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Alberto Roura — Platform Engineer & Cloud Architect

Alberto Roura | Platform Engineer

GCP
AWS
Terraform
Ansible
Crossplane
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Helm
Kustomize
Docker
Argo CD
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Bitbucket
Jira
Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
CloudWatch
Kubecost
C
Python
Bash
Groovy
Node.js
Checkov
SonarQube
Trivy
Kyverno
IAM
GCP
AWS
Terraform
Ansible
Crossplane
Karpenter
Kubernetes
Helm
Kustomize
Docker
Argo CD
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Bitbucket
Jira
Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
CloudWatch
Kubecost
C
Python
Bash
Groovy
Node.js
Checkov
SonarQube
Trivy
Kyverno
IAM
EXPLORE MY WORK

Services

Specialized engineering capabilities for modern platforms.

Platform Engineering

Designing and building internal developer platforms (IDPs) that accelerate delivery and ensure standardization across teams.

Cloud Architecture

Architecting secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS and Azure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CDK).

DevOps & CI/CD

Automating build, test, and deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI to achieve zero-downtime releases.

Featured Projects

Real-world implementations showcasing infrastructure automation and cloud-native solutions.

A complete IDP architecture including GitOps (ArgoCD), observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Loki), security (Vault/Kyverno/Trivy), and developer portal (Backstage). Designed to accelerate delivery, enforce standards, and empower development teams with self-service capabilities.

  • Architected a complete GitOps-native internal developer platform with ArgoCD
  • Integrated full observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Fluent-bit
  • Implemented security-first approach with Vault, Kyverno, and Trivy
  • Built developer portal with Backstage for self-service workflows
  • Deployed Cilium as CNI for advanced networking and observability
  • Configured Argo Workflows and Argo Events for CI/CD automation

A production-pattern Kubernetes cluster built on physical hardware for self-hosting and learning. Fully declarative infrastructure with GitOps workflows, monitoring, and automated certificate management.

  • Deployed bare-metal Kubernetes cluster with production-grade patterns
  • Implemented GitOps workflow with Argo CD for declarative application deployments
  • Configured Prometheus and Grafana monitoring stack with custom dashboards
  • Set up Helm and Terraform for reproducible infrastructure provisioning
  • Deployed Cilium for networking with eBPF-based observability

Professional Experience

From Mechatronics Engineering through Embedded Systems, IoT, and into Platform Engineering & DevOps.

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Managed electronics supply chain during the global component shortage and led the company's first IoT product development from concept through firmware delivery.

Led technical product development at Scandia Manufacturing, managing the electronics supply chain during the global component shortage and spearheading the company's first IoT product from concept through firmware delivery. Navigated vendor negotiations, component redesigns, and cost optimization while simultaneously building the embedded firmware stack.

  • Managed the electronics supply chain during the component shortage, cutting costs by ~37%
  • Led the technical development of the company's first IoT product, including end-to-end firmware development

Delivered an IoT controller MVP for a hazardous waste startup in one month, combining a Vue.js GUI on a microcontroller with event-driven business logic in C.

Freelance engagement delivering a functional IoT controller MVP in one month for a hazardous waste management startup, combining a Vue.js GUI running on a microcontroller with event-driven business logic in C using RTOS primitives.

  • Delivered a functional MVP for a hazardous waste startup in one month, using a Vue.js GUI on a microcontroller
  • Developed business logic in C using RTOS primitives and event-driven patterns

Prototyped Software Defined Vehicle architectures for CES 2024, refactored embedded UI frameworks for Texas Instruments, and maintained a 22,000-line production firmware codebase.

Worked on cutting-edge embedded systems at Dextra Technologies (a Deloitte business), contributing to automotive SDV prototypes for CES 2024, recovering stalled firmware projects through UI framework refactoring, and maintaining a large-scale production codebase for Texas Instruments calculators.

  • Prototyped SOAFEE architecture for CES 2024, replacing ECUs with containerized software in Xen-based VMs
  • Refactored a custom UI framework for a Texas Instruments project, unblocking feature delivery
  • Maintained and optimized a 22,000-line codebase for the TI-Nspire CX II

Built internal developer platforms, optimized CI/CD infrastructure with Kaniko on Kubernetes, and migrated observability stacks at a fintech company.

Led platform engineering initiatives at Macropay, transforming CI/CD infrastructure from a single Jenkins instance to dynamic Kubernetes-based agents, reducing cloud costs through observability migration from CloudWatch to the Prometheus/Grafana/Loki stack, and building an Internal Developer Platform MVP with Backstage to unify tooling and accelerate delivery across teams.

  • Replaced a single Jenkins instance with dynamic agents integrated with Kaniko on Kubernetes, improving scalability and removing EC2 dependencies
  • Reduced CloudWatch spend by migrating observability to a Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki stack on EKS
  • Built an IDP MVP using Backstage, unifying Jenkins, GitHub, Grafana, and Argo CD
  • Enabled automated repository creation and pipeline setup via Backstage Software Scaffolder templates
  • Automated environment handling using a multi-account Hub-Spoke architecture with Argo CD and ApplicationSets

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