Ricardo B.-Senior SRE at Codacy
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Experience
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Codacy
- Managing a multi cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP and Digital Ocean)
- SOC2 and GDPR compliance
- Developer and customer support
Managing Partner
Convenient Skills
- Managing partner
- Cloud Cost Optimization
- Site Reliability Engineering
IT Consultant
Freelance
Taking part in research studies, usability tests, and interviews through leading research platforms such as Respondent, User Research International, User Interviews, Enterprise Technology Research, Gerson Lehrman Group, or Coleman Research Group.
Sharing my experiences, perspectives and feedback directly with companies, shaping new products, services, and user experiences, but also learning about emerging trends and products.
DevOps Lead
Alpega Group
Managing the DevOps team and a multi-cloud infrastructure
Protect the infrastructure from unauthorized changes and ensure its robustness and stability
Incident coordination with Support
Delivering each release with the Engineering Manager, ensuring the controls and pre-requisites have been satisfied
Leading the continuous improvement track for the Deployment and Release processes
Still also a DevOps Engineer, using platforms and tools like Jenkins, Nagios, WebLogic, Terraform, and Ansible.
Reduced Oracle Cloud and AWS consumption by 60% and 27%, with right-sizing computing services, data retention policies, and weekend shutdowns of the non-production environments.
Reduced monthly unplanned downtime from 3.7 to 0.1 hours and average recovery time from 84 minutes to 4, with better infrastructure, monitoring, and on-call processes.
Reduced average planned downtime from 25 minutes to 0, with zero downtime deployment and maintenance.
Senior IT Consultant
PrimeIT
- Helping other teams with their challenges and getting new customers by answering RFI, RFQ and RFP, related to DevOps and Cloud, Infrastructure or Release Management
DevOps Engineer
Alpega Group
Managing an on-premises and multi-cloud infrastructure for a global logistics SaaS company, using platforms and tools like Jenkins, Nagios, WebLogic, Terraform, and Ansible.
Reduced deployment duration from 5-15 to 2 hours and average planned downtime from 2 to 0.5 hours, with automation and process improvements.
Reduced Oracle Cloud consumption by 35%, with computing services right-sizing and consolidation.
IT Consultant
NBCC Consulting
- Jenkins-based deployment automation and Operations process improvement and support.
- Software Development Lifecycle processes definition and implementation, with a Java-based custom-made solution.
Configuration and Release Manager
SIBS
- Software Configuration & Release Management.
- Defining and optimizing Java and COBOL software development, compilation, and deployment processes.
Junior IT Consultant
NOESIS Portugal
- Software Change & Configuration Management (SCM) tools integration and Java and .Net application development.
- Defining and optimizing software development, compilation, and deployment processes.
Trainee IT Consultant
NOESIS Portugal
- Software Change & Configuration Management (SCCM) tool implementation, integration & support.
- Java and .Net software development, compilation, and deployment process optimization.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Transportation, and Banking and Finance.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Sales, and Customer Service.
Summary
In the last 6 years I pursued cloud efficiency culminating in dramatic cost reductions and enhanced system stability. Implementing strategic initiatives, like right-sizing computing services, revising data retention policies, and selective shutdowns, has significantly reduced cloud consumption, without compromising operational excellence. During that time, by improving processes and using tools like Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible, accomplished zero-downtime deployments, slashed the release process duration from hours to minutes, and virtually eliminated planned and unplanned downtime.
Skills
- It Consulting
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Devops
- Cloud Cost Optimization
- Sre
- Aws
- Ci/Cd
- Sdlc
Languages
Education
Instituto Superior Técnico
Incomplete · Information Systems and Computer Engineering · Lisboa, Portugal
Curriculum structure focused broadly on computer science theory and technological exploration.
Instituto Superior Técnico
Graduate · Computer Science and Engineering · Lisboa, Portugal
Foundation in engineering sciences, algorithms, software engineering, and core computing fields like artificial intelligence, networks, and operating systems.
Certifications & licenses
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Architect Associate
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Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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Frequently asked questions
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Ricardo is based in Amadora, Portugal and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Ricardo speaks the following languages: Portuguese (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary), French (Elementary).
Ricardo has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Ricardo has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months. Note that Ricardo may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Ricardo would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Managing Partner, IT Consultant.
Ricardo's most recent position is Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Codacy.
In recent years, Ricardo has worked for Codacy, Convenient Skills, Freelance, Alpega Group, and PrimeIT.
Ricardo is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Transportation. Ricardo also has some experience in Banking and Finance.
Ricardo is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Sales. Ricardo also has some experience in Customer Service.
Ricardo has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Transportation, and Professional Services.
Ricardo has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Sales, and Customer Service.
Ricardo holds a Master in Information Systems and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and a Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico.
Ricardo has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, and ISTQB Foundation Level.
Ricardo is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.
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