Gaston Flores Suarez

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Technical Leader | Kafka, Middleware Architect, Linux & Windows System Administration
Gaston Flores Suarez's Location
Greater La Coruña Area, Spain
About Gaston Flores Suarez

With over twenty years of experience in the field of operations and distributed systems architecture, I am an experienced Technical Leader and Architect with a robust background in operations for distributed systems and cloud environments. Proven expertise in leading infrastructure migrations to Azure, designing and implementing architectures with diverse technologies, and optimizing system performance through automation and continuous monitoring. Adept in incident resolution, post-mortem analysis, and applying ITIL and FMEA methodologies to improve operational processes. Demonstrated success in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and managing large-scale projects across various industries, including finance, retail, and energy. Skilled in utilizing a wide array of technologies and tools to ensure system reliability, security, and efficiency.

Gaston Flores Suarez's Current Company Details

Technical Leader | Kafka, Middleware Architect, Linux & Windows System Administration
Gaston Flores Suarez Work Experience Details
  • Aubay Spain
    Technical Leader - Distributed Systems And Cloud Operations (Axa)
    Aubay Spain Sep 2022 - Dec 2023
    La Coruña, Galicia / Galiza, España
    Technical leader of Operations for distributed systems and Cloud at AXA Spain. Led the migration ofinfrastructure to Azure, overseeing deployments, change management, documentation, monitoring,and process improvements.
  • Getronics
    Apache Kafka Architect (Abanca)
    Getronics Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
    A Coruña, Galicia / Galiza, España
    Apache Kafka Architect for Abanca client. Designed the Confluent platform architecture. Responsiblefor operations, including integration of Kafka with the bank's architecture. Designed data flows, utilizedKSQL, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, Control Center, and Julie-Ops. Coordinated across differentteams for the implementation and deployment of Kafka.
  • Atsistemas
    Middleware Architect (Inditex)
    Atsistemas Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    Middleware Systems Architecture. Designed, implemented, and managed architectures with differenttechnologies for Inditex. Conducted proof of concepts, testing, and load testing. Evaluated newtechnologies to choose the most suitable for the business. Performed analysis, design, optimization, andexecution tasks associated with organization projects. Integrated new functionalities and technologiesinto production environments for new projects, including change planning, execution, and documentationof deployment and transition to operation. Developed technical procedures for use by the operationsgroup for all infrastructure elements.Apigee, Bitbucket, Forgerock, Fotify, Kafka, Kiuwan, Tripwire, Docker, NXLog, Grafana, Openshift, Azure, Red Hat.
  • Softtek
    Rsa And Gemalto Specialist (Banco Sabadell)
    Softtek Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    Responsible for the RSA SecureID, RSA Cloud, and Gemalto service as part of the Infrastructure Security Department at Banco Sabadell for Spain, UK, Mexico, and Miami. · Administration, maintenance, and support of the RSA and Gemalto infrastructure. Hybrid Cloud infrastructure with AWS, disaster recovery pre-tests, redesign of infrastructure, and platform reconfiguration for increased stability and, above all, speed in queries. Code deployments in Gemalto, security patching.Vmware, Redhat, RSA SecureID, RSA Secure Access, Gemalto, Apache, Tomcat, AWS.
  • Softtek
    Site Reliability Engineer. (General Electric)
    Softtek Aug 2010 - Aug 2017
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    GIS Global Infraestructure Services. Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams including developers and DBAs.Managed and maintained four different environments to ensure system reliability and performance.Conducted continuous monitoring, incident resolution, and post-mortem analysis of incidents.Applied FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) methodologies to enhance operational processes and improve incident management.Communicated incident updates and resolutions to affected teams, ensuring transparency and timely information dissemination.Oversaw the entire deployment process, including:Reviewing deployment plans.Authorizing changes.Allocating change windows.Executing deployments.Utilized technologies such as Oracle Linux, Redhat Linux, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache, IBM MQ, and JBoss Fuse.Employed various monitoring tools including Splunk, HP Sitescope, and AppDynamics to ensure system health and performance.Worked extensively with infrastructure, storage, and network components to maintain and optimize system reliability.Vmware, Redhat, Solaris, HP Openview, Apache, Jboss, Kintana, Splunk
  • Softtek
    It Technician (General Electric)
    Softtek Aug 2009 - Sep 2010
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    Europe IT Support Team (ITIL) Implementation, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Windows and Unix servers, networks, and computers. Backups. Virtualization with VMware ESXi and Xen. Active Directory administration on Windows 2003/2008, GPO, WSUS, EPO Antivirus Server, Avaya IP Office, VoIP Asterisk, CVS, CVN, IIS, Apache, Apache Tomcat, MySQL, MS SQL Server, WDS, Cisco, networks, DNS, DHCP, Squid, scripting, Linux, Solaris, Windows. Monitoring with Nagios. Network and data security.Vmware ESXI, Xen, Windows, Debian, Redhat, CentOS, Solaris, Nagios, etc.
  • Softtek
    Sysadmin (General Electric)
    Softtek Sep 2007 - Aug 2009
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    GE Energy, OSM Operations Support (Global Project). 24/7 Service. Windows NT, 2000, 2003. Implementation, configuration, support, and administration of +1200 Windows servers. Configuration of Remote Access Servers (RAS) using Tachyon, Dial UP, and ADSL connections. IIS, Networks, remote and on-site hardware support for "First Fires" of turbines. Infrastructure and network support and troubleshooting. · Configuration and Administration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003. Support for network infrastructure and equipment.SSH, PC Anywhere, VNC, Nagios.
  • Softtek
    It Technician
    Softtek May 2007 - Sep 2007
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    Europe IT Support Team (ITIL): Implementation, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Windows and Unix servers, networks, and computers. Backup processes. Virtualization using VMware ESXi and Xen. Active Directory administration in Windows 2003/2008, GPO, WSUS, EPO Antivirus Server, Avaya IP Office, VoIP Asterisk, CVS, CVN, IIS, Apache, Apache Tomcat, MySQL, MS SQL Server, WDS, Cisco, networks, DNS, DHCP, Squid, scripting, Linux, Solaris, and Windows. Monitoring with Nagios. Network and data security.Vmware ESXI, Xen, Windows, Debian, Redhat, CentOS, Solaris, Nagios, etc.
  • Softtek
    It Consultant (Ge Arteisia Bank)
    Softtek Mar 2007 - May 2007
    Holanda Septentrional, Países Bajos
    Integration of Artesia Bank for GE, migration of all desktop and laptop systems to GE systems and images, assistance with the configuration of servers to be integrated into the GE network, as well as support for users and desktop equipment.Ghost image, AD, GPOs, Herramienta de cifrado para GE.
  • Stream Global Services
    It Support Specialist (Dell)
    Stream Global Services Aug 2005 - Mar 2007
    A Coruña Y Alrededores, España
    Technical support for Dell laptops, troubleshooting, and telephone support for users with technical issues related to hardware and software.Dellserv y otro software propietario Dell.

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