About Me
Hey, I’m Emilio
I’m a Senior DevOps Engineer based in Bilbao, Spain. I’ve been working in infrastructure and cloud for 18 years — from racking servers and managing on-prem systems to automating multi-cloud environments and running Kubernetes in production.
I started out doing everything from networking to sysadmin work. Over time, I leaned into automation, infrastructure as code, and eventually the cloud-native world. These days, I focus on building reliable, scalable platforms and helping teams ship faster with less stress.
What I Work On
I’ve spent most of my recent years working with:
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Cloud & Platforms: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, GKE, Pivotal Cloud Foundry
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Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Packer, Ansible, Puppet
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CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, Spinnaker, Bamboo
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Service Mesh & Ingress: Istio, Traefik, NGINX Ingress, GKE Ingress
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Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Mimir, Fluent Bit, Datadog, Thanos, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash
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Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis (Memorystore), DynamoDB, MongoDB, Amazon DocumentDB, Cloud SQL
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Message Brokers: Pub/Sub, Pulsar, Kafka
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Languages & Tooling: Python, Bash, Groovy
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Practices: GitOps, FinOps, Agile
I’ve also led platform teams, contributed to incident reviews, helped development teams manage their own infrastructure autonomously, and pushed for better practices without becoming dogmatic about it.
A Bit More About Me
Outside of work, I enjoy messing with open source tooling, testing out new tech, and sharing what I learn with the people around me. I’m also into Raspberry Pis, small robotics projects, and 3D printing — anything hands-on that scratches the builder itch.
When I’m not in tech mode, I’m usually on my road bike, out for a run, playing RPGs or tabletop games, or just spending time with my family (including a dog and two cats who rule the house).
Let’s Talk
I’m always open to interesting new opportunities. If you’re working on something like that or just want to exchange ideas, feel free to reach out — whether it’s automation, infrastructure, or building better teams.
Email: contact@e1000.es LinkedIn: emiliourena GitHub: @eltioemil Fosstodon: @eltioemil