Gleison S., Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Expertise in DevOps (5 yr.), Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (5 yr.), Solutions Architect.

Last verified on October, 2026

Core Skills

AWS Cloudformation

5 yr.

Bio Summary

- 5+ years as DevOps Engineer and Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in AWS, GCP, and multi-cloud environments.
- Proven track record reducing AWS costs by up to 25% and improving client satisfaction by 10% through optimized cloud architectures.
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, SAST/DAST security integration, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, Go, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- AWS User Group Leader and AWS Re:Invent 2025 attendee, driving community engagement and knowledge sharing.
- Skilled in FinOps, SRE, observability (Grafana, CloudWatch), and cloud migration across AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages	Python
Security	OWASP
Databases & Management Systems / ORM	PostgreSQL
Cloud Platforms, Services & Computing	AWS, Azure, GCP
Amazon Web Services	AWS Cloudformation, AWS EC2, AWS EventBridge, AWS S3, AWS SQS
Deployment, CI/CD & Administration	ArgoCD, CI/CD, loki
Scripting and Command Line Interfaces	Bash
Logging and Monitoring	Datadog, Grafana
Virtualization, Containers and Orchestration	Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
Version Control	GitHub
Methodologies, Paradigms and Patterns	IaC
Message/Queue/Task Brokers	Kafka
Collaboration, Task & Issue Tracking	Tempo
Other Technical Skills	SQL/NoSQL

Work Experience

Sr. Cloud & DevOps Engineer - Aurix Pay (Aurix Pay Project)

June 2025 - Jan 2026

AurixPay is a Brazilian FinTech company focused on financial services
The project involved architecting, implementing, and managing cloud architecture on AWS, with a focus on secure, scalable, and cost-optimized infrastructure

Apply FinOps principles to optimize cloud costs.
Design and implement secure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
Monitor and manage environment availability and scalability using observability tools like Grafana toolkit and CloudWatch.
Apply and manage AWS Well-Architected Framework.

AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Grafana toolkit, CloudWatch, FinOps

Cloud Solutions Architect - Compass UOL (Global AI Software House Cloud Architecture Projects)

Jan 2022 - Present

Working at a global AI software house, responsible for proposing and devising cloud infrastructure solutions for clients across multiple cloud platforms, including AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI
The role involves client interaction, architecture design, migration, and cost optimization

Devised cloud infrastructure solutions and presented architectures in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Conducted monthly presentations on cloud infrastructure consumption and cost optimization.
Developed automations using Python and Go to simplify daily activities.
Adapted environments and collected evidence for external audits.
Assisted in acquiring AWS competencies such as Cloud Operations, FinOps, and MSP by developing workflows and documenting processes.
Migrated on-premises and other cloud environments to AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI, including AWS Outposts.
Developed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with SAST and DAST features to ensure security and compliance.
Prevented 150 serious security errors through proactive detection in pipelines.
Championed cloud architecture proposals achieving a 75% solution acceptance rate and optimized infrastructure spend by 20%.

AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Python, Go, Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD, SAST, DAST, AWS Outposts, Observability tools

Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer - Federal University of Santa Maria (Ministry of Education Cloud Project)

Dec 2023 - Dec 2024

Responsible for planning, implementing, and managing cloud architecture on AWS for a project delivered to the Ministry of Education
The project focused on cost optimization, infrastructure as code, and observability to ensure high availability and scalability

Applied FinOps principles to optimize cloud costs.
Used Azure DevOps to increase team productivity by about 15%.
Designed and implemented infrastructure using Terraform.
Monitored and managed environment availability and scalability using Grafana, CloudWatch, and other observability tools.

AWS, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Grafana, CloudWatch, FinOps

DevOps Intern - Compass UOL (DevOps Training and Cloud Computing Projects)

2021 - 2022

Internship focused on training and studies in cloud computing (AWS), container technologies, container orchestrators (Docker Swarm and Kubernetes), and CI/CD
The projects involved practical application of DevOps principles and development of monitoring solutions for cloud environments

Studied multi-cloud providers and DevOps principles.
Developed practical projects applying DevOps methodologies.
Developed monitoring solutions for cloud environments to mitigate application and infrastructure problems.

AWS, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Education

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems. Dissertation: PERFORMANCE PORTABILITY EVALUATION IN HPC: A COMPARISON BETWEEN KOKKOS AND RAJA IN SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS USING AN NVIDIA GPU WITH ADA LOVELACE ARCHITECTURE
2021 - 2026
Universidade de São Paulo - USP
Stricto Sensu Master's program in Computer Science and Computational Mathematics
2026 - 2028

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Certificate of Excellence - Obninsk Tech, Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom)
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
GCP Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Cloud Security Professional - IBSEC
AWS Las Vegas Re:Invent All Builders Welcome Grant 2025
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations - Associate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023
AI Certified
AWS Partner: Accreditation (Technical)
AWS Partner: Cloud Economics Accreditation
AWS Partner: Sap on AWS (Business)
AWS Partner: Accreditation (Business)
Well-Architected Proficient - AWS
DevOps Essentials - 4Linux
DevOps Training - Alura
Enterprise Design Thinking (Practitioner) - IBM
Google Cloud Sales Credentials
Alibaba Cloud: Operate And Manage in Cloud
GitOps Fundamentals - CodeFresh

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