I am a maker who truly enjoys learning, teaching, creating, and experimenting. I believe that complex problems must be solved at the human level first, and then we can start discussing technology.
| Languages | Spanish, English | Website | jossemargt.com |
| [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/jossemargt |
Senior Lead Platform Engineer Jun. 2022 - Currently
As an individual contributor, my responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining components for our polyglot ecosystem that operates on top of Kubernetes and serverless platforms using various programming languages such as JavaScript, Go, Java, and Rust. Additionally, I keep track of our projects, lead cross-team communications, empower my colleagues, and strive to improve the platform's reliability.
DevOps Techlead Dec. 2021 - May 2022
As a 3Pillar DevOps consultant, I had the privilege of working with the SUSE Rancher team to automate their release and delivery procedures for RKE2 and K3S Kubernetes distributions. Accomplishing this required an extensive understanding of Kubernetes, its fundamental components, and how organizations manage their value stream by creating and maintaining Open Source Software.
Infrastructure Engineering Manager - MTS2 Sep. 2020 - Nov. 2021
We, the Build and Orchestration team, drove Xoom’s CI/CD platforms, practices, and processes to converge with PayPal. The tasks that I held in the highest regard were the ones that enabled my team to constantly learn, grow, improve, and achieve their goals.
Infrastructure Tooling Engineer - MTS1 Mar. 2015 - Sep. 2020
As part of the Xoom Infrastructure Tooling team, we transformed our company's product delivery by adopting new technologies, automating tasks, restructuring processes, and utilizing immutable infrastructure and continuous delivery concepts in a hybrid cloud model.
Co-Founder Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2014
We took on the challenge of creating a self-funded startup to help small businesses enhance their online presence with a simple self-serve experience.
Full Stack and Hybrid Mobile Freelance Developer Dec. 2010 - Mar. 2015
I had the opportunity to contribute to several projects regardless of their programming language, from implementing websites and CMS themes alone to working with teams in creating CRMs, sale platforms, and hybrid mobile applications.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Kubernetes Adminitrator
- JavaScript, Go, Groovy, Java, POSIX shell (bash), Ruby, Python, Rust
- Kubernetes, K3s, AWS, GCP, EKS, ECS, EC2, S3, IAM, CloudFormation
- CDK, CDK8s, Serverless Framework, Puppet, Ansible, Docker, Packer, Terraform, Vagrant, systemd
- git, gradle, maven, make, rake, cargo, Jenkins, drone.io, GitHub Actions
- buildkit, docker, crane, Harbor, Keycloak, Istio, Nginx, System Administration (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu)
- node.js, TypeScript, Angular, Ionic, cordova, less CSS, sass, rspect, beaker, servespec, karma, jest, spock, junit
- MongoDB, MaribaDB, PostgreSQL, etcd, Zookeeper, Redis
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering and Computer Science, Curriculum Completed November 2013
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Learning by sharing
- Helping to organize tech communities
- To contribute in OSS full time is my dream! @jossemarGT
- Voces Guatemala radio host
- GNU Linux (Debian/Arch/Open Suse/Ubuntu) user
- Amateur stand up comedian (and... that's not a joke!)