During all my years of experience, I have developed a good ability to analyze problems and solve them efficiently and creatively. Through my mandates, I have demonstrated my skills in evaluation, communication and decision-making. I specialize in OpenShift and Kubernetes administration, GitOps, and automation across multi-cluster environments to deliver secure, highly available platforms. I collaborate across teams to ensure compliant, scalable solutions and continuous delivery of value.

Carlos Ruiz

During all my years of experience, I have developed a good ability to analyze problems and solve them efficiently and creatively. Through my mandates, I have demonstrated my skills in evaluation, communication and decision-making. I specialize in OpenShift and Kubernetes administration, GitOps, and automation across multi-cluster environments to deliver secure, highly available platforms. I collaborate across teams to ensure compliant, scalable solutions and continuous delivery of value.

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During all my years of experience, I have developed a good ability to analyze problems and solve them efficiently and creatively. Through my mandates, I have demonstrated my skills in evaluation, communication and decision-making.

I specialize in OpenShift and Kubernetes administration, GitOps, and automation across multi-cluster environments to deliver secure, highly available platforms. I collaborate across teams to ensure compliant, scalable solutions and continuous delivery of value.

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Experience Level

Expert
Intermediate

Work Experience

Technology architecture consultant, OpenShift specialist at Institut de la statistique du Québec
January 1, 2025 - November 6, 2025
Manage and automate deployment of policies, operators and applications across multiple OpenShift clusters (Dev, Prod) using ACM; design and maintain GitOps workflows with OpenShift GitOps (ArgoCD) integrated with Bitbucket; package and deploy applications with Helm; Tekton pipelines; integrate Vault with OpenShift for dynamic secret management; collaborate with cross-functional teams; monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize deployments; IaC administration with Terraform and Ansible.
DevOps Engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada
December 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Create and maintain deployment infrastructure (Docker, Helm, Ansible, Kubernetes); manage network configuration; maintain development tools; manage Artifactory and dependency versions; configure, maintain, and optimize GitLab development and release pipelines; provide technical support during integration and qualification testing; automate software development and release processes; create CI/CD pipelines and robust deployment automation.
Openshift System Administrator at Micro Logic
August 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Deploy Kubernetes applications (DevOps); set up and automate tasks; IaC administration using Terraform; use and manage operators; implementing GitOps with Jenkins; configure Kubernetes cluster authentication with OIDC; configure a storage system for the cluster (Persistent, Dynamic, S3, etc.); manage cluster monitoring and metrics (Grafana, Prometheus, Alertmanager).
Linux System Administrator at Desjardins
July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023
Diagnose issues, challenges, needs and problems to be solved with development teams; coordinate objectives and processes; analyze information; conduct studies; develop reports; document and communicate technical solutions; assist in automations and improvements; maintain and administer OpenShift clusters; document configuration cookbooks for apps on OpenShift; stay current with industry best practices in OpenShift and GitOps; manage manifests and environment configurations in Git repositories (ArgoCD/GitOps).
Moodle Administrator at CGIFGA-Estrie Regional Service
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Moodle administration, updates and related configuration changes.
Talend Infrastructure Administrator at BRP Sherbrooke – SAP S4 FIT Project
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Operate and deploy Talend works; automate tasks using Ansible; maintain and support Talend infrastructure.
Talend Infrastructure Administrator at Sogetel – Infrastructure Talend
April 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Resolve issues related to Talend's infrastructure architecture; automate tasks using Ansible; manage Talend infrastructure.
VoIP Technical Support at Media5 Corp
November 1, 2019 - November 1, 2019
Monitor, review and validate development specifications; collaborate with R&D on new features; analyze and design VoIP solutions; certify VoIP products; verify RFC/IEEE compliance; review technical documentation (architecture, installation, and issue correction).
System Administrator & Network/Security Engineer at Diario El Universo, Ecuador
February 1, 2018 - February 1, 2018
Update Windows and Linux servers; integrate Windows and Linux environments (Samba, Exchange, Zimbra); analyze the network (Cisco routing and switching); manage users and GPO; design and implement automation tasks; document pre/post project processes; provide Level 2/3 support; design and manage firewall policies; CISCO routing and switching.

Education

DEP in Computer Support at CCSQ College, Sherbrooke, Quebec
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019
Computer Engineer at Polytechnic University (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1998

Qualifications

HashiCorp Certified: Vault Operations Professional
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
Hashicorp Vault Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2022
RHCSA: Red Hat Certified System Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2022
AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
AZ-700 Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
LFCS: Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Talend Data Integration v7 Certified Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Certified Field Expert
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
CCNA Routing and Switching
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015
SUSE Certified Linux Administrator
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Telecommunications