DevOps Engineer — Softel
May 2024 – Present  |  Havana, Cuba
• Deployed and configured a multi-node Proxmox VE cluster, provisioning 20+ VMs for development and staging environments, improving resource utilization and environment consistency.
• Used VMware as a virtualization platform for internal environments and during on‑site client deployments, provisioning and configuring VMs to support company software installations and infrastructure requirements.
• Managed Kubernetes (MicroK8s,K3s) clusters for containerized application deployments, ensuring high availability and uptime aligned with SLI/SLO targets.
• Deployed and integrated Apache Kafka pipelines with Docker-based automation workflows for real-time event streaming and data processing across distributed services.
• Wrote Bash and Python automation scripts for server provisioning, log rotation, and system health checks, supporting Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Monitored infrastructure using Zabbix; configured alerts and dashboards for proactive incident detection and response, reducing mean time to resolution.
• Administered Debian/Ubuntu Linux servers: package management, user access, firewall rules, and SSH hardening to maintain security compliance.
• Collaborated with development teams on deployment strategies, release processes, and CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Participated in incident response and root cause analysis for production environment issues, documenting findings for knowledge sharing.