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Alex Garcia

Alex Garcia, AWS DevOps Engineer and Cloud Architect

AWS DevOps Engineer and Cloud Architect for DevOps and generative AI on AWS, based in Mexico, working US Central hours.

I'm an AWS DevOps engineer with more than 17 years in IT. I build and repair AWS infrastructure, delivery pipelines and generative AI platforms using Terraform, AWS CDK, CI/CD, containers and Amazon Bedrock, and I set up AI coding assistants with MCP so engineering teams ship faster. I document the plan before making any change, submit pull requests for your team's review, and remove the access you gave me when I hand over the work.

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17+
years in IT		 7
certifications		 16
public evidence repos		 2
university courses taught		 EN / ES
US Central hours

What I do

Each service links to a public repository with a sample deliverable or working code you can inspect.

  • Terraform on AWS audit and fix: a ranked diagnosis of risky infrastructure code, fixes as pull requests and a state migration that destroys nothing. Evidence: terraform-aws-rescue-lab
  • CI/CD pipeline to AWS: keyless deploys through OIDC, with image scanning and automatic rollback. Evidence: github-actions-aws-oidc-lab
  • AWS security and IAM review: findings ranked by risk, policy rewrites that narrow access, and a baseline set of guardrails. Evidence: aws-iam-security-review-sample
  • Kubernetes on Amazon EKS: clusters built with Terraform and delivered through Helm and Argo CD. Evidence: terraform-aws-eks-gitops-lab
  • Containerize and deploy to ECS Fargate: a repeatable, reversible path from one machine to AWS. Evidence: aws-ecs-fargate-deploy-lab
  • AWS landing zone for a new project: separate accounts, central sign-in, an audit trail and tested service control policies. Evidence: terraform-aws-landing-zone-lab
  • DevOps and Well-Architected assessment: a risk-rated backlog and a roadmap your team can execute. Evidence: aws-well-architected-assessment-sample
  • AWS cost optimization audit: ranked savings with stated assumptions, plus tagging and ownership for the spend. Evidence: aws-cost-optimization-audit-sample
  • Migration to AWS: a wave plan and a cutover runbook with rollback triggers. Evidence: aws-migration-runbook-sample
  • AWS workshop and mentoring: hands-on labs with starter code, solutions and tests. Evidence: aws-devops-workshop-labs
  • Generative AI on AWS: retrieval-augmented generation, LLM gateways and agents on Amazon Bedrock, plus AI coding-assistant rollouts (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Amazon Q Developer, Kiro) with MCP for engineering teams.

How I work

The same five steps on every engagement, whatever the size.

How I work: scoping call, written plan, pull requests, verified in your account, handover

Featured work

Every repository uses a fictional client and verifies its evidence offline, without an AWS account.

Repository Outcome
aws-devops-portfolio Index of every service, with a check that keeps the whole collection consistent
terraform-aws-rescue-lab Untrusted Terraform turned into tested modules with remote state and a plan gate
github-actions-aws-oidc-lab Long-lived CI keys replaced by OIDC, and deploys that fail when ECS rolls back
aws-iam-security-review-sample Security review report with ranked findings and a control-to-evidence map for SOC 2
terraform-aws-eks-gitops-lab EKS through Terraform modules, a Helm chart and Argo CD folders per environment
aws-ecs-fargate-deploy-lab API containerized and deployed to Fargate with a circuit breaker and alarm-based rollback
terraform-aws-landing-zone-lab Multi-account foundation with AWS Organizations and guardrails tested against real requests
aws-well-architected-assessment-sample Assessment across the pillars and the DevOps lens, with a ranked backlog and roadmap
aws-cost-optimization-audit-sample Savings split into quick wins and planned work, each recalculated from billing data
aws-migration-runbook-sample Wave plan, AWS DMS tasks and a timed cutover runbook with a way back
aws-devops-workshop-labs Numbered labs on AWS, Terraform, CDK and CI/CD, each tested against its solution
terraform-aws-bedrock-rag-lab Private RAG API on Amazon Bedrock that cites its sources or refuses, with evaluation gates
terraform-aws-agentcore-agent-lab AI agent on Bedrock AgentCore whose every tool call is authorized per staff member
bedrock-genaiops-release-gate-lab Release gate that blocks prompt, model and guardrail changes failing quality, safety or cost
aws-genai-architecture-review-sample GenAI review against the Generative AI Lens, with a fix per finding and a cost model
cdk-python-nag-pipeline-lab CDK Pipelines app in Python that stops on any unacknowledged cdk-nag finding

Tech stack

Tech stack

AI stack: Amazon Bedrock, Claude, OpenAI, Amazon Q Developer, Kiro, Model Context Protocol

AWS, Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, Helm, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, Docker, Python, Bash, Checkov, Trivy, Amazon Bedrock, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, MCP.

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Certified AI Practitioner AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified Developer – Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate AWS Academy Certified Educator HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate

Teaching

ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara

Adjunct professor of Cloud Architecture and Scalable Systems Design at ITESO, the Jesuit University of Guadalajara.

Activity

Contribution streak for gamaware

Contact

I work in English and Spanish, and I reply within a business day on weekdays.

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  1. aws-devops-portfolio aws-devops-portfolio Public

    Demonstrates an AWS and DevOps consulting portfolio through one card per service, each linked to its repository and Upwork offer; verified offline by a catalog check across every repository.

    Python

  2. terraform-aws-rescue-lab terraform-aws-rescue-lab Public

    Demonstrates a Terraform rescue through a ranked diagnosis, fix pull requests and a zero-destroy state migration; verified offline with Checkov, tflint and terraform test.

    HCL

  3. aws-well-architected-assessment-sample aws-well-architected-assessment-sample Public

    Demonstrates an AWS Well-Architected and DevOps assessment through a risk-rated backlog and a 30/60/90-day roadmap; verified offline by recomputing every number from the data.

    Python

  4. github-actions-aws-oidc-lab github-actions-aws-oidc-lab Public

    Demonstrates keyless CI/CD to Amazon ECS through a GitHub Actions OIDC pipeline with security gates; verified offline with policy tests and mocked Terraform.

    Python

  5. terraform-aws-eks-gitops-lab terraform-aws-eks-gitops-lab Public

    Demonstrates Amazon EKS delivery through Terraform modules, a Helm chart and Argo CD folders per environment; verified offline with mocked Terraform and Helm render tests.

    HCL

  6. aws-iam-security-review-sample aws-iam-security-review-sample Public

    Demonstrates an AWS security and IAM review through a ranked findings report and a SOC 2 control-to-evidence map; verified offline on a fictional account export.

    Python