Ricardo Gato

Ricardo Gato is a seasoned DevOps Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer at Swisscom since July 2012, specializing in system and infrastructure engineering with extensive experience in GCP and AWS public clouds. Key achievements include the engineering and implementation of a high-availability GitLab instance for 6000 users, serving as SRE for the internal AWS Landing Zone, and providing DevOps services to approximately 3000 internal developers through a self-service portal. Additionally, Ricardo maintains several Kubernetes clusters supporting critical platforms while efficiently managing costs. Prior roles include ICT System Engineer positions at centeractive ag and Portugal Telecom, focusing on application development and complex issue resolution, alongside an early career as an apprentice at Instituto da Segurança Social. Ricardo holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa.