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Maicon Berlofa

Cloud, DevOps and SRE

Senior DevOps Engineer focused on critical workloads and scalable environments.

Specialist in building resilient cloud platforms and infrastructure.

Critical workloads
High availability
Cost and reliability

Executive Summary

Senior DevOps Engineer focused on critical workloads and scalable environments. Expert in SRE strategies and resilient Multi-Cloud architectures that balance technical innovation, operational stability, and cost efficiency (FinOps).

Leadership

Strategic Leadership: Led critical migrations to Cloud-Native architectures, ensuring zero-downtime and direct alignment with business goals and TCO reduction.

Leadership

SRE Culture: Implementation of Reliability practices (SLO, Error Budgets, Post-mortems), raising operational maturity and drastically reducing MTTR.

Leadership

Platform Enablement: Creation of "Golden Paths" and infrastructure automation that reduce cognitive load for development teams and accelerate Time-to-Market.

Core Capabilities

Platform Engineering & Distributed Systems Architecture in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, OCI)360º Observability Strategy (Logs, Metrics, Tracing) business-focused (Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana Stack, ELK)Scalable IaC Governance (Terraform, Ansible) with agnostic and reusable modulesSecure CI/CD & GitOps Pipeline Design (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions) focused on Developer ExperienceImplementation of DevSecOps, Compliance, and Identity Management at scale (Least Privilege, Audit Trails)Technical Leadership, Team Mentorship, and FinOps Culture for continuous resource optimization

Experience

Principal Cloud Architect & SRE Advisor

Berlofa IT Consulting

Jan 2022 – Present

Remote · Tatuí/SP, Brazil

Strategic technology consulting focused on platform modernization, distributed systems architecture, and SRE culture implementation for scaling enterprises.

Highlights

  • - Designing Resilient Multi-Cloud Architectures and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies with aggressive RTO/RPO to ensure critical business continuity.
  • - Advising on SRE Culture adoption, defining business SLOs, Error Budgets, and unified Observability to balance delivery speed with stability.
  • - Implementing FinOps Strategies and Platform Engineering (IDP), optimizing cloud costs and reducing infrastructure lead-time for product teams.

Scope

Solutions Architecture Consulting & Cloud StrategyReliability Strategy Design (SRE) & ObservabilityTechnical Governance, FinOps & Legacy ModernizationTechnical Mentorship for Engineering & Operations Teams

Senior Platform Engineer (Tech Lead)

Compass UOL

Aug 2024 – Oct 2025

Remote · Brazil

Technical leadership in building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and engineering standardization for Enterprise scale on AWS.

Highlights

  • - Platform Engineering: Developed agnostic Terraform modules (InnerSource) and "Golden Paths", reducing infrastructure provisioning lead-time from weeks to minutes.
  • - CI/CD Governance: Architected intelligent GitHub Actions pipelines with Security Gates, integrated testing, and automated compliance validation.
  • - Efficiency & Scale: Optimized EKS clusters for high density and cost-efficiency, implementing advanced Autoscaling strategies and Spot Instances.

Scope

Technical Leadership & Platform DesignAutomated Governance & ComplianceAdvanced Kubernetes & Service MeshFinOps Strategies & Optimization

Senior Multi-Cloud Architect & SRE

Anext

Nov 2021 – Aug 2024

Remote · Brazil

Architect responsible for Multi-Cloud strategies (Azure, OCI, AWS) and modernization of critical applications to resilient Cloud-Native architectures.

Highlights

  • - Zero-Downtime Migrations: Led critical migration projects from monolithic legacies to Kubernetes microservices, utilizing Blue/Green strategies to mitigate risks.
  • - Multi-Cloud Interoperability: Designed and implemented secure hybrid networks and federated Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, OKE) with centralized management.
  • - Full-Stack Observability: Implemented distributed tracing standards (APM) and unified log management, improving issue visibility by 300%.

Scope

Hybrid & Multi-Cloud ArchitectureDisaster Recovery & Business ContinuityLegacy Modernization (Replatforming)SRE: Monitoring & Incident Response

Senior Infrastructure Analyst

Auto Parts

May 2019 – Oct 2021

On-site · Tatuí/SP, Brazil

Full management of industrial IT infrastructure, leading information security, business continuity, and vendor governance initiatives.

Highlights

  • - Infrastructure Governance: Administration of On-prem Datacenter, Virtualization, and Corporate Networks, ensuring 99.9% availability for factory operations.
  • - Security & Compliance: Implementation of GPO policies, firewall review (Fortinet), and auditable backup strategies (Arcserve).
  • - Hybrid Cloud: Planning and execution of secure S2S VPN connectivity with Azure and OCI for workload extension.

Scope

Datacenter & Network ManagementInformation Security (SecOps)Business Continuity (BCP)IT Contract Management

Infrastructure Operation Specialist

Proxxi Tecnologia (BRF)

Apr 2016 – May 2019

On-site · Tatuí/SP, Brazil

Sustaining critical operations in a large-scale industrial environment (BRF), focusing on high availability of network and identity services.

Highlights

  • - Critical Operations: Specialized support for Windows/Linux server infrastructure and network assets in a 24x7 environment.
  • - Identity Management: Active Directory administration and access control in compliance with corporate security policies.
  • - Standardization: Creation of technical procedures and knowledge bases to reduce incident resolution time.

Scope

Industrial Infrastructure OperationsSystems Administration (SysAdmin)Access ManagementAdvanced Troubleshooting

IT Support Analyst

Stefanini (BRF)

Dec 2014 – Apr 2016

On-site · Tatuí/SP, Brazil

Corporate Service Desk operations with strict SLA compliance and focus on end-user experience at enterprise scale.

Highlights

  • - SLA Management: Incident and request handling following ITIL best practices, focusing on first-contact resolution.
  • - Field Support: Maintenance of hardware and software in a distributed technology park.
  • - Processes: Execution of standardized operational routines to ensure service quality.

Scope

ITIL Service OperationsEnterprise Technical SupportAsset ManagementSLA & KPIs

Key Projects

Enterprise Cloud Migration & Modernization

Strategic migration of mission-critical monoliths to Cloud-Native architecture on AWS, targeting scalability and technical debt reduction.

Delivered scalable EKS platform with automated governance via GitHub Actions, reducing operational overhead by 40% and enabling daily deployments.

AWSEKSTerraformGitHub Actions

Cross-Cloud Replatforming (Azure → AWS)

High-stakes migration of rewards engine (Fintech Core) requiring strict data consistency, zero data loss, and aggressive RTO.

Executed transparent cutover via S2S VPN and CDC strategies, modernizing stack to Java/Spring Boot on Kubernetes with 99.99% availability.

AzureAWSEKSSQL Server AlwaysOnDatadogDebezium/CDC

SRE & Observability Maturity Program

Lack of unified visibility in distributed systems, resulting in high MTTR and reactive operations without business alignment.

Architected centralized observability stack (LGTM), defined Golden Signals, and Incident Response protocols, reducing average MTTR by 60%.

PrometheusMimirLokiTempoGrafanaOpenTelemetry

Technology Stack

Cloud & Architecture

AWS (Solutions Architect)AzureOCIKubernetes (EKS, AKS, OKE)Service MeshServerlessMicroservicesEvent-Driven

Platform Engineering (IDP)

Terraform (IaC)AnsibleHelmArgoCD (GitOps)GitHub ActionsBackstage Concepts

Observability (LGTM) & SRE

PrometheusGrafanaLokiTempoMimirDatadogOpenTelemetrySLO/Error BudgetsIncident Response

Security, FinOps & Governance

DevSecOpsShift-left SecurityCost Optimization (FinOps)Policy as CodeIdentity Management (IAM)ComplianceDR/BCP

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