Daniel Rada Peña
Cloud Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Specialist
10+ years of experience in managing complex IT infrastructures, cloud solutions, and implementing robust security protocols across hybrid environments.
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10+ years of experience in managing complex IT infrastructures, cloud solutions, and implementing robust security protocols across hybrid environments.
Systems Engineer with over 10 years of experience managing and fortifying complex IT infrastructures, specializing in Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP), DevOps, and Cybersecurity. Proven track record in implementing hardening protocols, managing firewalls (pfSense, FortiGate, Cloudflare WAF), and proactive monitoring with tools like Zabbix and Wazuh.
My background includes administering hybrid environments, deploying/migrating Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters, and implementing robust security policies for databases and segmented networks. Recognized for optimizing systems, ensuring operational continuity, and protecting critical data through advanced backup/recovery solutions (EMC Networker, Dell Data Domain), aligned with ISO 27001 best practices.
Focused on efficiency, security, and scalability of technological infrastructures.
Systems Engineering
Universidad Experimental de Caracas (UNEXCA) | 2018-2020
Associate Degree in Information Technology
Instituto Superior de Mercadeo (ISUM) | 2008-2010
VPC, IAM, S3, CloudTrail, EC2, Lambda
Azure AD, NSGs, Key Vault, Blob Storage
Identity Mgmt, Security Zones, Cloud Guard
IAM, Cloud Armor, Security Command
pfSense, FortiGate, Cloudflare WAF
Zabbix, Wazuh, OpenVAS, Grafana
ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, NIST
VMware, Hyper-V, Docker, Kubernetes
Cisco, VPNs, Load Balancers, DNS
EMC Networker, Data Domain, AWS S3
Managed Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with Windows/Linux servers, Docker, VPC and implemented hardening protocols...
Deployed and migrated Kubernetes clusters with security policies and restored SQL Server databases for Telefónica Venezuela...
Managed EMC PowerStorage/Data Domain and NetApp, implemented EMC Networker backups (AES-256) on Windows Server...
Installed, administered, and optimized databases including SAP IQ and Sybase Dataservices...
Hardened strategic servers (Debian, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu) for Central Bank of Venezuela...
Cloud Solutions Architecture
Certified in designing distributed systems on AWS including compute, storage, networking, and security services.
Cloud Administration
Certified in Google Cloud Platform administration and management with expertise in deploying and managing scalable infrastructure.
Container Deployment
Container deployment strategies on AWS infrastructure including ECS, EKS, and best practices for secure container orchestration.
RHEL V9 & Virtualization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and virtualization techniques including OpenShift troubleshooting and cluster management.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Comprehensive cybersecurity principles including threat analysis, vulnerability assessment, and security protocols implementation.
Azure Cloud Management
Microsoft Azure cloud administration including resource management, security implementation, and hybrid environment configuration.
Complete Portfolio
View my complete collection of professional certifications and credentials covering cloud, security, and infrastructure domains.
Comprehensive AI system using FastAPI, LangChain, and Redis for technical question answering and document processing.
PDF to text conversion with OCR support for scanned documents and automated data extraction pipelines.
Fine-tuning Mistral-7B model and system compatibility checks for optimal performance in cloud environments.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deploying secure and scalable AWS environments with VPC, EC2, and security groups.
Secured via Cloudflare Zero Trust
WAF & DDoS Protection Enabled