Miguel T.

Miguel T.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Zürich, Switzerland
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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior DevOps Engineer
2018 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Delivering CI/CD as part of an Agile team to improve performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.

  • Helping build and improve infrastructure, application, and performance development and ensuring tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environmental scanning.

  • Ensuring high-quality deliverables and implementing DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments.

Algorithmic
Algorithmic
Senior DevOps Engineer
2022 - 2024 (2 years)
Aargau (Hybrid), Switzerland
  • Designed, developed, and maintained automation frameworks, scripts, and tools to automate various SDLC aspects including build, deployment, monitoring, and scaling.

  • Implemented and managed IaC solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible and set up CI/CD pipelines to enable automated building, testing, and deployment of applications.

  • Configured and managed cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to optimize performance, cost, and scalability and monitored solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to track system performance and detect issues.

Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse
Senior DevOps Engineer
2021 - 2023 (2 years)
Zürich, Switzerland
  • Worked with the DevOps team on a self-service platform for multiple teams of developers, building pipelines, releases, and monitoring and alerting in a standardized way.

  • Served as a middle layer between development teams and infrastructure services and helped developers to use tools and feedback on improvements or new solutions.

  • Evaluated and integrated existing solutions into the workflow, handled IaC, and transitioned microservice orchestration into the CS-provided container solution.

DevGears
DevGears
Senior DevOps Engineer - SME/CSA
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Zürich, Switzerland
  • Worked on infrastructure and software development - SDLC, SOC, IaC, event-driven architecture (EDA), and automation.

  • Performed DevOps tasks in Linux and Unix environments, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Azure, and GCP.

  • Managed services tuning and configuration, internal audits, BI analysis, security using Business Intelligence, Agile Scrum and Kanban.

DevOpsAWS Cloud Architecture Solutions ArchitectureIaCEDA AutomationCI/CD Pipelines AWSAzure GCPBusiness Intelligence (BI) Agile ScrumKanbanLinuxUnix
Aurea Software
Aurea Software
Senior DevOps Engineer - SME/CSA
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked on MessageOne offers email management solutions such as EMS and AlertFind for email and documentation archiving, e-discovery, security, and notification services for US and EMEA.

  • Reduced TCO from 8.5M to 600K per year.

  • Built and maintained a resilient, secure, and efficient SaaS OPS application platform to meet established SLAs for EMS (AMS Aurea) and AF (AlertFind).

European Central Bank - ECB
European Central Bank - ECB
Software Developer - Oracle DBA
2013 - 2016 (3 years)
Frankfurt, Germany
  • Monitored automation stack, DB performance optimization on Oracle side (Explain Plans/Hibernate), daily DevOps tasks with Linux, Unix, and DB Administration.

  • Supported infrastructure of Sun Enterprise-class servers running Solaris OS and HP Blades running Solaris OS/Linux Red Hat 3/4/5/6/7 recently with satellite integration and administration.

  • Conducted root cause analysis of failures and implemented permanent solutions/workarounds to fix issues.

ITGate Development
ITGate Development
Software Developer
2011 - 2013 (2 years)
Lisbon, Portugal
  • Supervised 7 developers and system engineers through 27 ongoing projects and assisted SLA for 99.9% for 24/7/365.

  • Worked with Python OpenStack Module for Layer 2-4 OSI M. vNic, vSwitching Virtualization based on OVS from Nicira and SDN.

  • Managed MVC programming Basis TDD and ORM, Central Repository Systems Build and Automation, Nasa/Rackspace OpenStack Modules Development/Python, Stackless.

Alcatel Lucent
Alcatel Lucent
L4 Support Engineer
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
Lisbon, Portugal
  • Assisted company clients with their queries and issues.

  • Troubleshot Telecom's Engineering BTS, MFS, and all related services with RCA based on X25 and Rose protocols based on Linux and Solaris OS’s.

  • Handled service support, service operation, incident management, request fulfillment, ITIL v3 User, IP Telecom/Application RCA, and L4 Support, KPI’s Calc (Interpolation, Spatial Aggregation) Management.

Portfolio

Java Software Developer - European Central Bank, DGIS/EDA
Java Software Developer - European Central Bank, DGIS/EDA

Participated in IT projects throughout the complete lifecycle for the development of IT application services and the ECB change management lifecycle. Ran performance optimization of applications (MOPDB Replication and EXDI Hibernate (DML operations) based on Oracle Parallelization PX and Optimizer Execution Plans). Designed and drafted technical specifications of application systems in line with functional and nonfunctional requirements. Performed technical testing and prepared technical documentation. Supported end users during acceptance tests and operational teams during migration to production environment. Investigated, diagnosed, and resolved bugs and incidents in the post-go-live support of operations. Developed scripts and procedures for building and packing application components. Reviewed and implemented security policies to the databases, ensuring data consistency and integrity. Developed working knowledge of business processes implemented in the applications based on Agile Scrum Methodologies. Technologies used: Linux Red Hat, CentOS, Solaris, Java 5/6/7, Tomcat 6/7, Apache 2.2x, WebLogic, Maven, Eclipse, Nexus, Jira, SVN Git and Mercurial, Spring MVC, Spring WS, iBatis and MyBatis, Hibernate, JMS, Oracle, MySQL, Apache Common Math (MathLib JAMA), Log4J and SL4J, Gradle, Ant, AQAPI, Ehcache and OSCache, JSTL, JTA, Quartz Scheduler, REST, XML XSD and WSDL, SoapUI, JSON, SQL Developer and Toad, X-Mind, Bash, TCSH, Cygwin, Python, JasperReports, and Crystal Reports.

DevOps - Oracle DBA / Unix Solaris/Linux RH Systems, European Central Bank, DGIS/INO/DAC SYS
DevOps - Oracle DBA / Unix Solaris/Linux RH Systems, European Central Bank, DGIS/INO/DAC SYS

Worked in the DG-IS-DAC division on ongoing projects and application integration tasks to enable new and rectified functionality based on business requirements (business analysis). Supported infrastructure of Sun Enterprise-class servers running Solaris OS and HP Blades running Solaris OS/Linux Red Hat 3/4/5/6/7 recently with satellite integration and administration. Handled patching, performance tuning, and DataGuard replication and patching. Provisioned Virtual Machines (Solaris Zones / LDOMs / VMware) and performed day-to-day activities including managing FS, LUN replacement, restoring files, configuring adjustments, cooperating with hardware /software vendor, log analysis. Configured TSM clients. Performed root cause analysis of failures and implemented permanent solutions/workarounds to solve problems. Actively participated in quarterly failover exercise. Technologies used: Linux Red Hat, CentOS, Solaris, Java 5/6/7, Tomcat 6/7, Apache 2.2x, WebLogic, Maven, Eclipse, Nexus, Jira, SVN Git and Mercurial, Spring MVC, Spring WS, iBatis and MyBatis, Hibernate, JMS, Oracle, MySQL, Apache Common Math (MathLib JAMA), Log4J and SL4J, Gradle, Ant, AQAPI, Ehcache and OSCache, JSTL, JTA, Quartz Scheduler, REST, XML XSD and WSDL, SoapUI, JSON, SQL Developer and Toad, X-Mind, Bash, TCSH, Cygwin, Python, JasperReports, and Crystal Reports.

Education

Master's Degree, Advanced Software Development
Master's Degree, Advanced Software Development
Technological University Dublin - Ireland
2012 - 2014 (2 years)
Master's Degree, Distributed Systems Engineering
Master's Degree, Distributed Systems Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico - Portugal
1999 - 2001 (2 years)
BSc Distributed Systems Engineering
BSc Distributed Systems Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico - Portugal
1996 - 1999 (3 years)