Walter Urbina
Kubernetes Admin/AWS Cloud Admin
Alexandria,VA
Summary
Dedicated Kubernetes Administrator with 4 years of experience in orchestrating, configuring, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in diverse, high-availability environments. Proficient in AWS cloud services. My passion for learning new concepts and technologies make me a valuable asset in any team looking to stay ahead in the world of Kubernetes and beyond.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Engineer Professional
Freddie Mac, McLean
McLean, VA
06.2019 - Current
- Designed, deployed, and managed multi-node Kubernetes clusters for various applications, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
- Managed the entire EKS platform for the company supporting more then 150 clusters in Development, Non-Production, and Production environments.
- Designed and maintained AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with CloudFormation.
- Created and maintained documentation for infrastructure and deployment processes.
- Collaborated with development and operations teams to optimize and troubleshoot application deployments.
- Resolved production issues in timely and efficient manner along with on-call support.
- Implemented Istio service mesh for traffic management, observability, and security in microservices environments.
- Collaborated with CI/CD teams to optimize pipelines, ensuring rapid and reliable deployments for Istio and Kubernetes configurations.
- Developed Python/Bash scripts to automate deployments and configuration management.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 08.2016 - 12.2018
Skills
Kubernetes/EKS Administration
AWS services: CloudFormation, EC2, EKS, SQS, StepFunctions, S3, Lambda, EKS, Route53, VPC, IAM, SES, and SNS
Istio Service Mesh
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Scripting and Automation in Python/Bash
Open Source Tools for Kubernetes Management
Documentation, Troubleshooting, and Problem Solving
Certification
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Timeline
Engineer Professional
Freddie Mac, McLean
06.2019 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems
George Mason University
08.2016 - 12.2018