Profile
Senior Platform Engineer with 20+ years of experience building cloud-native platforms and
Kubernetes automation. Currently working at the intersection of
Platform Engineering and AI Infrastructure — designing and operating
enterprise MLOps environments, building custom Kubernetes Operators in Go, and delivering
developer automation platforms using Python, ArgoCD, Kubeflow, and ClearML. Track record
delivering automation that reduces manual operational effort in enterprise environments
across defense, travel and finance sectors. Founded and ran a software company for over
15 years, shipping a commercial workforce-management platform still in active use today.
Experience
T-Systems Iberia
Mar 2023 — Present
Senior Platform Engineer – AI & MLOps Infrastructure
Now
· Madrid
Feb 2026 — Present
- Designed and deployed an enterprise-grade MLOps platform on Kubernetes and GitOps for defense AI workloads.
- Implemented Kubeflow for notebook environments, pipelines, and multi-tenant ML workloads.
- Deployed ClearML for experiment tracking, orchestration, and model lifecycle management.
- Implemented KServe for scalable model serving; configured GPU-enabled AI inference services on Kubernetes.
- Deployed LLMs for chat and code assistance; managed multi-tenant RBAC and platform governance via ArgoCD.
Tech: Kubernetes · Kubeflow · ClearML · KServe · ArgoCD · Python · GitOps · Helm · GPU Workloads · Linux
Software Architect – DevOps/Automation Engineer
· Madrid
Mar 2023 — May 2026
- Built Kubernetes Operators in Go (Kubebuilder) for cluster automation and Kafka integration for metrics and event streaming.
- Designed Python automation services reducing manual release effort by ~60%, cutting cycles from days to hours.
- Developed secrets synchronization between GitLab, Terraform, HashiCorp Vault, and Google Cloud Secret Manager using REST APIs and FastAPI services.
- Built internal Python libraries with comprehensive pytest coverage for release pipelines and service validation workflows.
- Managed Kubernetes workloads with Helm; deployed artifacts to JFrog Artifactory with Xray analysis.
Tech: Go · Kubebuilder · Python · Kafka · FastAPI · Vault · GitLab · Kubernetes · Helm · Artifactory · REST APIs
Jun 2022 — Feb 2023
IT Delivery & Automation Engineer · Madrid
- Managed GitOps-based deployments using ArgoCD across Kubernetes microservice environments.
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and CloudBees for high-throughput delivery.
- Developed a Slack bot in Python to automate CI/CD communications for development teams.
- Supported AWS cloud infrastructure; implemented observability with Prometheus and Grafana.
Tech: Kubernetes · ArgoCD · AWS · Docker · Jenkins · CloudBees · Grafana · Prometheus · Python · SonarQube
Dec 2021 — Jun 2022
DevOps Engineer · Madrid
- Designed and implemented CI/CD processes for enterprise banking environments on OpenShift.
- Developed deployment automation using Jenkins, Groovy and YAML; built operational Python/Bash tooling.
- Integrated SonarQube analysis and quality gates for Java applications.
Tech: OpenShift · Kubernetes · Jenkins · Groovy · SonarQube · Python · Bash
Aug 2021 — Dec 2021
DevOps Engineer · Madrid
- Designed GitLab CI/CD pipelines, managed Runners and build infrastructure; implemented Grafana dashboards.
Tech: GitLab CI/CD · Runners · Grafana · Docker · Linux · SSH
Mar 2019 — Aug 2021
Technology & DevOps Solutions Engineer · Madrid
- Administered SonarQube enterprise environments; developed custom integrations via Python, Ruby and REST APIs.
- Built automated reporting, software quality metrics systems, ETL processes and SQL procedures.
- Designed and implemented Jenkins pipelines integrating Polyspace, SonarQube, Docker, and PC-Lint with custom quality rules.
Tech: Python · SonarQube · Polyspace · SQL · ETLs · Linux · REST APIs · Ruby · Jenkins
Alfa Sistemas C.A.
2002 — 2018
Founder & Systems Manager · Venezuela
Founded and managed a software company for 16 years, designing and commercializing Chronos ADP — a workforce and project management platform for the Venezuelan oil sector, with clients still active today. Led the full product lifecycle: architecture, development, sales and support.
- Delivered custom enterprise solutions using C#, Python, VBA and SQL Server.
- Led infrastructure, networking and systems administration for enterprise customers.
Tech: C# · Python · VBA · SQL Server · Windows Server · Networking · VMware
Open Source & Projects
Custom Kubernetes Operators built with Kubebuilder and controller-runtime for cloud-native automation. Published on GitHub.
Technical Portfolio
Ongoing
Platform Engineering, GitOps workflows, DevOps automation and personal software projects — leobip.github.io