Iñaki Respaldiza
Staff Platform Engineer
Professional Summary
Staff Platform Engineer with more than ten years of experience designing, building and operating cloud native platforms on Kubernetes across AWS and Google Cloud.
Focused on platform engineering, cloud architecture and infrastructure automation, with a track record of shaping internal developer platforms, simplifying production operations and helping teams ship with more confidence.
Strong background in multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms, Bring Your Own Cloud architectures, cloud networking, identity and access management, observability, disaster recovery and production operations.
Highlights
- Staff Platform Engineer with more than ten years of experience in cloud, infrastructure and platform engineering.
- Platform architect for Kubernetes-based SaaS and Bring Your Own Cloud environments across AWS and Google Cloud.
- Engineering owner for infrastructure automation, platform defaults, reliability practices and security controls.
- Speaker, trainer and active member of cloud native, Docker and WordPress technical communities.
Core Competencies
Platform Engineering: Internal developer platforms, Kubernetes architecture, platform reliability and automation.
Cloud Architecture: AWS, Google Cloud, multi-cloud architecture, cloud networking, identity and access management.
Reliability and Operations: Observability, disaster recovery, monitoring, incident response, production operations.
Technical Leadership: Architecture decision making, cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, engineering enablement, technical training.
Languages
Spanish: Native.
English: Professional working proficiency.
Professional Experience
> Okteto
Staff Platform Engineer
December 2019 - Present | Remote / Seville, Spain
Lead the architecture and evolution of Okteto’s cloud platform supporting SaaS and Bring Your Own Cloud deployments across AWS and Google Cloud.
Key responsibilities
- Define the technical strategy, deployment architecture and default configuration patterns for SaaS and Bring Your Own Cloud environments.
- Lead Infrastructure as Code practices so platform infrastructure and deployment workflows are repeatable, reviewable and maintainable.
- Own the engineering side of security and compliance controls, including identity, access and secret management work supporting SOC 2.
- Coordinate on-call practices and drive reliability, automation and operational improvements across the platform.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives involving Engineering, Product, Customer Success and Security.
> Paradigma Digital
DevOps Engineer
September 2019 - December 2019 | On Site / Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Designed and automated cloud infrastructure, CI pipelines and deployment workflows while collaborating with engineering teams to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
Key responsibilities
- Improved infrastructure automation, CI pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Worked with engineering teams to strengthen delivery reliability and operational practices.
> BBVA, Senovo IT Contractor
DevOps Engineer
September 2018 - September 2019 | On Site / Tres Cantos, Spain
Worked on the architecture and delivery of a containerized application platform for an enterprise banking environment.
Key responsibilities
- Participated in the application architecture design and designed its network topology and containerization approach.
- Automated infrastructure, Kubernetes, middleware and application delivery using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management practices.
> PixelatedHeart
DevOps Consultant
January 2015 - September 2018 | Remote / Sevilla, Spain
Member of a collective of independent technology professionals providing DevOps, cloud infrastructure and platform engineering consulting services.
Worked directly with customers to design, automate and operate production infrastructure with a focus on reliability, scalability and operational efficiency.
Key responsibilities
- Designed and operated production infrastructure directly with customers.
- Automated deployments and systems operations across customer environments.
- Supported Docker adoption and the containerization of applications and services.
> Various Training Consultant
Technical Instructor
October 2005 - Today | Seville, Spain
Delivered professional training on Linux, Cloud Computing, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps, CI/CD, security and infrastructure automation for private companies, technical academies and public institutions.
Organizations included Quantika14, Cámara de Comercio de Sevilla and IDIT Formación.
Key responsibilities
- Designed and delivered professional technical training with practical exercises and hands-on labs.
- Developed course materials adapted to customer needs and participant experience.
> University of Seville, Department of Genetics
Internal Student
2006 - 2010 | Seville, Spain
Conducted molecular biology and genetics research, from experimental design to analysis.
Performed bioinformatics analysis of experimental and sequence data.
Community Organizing
Training
- Kubernetes Training, BitRocks SL / Bitnami, 05/2018.
- Bitnami Bootcamp, Cloud Computing System Administration, BitRocks SL / Bitnami, 09/2016.
- Biology studies, University of Seville, unfinished degree.
Publications
- Vanti M, Gallastegui E, Respaldiza I, Rodríguez-Gil A, Gómez-Herreros F, Jimeno-González S, et al. Correction: Yeast Genetic Analysis Reveals the Involvement of Chromatin Reassembly Factors in Repressing HIV-1 Basal Transcription. PLoS Genet. 2009;5(1).
- Millán-Zambrano G, Respaldiza I, De Nadal E, Posas F, Muñoz-Centeno MC, et al. Análisis del posicionamiento de nucleosomas mediante PCR cuantitativa: una mejora metodológica. Conference abstract presented at: XXXII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular; 2009.
- Vanti M, Gallastegui E, Respaldiza I, Rodríguez-Gil A, Gómez-Herreros F, et al. Análisis genético de la latencia del VIH: de la levadura a la célula humana. Conference abstract published in: Actas del XXXVII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Genética; 2009.