José Manuel Díaz Rincón

Professional Summary

DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure professional specializing in AWS and Terraform for scalable, secure, and automated system design. Proven ability in automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure management across multi-cloud environments (including Azure with Bicep). Experienced in SRE principles and ensuring reliability for large-scale deployments.

Professional Experience

DevOps Developer

March 2022 - October 2025
UNOSQUARE

DevOps Engineer - Blue Owl Capital

June 2025 - October 2025
  • Designed and provisioned Azure infrastructure using Bicep scripts for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring consistent and reproducible environments.
  • Created and maintained Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines in Azure DevOps to automate the full software development lifecycle.
  • Automated the deployment of a Python (FastAPI) backend application to Azure WebApp Services.
  • Configured deployment pipelines for a React frontend to Azure Static Web Apps and Azure Blob Storage.

Cloud Engineer - NonStop Health (Healthcare)

Approx. March 2023 - June 2025
  • Architected secure, modular AWS infrastructure using Terraform modules and remote backends (S3 + DynamoDB).
  • Led infrastructure rebuild post-disaster event, implementing improved failover and automation.
  • Integrated IAM roles and policies, KMS encryption, and S3 bucket policies to ensure HIPAA compliance.
  • Maintained serverless services using Lambda, ECS on Fargate, and EKS clusters.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Terraform Workspaces.

SRE - Axos Bank (Digital Banking)

March 2022 - March 2023
  • Led Production Support operations for mission-critical banking infrastructure across multiple time zones.
  • Automated Windows Server deployments via Azure DevOps pipelines and infrastructure templates.
  • Responded to production incidents and led on-call rotations using bridge call management best practices.
  • Developed and executed disaster recovery and failover plans, maintaining business continuity.
  • Partnered with engineering and QA teams to streamline multi-stack deployment processes.

DevOps Engineer

July 2021 - February 2022
MUNI TIENDA
  • Designed a scalable e-commerce architecture using AWS VPC, ALB, EC2 ASGs, and RDS.
  • Implemented Terraform automation to manage staging and production environments with separate state files.
  • Reduced deployment time by 40% through Docker-based CI pipelines and GitOps workflows.
  • Monitored infrastructure with CloudWatch, custom metrics, and alerting rules.
  • Addressed security vulnerabilities via automated patching and CIS benchmark auditing.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering

2016 - 2023
Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia

Technical Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform (remote state, modules, workspaces), Bicep

Cloud Platforms

AWS (Certified Solutions Architect), Azure, Azure DevOps

Containers & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), ECS, Windows Server

Serverless

AWS Lambda, Fargate, EventBridge, Step Functions

Security

IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Infrastructure Hardening, Incident Response, DR

Monitoring

CloudWatch, X-Ray, Prometheus, Custom Metrics, Alerts

Collaboration

GitOps, Cross-timezone coordination, Bridge call management

Certifications

Languages

English: Professional Working Proficiency
Spanish: Native