Mauricio Villagran

Senior Platform Engineer / Lead SRE

About Me

Senior Platform Engineer / Lead SRE with 15+ years of experience designing and operating cloud-native platforms at scale.

Specialized in Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift (ROSA), GitOps workflows, and multi-cloud architectures across AWS and Azure. Strong focus on Platform Engineering, centralized CI/CD frameworks, and enterprise observability.

Proven track record leading large-scale transformations, including GitOps adoption, multi-region architectures, and enterprise monitoring standardization. Passionate about automation, reliability, and improving developer experience.

Experience

Globant (Red Sea Global)

Senior Platform Engineer / DevOps Lead

March 2025 - Present

https://globant.com
  • Led Platform Engineering initiatives across OpenShift (ROSA), AWS, and enterprise systems.
  • Implemented GitOps model using ArgoCD and Helm, standardizing application delivery.
  • Built centralized GitLab Templates repository to standardize CI/CD pipelines across multiple technologies.
  • Led enterprise observability implementation using Datadog across OpenShift, AWS, Mulesoft, and Adobe platforms.
  • Managed ROSA clusters lifecycle, including upgrades and Blue/Green deployment strategies.
  • Designed scalable cloud architectures using AWS CloudFront, API Gateway, and load balancing (ALB/NLB).
  • Led migration from GitHub to GitLab, including repositories and CI/CD pipelines.

Globant (LA Clippers)

Senior Cloud Engineer / DevOps

August 2023 - March 2025

https://globant.com
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for IoT and Machine Learning platforms on Azure.
  • Designed secure IoT architectures, including device provisioning and certificate management.
  • Developed custom Semantic Versioning automation and branching strategies.
  • Optimized microservices performance by improving Dockerfiles and Node.js configurations.

Globant (Instride)

Senior Cloud Engineer / DevOps

October 2021 - August 2023

https://globant.com
  • Designed AWS infrastructure using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD.
  • Led migration from ECS to EKS, enabling Kubernetes adoption.
  • Implemented Blue/Green deployments for high availability.
  • Implemented Service Mesh using Istio.
  • Managed observability tools (Datadog, Splunk) and Mongo Atlas databases.
  • Provided technical leadership and production support.

Pyxis

Senior System Administrator / Cloud Engineer

March 2014 - October 2021

https://pyxis.com.uy
  • Designed Azure migration architecture for payment systems using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
  • Deployed Kubernetes platforms (OKD, Rancher).
  • Managed IaaS and PaaS environments using DevOps practices.
  • Led enterprise migrations (Exchange, Active Directory, SQL Server, SharePoint).

Arnaldo Castro

Senior System Administrator

May 2010 - February 2014

https://arnaldocastro.com.uy
  • Migration and administration of VMware virtualization environments.
  • Network troubleshooting and Linux administration.
  • Automation using Bash and PowerShell.
  • Monitoring tools implementation.
  • Deployment of services such as Squid, Apache, DNS, Postfix.
  • Backup management for on-premise and virtual environments.

IDS Ltda

Support Engineer

October 2008 - May 2010

https://www.idsltda.uy
  • Level 1 support (on-site and remote).
  • Network troubleshooting.
  • Linux server administration.

GHM Uruguay

Technician

January 2008 - March 2008

  • Computer assembly and repair.

Key Achievements

GitOps Transformation

  • Standardized delivery model using ArgoCD and Helm across multiple teams and technologies.

Platform Engineering Enablement

  • Built centralized CI/CD templates, reducing duplication and improving developer experience.

Enterprise Observability

  • Led Datadog implementation across multi-cloud and OpenShift environments.

Kubernetes Adoption at Scale

  • Migrated workloads from ECS to EKS and managed OpenShift (ROSA) environments.

Technical Skills

Platform & Cloud: AWS, Azure, Red Hat OpenShift (ROSA), Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, OKD, Rancher)

Containers & GitOps: Docker, Helm, ArgoCD

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation

CI/CD & Platform Engineering: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Harness

Observability & SRE: Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic

Networking & Service Mesh: Istio, AWS API Gateway, CloudFront, Route53, ALB/NLB

Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python

Concepts: Platform Engineering, SRE, GitOps, High Availability, Scalability, Security, Multi-Cloud

Languages

Spanish

Native

English

B1 (Working proficiency)