Álvaro Fernández

Álvaro Fernández has a diverse background in platform/devops engineering and support roles. Álvaro started their career as a Ph.D. candidate at NTNU, where they conducted research in cost-effective dependability of optical networks. After completing their Ph.D., Álvaro joined StratioBD as a support technician, where they integrated big data technologies in a PaaS based on DC/OS. Álvaro later transitioned to the role of devops and software engineer at StratioBD, focusing on automating the deployment and operation of clusters using tools like Ansible and Docker.

In 2020, Álvaro joined Empathy.co as a platform engineer, responsible for installing, managing, and operating the platform based on Kubernetes. Álvaro also managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Atlantis.

Álvaro's next role was as an independent contractor at Keyko, where they operated and maintained the Keyko.io CELO blockchain validator. Álvaro also set up the monitoring stack using Grafana Cloud.

Currently, Álvaro is a platform/devops engineer at cLabs, where they manage the cloud infrastructure and has successfully migrated their owned infrastructure to a Mento spin-off. Álvaro also installs and manages deployments based on Kubernetes.

Overall, Álvaro Fernández has extensive experience in platform/devops engineering, including managing cloud infrastructure, deploying and managing Kubernetes-based deployments, and automating deployment and operation processes.

Álvaro Fernández pursued their education in a chronological manner. Álvaro first attended the Universidad de Valladolid from 2008 to 2012, where they obtained an Engineer's Degree in Telecommunications. Following this, they enrolled at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) from 2011 to 2012 and completed a Master's Degree in Telematics with a focus on their Master's Thesis. Álvaro Fernández then continued their studies at the same university from 2012 to 2017, earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. Alongside their formal education, they also obtained several certifications, including the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, MongoDB Certified DBA Associate (C100DBA), Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Elastic Certified Engineer, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, and Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer. These certifications were acquired from institutions such as Microsoft, MongoDB, The Linux Foundation, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elastic, HashiCorp, and Google, between the years 2021 and 2023.