DevOps / SRE Engineer

Edwin Rubio

$ Building resilient infrastructure for the financial sector & beyond

8+ years designing, automating, and scaling cloud systems across AWS & Azure. From leading DevOps transformation at Colombia's top pension fund to architecting fintech infrastructure from scratch. Speaker, content creator, and certified cloud engineer.

About Me

DevOps/SRE Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. I have a proven track record in the financial sector, including leading the DevOps transformation at Porvenir — Colombia's top pension fund — and building cloud infrastructure from scratch for fintech projects.


My deep expertise spans Kubernetes, Helm charts, and observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic). I'm a certified AWS Architect & Developer, Azure Administrator, and EXIN DevOps Professional. Beyond engineering, I'm a DevOps Days speaker and content creator, sharing knowledge with the Spanish-speaking DevOps community.

8+ Years Exp.
4 Certifications
3+ Side Projects
2 Languages

Projects

Experience

SRE / DevOps Engineer @ isolved
Jan 2025 – Present United States (Remote)
  • Automating development workflows and accelerating deployment cycles across the infrastructure team.
  • Implementing and managing Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments with consistent, reproducible releases.
  • Designing observability pipelines using Grafana, Prometheus, and alerting systems for proactive incident detection.
  • Optimizing CI/CD pipelines and IaC templates to reduce deployment time and human error.
SRE / DevOps Engineer @ Linktic — Financial Sector
Mar 2024 – Dec 2024 Colombia
  • Built the entire AWS cloud infrastructure from scratch for a financial services project (VPCs, IAM, multi-AZ).
  • Designed Kubernetes clusters with Helm-based microservice orchestration for scalable fintech applications.
  • Implemented full observability stack (Prometheus + Grafana + Loki) for financial transaction monitoring.
  • Established CI/CD pipelines with security scanning and blue-green deployment strategies for compliance.
Freelance DevOps Engineer & Content Creator @ Self-employed
Dec 2022 – Feb 2024 Colombia
  • Consulting for cloud architecture, Kubernetes deployments, and CI/CD pipeline design for multiple clients.
  • Created technical content in Spanish covering Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and observability best practices.
  • Deployed and managed Helm-based observability stacks for client infrastructure monitoring.
Solutions Architect @ ILUMNO — Education Sector
Feb 2022 – Oct 2022 Colombia
  • Re-engineered services with modern cloud-native technologies for improved platform reliability.
  • Designed infrastructure architecture using Terraform and Kubernetes, migrating legacy systems to containers.
  • Introduced monitoring and observability practices using Prometheus and Grafana dashboards.
DevOps Engineer Lead @ Porvenir — Pension Fund
Aug 2020 – Jan 2022 Bogota, Colombia
  • Led DevOps transformation for Colombia's #1 pension fund, driving adoption of DevOps culture across teams.
  • Designed Helm chart-based Kubernetes deployments for core financial services, improving release frequency by 3x.
  • Built comprehensive observability platform with Grafana, Prometheus, and New Relic for financial workflows.
  • Automated deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins, reducing deployment time from hours to minutes.
  • Contributed to Porvenir's recognition as the top pension fund through operational excellence.
DevOps Analyst @ Ithel Digital
Jun 2019 – Jun 2020 Colombia
  • Implemented cloud services and DevOps solutions across multiple Latin American markets.
  • Configured monitoring and alerting systems, establishing observability baselines for clients.
  • Built strategic partnerships enabling company expansion into several Latin American countries.

Tech Stack

Cloud & IaC
AWS Azure Terraform Ansible Packer Dagger
Containers & Orchestration
Kubernetes Docker OpenShift Helm Charts ArgoCD
Observability & Monitoring
Grafana Prometheus New Relic Loki CloudWatch Datadog
CI/CD & SCM
Jenkins Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI Git Bitbucket
Scripting & Languages
Bash PowerShell Python Go Java
OS & AI Tooling
Linux Ubuntu CentOS RHEL macOS ChatGPT Whisper Stable Diffusion

Certifications

AWS
Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS
AWS Developer
Amazon Web Services
AZ
Azure Administrator
Microsoft Azure
EX
DevOps Professional
EXIN

Speaking & Achievements

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DevOps Days Medellin Speaker

Selected as speaker at DevOps Days Medellin, presenting on DevOps practices and cloud-native architectures to the Colombian tech community.

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Cloud-Native Migration Lead

Led successful technology architecture migration to cloud-native best practices with cross-functional engineering teams.

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Porvenir #1 Pension Fund

Contributed to Porvenir's recognition as Colombia's top pension fund through DevOps-driven operational excellence and reliability improvements.

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DevOps Content Creator

Building a growing community of Spanish-speaking DevOps professionals through educational content on TikTok and other platforms.

Get In Touch

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