Julio Rodriguez
DevOps Engineer

Julio Rodriguez

DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience building and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS. I design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient environments using Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), and CI/CD automation. Key achievements include architecting multi-region failover infrastructure, migrating legacy platforms to modern cloud-native stacks, and deploying EKS clusters for high availability across Central America.

Experience

  • DevOps Engineer

    Reach Tools

    2023 — Present

    Integrated CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, significantly reducing deployment time for web applications. Standardized semantic versioning and commit best practices across multiple projects. Automated Docker image publishing to AWS ECR. Provisioned multi-environment infrastructure for reliable and reproducible deployments.

  • DevOps Engineer

    Ubiquo Labs

    2023 — Present

    Led the migration of v3 platforms to v4, including infrastructure provisioning with Puppet, Terraform, EC2, and databases, along with full client data migration. Implemented Kubernetes on AWS EKS, moving non-scalable workloads to achieve high availability. Deployed AWS security controls including WAF and Security Groups. Built complete infrastructure environments for multiple products across several Central American countries. Architected a multi-region failover strategy with cost-optimized standby resources for disaster recovery.

  • Support Engineer

    Ubiquo Labs

    2021 — 2023

    Automated billing processes to reduce manual workload. Implemented server monitoring on AWS using CheckMK. Built custom middleware for client integrations across multiple platforms. Created and deployed documentation websites for internal platforms. Provided technical support for high-profile clients including national banking institutions.

Education

  • Management Information Systems Engineering

    Universidad Mariano Gálvez

    2017 — 2023

    Engineering degree focused on information systems, infrastructure, and software development.

  • Industrial Bachelor's Degree and Digital Electronics and Microprocessors Technician

    Colegio Mixto Integral Santiago

    2012 — 2014

    Technical degree specializing in digital electronics, microprocessors, and industrial systems.

Tech Stack

Skills & Tools

AWS Kubernetes EKS WAF Docker Terraform Puppet Ansible GitLab CI/CD GitHub Actions ArgoCD Helm Prometheus Grafana CheckMK Python Bash Linux Nginx Git