Results-driven Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) with 20+ years of
experience, now specializing in AI/ML Infrastructure and MLOps. Proven
ability to architect, deploy, and manage the robust, scalable systems
required for demanding AI workloads. Combines deep expertise in
Kubernetes, OpenStack, and large-scale data storage (Ceph) with hands-on
experience deploying and managing the complete lifecycle of Large
Language Models (LLMs), including data ingestion pipelines and vector
databases. Seeking a role focused on building and operationalizing the
infrastructure that powers production AI/ML applications.
Professional Experience
EVALinux | Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Principal AI/ML
Infrastructure Consultant | January 2005 – Present
Architected and executed high-impact infrastructure projects for a
diverse global client base, with a recent focus on establishing
environments for AI/ML development and deployment.
Active contributor to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
community.
Composer and performer of music released under Creative Commons
licenses.
AI/ML Infrastructure R&D
Self-Directed | 2024 – Present
Engineered and deployed a complete local LLM ecosystem, building a
private, end-to-end generative AI platform.
Deployed and served LLMs using Ollama, utilizing Open-WebUI to
provide a secure, internal chat interface for model interaction.
Built a scalable document ingestion pipeline using Apache Tika for
data extraction, creating and storing embeddings in a PostgreSQL-based
vector database (pgvector).
Integrated CLI-based clients (qwen-code) for developer-focused AI
interaction, ensuring a reproducible and scriptable environment.
Infotec (Federal
Government of Mexico)
Cloud Infrastructure Consultant | April 2022 – March
2025
Deployed and managed a highly available OpenStack environment on an
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) foundation, integrated
with a standalone Ceph cluster for robust, scalable storage.
Administered a Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) cluster and a Red
Hat Satellite deployment for centralized system management,
patching, and provisioning of over 60 RHEL, CentOS, and Debian
servers.
Engineered and maintained HAProxy clusters for high-availability
load balancing of critical services.
CloudSigma
Senior Systems Administrator | April 2015 – July 2021
Engineered and scaled a global KVM/QEMU virtualization platform
across 10 data centers, achieving 99.9% uptime.
Deployed and maintained production Kubernetes clusters, providing
the foundational orchestration layer for modern MLOps practices.
Key Project: CloudSigma v2.0 Implementation (Nov 2011 - Mar
2012)
Designed and implemented the CloudSigma v2.0 infrastructure, a
KVM/Qemu + libvirt stack for servers.
Implemented GlusterFS for distributed storage after evaluating
LustreFS, Ceph, and XtreemeFS.
Created a fully automated installation of a 20-server rack using
Puppet, including SELinux configuration.
Authored complete project documentation using Sphinx (RST).
Grupo QUID
Infrastructure Consultant | January 2013 – August 2018
Architected and executed a full migration to a cloud-native
infrastructure, resulting in a 90% reduction in operational
costs while simultaneously increasing request capacity
by 3000%.
Deployed and managed one of Mexico's first multi-master MariaDB
Galera clusters, ensuring high availability and write
scalability for critical database operations.
Managed a 7-node Galera cluster, 4 application servers (PHP, Python,
Node.js), and Nginx reverse proxies.
Responsible for all security and monitoring aspects of the
infrastructure.
Expert Creations
Infrastructure Manager | January 2011 - April 2015
Managed all servers for a hosting company with several hundred
client websites.
Infrastructure included 2 MariaDB servers, 4 application servers
(Nginx, PHP), and 2 DNS servers.
Reduced costs and resolved issues related to various applications
(Redis, PHP, Let's Encrypt).
Technical Skills
AI / MLOps: LLM Serving (Ollama), Vector Databases
(pgvector), Data Ingestion (Tika), Model Deployment.