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Cloud & Infrastructure Architect | Azure | Kubernetes | Terraform | IaC
Madrid, Spain
Only remote
About me
Senior infrastructure architect with 20+ years in IT, specialised in Azure cloud-native architecture: AKS, Terraform, Hub & Spoke and security and governance for enterprise and public-sector clients. Builds and operates Kubernetes platforms and integrates AI services. Fluent English.
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Azure Cloud-Native Architecture
Deep expertise in designing and operating Azure cloud-native infrastructure, including Hub & Spoke network topologies, AKS private clusters, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, VPN Gateways, Private Endpoints, and security governance for enterprise and public-sector clients across multiple production environments.
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform as the primary IaC tool, authoring reusable module libraries across DEV / PRE / PRO stacks, managing approximately 190 configuration files, and delivering multi-layer infrastructure blueprints adopted across production estates.
Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
Proven track record deploying and operating private AKS clusters with Cilium and Calico overlay networking, KEDA, Helm, CSI Secrets Store, cert-manager, NGINX Ingress, Workload Identity, Pod Security Standards, and Azure Container Registry for containerised production workloads.
AI Services Integration
Provisioning and integrating Azure AI Foundry services including Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o and embeddings), Speech, Language, Content Safety, Document Intelligence, and AI Search into the infrastructure layer for enterprise platforms.
Networking & Security
Design and implementation of Hub & Spoke architectures, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway with WAF and TLS, VPN Gateway (P2S/S2S), Private DNS, Key Vault, Entra ID / RBAC, and network segmentation across multi-subnet environments.
CI/CD & Automation
Building and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, PowerShell, and PowerCLI for automated infrastructure delivery and maintenance.
Data & Analytics Infrastructure
Design and deployment of data-processing infrastructure using Azure Functions, Synapse Analytics, Azure Batch, Databricks, Data Factory, Event Hub, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, and MySQL Flexible Server.
API Management & Multi-Tenant Architecture
Implementation of multi-tenant isolation using Azure API Management with per-tenant rate limiting, resource and naming segregation, and resolution of production issues including Service Bus private endpoint failures and TLS cutover scenarios.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2019
Languages
EnglishFluentSpanishNative speaker
Project history
Consulting architect delivering Azure cloud-native infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector clients. Projects include the Government of Cantabria Conversational Avatar Platform (PoC) with Hub & Spoke architecture, private AKS with Cilium, Azure AI Foundry stack, and multi-tenant API Management; a Reusable Hub & Spoke / AKS Blueprint with 10 Terraform modules; FONCE with serverless and data-processing infrastructure on Azure Functions, Synapse Analytics, Azure Batch, Document Intelligence, and OpenAI; and Mapfre operating an AKS platform with ACR, CSI drivers, KEDA, Helm, and Terraform-driven CI/CD pipelines.
Own and operate the Azure infrastructure end to end with Terraform across approximately 190 configuration files supporting 15+ production microservices. Designed an event-driven document-ingestion pipeline on Azure Event Hub. Built an AI-based data-extraction service on Databricks, Cosmos DB, and MySQL Flexible Server. Leading architecture of a next-generation microservices platform with a provider-agnostic AI layer.
Implemented a Hub & Spoke Azure architecture with AKS and Event Hubs for a US-based programme, managed with Terraform and Azure DevOps. Built data-analytics infrastructure using Databricks, Data Factory, Cosmos DB, and MongoDB Atlas.