Juan Felipe Reyes Marlés

Lead Platform Engineer · Kubestronaut | Terragrunt Ambassador

Ottawa, Canada · [email protected] · +1 819-598-6094 · GitHub · LinkedIn

Lead Platform Engineer and Kubestronaut with 9+ years building and operating cloud infrastructure at scale. I design multi-cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes fleets, and GitOps delivery — from hub-and-spoke ArgoCD across 13 clusters to internal developer platforms in Go. Deep roots in middleware and integration, now focused on platform engineering, SRE, and AI-assisted tooling.

Experience

Lead Platform Engineer — DCaballero LLC

Jan 2024 – Present · Ottawa, Canada

Built infrastructure pipeline using Terragrunt + Terraform + Port.io + Temporal to provision AWS resources. Crucial member developing Go integrations with Kubernetes API to scaffold K8s objects for the IDP. Put together 'The Kraken' — architected and deployed ArgoCD from scratch across 13 clusters using hub-and-spoke architecture. Enterprise Data Platform migration from Snowflake to BigQuery + Cloud Composer. GCP landing zone design with Terraform/Terragrunt. Inter-cloud connectivity between AWS and GCP.

Go Kubernetes API ArgoCD Terragrunt Terraform Port.io Temporal OpenTofu GCP BigQuery AWS Cloud Composer

AWS DevOps Tech Lead / SRE — SoftServe

Aug 2022 – Sep 2024 · Bogotá, Colombia

DevOps mentor and Docker trainer for global teams. Supported SRE/AppOps for Yum Connect services (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell). Designed CI/CD pipelines on GitLab and Harness.io. Deployed microservices with Helm Charts, managed AWS infra with Terraform/Terragrunt. Developed cost-reduction strategies with Go and Python. Architected automation for deploying files into private K8s volumes. Created platform engineering automations reducing deployment time.

AWS Terraform Terragrunt GitLab Harness.io Helm Kubernetes Datadog Istio Go Python

DevOps / Cloud Consultant — Adiuvat

Aug 2022 – Aug 2023 · Remote

Consulting for NBA. Architected API Developer Portal using Azure Cloud, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Gravitee. Built secure secret management with Azure Vault CSI driver and ArgoCD. Created pipelines for real-time data processing microservices using Azure DevOps.

Azure Terraform ArgoCD Kubernetes Docker Azure DevOps Helm Gravitee

Sr DevOps / SRE — Gorilla Logic

Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 · Remote

Client: Amount Fintech. Led 6-month infrastructure migration to new AWS accounts using Terraform Enterprise. Migrated CI agents from EC2 to EKS with Buildkite. Increased resilience with testing frameworks (Cucumber). Defined ADRs for new solutions. On-call incident resolution and postmortem analysis. DevOps technical screening for candidates.

AWS Terraform Enterprise EKS BuildKite ArgoCD Datadog Cloudflare Vault Sumologic

Integration Cloud Expert — Bancolombia

Jun 2020 – Jun 2021 · Medellín, Colombia

Led team of 8 in AWS Cloud Migration. Transitioned traditional solutions to cloud-native with AWS services (ASG, EFS, Lambda, Route 53). Designed solutions with Docker and EKS using Azure DevOps CI/CD. Architected hybrid MQ solution integrating AWS and on-premise, providing 'MQ and IIB as a service'. Built pipelines for ACE deployment to EKS and OpenShift. Migrated WebSphere, DataPower, and Urban Code Deploy workloads.

AWS CloudFormation EKS Docker Azure DevOps IBM MQ IIB ACE DataPower

Middleware Specialist - SME — IBM

Jun 2017 – Jun 2020 · Bogotá, Colombia

Automated installation, migration, and configuration of IBM Middleware (MQ, IIB, WebSphere, DataPower) with Bash, Java, Python, Perl. SME and escalation point for design patterns and security. Migrated traditional architectures to AWS and Skytap. Transitioned monolithic apps to Docker and OpenShift. Architected hybrid MQ solution for Bancolombia. Conducted health checks for Interbank, Uniban, Scotiabank Colpatria, Coomeva.

IBM MQ IIB WebSphere DataPower Docker OpenShift AWS Azure DevOps Python Bash

Middleware Specialist — Grupo Compufacil

Sep 2016 – Jun 2017 · Bogotá, Colombia

Project One (Telefónica-Huawei). Installed, configured, and tuned IBM Middleware (MQ Workflow V3.6, MQ V6/7/7.5, WebSphere Process Server, WAS V6/7/8, Message Broker V7, DataPower Xi50). Managed Oracle Middleware (WebLogic 10g/11g/12g, SOA Suite, OSB, Tuxedo). Set up BI products (DataStage 8.1, SAS 9.4). Developed shell scripts for automation.

IBM MQ WebSphere DataPower Oracle WebLogic SOA Suite DataStage Bash

Skills

Kubernetes AWS GCP Terraform Terragrunt ArgoCD GitOps Go Python AI Agents MCP RAG

Certifications

CKA — Certified Kubernetes Administrator. Demonstrated skills in cluster installation, networking, storage, security, and maintenance of production-grade Kubernetes clusters.
CKAD — Certified Kubernetes Application Developer. Proficient in designing, building, and deploying cloud-native applications on Kubernetes using pods, deployments, services, and config management.
CKS — Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist. Expert in cluster hardening, system hardening, network policies, supply chain security, and runtime security for Kubernetes environments.
KCNA — Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate. Understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, cloud native architecture, GitOps, and the CNCF ecosystem.
KCSA — Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate. Knowledge of security baselines, threat modeling, supply chain security, and compliance for cloud native environments.
AWS DevOps Pro — AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional. Expertise in implementing CI/CD, automation, monitoring, and incident response on AWS at enterprise scale.
AWS SA Pro — AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional. Ability to design complex, distributed systems on AWS with high availability, cost optimization, and security best practices.
AWS SA Associate — AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate. Skills in designing scalable, fault-tolerant systems using core AWS services.
AWS SysOps — AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate. Proficiency in deployment, management, and operations of AWS workloads.
AWS Developer — AWS Certified Developer Associate. Skills in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS services.
GCP Architect — Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect. Ability to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, and scalable solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
Terraform — HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for multi-cloud provisioning and management.
Terragrunt Ambassador — Recognized by Gruntwork as a Terragrunt Ambassador for contributions to the community and expertise in Terragrunt patterns and best practices.

Education

B.Sc. Electronic Engineering — Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

2010 – 2016 · Bogotá, Colombia

Foundation in electronics, embedded systems, signal processing, and software development.