Description

I am a Platform & Cloud Architect with 10+ years of experience designing, automating, and scaling cloud platforms in enterprise environments. I currently work as a Platform Architect for a large multinational organization, where I focus on developer experience, platform engineering, and infrastructure standardization.

I help teams move from ad-hoc DevOps practices to robust, reusable, and secure internal platforms, using infrastructure as code, modern CI/CD pipelines, and strong observability foundations. My work is outcome-driven and typically organized around well-defined deliverables, which makes it ideal for part-time and asynchronous engagements.

Typical missions I support:

Design and implementation of cloud landing zones (Azure / AWS)

Platform engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (e.g. Backstage)

Infrastructure as Code using Terraform / CDK

CI/CD pipeline design and standardization (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

Observability and monitoring setups (Datadog, Grafana)

Cloud security, governance and best practices in regulated environments

Architecture reviews and technical roadmaps

I am used to working with distributed teams across Europe and collaborating mainly in an async way, with limited and purposeful meetings. I value clarity, documentation, and maintainable solutions that scale with the organization.

Based in Spain (CET) and available for part-time contract work (up to ~20h/week).

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

BASF
Platform Architect
May 2024 - Today (2 years and 1 month)
Madrid, Spain
• - Led the creation of an internal developer portal to enhance developer experience and productivity.
• - Built the frontend using Backstage framework for a unified catalog interface (services, documentation, pipelines).
• - Designed reusable infrastructure and CI/CD templates with GitHub Actions and Terraform CDKTF.
• - Integrated Grafana and Datadog for observability, providing real-time visibility.
• - Federation with central Microsoft EntraID tenant.
• - Integrated corporate central data lake access from environments covering authorization model and networking across the company following security standards.
• - Integration of Generative AI tools in the platform using Azure AI Foundry, Databricks and Hugging Face models.
• - Reduced onboarding time for new engineers from weeks to days and improved deployment reliability.
BASF
Cloud Architect
January 2022 - May 2024 (2 years and 4 months)
Madrid, Spain
• - Designed and implemented new architectural frameworks, deployment pipelines, and operational strategies for the central Data Lake.
• - Developed an internal developer platform using Backstage, enabling teams to build and scale Data, AI, and containerized services efficiently.
• - Led integration of product capabilities with enterprise-wide cybersecurity tools, including SIEM (QRadar, Sentinel), Vulnerability Assessment (Defender for Cloud), and Patching solutions.
• - Provided technical mentorship and strategic guidance to team members.
• - Contributed to product backlog refinement and definition of technical work items.
• - Acted as the primary liaison for technical communications with cross functional teams and external vendors.
BASF
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
May 2020 - January 2022 (1 year and 8 months)
Madrid, Spain
Design and support of a Big Data environment infrastructure and security based on cloud technologies and tools: Azure DevOps, Terraform, ARM, Azure Datalake, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse.