Hello .

I'm Alesson Viana

Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer based in Toronto, Canada. Passionate about automation, cloud services and building reliable architectures.

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Alesson Viana — Cloud Architect and DevOps Engineer
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About Me

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Cloud Architecture

Designing scalable, resilient cloud infrastructures on AWS, Azure and OCI

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DevOps & CI/CD

Building automated pipelines and fostering DevOps culture across teams

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Infrastructure as Code

Managing infrastructure with Terraform, Terragrunt and Ansible

I'm passionate about technology and process automation, extracting the best that cloud computing has to offer. I've been working with IT since 2012, with experience in telecommunications, networking, server and cloud migration, DevOps culture implementation, and automation tools.

I love to learn and implement methodologies that make sense for project growth. Founder of the RevisTecnologia movement, helping people transition into DevOps careers. Writer of technology articles at medium.com/@alesson.viana.

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Work Experience

Harris Computer

Nov 2024 – Present

Cloud Systems Administrator Contract

Ontario, Canada — Remote

  • Creation and management of IaC (Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible)
  • Service management and cost optimization on AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, FSx, VPC)
  • Migration of servers and services from on-premises to AWS cloud
  • Migration and administration of relational databases on RDS and Windows SQL
  • Support for internal squads ensuring high availability and performance
  • CI/CD pipelines automation using Bitbucket, Docker, and GitOps practices
  • Management of new cloud projects, from planning to implementation

Connectist

Jul 2024 – Jan 2025

DevOps Engineer

California, USA — Remote

  • Systems automation using Python, Bash, Ansible and Terraform
  • Monitoring system health using Prometheus and Grafana
  • Support for development team and cloud services automation
  • Version control with GitLab for all software development projects
  • Containerization with Docker and Kubernetes for faster delivery cycles

GFT Group

Nov 2022 – Jul 2024

DevOps Engineer

São Paulo, Brasil — Remote

  • Creation and management of IaC with Terraform
  • Service management on AWS cloud platform
  • Migration of servers and services from on-premises to AWS
  • Migration of .NET applications to AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • Database migration to Amazon RDS

Instituto Atlântico

Jul 2021 – Nov 2022

DevOps Engineer

Fortaleza, Brasil — Remote

  • Management of servers and services on AWS
  • Support to development team and data scientists
  • Creation of automated pipelines
  • Configuration management using Ansible (IaC)
  • Service monitoring with Prometheus

SiMCo

Feb 2018 – Jul 2021

Infrastructure Analyst II → III → Cloud Specialist

Fortaleza, Brasil — Hybrid

  • TCP/IP network administration: Routing, firewall, traffic analysis
  • Infrastructure designs and planning
  • Windows and Linux server administration
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) network and server management
  • Docker and Kubernetes environment deployment and administration
  • CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance
  • Cloud infrastructure management and task automation
  • VoIP and PABX server management

Technical Skills

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Cloud

  • AWS certified
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Oracle OCI
  • IBM Cloud
  • OpenShift
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CI/CD

  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Actions
  • Drone CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
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IaC

  • Terraform
  • Terragrunt
  • Ansible
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Containers

  • Docker
  • Docker Swarm
  • Kubernetes K3s
  • Helm
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Monitoring

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Zabbix
  • Elasticsearch
  • Loki / Tempo
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Scripting

  • Python
  • Bash
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Version Control

  • Git / GitFlow
  • GitLab
  • GitHub
  • Bitbucket
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Systems & Others

  • Linux / Windows Server
  • Amazon RDS / SQL
  • MinIO · MetalLB
  • Tailscale · Proxmox
  • Raspberry Pi Homelab

Achievements

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RevisTecnologia

Founder of the RevisTecnologia movement — a community project created alongside João Lobo to help people migrating to DevOps careers. Weekly Tech Talks every Wednesday and hands-on projects.

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DevOps Culture

In 2019, participated in a transformative project to implement the DevOps culture in a company, impacting the entire organization and its development workflows end-to-end.

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Digital Transformation

In 2022/2023, collaborated with the AWS team to migrate all infrastructure and services of one of the largest Brazilian car rental companies to the cloud.

IT Articles

Education

MBA in Network Architecture and Cloud Computing

Business School Brasil

Nov 2019 – Jan 2022  ·  Grade: 9.5

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Networks / Network Administration

Faculdade de Tecnologia do Nordeste (FATENE)

Jan 2014 – Aug 2017

Certifications

AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Issued Oct 2022

ID: 432760356
OCI

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021

Oracle · Certified Associate

SCR

SCRUM Foundations

CertProf

B2

English Proficiency B2

GFT Technologies · Issued Apr 2023

Contact

Have a project?
Let's talk!

I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities to be part of something great.