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Jorge Hernandez

Miami

Summary

Strategic technology leader with 10+ years of end‑to‑end experience scaling GOJA from start‑up to tech‑driven Amazon powerhouse. Blends deep DevOps expertise with business acumen - building infrastructure, data platforms, and AI products that unlock growth, margin, and new revenue streams.


Proven record of:


  • Designing and operating cloud & Kubernetes estates that support 99.95% uptime.
  • Launching core systems (IMS, MMS, Product Catalog, Data Lake) that power real-time supply-chain decisions across 15+ brands.
  • Leading AI & automation strategy - deploying GPT‑powered analytics, sales optimizers, and a six‑month roadmap to make GOJA an AI‑native organization.


Currently acting as de facto CIO at GOJA (title: AI Infrastructure Manager), partnering with leadership on strategy, governance, and ROI.

Looking to drive similar transformation as Director of Technology at True Grade - building the tech platform that scales sustainable food logistics into a SaaS advantage.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AI Infrastructure Manager

GOJA
01.2025 - Current
  • Authored and executed a six‑month AI & automation roadmap embedding agents into merchandising, pricing, and forecasting; delivered a GPT‑based finance reporting POC adopted by executives.
  • Led the build‑out of Nexus Data Core (data lake + warehouse) to centralize SP‑API, Ads, TikTok Shop, Anvyl, and Sage data; enabled real‑time KPI dashboards for C‑suite.
  • Oversaw ERP integration strategy (NetSuite) and microservice layer syncing orders, inventory, and financials; reduced manual reconciliations by ~90%.
  • Mentored DevOps talent (e.g., Fidel) in infrastructure, networking, security, and automation; established documentation and runbooks.

Principal DevOps Engineer

GOJA
01.2022 - 01.2024
  • Architected multi‑account AWS environment and EKS cluster with prod/stage/dev namespaces; improved deployment lead time by ~40% and lowered infra spend by ~50% via right‑sizing and FinOps.
  • Drove Kubernetes migration from Rancher to EKS for 40+ services with zero‑downtime cutover; standardized CI/CD (Jenkins → Nexus) and observability (Prometheus/Grafana).
  • Implemented organization‑wide monitoring, alerting, and security baselines (IAM guardrails, secrets, audits).

DevOps Engineer

GOJA
01.2018 - 01.2022
  • Co-led design and launch of Inventory Management System (IMS) handling 500K+ SKUs, real‑time FBA/FBM inventory, and multi‑warehouse routing; decreased stock‑outs ~35% and overstock ~20%.
  • Co-developed the Merchandising Management Suite (MMS) to centralize launches, pricing, and content workflows; accelerated time‑to‑listing by ~25%.
  • Co-created the Product Catalog & Master Data platform (taxonomy, attribution, change‑log APIs) consumed by BI and ERP.
  • Built and operated an S3‑centric data lake with Lambda/Glue pipelines feeding Redshift/Power BI.

Systems Administrator

GOJA
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Automated patching, imaging, and configuration (Ansible); hardened endpoints and networks.
  • Implemented backup/DR and began migrating legacy workloads to AWS; reduced incidents and recovery times.

IT Technician

GOJA
07.2015 - 01.2017

L1/L2 support, device imaging, networking basics; introduced bash/Python scripts to remove repetitive tasks.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Instituto Superior Politécnico Julio A. Mella
Habana, Cuba
06-2011

Skills

  • Cloud Architecture (AWS)
  • Kubernetes / Docker
  • IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
  • CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • Data Platforms (S3, Glue, RDS, Redshift)
  • ERP & System Integration (NetSuite, Odoo, ERPNext)
  • Inventory & Catalog Systems
  • Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
  • Security & Compliance
  • AI/ML Enablement
  • Team Leadership & Mentoring
  • Strategic Road‑mapping

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Timeline

AI Infrastructure Manager

GOJA
01.2025 - Current

Principal DevOps Engineer

GOJA
01.2022 - 01.2024

DevOps Engineer

GOJA
01.2018 - 01.2022

Systems Administrator

GOJA
01.2016 - 01.2018

IT Technician

GOJA
07.2015 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Instituto Superior Politécnico Julio A. Mella