I'm Keneth Arias, a Platform Engineer focused on building scalable, secure cloud-native platforms and delivering reliable developer experiences through GitOps, on-prem and multi-cloud infrastructure, and robust data services. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving DevOps adoption, and continuously improving operations with strong security, observability, and FinOps practices across industries such as telecom, media, and manufacturing.

Keneth Arias

I'm Keneth Arias, a Platform Engineer focused on building scalable, secure cloud-native platforms and delivering reliable developer experiences through GitOps, on-prem and multi-cloud infrastructure, and robust data services. I enjoy mentoring teams, driving DevOps adoption, and continuously improving operations with strong security, observability, and FinOps practices across industries such as telecom, media, and manufacturing.

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I’m Keneth Arias, a Platform Engineer focused on building scalable, secure cloud-native platforms and delivering reliable developer experiences through GitOps, on-prem and multi-cloud infrastructure, and robust data services.

I enjoy mentoring teams, driving DevOps adoption, and continuously improving operations with strong security, observability, and FinOps practices across industries such as telecom, media, and manufacturing.

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Language

Italian
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
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Work Experience

Platform Engineer at Vodafone Automotive
October 1, 2025 - Present
Infrastructure: Engineered on-premise RKE2 clusters on vSphere with Rancher for centralized management and observability. GitOps: Architected end-to-end GitOps pipelines using GitLab and ArgoCD to automate delivery. Security: Hardened the platform ecosystem with Keycloak (SSO), Harbor (Registry), and Trivy (Scanning). Data Services: Managed Longhorn persistent storage and orchestrated production PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka clusters.
Senior Consultant at Freelance
January 1, 2025 - Present
Building self-service internal developer platforms (IDPs) that reduce operational complexity and provide a paved road for cloud-native application development. Engineering scalable CI/CD pipelines and IaC frameworks. Implementing Site Reliability Engineering best practices, establishing robust observability, SLOs/SLIs, and proactive incident management. Architecting and optimizing multi-cloud solutions with FinOps strategies to drive cost efficiency, security, and performance.
DevOps Trainer at ITS Rizzoli
January 1, 2024 - Present
Designed and delivered immersive training classes, teaching the architecture and practical application of modern DevOps tools, covering Git, VSCode, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD. Accelerated hands-on learning by guiding students in building and configuring local development environments and in Azure. Cultivated a collaborative DevOps culture by instilling the philosophy of shared ownership, communication, and continuous improvement.
Senior DevOps Specialist at Sky
July 1, 2022 - December 1, 2024
DevOps Tech Lead and Senior DevOps Developer roles: Led the strategic design and implementation of modular Infrastructure as Code systems using GitHub flow with AWS CDK and Terraform. Owned and scaled self-hosted CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitHub). Drove the architectural design of microservices orchestrated with Kubernetes (EKS, ECS) and serverless technologies (AWS Lambda, Step Functions). Centralized security and governance within the GitHub Organization. Executed FinOps initiatives achieving significant cost avoidance.
DevOps Developer at IBM | Kyndryl
March 1, 2021 - June 1, 2022
Engineered end-to-end automation pipelines on Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Ansible Tower and Red Hat OpenShift. Accelerated software delivery by leading Agile development of CI/CD pipelines for internal tooling. Developed full-stack web applications automating complex workflows and integrating web services. Built a TDD-based continuous deployment pipeline using Docker to automate server lifecycle, provisioning, security scanning and patch management.
Backend Developer at Freelance
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020
Engineered and deployed scalable backend services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Firebase, optimized for performance and reliability. Built and maintained core applications in Python and PHP, designing and managing underlying MySQL database schemas. Implemented authentication systems and security protocols to ensure data confidentiality and service integrity. Developed automated ETL pipelines through web scraping and data management to support data analysis requirements.
IT Support Specialist at Self-employed
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2020
Managed the end-to-end lifecycle of all corporate endpoints, including deployment, configuration, and maintenance of PCs, laptops, and mobile devices. Provided frontline technical support, rapidly diagnosing and resolving hardware and software issues. Performed hands-on hardware diagnostics and repairs to ensure optimal system performance and reliability.

Education

Diploma in Industry 4.0 at ITS Rizzoli
October 1, 2018 - August 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services

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