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Level
Lead
Experience
14 years
Location
Mexico
English
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Jorge

MLOps Engineer

Jorge is a cloud-native DevOps and big data expert with over 14 years of experience in high-scale infrastructure, machine learning platforms, and distributed systems. He has architected solutions for companies in telecom, healthcare, media, gaming, and finance — delivering optimized ML deployment pipelines, secure data lakes, and CI/CD systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. A polyglot engineer fluent in Java, Scala, Python, and container orchestration, Jorge has also provided technical training for global organizations, blending hands-on expertise with knowledge transfer.

Main expertise

Java
Kubernetes
Scala
Kafka
Docker
AWS
Azure
Cassandra
PostgreSQL
Spark
Hadoop Ecosystem
Flink
Machine Learning

Other skills

Python Django Jenkins

Employment

  1. Lead Systems Engineer
    2021-11 – 2025-05

    Containerized Java-based ML models and built scalable CI/CD pipelines. Integrated Airflow and MLflow, deployed models using AWS SageMaker, and supported HPC workloads.
    Docker, Kubernetes, Java, AWS SageMaker, GitHub Actions, MLflow, Airflow

  2. Support Ops Engineer (ML Tooling)
    2021-05 – 2021-11
    Led global infrastructure support for ML platforms across 24+ Kubeflow instances. Built Spinnaker and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, managed model deployment and experimentation tools.
    Kubeflow, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, SonarQube, Prometheus, PyTorch, gRPC
  3. Analytics & Infrastructure Engineer
    2020-11 – 2021-05
    Architected ML pipelines and analytics on EKS using Spark and Flink. Automated deployments with Terraform and Helm, integrated Sumo Logic and Vault for observability and security.
    Spark, Flink, EKS, MLflow, Terraform, Sumo Logic, Helm
  4. Big Data Engineer (ML Pipelines)
    2020-04 – 2020-11
    Managed scalable Spark and Flink jobs via SageMaker and AWS Glue. Built streaming analytics with Kinesis and Apache Flink for near real-time insights.
    Flink, Spark, AWS Glue, SageMaker, Java, Scala
  5. Lead DevOps & Cloud Architect
    2020-01 – 2020-04
    Migrated clinical data workflows to Azure Synapse. Automated infrastructure with Bicep and GitHub Actions. Designed secure data pipelines with Event Hubs and NetApp.
    Azure Synapse, Event Hubs, Bicep, GitHub Actions, Java, Scala
  6. Senior IT DevOps Engineer
    2021-05 – 2021-11
    Built CI/CD pipelines for .NET logistics systems using Octopus and NuGet. Supported over 15,000 automated tests and BDD pipelines with Cucumber.js.
    Octopus, PowerShell, Jenkins, .NET, NuGet, Cucumber.js
  7. DevOps Architect (Streaming Platform)
    2020-04 – 2021-04
    Designed Kafka-based architecture for real-time broadcasting. Integrated Terraform, Kubeflow, Spark, and GCP for distributed analytics and ML pipelines.
    Kafka, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubeflow, EMR, RxJava, D3.js
  8. DevOps Engineer
    2019-03 – 2019-11

    Managed full AWS infrastructure and CI/CD for CRM SaaS platform. Automated GraphQL and SQS AWS AppSync, S3, CloudFront, Jenkins, ECS, C#

  9. Lead Consultant & Trainer
    2017-06 – Present (Weekends)
    Delivered training and consulting in Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Spark, Java, Kafka, AI, and GCP across Hong Kong, Europe, and Latin America.
  10. Senior Big Data Architect
    2017-06 – 2018-11
    Led data lake design on Cloudera, migrated pipelines to GCP, developed EMR jobs, and supported health data analytics for multiple international clients.
    Spark, Hive, GCP, Cloudera, AWS Glue, Oozie, Kinesis
  11. Big Data Architect
    2016-04 – 2017-06
    Delivered real-time fraud detection pipelines and graph models with Spark MLlib and GraphX. Managed Cloudera-based data lakes and integrated security/compliance at scale.
    Cloudera, Spark Streaming, Scala, Kafka, Mesos, Hive
  12. Solutions Architect
    2014-10 – 2016-03
    Built real-time banking platforms using Kafka, Docker Swarm, and Spring. Managed event-driven architecture and mentoring across DevOps teams.
    Kafka, Docker, Java Spring, Hadoop, ActiveMQ
  13. Software Architect
    2014-02 – 2014-09
    Migrated systems from PHP to Node.js, developed APIs, and deployed AWS-based cloud apps with MongoDB.
    Node.js, AWS, MongoDB, REST APIs
  14. Full Stack Developer
    2013-11 – 2014-02
    Delivered cross-platform apps for retail and mobile use. Built APIs in Django and Java, supported both Android and iOS.
    Django, Java, Android, Node.js, MongoDB
  15. Full Stack Developer
    2011-12 – 2013-09
    Created cloud-based education platform using Node.js and MongoDB. Automated deployment and monitoring with Bash scripts and AWS.
    Node.js, MongoDB, AWS, Bash

Education

  • PhD in Artificial Intelligence
    Universidad Panamericana
  • Master in Informatics Administration
    UNAM
  • Master in Big Data & Data Science
    Universitat de València
  • B.S. in Software Development
    Universidad Abierta y a Distancia
  • B.S. in Computer Systems
    Universidad Tecnológica de México