Rafael Moraes Monteiro
Network Cloud Engineer
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
5+ Years Exp
Summary
Rafael is an Azure Engineer with experience in cloud technologies, DevOps practices, and infrastructure management. He is a certified Azure professional with a solid foundation in Terraform, GitLab, and CI/CD methodologies and has successfully deployed infrastructure as code across multiple cloud platforms, including AWS and Azure. Rafael has played a pivotal role in enhancing cloud services infrastructure, ensuring high-availability connections, and optimizing cost reduction strategies through FinOps principles. Rafael's expertise extends to managing network operations, implementing security measures, and advancing knowledge across various cloud providers.
Technical Skills
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Work Experience
Network and Cloud Analyst
Nelogica
Full Time | 02/10/2023 - Present
Remote | LATAM
Network and Cloud Analyst IV
- Led rebuilding the company's Azure system, implementing resources such as Azure Firewall, Hub and Spoke model, Landing Zones, and Azure Monitor.
- Contributed to a project involving utilizing Azure FrontDoor resource paired with Azure Blob Storage, guiding the service team on sending, listing, and requesting files via the Azure Rest API.
- Managed network operations and architected designs, including Automation Accounts, Storage Accounts, and Virtual Network Gateways.
- Administered Windows Server systems, ADs, Route 53, and Linux servers while monitoring with Zabbix and Grafana.
- Managed network infrastructure and cloud security (VPCs, VPNs, ELBs, SGs) while advancing knowledge across AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud providers.
- Developed Python scripts to automate infrastructure tasks, improving efficiency and reducing manual errors.
- Actively participated in projects enhancing cloud services infrastructure, employing resources like IAM,, VPNs, TGWs, NAT Gateways, and Lambda functions.
- Ensured high availability connections with on-premises environments and performed workload migrations while applying FinOps principles to cost reduction.
- Collaborated with the application team to establish a Rest API in the API Gateway service, enabling GET requests by triggering Lambda functions to consume data from an international client's API.
- Ensured all application changes were implemented via Terraform, validating and applying through the CI/CD pipeline using GitLab and Jenkins.
- Took responsibility for implementing new modules and service features in Terraform to enhance the infrastructure.
Network and Cloud Analyst III
- Deployed infrastructure as code (IaC) in the company's AWS environment across 20 accounts using Terraform.
- Managed versioning of resources via Gitlab and utilized CI/CD for environment changes.
- Served as project coordinator and senior analyst for the cloud team, providing technical/IT consulting and DevOps/Automation expertise.
- Utilized Terraform daily to manage the Azure environment, including multi-account and multi-region setups, by updating, creating, and redefining various computing services, routing, security configurations, content delivery network settings, load balancers, and more.
- Ensured all application changes were implemented via Terraform, validating and applying through the CI/CD pipeline using GitLab.
Cloud Instructor
Escola da Nuvem
Temporary | 01/10/2023 - Present
Remote | LATAM
- Taught the Azure and AWS re/Start program, covering cloud basics to complex concepts and labs involving multiple resources.
- Focused on helping students achieve the Azure Practitioner and AWS Cloud Practitioner certification and transition into the technology market.
- Engaged with Escola da Nuvem to educate students on the fundamentals of cloud computing, covering topics ranging from basics to utilizing the API Gateway service.
Network Cloud Analyst
CAM Tecnologia
Full Time | 25/08/2021 - 01/10/2023
Remote | LATAM
Network Cloud Analyst III
- Created and integrated ELK Stack via Docker with an IP PBX in Asterisk to collect, organize, and monitor information to support the business management of a telephone service.
Network Cloud Analyst II
- Implemented government bid projects for IP telephony solutions, integrating VoIP and TDM telephony protocols (SIP, RTP, R2, and ISDN).
- Applied knowledge of TCP/IP stack protocols extensively, documented and homologated all systems, and provided software support with technical troubleshooting experience.
Network Cloud Analyst I
- Implemented a monitoring system for a project with over 500 devices using Zabbix software integrated with Grafana.
- Leveraged MIB extension resources and SNMP Protocol along with Shell Script for system integration.
Network Analyst
UnB Internet of Things
Temporary | 01/03/2018 - 01/12/2020
Remote | LATAM
- Developed and implemented a secure, software-defined cloud environment using OpenStack, Linux (CentOS), GlusterFS, WireGuard, and NextCloud.
- Implemented monitoring services for IoT devices using Zabbix and Grafana, and administered Hyper-V systems managing virtualized resources.
Education
Network Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering
University of Brasilia
CyberSecurity, Master of Engineering
University of Brasilia
Certifications

AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Microsoft

AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft

Certified Linux Administrator (LPIC-1)

AWS Advanced Networking Specialty
AWS

AWS re/Start Accredited Instructor
AWS

AWS Certified Developer- Associate
AWS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Associate
AWS