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Head of Infrastructure | Platform Engineering & SRESenior IT leader with over 22 years of experience, specializing em infrastructure management, cloud architecture, and reliability engineering. As Head of Infrastructure, I lead the Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams, driving initiatives that enhance system performance, scalability, and resilience while ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and delivering measurable value.My approach blends deep technical expertise with a strategic vision to ensure that both infrastructure and operational processes support business outcomes. I work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize platform reliability, foster a DevOps culture, and ensure seamless collaboration between platform engineers, architects, developers, and product leaders. This approach allows for the delivery of stable, scalable solutions that prioritize customer experience, operational efficiency, and business impact.Key Highlights:- Leadership of Platform Engineering and SRE teams, focusing on aligning infrastructure strategies with business objectives to deliver value through innovation and efficiency.- Extensive experience delivering large-scale projects for financial institutions such as Caixa, Santander, Bradesco, Banco Original, and international clients like ScotiaBank and Banco de Chile.- Extensive experience in managing and adopting AWS cloud, with expertise in key architectures, platforms, and services such as Kubernetes, Terraform, databases, networking, security and more.- Proven track record in enhancing system reliability through the implementation of SRE best practices, automating monitoring, and incident response processes.- Strong experience in driving DevOps transformations, enabling infrastructure agility, and ensuring seamless integration of development and operations to support faster time-to-market and continuous delivery.- Strategic leadership in risk mitigation, cost optimization, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that technology initiatives drive business value and support long-term organizational goals.