Luis Alberto Olvera Espinosa
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Technical Leadership Highlights
Self-Service Platform Architecture
Architected a reusable workflow platform serving 50+ users across engineering, data, and support teams. Built on AWS Step Functions and Terraform patterns with pluggable components, enabling teams to rapidly deploy new infrastructure capabilities while maintaining governance and data sovereignty.
Multi-Region Kubernetes Security
Designed security framework across 22+ clusters in 12+ regions with OIDC authentication, RBAC, Kyverno policies, and automated image scanning. Led cross-team adoption of security standards, enabling safe and consistent infrastructure operations at scale.
Experience
Senior DevOps Engineer — SailPoint
July 2024 – Present | Mexico City, MX
- Architected self-service platform serving 50+ users across engineering, data, and support teams, using AWS Step Functions and Terraform templates to eliminate DevOps bottlenecks and enable independent infrastructure operations
- Designed platform abstraction layer with reusable Terraform patterns and common pre/post-processing components, enabling teams to rapidly build new infrastructure capabilities while maintaining consistency and governance
- Led optimization of Apache Airflow and Flink on Amazon EKS, implementing Karpenter, KEDA, and cost monitoring across 12+ regions and 22+ clusters; achieved 10% cost reduction while improving performance and reliability
- Architected large-scale data infrastructure across 12+ regions with Terraform/Terragrunt; deployed comprehensive observability with Grafana and Prometheus, enabling proactive incident response and reliability improvements
Senior DevOps Engineer — Thomson Reuters
February 2023 – July 2024 | Mexico City, MX
- Architected enterprise-scale security program using Snyk, BlackDuck, SonarQube, and CrowdStrike; achieved 20% time reduction in Windows VM patching through infrastructure-as-code and pipeline optimization
- Spearheaded incident response and prevention programs, driving measurable improvements in platform reliability and reducing MTTR through structured incident command and postmortem processes
- Architected and maintained comprehensive cloud network infrastructure across multi-region deployments with defense-in-depth security, microsegmentation, and full regulatory compliance
- Automated repetitive operational tasks through PowerShell scripting and CI/CD optimization, reducing manual overhead and enabling teams to focus on strategic platform improvements
Software Engineer — Honeywell
June 2021 – February 2023 | Mexico City, MX
- Architected production-grade Azure infrastructure using Pulumi (C# SDK) across multiple environments, managing Kubernetes clusters, VMs, and SQL instances with emphasis on scalability and reliability
- Spearheaded enterprise-wide CI/CD modernization from Jenkins to Atlassian suite, integrating automated quality assurance, security scanning, and compliance checking across deployment pipelines
- Designed and deployed comprehensive observability stack with Azure Monitor, Prometheus Operator, and Grafana, enabling proactive incident detection and establishing monitoring best practices across teams
Skills & Certifications
Certifications
Microsoft Azure DevOps Expert · Microsoft Azure Administrator
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure (5+ years) · VPC/VNet design, EC2/VM instances, RDS/SQL, S3/Blob storage, Lambda, Step Functions
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform · Terragrunt · Pulumi (C#) · Ansible — multi-environment orchestration with state management and governance
Container Orchestration & Kubernetes
EKS, AKS · Helm · Karpenter · KEDA · Kyverno · OIDC, RBAC, Network Policies — secure, scalable cluster architecture
Data Platforms & Streaming
Apache Airflow (orchestration at scale) · Apache Flink (stream processing) · Snowflake (warehouse ops) · Redis · OpenSearch
Security & Compliance
Image scanning (Snyk, BlackDuck, SonarQube) · Vulnerability patching & remediation · OIDC authentication · Defense-in-depth network security
Observability & Monitoring
Grafana · Prometheus · Datadog · ELK Stack · PagerDuty — incident alerting and response automation
Programming Languages
Python · Bash · PowerShell · Golang · SQL · C# — scripting and automation across platforms
Education
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
BSc in Control and Automation Engineering | 2017 – 2022 | Mexico City, MX