ABOUT FABIO

Fabio LopesCloud · Platforms · SRE

I'm a Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineer with over 20 years of experience designing, deploying, and operating mission-critical, highly available systems, including platforms serving millions of users across Brazil.

Based in Brazil · Working in English & Portuguese

Fabio Lopes
20+ years in infrastructure

Areas of expertise

From architecture to operations

Throughout my career, I've worked across solution architecture, infrastructure, and platform engineering, with a focus on scalability, security, automation, and reliability. My experience includes environments with 99.99% SLAs, hybrid architectures built on AWS Outposts, and multi-cloud solutions spanning AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture

Designing and operating enterprise environments across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI, including hybrid architectures with AWS Outposts, services such as ECS, EKS, and IAM, and high-availability and disaster recovery strategies.

Platform Engineering & Kubernetes

Building and evolving Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), managing production Kubernetes clusters, and automating infrastructure and application delivery using Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.

Infrastructure & Reliability

Hands-on experience with Linux systems, enterprise networking, BGP, Calico CNI, and distributed storage solutions using Ceph, including multi-petabyte environments and S3-compatible object storage.

Automation & AI-Assisted Engineering

Using AI tools to support software development, accelerate engineering workflows, and improve productivity while maintaining a strong focus on sound architecture, security, code quality, and operational reliability.

Certifications

  • AWSSolutions Architect – Professional
  • Google CloudProfessional Cloud Architect
  • Microsoft AzureSolutions Architecture & DevOps Engineering

How I work

My work bridges different areas of technology, from networking, operating systems, and core infrastructure to software architecture, containers, and CI/CD pipelines. I focus on simplifying operations, reducing manual work, and building solutions that remain reliable, maintainable, and sustainable over time.

I also have experience providing technical leadership on complex projects, collaborating with development, infrastructure, and security teams, external partners, and management to turn business requirements into practical, well-designed technical solutions.

I’m fluent in English and interested in international opportunities, particularly Senior/Staff Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) roles, including remote B2B contracts.

About this blog

This blog is where I share hands-on experiences, technical challenges, and lessons learned from my day-to-day work, mainly around cloud computing, infrastructure, automation, Kubernetes, solution architecture, and platform engineering.

My goal is to discuss real-world scenarios, explain the reasoning behind technical decisions, and explore different approaches while acknowledging the context, constraints, and trade-offs involved.

Rather than presenting one-size-fits-all solutions, I aim to share what I’ve learned from working with complex environments, including what worked, what didn’t, and what I would approach differently.

Let's talk engineering

For technical discussions and professional opportunities, connect with me on LinkedIn or explore my work on GitHub.

Let's connect