Nicolas Vivar Davila

SRE Engineer (DevOps)

Quito, Ecuador

Engineer with a passion for Linux (RHEL & Debian) and OpenSource technologies, focusing on cloud computing, DevOps, and automation. Experienced with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, Configuration Management tools like Ansible, and CI/CD pipeline setup, delivering fast, reliable, and secure systems.

Work Experience

DevOps Specialist

Devlane - Huckleberry Labs

05/2024 – Present

Remote

  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery optimization with Circle CI.
  • Terraform management of GCP (Cloud Functions) infrastructure.
  • Load and Stress test of Cloud Functions.
  • Setup alerting and monitoring with Grafana, and GCP monitoring tools.
  • Mobile application deployment support.
  • Bash scripting automation.

DevOps/SRE Engineer

Stack Builders

06/2018 – 05/2024

Quito, Ecuador

  • Configuration management and automation with Ansible.
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery with Circle CI and GitHub Actions.
  • Cloud infrastructure management in AWS with Terraform.
  • Management and setup of serverless functions.
  • Docker, Docker-compose and container orchestration tools administration.
  • Load and stress tests on web applications.
  • Head of the Internal IT department.
  • Security audits to multiple projects.
  • Cloudfront CDN setup and customization for high traffic sites.

Systems Administrator

Indra

03/2016 – 06/2018

Quito, Ecuador

  • Deployment, support and maintenance of virtualized servers using VMWare software tools.
  • Linux (RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux) servers installation and configuration.
  • Installation, deployment and update of a military surveillance application.
  • Installation and maintenance of external systems connections.
  • Bash shell scripting for maintenance tasks automation on virtualized servers and workstations.

Technical Skills

Linux95%
AWS90%
Ansible85%
Google Cloud80%
Docker90%
Kubernetes85%
Terraform90%
CI/CD95%

Education & Certifications

Education

Ing. Electrónico en Redes y Comunicación de Datos

Escuela Politécnica del Ejército

2007 – 2013, Quito, Ecuador

Certifications & Languages

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
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Languages

Spanish (Fluent)
English (Fluent)