CAIO SOUSA
Senior DevOps Engineer & Cloud Architect
Goiania, BR.About
Highly accomplished Senior DevOps Engineer with over a decade of experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing robust cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Proven leader in driving significant cost savings, enhancing system performance and reliability, and leading successful platform modernization and security compliance initiatives. Expert in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and scalable, resilient cloud-native architectures.
Work
Lemon.io
|Senior DevOps Engineer
United States, Remote, US
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Summary
Led critical FinOps and application modernization initiatives, enhancing platform performance and supporting data engineering teams in a remote, US-based environment.
Highlights
Directed FinOps initiatives, identifying and implementing solutions that generated over $100,000 in annual potential savings.
Spearheaded application modernization efforts, migrating platforms to Kubernetes, significantly improving performance and reliability.
Provided expert DevOps and cloud infrastructure support for Data Science and Data Engineering teams, enabling the development of internal data pipelines and tools.
Contributed to achieving SOC 2 Certification, ensuring robust security and compliance standards for critical systems.
Hitachi Vantara
|DevOps Consultant
United Kingdom, Remote, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Summary
Guided a major healthcare organization through a comprehensive cloud modernization, deploying Azure resources via IaC and optimizing critical infrastructure migrations.
Highlights
Led a comprehensive modernization initiative for a major healthcare organization, successfully transitioning traditional infrastructure to Azure Cloud.
Provisioned Azure cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including Terraform and Ansible, ensuring seamless and efficient deployments.
Executed successful migration strategies, optimizing resource utilization and ensuring a smooth transition of critical infrastructure components to the Azure cloud environment.
Collaborated with diverse development, operations, and management teams to align project goals and deliver a scalable, agile cloud infrastructure.
io.insure
|DevSecOps Lead
Australia, Remote, Australia
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Summary
Led a 3-person DevSecOps team supporting an insurance marketplace platform across 5 countries, significantly improving deployment efficiency and security compliance.
Highlights
Led a team of 3 DevSecOps engineers to manage, operate, and support an insurance marketplace platform serving 5 countries (US, UK, AU, HK, SG).
Implemented robust processes and documentation to achieve and maintain security compliance for external stakeholders.
Reduced lead time for changes by approximately 50% and decreased change failure rate by 35% through automated pipelines and comprehensive testing.
Actively contributed to product development initiatives, integrating security best practices and operational excellence from inception.
TUI
|DevOps Engineer
Portugal, Remote, Portugal
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Summary
Maintained a global eCommerce website serving millions of users across 6 countries, enhancing deployment efficiency and observability.
Highlights
Managed and maintained a global eCommerce website, ensuring high reliability and availability for millions of users across 6 countries.
Improved development team performance by refactoring CI/CD pipelines, reducing time to deploy new releases by 20%.
Enhanced observability across numerous microservices through the strategic implementation of Datadog.
Provided critical cloud resources and infrastructure support to the development team for global initiatives.
BTG Pactual
|DevOps Lead
Brazil, Remote, Brazil
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Summary
Led a 4-member DevOps team focused on B2B Data-Driven Tools, developing highly scalable and resilient Cloud Native architectures.
Highlights
Led a 4-member DevOps team from Decode, a BTG Pactual company, focusing on B2B Data-Driven Tools projects.
Designed and implemented Cloud Native architectures with high scalability and resilience to support critical business operations.
Contributed to strategic data-driven initiatives, ensuring robust and efficient infrastructure for complex B2B solutions.
Managed end-to-end DevOps lifecycle for projects, from planning and deployment to monitoring and optimization.
Aftersale
|DevOps Lead
Brazil, Remote, Brazil
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Summary
Led a 3-person DevOps team, migrating GCP infrastructure to Azure and enhancing observability for internal platforms, generating significant cost savings.
Highlights
Led a 3-person team to manage, operate, and support the aftersale platform and other internal initiatives.
Migrated the entire infrastructure from GCP to Azure, improving architecture and achieving over $100,000 in cost savings.
Enhanced observability across numerous microservices through Datadog implementation, improving system monitoring and incident response.
Streamlined operational processes and infrastructure management to support business-critical applications.
Valltec
|ERP Specialist / DevOps Engineer
Brazil, Hybrid, Brazil
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Summary
Provided ERP system guidance and maintenance for over 100 customers, managing database operations and leading digital transformation projects to the cloud.
Highlights
Provided expert guidance and maintenance for an ERP system (Protheus) supporting over 100 customers.
Managed comprehensive database maintenance, including implementation, backup, and migration for MS SQL Server.
Led digital transformation projects, successfully migrating on-premise systems to the cloud.
Delivered software support and training to end-users, ensuring efficient system adoption and issue resolution.
EXAKernel
|Infrastructure Analyst
Brazil, Hybrid, Brazil
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Summary
Provided Level 2 and 3 infrastructure support, implemented network projects, and migrated Windows & Linux servers from on-premises to virtual environments.
Highlights
Provided Level 2 and 3 support for critical infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
Successfully implemented and supported network and infrastructure projects, optimizing connectivity and system reliability.
Executed Windows and Linux server administration, including migration from on-premises to virtualized environments using VMWare solutions.
Managed various infrastructure components including Windows Server, Switches, Routers, Firewalls, and Linux Server.
Slicing Dice
|DevOps Engineer
Brazil, Remote, Brazil
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Summary
Provided resources and maintained distributed systems for 5 development teams, reducing infrastructure costs by 40% and improving deployment lead times.
Highlights
Provided critical infrastructure resources to support 5 development teams and initiatives, enabling rapid project delivery.
Improved the lead time for changes by approximately 100% through optimized automated pipelines and tests.
Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of distributed systems for over 200 dedicated servers.
Reduced infrastructure costs by 40% through strategic migration of on-premises resources to the cloud.
Education
Federal Institute of Goias
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Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering
Languages
Portuguese
English
Spanish
Certificates
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Issued By
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
DevOps Fundamentals
Issued By
Cloud Academy
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Foundation
Issued By
Cloud Academy
The Infrastructure Developer's Guide to Terraform (AWS Edition)
Issued By
Cloud Academy
Skills
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Digital Ocean.
Containerization & Orchestration
Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Rancher, VMWare, VirtualBox.
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, Ansible, Shell Scripting, PowerShell Scripting.
CI/CD & Automation
GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Airflow, Azure DevOps.
Monitoring & Observability
Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana.
Databases
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Aerospike, Oracle DB, MSSQL Server.
Programming & Scripting
Python, Shell, SQL.
Operating Systems
Linux, Windows.
Security & Compliance
ISO 27001, SOC 2, Black Duck, SonarQube, Firewalls.
Big Data & Analytics
Spark, EMR, Data Pipelines, Trino, AI Tools.
Methodologies & Practices
Agile, DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, FinOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
Leadership & Strategy
Technical Leadership, Strategic Planning, Problem-Solving, Analytical Thinking, Customer Experience, Results Orientation, Technical Writing, Integrity, Trust, Ethics, Planning, AI Utilization.