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

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Certifications

Experience

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer
2026 – Present

Description

A Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a professional who applies advanced software engineering principles to solve complex infrastructure and operations problems. The core focus is on architecting, building, and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and efficient systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take technical ownership of systems, driving solution design and mentoring team members.

  • Lead project planning and Agile processes to set direction and ensure collaboration.

  • Develop infrastructure automation and foundational code to improve system robustness.

  • Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis for reliability.

  • Reduce operational toil and balance innovation with reliability using error budgets.

  • Own the incident lifecycle: refine response, on-call, and post-mortem processes to prevent recurrence.

Technologies

  • Infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform

  • Image and container build tools like Docker

  • Container orchestration systems like Kubernetes

  • Observability platforms like Grafana

  • Systems monitoring and alerting toolkits like Prometheus

Projects

  • JYSK infrastructure team - more information soon ✌️

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

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

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

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

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 ☎️