Juan Felipe Reyes Marlés Lead Platform Engineer Kubestronaut | Terragrunt Ambassador Ottawa, Canada juanfelipereyesmarles@gmail.com +1 819-598-6094 https://jfrm.dev SUMMARY 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. Tech: 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. Tech: 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. Tech: 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. Tech: 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. Tech: 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. Tech: 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. Tech: 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. LINKS GitHub: https://github.com/jfr992 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jfreyesm992 Website: https://jfrm.dev