Infrastructure, Cloud & DevOps

Discipline, method, and delivery applied to cloud infrastructure. Technical rigor, automation, and proven practices.

Cloud Infrastructure

Who I am and my goals

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Background & Approach

Retired Military Officer with three decades of service. I bring a daily study routine, lab practice, and a methodical approach to infrastructure and code.

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How I Work

Predictable delivery. Clear documentation and processes. I prioritize automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and production-ready solutions.

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Technical Skills

  • Linux (Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Debian) β€” Daily admin, shell scripting, and automation
  • AWS (S3, IAM, EC2, VPC, CloudFront)
  • Terraform β€” Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Docker, Git, Bash
  • Networking & Security Fundamentals

Current Tech Stack & Ongoing Learning

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Operating System

Linux

Daily use, full administration, shell scripting, and task automation. Hands-on experience in deployment and DevOps integration.

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Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Developing modules, reproducible provisioning, and CI/CD pipelines.

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Cloud Services

AWS

Testing environments, cost optimization, and advanced security practices.

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Containers

Docker

Image creation and management; initial orchestration studies.

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Version Control

Git / GitHub

Daily usage; branching, PRs, and standard workflows.

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Networking & Security

Applied Fundamentals

VPN configuration, firewalls, and IAM best practices.

Projects & Practical Demos


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Infrastructure Observability Stack


A professional monitoring stack for Apache Airflow. It uses Prometheus to scrape metrics via StatsD and Grafana for real-time visualization of heartbeat, throughput, and task latency.

Stack: Prometheus, Grafana, StatsD, PromQL, Docker

Highlight: Advanced PromQL with rate() functions for instant performance analysis

View GitHub Repo β†’

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Automated Exchange Rate Pipeline


End-to-end data pipeline using Apache Airflow. It monitors EUR/BRL rates, processes metrics with Pandas, and automatically publishes a responsive dashboard via GitLab CI/CD & Pages.

Stack: Airflow, Docker, Python (Pandas), GitLab CI/CD

Highlight: Fully decoupled ETL architecture & automated SSH deployment

View Live Dashboard β†’
View Source Code (GitLab) β†’

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Personal Static Site on AWS


Portfolio hosted on S3 with CloudFront distribution and HTTPS. Optimized for performance and minimal cost. Fully documented deployment and automation.

Architecture: S3 + CloudFront + HTTPS

Focus: Performance & Cost-efficiency

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Infrastructure as Code with Terraform


Demo project for IaC on AWS. Reproducible provisioning of EC2, Security Groups, and S3, focusing on best practices and clean environment teardown.

Tools: Terraform, AWS CLI

Result: Versioned, ephemeral, and replicable environment

View GitHub Repo β†’

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CI/CD Pipeline: Full Automation


Continuous Delivery pipeline using GitHub Actions. Automates secure deployment, S3 sync, and global CloudFront cache invalidation on every push.

Tech Stack: GitHub Actions, AWS CLI, YAML

Highlight: Programmatic cache invalidation in 15s

View Pipeline Architecture β†’

(English version coming soon)

Education & Continuous Learning

Ongoing Roadmap

CURRENT

CI/CD: GitHub Actions for serverless deployments.

Cloud: AWS (IAM, S3, CloudFront, VPC) and Security.

IaC: Terraform (modules and state management).

Orchestration: Continuous practice in Airflow, Docker, and Kubernetes.

FUTURE

Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana) and FinOps.

Goal: Consolidate operational excellence in Linux and Cloud.

Certifications

AWS Cloud Practitioner Preparing
AWS Solutions Architect Target
Terraform Associate In Progress

Technical Blog & Articles


Anatomy of a CI/CD Pipeline with AWS

Orchestrating GitHub Actions, S3, and CloudFront for resilient global delivery.

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My Definitive Transition to Linux

Technical rationale and practical experience guiding my move to Ubuntu LTS as my primary system, replacing Windows.

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From Barracks to Cloud

How the principles of discipline and method from the Military Police apply to Cloud and DevOps management.

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