dplacencia.com

Cloud · DevOps · MLOps · SRE · AI Infrastructure

Designing and improving cloud and on-prem platforms so teams can deliver with confidence.

I help engineering teams run stable, efficient and scalable infrastructure across AWS, Kubernetes and on-prem environments — with optional support for GPU-ready and AI workloads.

Production ready

Multi-account cloud, hardened Kubernetes, IaC guardrails.

Fewer incidents

Safer rollouts, SLOs, dashboards, and on-call hygiene.

AI/LLM capable

GPU-ready clusters and inference pipelines that survive prod.

AWS · GCP · Azure Hybrid / on-prem infrastructure Kubernetes · Helm · ArgoCD Terraform · OpenTofu · GitOps Security & Observability (Vault · PKI · Grafana stack) AI / GPU infrastructure

Outcomes I deliver

  • Stabilised production environments with clear SLOs and runbooks
  • Faster, safer releases via streamlined CI/CD and rollout policies
  • Cost-aware cloud setups with visibility and guardrails
  • GPU-ready Kubernetes/ECS foundations for AI/LLM workloads

Best fit clients

SaaS teams, scale-ups, and early-stage founders who need reliable cloud/on-prem architecture, stronger delivery pipelines, clearer visibility, or AI workload readiness — without increasing headcount.

Results from recent projects

Anonymised, achieved in other projects

40% faster deployments

Optimised GitHub Actions pipelines and IaC workflows to shorten build/deploy loops and reduce manual ops.

60% faster releases

Re-architected GitLab CI/CD with ArgoCD + Argo Rollouts for safer deployments, cutting lead time and increasing release confidence.

Hardened EKS + observability

Delivered multi-account AWS with EKS, Vault-backed PKI, and Prometheus/Grafana/Loki baselines for clear SLOs.

How I work

Low-noise, targeted engagements

Assess

Rapid discovery on architecture, delivery, and operations; agree success criteria.

Plan

Prioritised 30–90 day roadmap with quick wins and risk controls.

Stabilise

Implement guardrails, observability, CI/CD improvements, and incident hygiene.

Enable

Hand over runbooks, dashboards, and practices so teams stay autonomous.