Name’s Daniel.
Nice to meet you!
I’m a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at INSCALE in Lisbon, Portugal, but I've also worked as a Cloud Solution Architect, DevOps Engineer, and System Administrator. As you may have noticed, I kind of like infrastructure stuff.
How I Work
I design resilient, scalable cloud solutions, backed by my solid infrastructure background and numerous professional certifications.
I love turning ideas into reality, shaping how I build cloud systems. Working closely with my team, I create solutions that boost security, compliance, cost efficiency, and time-to-value—helping clients streamline operations and reach their goals.
Technologies
Certifications
Experience
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer
(Observability)
2026 – Present
Description
A Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) focused on Observability is a specialist who applies software engineering rigor to the domain of telemetry, insights, and system understanding. The core focus is on designing, building, and maintaining the platforms and practices that provide deep visibility into the health, performance, and behavior of complex distributed systems, enabling reliability at scale.
Key Responsibilities
Take technical ownership of the observability stack (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting), driving its strategic design and mentoring engineers on its effective use.
Lead the planning and evolution of observability initiatives, setting standards and best practices for instrumentation, data collection, and insight generation.
Develop automation and foundational tooling for observability data pipelines, dashboards, and alert lifecycle management to improve system robustness and engineer efficiency.
Architect and maintain the centralized monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis platform to ensure it is reliable, scalable, and cost-effective.
Reduce diagnostic toil by refining alerting logic, building self-service tools, and balancing observability coverage with operational overhead.
Own the observability aspect of the incident lifecycle: optimize alerting for rapid response, improve on-call diagnostics, and lead data-driven post-mortems to prevent recurrence.
Technologies
Infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
Content Delivery & Security tools like Akamai CDN
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) & Observability tools like New Relic
Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) tools like Splunk
Cloud DDoS & Web Application Protection tools like AWS WAF & Shield
Synthetic Monitoring & Digital Experience Monitoring tools like AppMonitor
Projects
Observability Engineer for JYSK, one of Europe's leading home and living retailers. 🛏️
Cloud Solution Architect
2024 - 2025
Description
A Cloud Solution Architect is a professional who designs and implements cloud computing solutions for organizations. They bridge the gap between complex business requirements and cloud technology capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Design cloud architectures that meet business needs, considering factors like scalability, security, cost, and performance
Create migration strategies to move existing systems to the cloud
Develop best practices and architectural guidelines
Ensure solutions comply with governance and security requirements
Optimize cloud costs and resource utilization
Technologies
Infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
Police-as-code tools like Checkov
FinOps tools like Infracost
DevSecOps tools like Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Projects
Cloud Data Center implementation for the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer 🚛
Site Reliability Engineer
2019 – 2023
Description
A Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a professional who applies software engineering principles to infrastructure and operations problems. They focus on creating highly reliable, scalable, and efficient systems.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain infrastructure automation
Implement monitoring and alerting systems
Analyze system performance and reliability metrics
Develop solutions to reduce operational toil
Balance reliability with innovation through error budgets
Create and refine incident response procedures, on-call rotation policies, and post-incident reviews to prevent future failures
Technologies
Infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates
Image and container build tools like Packer, Podman, and Docker
Container orchestration systems like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Rancher
Observability platforms like Grafana
Systems monitoring and alerting toolkits like Prometheus
Projects
tb.lx Platform, an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) built to abstract away infrastructure complexity and streamline the developer experience 🧑💻
Truck API, Daimler’s single source of truth (SSoT) for APIs 🌎️
Infrastructure Specialist
2014–2019
Description
An Infrastructure Specialist or a System Administrator (SysAdmin) is a professional who manages, maintains, and secures an organization's IT infrastructure. They focus on keeping systems running smoothly and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
Install, configure, and maintain server hardware and software
Implement security measures like patches and system updates
Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues
Perform regular backups and ensure disaster recovery capabilities
Manage virtual network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and connectivity
Provide technical support for infrastructure-related issues
Document system configurations and maintenance procedures
Technologies
IBM Power Systems (including servers, storage, and software like AIX, PowerVM, and PowerVC)
Operating systems like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server
Infrastructure management tools like Red Hat Satellite
Virtual infrastructure systems like VMware vCenter
Backup tools like IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
Projects
Central Bank of Brazil (BACEN) infrastructure team, where I've maintained continuous involvement in managing and optimizing their on-premises infrastructure 🏦
Power Systems Specialist
2009–2014
Description
A System Specialist is a professional who focuses on specific technology systems or platforms within an organization. They have deep expertise in particular systems rather than broader infrastructure management.
Key Responsibilities
Become the subject matter expert for new and current customers of IBM Power Systems
Install, configure, and maintain software and hardware
Manage system upgrades, patches, and maintenance
Train users and other IT staff on system functionality
Analyze system performance and implement improvements
Integrate solutions with other enterprise applications
Technologies
IBM Power Systems (including servers, storage, and software like AIX, PowerVM, and PowerVC)
Physical server management systems like the Hardware Management Console
Virtualization technologies like the Virtual I/O Server and Integrated Virtualization Manager
High Availability solutions like PowerHA SystemMirror
Projects
IBM CAC (Centro de Atendimento ao Cliente), a team handling enterprise-level support across multiple industries, including educational institutions, financial services, public sector agencies, retail, and manufacturing organizations ☎️