Hi, I'm Andre Veiga Tonelli, a DevOps Platform Architect and SRE leader focused on building scalable, secure cloud-native systems. I thrive in multi-cloud environments and love turning complex requirements into reliable, auditable platforms. I mentor teams, define SLOs/SLIs, and drive architecture documentation using ADR, C4, and arc42. My toolkit spans Terraform, GitOps, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery and reduce cloud spend.

Andre Veiga Tonelli

Hi, I'm Andre Veiga Tonelli, a DevOps Platform Architect and SRE leader focused on building scalable, secure cloud-native systems. I thrive in multi-cloud environments and love turning complex requirements into reliable, auditable platforms. I mentor teams, define SLOs/SLIs, and drive architecture documentation using ADR, C4, and arc42. My toolkit spans Terraform, GitOps, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery and reduce cloud spend.

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Hi, I’m Andre Veiga Tonelli, a DevOps Platform Architect and SRE leader focused on building scalable, secure cloud-native systems. I thrive in multi-cloud environments and love turning complex requirements into reliable, auditable platforms.

I mentor teams, define SLOs/SLIs, and drive architecture documentation using ADR, C4, and arc42. My toolkit spans Terraform, GitOps, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery and reduce cloud spend.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevOps Team Lead at LetsGetChecked
January 1, 2024 - November 7, 2025
Architected & Migrated Infrastructure: Led migration from Azure VMs to AWS, designing and deploying a multi-tenant telehealth platform on AWS using Terraform—provisioned resources across 8 EKS clusters in 4 accounts (prod/non-prod) spanning two regions, including RDS, SQS, CloudWatch, and Cognito. Terraform Module Library: Built 20+ reusable Terraform modules (VPC, IAM, EKS, RDS, Lambda, Azure Functions), reducing provisioning SLA from one week to two days and eliminating configuration drift. CI/CD Modernization: Migrated Terraform pipelines from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, piloted ArgoCD for zero-downtime canary releases and on-demand rollouts. AI-Augmented Documentation: Employed AI tools to generate runbooks, SOPs, and post-mortems using ADR, C4, and arc42 templates—enhancing developer onboarding and ensuring audit-ready documentation. Cost Optimization: Implemented S3 lifecycle policies, reserved-instance and rightsizing reviews, ALB tuning, and switched from NGINX Ingress to Ko
Engineering Manager at Foxbox (Center of Excellence Lead)
December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Led the DevOps, Architecture, and Engineering CoE team of 20+ engineers and architects; defined OKRs and quarterly roadmaps, boosting team satisfaction from 64% to 72% in Q1. Scaled Deployments: Drove 250+ deployments of a single product (2 frontends, 5 Kubernetes-hosted APIs, 4 Lambdas) across 33 client accounts (including demo and canary), mentoring dev teams on EKS usage and migration best practices. Architect & Principal Engineer: Designed core microservices platforms, authored Terraform modules, and performed code reviews across Node.js, Python, and Helm charts. Agile Architecture: Pioneered remote workshops using C4 model diagrams and ADR templates to align on architectural direction. Cloud-Native Advocacy: Mentored Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, serverless functions (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions), and microservices patterns to enhance scalability and resilience. Mentorship & Career Development: Conducted 1:1s, performance reviews, goal definitions, and career-planning discussions.
DevOps Architect at Foxbox
December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Multi-Client Delivery: Delivered DevOps solutions for 15+ clients, containerizing 10+ applications on EKS, GKE, AKS, OKD, and DigitalOcean, and migrating legacy VMs to Kubernetes. GitOps & Drift Elimination: Implemented Flux and ArgoCD workflows to drive declarative infrastructure deployments and eliminate configuration drift. CI/CD & Security Automation: Automated pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps; integrated SAST/DAST tooling (Snyk, GitLab CI) to embed security checks. Developer Enablement: Ran hands-on workshops on Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD best practices, empowering software engineers to understand infrastructure and debug deployments independently.
DevOps Consultant at Contractor
December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Kubernetes Operations: Deployed and managed EKS, AKS, GKE, and OKD clusters using Terraform and Helm—supporting mission-critical microservices and legacy application migrations. IAC, CI/CD & Automation: Provisioned complex solutions on AWS, AZURE, and GCP using Terraform. Built pipelines in AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps to automate testing, packaging, canary deployments, and rollbacks. SRE Best Practices: Defined SLOs/SLIs, authored runbooks and post-mortems, and integrated Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, and PagerDuty. Leadership: Interviewed DevOps Engineering candidates.
DevOps Solutions Architect at Ambevtech
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Enterprise Architecture Evolution: Defined Agile Architecture standards and hosted Solutions Architecture Forums to align MarTech, Supply, Sales, and Logistics domains. Multi-Cloud POCs: Designed and delivered POC platforms using Terraform and CloudFormation to validate high-availability patterns for critical MarTech services. SRE & DevOps Mentorship: Mentored 10+ squads on SRE and DevOps fundamentals, embedding post-mortems, SOPs, and automated workflows into their SDLC.
Full stack Developer Mentor at Udacity
December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Student Coaching: Guided Full-Stack Nanodegree students through Node.js, React, and SQL modules—providing code reviews, debugging assistance, and career advice. Curriculum Development: Beta-tested DevOps Cloud Engineer and Cloud Developer Nanodegree content, influencing course improvements.
Software Engineer at IBM
December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Web & API Development: Led team building React.js frontends and Node.js APIs integrated with mainframe ERP on IBM Cloud; managed CI pipelines via TravisCI. Mentorship & Best Practices: Coached junior developers on design patterns, code reviews, and cloud deployment workflows—improving delivery velocity by 20%.
IT Business Analyst at IBM
December 31, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Requirements & Design: Collected business requirements and authored user stories for Order, Shipment, Inventory, and Catalog systems; collaborated on solution architecture documents. Technical Product Ownership: Acted as technical PO for a new Inventory web app, coordinating L3 24×7 support, incident management, and escalation processes. Compliance & Audits: Maintained audit control documentation and facilitated SOX, ITSS, and GDPR (LGPD) compliance, passing PWC audit reviews.

Education

MBA in Project Management at USP
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022
Associate in IT Management at UNIP
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
Bachelor in Computer Science at UFLA
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor in Computer Engineering at UNIVESP
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022
MBA in Software Engineering with AI at Fullcycle
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2026

Qualifications

GitOps at Scale
January 1, 2025 - November 7, 2025
Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Aviatrix Certified Engineer – Multi-Cloud Network Associate
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Nutanix Certified Associate 5
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
IBM Garage Method for Cloud Advocate
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Software Architecture Foundations
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
IBM Blockchain Consulting
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
IBM Design Thinking Practitioner
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
IBM Agile Champion
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Scrum Master Accredited Certification & Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics