Daniel Villaquiran, Senior DevOps Engineer and Cloud Architect

About Me

Senior DevOps Engineer & Cloud Architect

Executive Bio

Engineering resilient platforms and the teams that deliver them

Specialized in GCP, AWS, IaC Pulumi, and scalable microservices architectures. Currently bridging Senior DevOps practices with AI engineering, LLM orchestration, and process automation. Recently completed a Postgraduate Specialization in IT Project Management, reinforcing my capacity to bridge high-level cloud architecture and DevOps execution with strategic project governance, agile delivery, and cross-functional team leadership.

Core Competencies & Stack

From infrastructure architecture to strategic delivery

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • GCP (Cloud Run, Core Services)
  • AWS (Core Services, ECS)
  • Kubernetes
  • Pulumi
  • Terraform

DevOps & CI/CD

  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • AWS CodePipeline & CodeBuild
  • New Relic
  • PagerDuty
  • Sonatype Nexus

Agentic AI & Automation

  • Agentic Workflows
  • LLM Orchestration
  • Python Automation

Governance & Agile Delivery

  • IT Project Management (Postgraduate Specialization)
  • Scrum Certified (PO, SM, SD)
  • Risk Management
  • Cross-Functional Leadership

Career Evolution

Milestones from systems foundations to technical leadership

01 · Foundation

Infrastructure & Systems Engineering

Built a strong operational foundation across Linux, networking, automation, and reliable production systems.

02 · Scale

Cloud & DevOps Engineering

Advanced into cloud-native architecture, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and automated delivery for high-availability platforms.

03 · Leadership

Senior DevOps Engineer & Cloud Architect

Leads architecture and delivery decisions across GCP and AWS while connecting platform reliability, engineering velocity, and business outcomes.

04 · Current Evolution

Agentic AI & Strategic Delivery

Combines LLM orchestration and agentic automation with postgraduate IT project management practices to guide high-impact, cross-functional initiatives.

Recent academic milestone

Postgraduate Specialization in IT Project Management

Focus: Strategic Alignment, Agile Project Delivery, Risk Management, & Cross-Functional Engineering Leadership.

Key Value: Connecting complex cloud/DevOps engineering with business strategy and high-impact delivery.

Engineering Philosophy

Automation, resilience, and measurable business value

Automate repeatable work, design for failure, and make reliability measurable. Strong engineering decisions should reduce operational friction while keeping architecture, delivery risk, and business value aligned.