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David Espinoza

DevOps / SRE

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Career Timeline

Professional Experience

Trajectory focused on infrastructure, real operations, DevOps/SRE evolution and technical platform building.

DevOps / SRE Engineer & Platform Builder

IT Infrastructure, Cloud & Hosting Operations

Cyberfuel

Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica

Nov 2024 – Present

Operation, support and evolution of Linux/Windows infrastructure, hosting, virtualization, monitoring, DNS, email, backups and troubleshooting in production environments.

  • Administration and troubleshooting of Linux/AlmaLinux and Windows Server environments.
  • Support for HTTPD, Nginx, Postfix, Qmail, MySQL, iptables/firewall, IIS, MSSQL, MailEnable and SpamTitan services.
  • Hosting, DNS, email and website operations through Plesk.
  • Virtualization support with VMware vSphere, Proxmox, ESXi and vCenter.
  • Backups and restores with Veeam.
  • Monitoring with PRTG, BitNinja, PMM, Grafana and observability tools.
  • DNS/IP management with PHP IPAM.
  • Incident diagnosis across servers, networks, email, permissions, ports, databases and web services.
  • Technical documentation, incident escalation and continuous improvement.
  • Deployment and operation of internal services with Docker, Docker Compose and reverse proxies.
  • Validation workflows using curl, logs, metrics and health checks.

Kore-CR / SaaS Infrastructure

Applied technical initiative

Costa Rica

Current

Design and construction of internal platforms focused on SaaS, enterprise messaging, APIs, automation, observability and container-based operations.

  • Design of a multi-instance WhatsApp API oriented to SaaS.
  • Integration with Chatwoot and enterprise messaging workflows.
  • Construction of QA/Admin Console for diagnostics and operational testing.
  • Design of a Social Gateway for Meta/Facebook/Instagram APIs.
  • Use of PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, workers and webhooks.
  • Deployment of services behind Traefik with TLS and internal networks.
  • Observability with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki and Promtail.
  • Automation of technical processes and operational documentation.

IT Solutions Technician / Field Infrastructure Support

IT Solutions / Professional Service Espinoza

Santa Cruz, Costa Rica

2017 – 2023

Technical support and implementation of networking, connectivity, CCTV, IP systems, WiFi, hardware/software and technology operations for clients, SMBs and hospitality environments.

  • Installation and support of WiFi networks, access points and internet equipment.
  • Installation of CCTV, alarms, IP systems and smart home solutions.
  • Preventive and corrective maintenance for hardware and software.
  • Support for operational devices, POS systems and reception equipment.
  • Connectivity, cabling, networking equipment and endpoint troubleshooting.
  • Customer support, basic documentation and technical incident resolution.

Critical Infrastructure & Transactional Platforms

Cross-production operational context

Applied experience

Applied experience

Operation, analysis and progressive modernization of systems where availability, latency, connectivity, processes and failure recovery directly impact the business.

  • Analysis of SPOFs, bottlenecks and critical operational points.
  • Evaluation of stateful vs stateless workloads.
  • Progressive migration of legacy services into containers and Kubernetes/K3s.
  • Diagnosis of process saturation, concurrent connections and intermittent failures.
  • Review of logs, metrics, alerts and health checks.
  • Design of rollback, backup and failure recovery strategies.
  • Prioritization of stability over unnecessary complexity.

Key Achievements

01

Operations and troubleshooting of Linux/Windows infrastructure in production environments.

02

Support for VMware, Proxmox, ESXi and vCenter virtualization platforms.

03

Operational management of hosting, DNS, email and web services through Plesk.

04

Support in backup and restore tasks with Veeam.

05

Infrastructure monitoring with PRTG, BitNinja, Grafana, PMM and observability tooling.

06

Design and operation of Docker Compose stacks for APIs, workers, databases and internal services.

07

Implementation of services behind Traefik with TLS, public domains and internal networks.

08

Build of a multi-instance WhatsApp API platform for enterprise SaaS.

09

Technical integration with Chatwoot for conversation centralization and operational workflows.

10

Development of a QA/Admin Console for diagnostics and WhatsApp session testing.

11

Design of a Meta/Facebook/Instagram gateway with OAuth, webhooks and secure token handling.

12

Implementation of PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ and workers architecture for async processing.

13

Resolution of SMTP, bounces, IP reputation, SPF, DKIM and DMARC issues.

14

Progressive modernization of legacy architectures toward containerized and cloud-native models.

15

Automation of operational tasks with Bash, Python, Git, runbooks and technical documentation.

16

Conceptual design of BMA for DevOps agents, skills, inventory, policies and AI-assisted operations.

Education

VLA Academy

Associate's Degree / Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications · Jul 2024 – Nov 2024

Cisco Networking Academy

Cisco CCNA 200-301 / Networking · May 2023 – Nov 2024

VLA Academy

CCNA / Telecommunications Technician · May 2023 – Nov 2023

VLA Academy

Linux Administrator · 2024 – Present

Liceo de Villarreal

High School Diploma

Complementary training

  • CCNA: Introduction to Networks
  • CCNA: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials
  • CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
  • Linux Administration
  • Computer Networks
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Customer Experience Management
  • English B2/B2+