Cloud Solutions Architect and DevOps Leader

David Urias

Cloud Solutions Architect

+52-669-***-**** *****@*****.** www.linkedin.com/in/david-urias-620b324a/ Work History

Cloud Opera,ons BanCoppel November 2025 – Current

• Technical Leadership: Mentoring the opera4ons team on advanced troubleshoo4ng and cloud op4miza4on techniques to elevate technical self-sufficiency. Principal DevOps Engineer Yaydoo / Paystand April 2025 – October 2025

• Provided mentorship and support to both my team and cross-func4onal teams.

• Par4cipated in cri4cal on-call rota4ons and off-hour deployment windows, ensuring 24/7 system availability and rapid incident resolu4on to meet SLAs during weekends and nights.

• Defined and implemented a standard for infrastructure provisioning using OpenTofu with GitLab Components, establishing a consistent and scalable deployment workflow.

• Led a network op4miza4on ini4a4ve by centralizing mul4ple Ingress Controllers into a consolidated architecture. This strategy significantly reduced monthly cloud spend by minimizing the usage of Applica4on Load Balancers (ALBs) and Elas4c IPs

(EIPs).

• Managed the organiza4on's EKS fleet, execu4ng cri4cal maintenance plans and version upgrades. Led a strategic cluster consolida4on ini4a4ve, iden4fying and merging underu4lized clusters to maximize resource density and significantly reduce opera4onal scope.

• Designed a centralized ArgoCD architecture to orchestrate deployments across all EKS clusters, establishing a unified and scalable GitOps workflow for mul4-cluster management.

• Designed and developed custom, reusable Helm charts to abstract complexity, streamlining deployment processes for both opera4ons and development teams. Lead Cloud Services & Cloud Architect Konfio / Red Amigo Dal January 2022 – April 2025

• Orchestrated the unifica4on of two Separated AWS Organiza4ons into a single, centralized governance structure. Defined and enforced security guardrails using Service Control Policies (SCPs) to ensure compliance across the organiza4onal landscape.

• Designed the organiza4onal baseline and developed a suite of custom Terraform modules for core components (VPC, Transit Gateway, Account Factory, and Iden4ty Center), enabling rapid and standardized account provisioning.

• Implemented a scalable RBAC model using AWS Iden4ty Center based on groups and job func4ons. Integrated Lumos to enable a self-service, auditable access request workflow for engineering teams.

• Architected a hub-and-spoke network topology using AWS Transit Gateway and Transit VPCs. Designed a hybrid connec4vity model integra4ng For4net appliances to establish redundant, mul4-region VPN access for external en44es.

• Designed and deployed a centralized VPN solu4on using AWS Client VPN Endpoint, directly integrated with AWS Iden4ty Center to enforce granular, group-based network access policies aligned with organiza4onal roles.

• Led the strategic migra4on from Terraform Cloud to Env0 (T.A.C.o.S model) to mi4gate licensing risks, avoiding dras4c cost increases while maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure.

• Architected a self-service IAM Database Authen4ca4on framework integrated with Okta and Lumos for a serverless automa4on pipeline to dynamically provision granular database permissions, seang the roadmap for elimina4ng sta4c creden4als.

• Technical Lead for the Cloud Services team, focusing on plaborm availability, incident resolu4on, and the execu4on of the cloud roadmap. Manager Cloud AlphaCredit / C Claro April 2021 – January 2022

• Successfully achieved a 50% cost reduc4on in cloud resources through careful op4miza4on, resource alloca4on, reserved instances and right-sizing.

• Led the implementa4on of AWS Control Tower to standardize mul4-account governance. Enforced network segmenta4on on AWS Transit Gateway by designing isolated Route Tables per VPC, adop4ng a "least privilege" connec4vity model.

• Engineered a threat remedia4on pipeline integra4ng Amazon GuardDuty with Lambda and NACLs to automa4cally detect and block malicious IPs in real-4me.

• Implemented a centralized no4fica4on hub using SNS, SQS, and AWS Chatbot in a shared services account. Streamlined opera4ons by rou4ng AWS Health Dashboard, Cost Anomaly detec4on, and cri4cal alarms directly to Slack, reducing alert fa4gue and configura4on overhead.

• Established architectural review processes for cloud ini4a4ves, ensuring strict adherence to the AWS Well-Architected Framework and security compliance for financial workloads.

• Conducted regular cost analysis and iden4fied opportuni4es to reduce expenses while maintaining performance.

• Mentored team members to accelerate their skills and exper4se in cloud opera4ons.

• Resolved cri4cal incidents and addressed technical issues promptly to minimize down4me.

• Collaborated with cross-func4onal teams to troubleshoot complex problems and ensure smooth opera4ons.

Cloud Solu,ons Architect Rackspace de México June 2017 – June 2020

• Collaborated with high-poten4al customers in the LATAM region to understand their needs and designed infrastructure architectures that met their requirements, ac4ng as a subject mager expert in AWS services and providing high-level design guidance.

• Acted as the principal architect in designing complex architecture solu4ons for high-poten4al customers in the LATAM Region, holding mul4ple sessions with different customer teams to develop detailed Design Documents for infrastructure deployment.

• Conducted workshop sessions with customers to explain high-level AWS core services and guide them in adop4on, enhancing their understanding and u4liza4on of AWS capabili4es.

• Developed processes for easy resolu4on of problems or requests executed by global teams for high-poten4al regional clients, improving service delivery and customer experience.

• Led discussions with cross-func4onal customer teams to develop comprehensive Design Documents, ensuring alignment with client objec4ves and technical requirements.

• Recruit and train a team of Support Cloud Engineers for the LATAM region, contribu4ng to their skill development and ensuring efficient support services.

• Defined and implemented internal processes to enhance collabora4on and workflow between various teams, including Sales, SE, SA, DevOps, and Account Managers, leading to improved efficiency and customer sa4sfac4on.

• Led internal workshop sessions to enable team members in using Out-of-Scope Services effec4vely, increasing their exper4se and value delivery to clients.

• Provided support in troubleshoo4ng and resolving customer issues within SLAs, ensuring minimal down4me and high customer sa4sfac4on. Support Manager IT Era Process July 2015 – June 2017

• Architect, implement, and support AWS solu4ons for leading na4onal companies, advising client opera4ons and development teams on applica4on adop4on and resource op4miza4on for AWS solu4ons.

• Successfully recruit, train and enabled a high-performing Cloud Support team from the ground up.

• Defined shih schedules and conducted comprehensive training programs to ensure 24x7 support coverage.

• Implemented effec4ve escala4on procedures and service level agreements (SLAs) to meet customer expecta4ons.

• Oversaw the seamless transi4on and realignment of resources to enhance efficiency and customer sa4sfac4on.

• Provided expert guidance in the development and implementa4on of policies and processes for ISO cer4fica4ons (ISO20k and ISO27K). Educa0on

Universidad Politecnica de Sinaloa (UPSIN)

Computer Engineering

September 2005 – December 2010

Cer0fica0ons

KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Na4ve Associate

HashiCorp Cer4fied: Terraform Associate

AWS Cer4fied Solu4ons Architect – Professional

AWS Cer4fied DevOps – Professional

AWS Cer4fied Security - Speciality

AWS Cer4fied Solu4ons Architect – Associate

AWS Cer4fied CloudOps Engineer - Associate

AWS Cer4fied Developer – Associate

AWS Cer4fied Cloud Prac44oner

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