Susana Venda

availability Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) architecture and validated multi-cloud provisioning for AWS and Azure.

• Technical Unblocking: Resolved month-long delivery blockages in Lab environments through direct technical intervention and hands-on support.

• Modernization: Shifted legacy Puppet workflows toward Python-based, OS-agnostic automation and high-efficiency local development environments.

• Risk & Strategy: Evaluated project timelines and scope creep, providing factual risk assessments on production-readiness to senior stakeholders.

• Strategic Alignment: Partnered with Red Hat, Microsoft, and Puppet to define technical estimations and align architectural requirements with business objectives.

Built and led a DevOps team of 6 engineers from the ground up, implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI/CD practices across development teams, reducing deployment time by 40% Orchestrated cloud migration strategies using Kubernetes and Podman Implemented infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible, resulting in 60% faster environment provisioning and comprehensive monitoring with ELK stack Mentored junior developers and led cross-functional coordination Tech Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Podman, Terraform, Ansible, ELK Stack, AWS, Python, Bash, Helm Methodology: Agile (Scrum)

Led development of Transaction Screening and List Management Screening modules Automated full DevOps pipeline and dockerized LMS application Migrated critical services to Spring Boot 2 and Spring 5 Delivered consistent, high-performance software in a high-availability production environment Tech Stack