platform engineer specializing in GCP, Kubernetes, and scalable, secure infrastructure automation.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior cloud/platform role where I can design scalable, secure GCP infrastructures, mentor teams, and drive platform automation and developer enablement.

I am a cloud platform engineer with extensive experience designing and operating GCP-based infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and automated delivery pipelines. I focus on building reliable, secure, and reproducible platforms that enable development teams to move quickly.

At Storyteq I design and implement cloud platform infrastructure using GCP, Terraform, Config Connector and Kubernetes, and I build dev environments that spawn full microservice applications for testing and review. I also contributed to the transition from a regional to a global SaaS offering and integrated external monitoring tools like Datadog and NewRelic.

Previously I led cloud platform teams and worked as a Site Reliability Engineer where I managed GKE clusters, deployed Kubernetes operators, implemented least-privileged IAM and zero-trust internal access, migrated secrets to Vault, and automated infrastructure with Terraform, Tanka/Jsonnet and ArgoCD. I have hands-on experience with networking, VPNs, load balancers and CloudArmor policies.

I mentor and pair-program with colleagues, produce golden paths for SDLC, and deliver reusable Helm charts and IaC. I bring a pragmatic, security-first mindset and a track record of leading teams, delivering prototypes and publishing technical work in collaborative environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Cloud Platform Engineer

Current

Storyteq

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Design and implement GCP-based cloud platform infrastructure and dev environments, enabling full microservice apps for MR testing and supporting transition from regional to global SaaS offering. Standardized Kubernetes resources via Helm, produced golden paths for teams, and integrated monitoring tools improving operability.

GCP Kubernetes Terraform Helm ArgoCD Gitlab CI Istio Datadog

Site Reliability Engineer

Ziglu

Feb 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 7 months)

Operated GCP infrastructure and multiple Kubernetes clusters, deployed operators (cert-manager, Istio, Vault), and implemented least-privilege IAM and zero-trust access controls to improve security posture and reliability. Migrated secrets to Vault and automated deployments with Argo Workflows/ArgoCD.

GCP GKE Kubernetes Terraform Vault Istio ArgoCD Prometheus Grafana

Cloud Platform Team Lead

Quantexa

Feb 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 11 months)

Led cloud platform team, architected platform features, performed code reviews and scrum master duties while building GCP-based services, CI/CD pipelines and observability using Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Prometheus and Grafana.

GCP Terraform Kubernetes Docker Ansible Jenkins Prometheus Grafana

Senior R&D Engineer

Nokia Bell Labs

Jun 2015 - Jan 2019 (3 years 7 months)

Led small DevOps team to automate deployments and built prototypes using OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes and IaC tools; contributed to scientific publications and authored one registered patent.

OpenStack Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Helm Jenkins DevOps Research

Alfresco System Administrator

Freelance

Nov 2014 - May 2015 (6 months)

Provided Alfresco system administration services including installation, configuration and maintenance for client deployments.

Alfresco System Administration Linux Configuration Management Troubleshooting

Software Engineer

DXC

Jul 2012 - Oct 2014 (2 years 3 months)

Developed and administered Alfresco, Liferay and SharePoint solutions and managed technical projects interfacing with regional administrative entities.

Alfresco Liferay SharePoint System Administration Project Management Java Web Development

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Oviedo

Master of Science, Telecommunication Engineering

2005 - 2012

MSc Telecommunication Engineering with coursework in computer science, electronics, electromagnetism, telematics and networking completed from 2005 to 2012.