Profile
Senior Cloud Architect with 15+ years of experience and 9x AWS certifications, including Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, and Security Specialty. Former Amazon Web Services employee with hands-on expertise designing and delivering cloud-native solutions for enterprise clients across Latin America. Specialized in cloud migrations, application modernization, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK), and DevOps automation at scale.
Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

2005 to 2010 at Informatics Sciences University, Cuba — Graduated with honors (GPA: 5.22/5.00)

Experience

Cloud Architect at Dynamic Devs

2025 - Present | Remote

Cloud architecture consulting for enterprise clients across Latin America, specializing in cloud migrations, application modernization, and pre-sales technical engagements. Leading GCP-to-AWS migration initiatives aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework. Advising on multi-account AWS strategies, landing zone design, and governance best practices.

Technologies: AWS, Terraform, AWS CDK, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions

Cloud Application Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

2022 - 2025 | Chile

Employed directly by AWS, supporting enterprise clients across Latin America in cloud adoption, modernization, and DevOps transformation. Led cloud migration of 10+ enterprise applications, reducing deployment time by 40% and increasing availability to 99.99%. Designed event-driven architectures with EventBridge, SQS, and Lambda. Built fully automated CI/CD pipelines across multi-account AWS setups.

Technologies: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, CDK), Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana

Cloud Solutions Architect at BNamericas

2020 - 2021 | Chile

Led redesign of a legacy monolith into a distributed microservices platform using Spring Boot, increasing release velocity by 40% and reducing downtime by 30%. Delivered serverless applications with AWS Lambda, Step Functions, and DynamoDB, cutting infrastructure overhead by 50%.

Technologies: Spring Boot, Java, AWS Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, EC2, GitLab CI/CD

Technical Lead at Banco BCI

2019 - 2020 | Chile

Technical leadership at one of Chile's largest financial institutions, delivering backend services for a high-traffic mobile banking platform. Led development of key modules driving a 25% increase in user engagement.

Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs

Software Engineer | Technical Lead at Nisum Latam

2016 - 2019 | Chile

Consulting across transportation, banking, and retail clients. Mobile ticketing platform for Turbus: 35% increase in mobile sales. Scotiabank HISA product launch: 1,000+ new accounts in first month. Sodimac home delivery platform: microservices reduced downtime by 50%.

Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker, GitLab CI/CD

Software Engineer at Soltein / Freelance

2010 - 2016 | Ecuador & Cuba

Built electronic invoicing solution compliant with Ecuador's E-Commerce Law, reducing manual invoicing time by 60%. Developed high-volume data processing module for DINARDAP managing 4+ TB of financial records.

Technologies: Python, Java, Spring Framework, Django, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Certifications
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (Valid through Feb 2029)
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (Valid through May 2027)
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty (Valid through Jul 2027)
  • AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (Valid through Jan 2029)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Valid through Feb 2029)
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (Valid through May 2027)
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate (Valid through May 2027)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Valid through Feb 2029)
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner (Valid through Mar 2028)
  • KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (Valid through Jun 2027)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (Issued Aug 2020)
Skills
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • AWS CDK
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Java / Spring Boot
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • DynamoDB
  • Microservices
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • CI/CD
  • Prometheus / Grafana
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