Senior DevOps Engineer

Danilo Falcão da Silva

20+ years building and scaling infrastructure on-prem and in the cloud — AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and beyond.

Danilo Falcão da Silva

01. About

About Me

I'm Danilo Falcão da Silva, a technology professional with over 20 years of experience based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I've worked across diverse industries including ISP, Web Hosting, Software Development, Public Sector, Telecom, and FinTech, building and managing infrastructure both on-prem and in the cloud.

My expertise spans Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Illumos/SmartOS, with strong Bash scripting abilities. I'm passionate about designing and optimizing network and system infrastructures, delivering high-quality solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.

Core Competencies

  • DevOps & Infrastructure
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, Oracle)
  • Containerization & Orchestration
  • Large-Scale Distributed Systems
  • CI/CD Pipeline Implementation
  • Infrastructure as Code

02. Experience

Where I've Worked

2019 - Present

Senior DevOps Engineer

Albion

Leading DevOps consulting for global clients. Deployed enterprise VMware platform supporting 500+ VMs with 99.99% uptime.

VMwareElasticsearchAWSDocker
2020 - 2021

DevOps Specialist

Convenia

Rebuilt infrastructure using Docker and AWS. Implemented CI/CD pipelines and blue/green deployments.

DockerAWSJenkinsSaltStack
2019 - 2020

DevOps Engineer

Convenia

Managed cloud-based platform infrastructure, focusing on deployment and configuration of microservices.

AWSDockerMicroservicesCI/CD
2018 - 2019

Senior DevOps Engineer

Belmoney

Designed hybrid cloud solutions achieving 99.97% uptime for payment processing systems. Reduced infrastructure costs by 35%.

AWSAzureKubernetesTerraform
2018 - 2019

Cloud Consultant

Hora Distribuidora

Managed Oracle Cloud and AWS deployments for petroleum distribution operations.

Oracle CloudAWSSecurityCompliance
2018

Lead DevOps Engineer

Teletalk

Designed and built cloud infrastructure for telecom operations using Infrastructure as Code.

IaCCloud ArchitectureTelecom
2017 - 2018

DevOps Engineer

Galaraz

Managed Alpine Linux systems and virtualization infrastructure. Implemented monitoring and automation solutions.

Alpine LinuxXenKVMDocker
2015 - 2016

Lead Platform Engineer

Belmoney

Managed multi-cloud platforms including AWS, Rackspace, and Azure. Focused on capacity planning and security.

AWSAzureRackspaceSecurity
2014 - 2015

VP, Head of Infrastructure

Kreditech

Led IT infrastructure implementation and coordination. Drove technology innovation and global adoption.

AWSInfrastructureInnovationLeadership
2013 - 2014

Systems / DevOps Engineer

Kreditech

Optimized applications and maintained infrastructure. Implemented monitoring with Zabbix and New Relic.

Systems AdminAWSZabbixNew Relic
2013

Senior Systems Engineer

foodpanda

Managed LEMP platforms and database operations. Implemented automation and security measures.

LinuxMySQLLEMPAutomation
2011 - 2012

Systems Engineering Specialist

BlackBerry

Managed large-scale distributed systems for secure email services. Provided 24/7 on-call support.

Distributed SystemsSecurity24/7 Support
2011

Unix Systems Administrator

Zerogrey

Administered Linux servers and databases. Developed automation scripts and disaster recovery procedures.

LinuxDatabase AdminAutomationNagios

03. Skills

Technologies I Work With

Operating Systems

LinuxFreeBSDOpenBSDSolarisSmartOSUbuntuRHEL

Cloud Platforms

AWSAzureOracle CloudIBM BluemixHuawei Cloud

Containers & Orchestration

DockerKubernetesOpenShiftSolaris Zones

Databases

MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBElasticsearchCouchbaseOracle

Programming & Scripting

BashPythonPHPNodeJSJavaGo

DevOps Tools

TerraformAnsibleJenkinsArgoCDPrometheusGrafanaNagiosZabbix

04. Certifications

Professional Certifications

2023

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

2023

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

HashiCorp

2023

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

2023

Google IT Automation with Python

Google

2023

Google Cybersecurity Certificate

Google

2023

GitOps Foundations

LinkedIn

05. Volunteer

Open Source & Community

2015-Present

QA & Infrastructure

Fedora Project

Quality Assurance and infrastructure contributions to the Fedora Linux distribution.

2015-Present

Virtualization SIG

CentOS Project

Special Interest Group for Virtualization technologies and community support.

2002-Present

OpenBSD Supporter

OpenBSD Project

Financial supporter of OpenBSD development and community advocacy.

05. Contact

Get In Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities and interesting projects.

[email protected]

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil