Cloud Delivery Lead

Carlos
Ramírez

Leading technology infrastructure projects — architecture and delivery alike — turning business needs into solutions that hold up in production.

§ 01 — About

I lead technology infrastructure projects that span both the management and the technical execution — planning delivery, coordinating stakeholders, and directing architecture decisions through to production.

My focus is designing and implementing technology solutions that solve concrete business needs: modernizing legacy systems, executing large-scale migrations, and building resilient, secure infrastructure that scales with the organization.

I hold AWS Solutions Architect Professional and PMP certifications, with a background that runs from network engineering through enterprise IT to cloud architecture — the range that lets me own a project from business case to deployed system.

§ 02 — Stack

AWS

Cloud Platform

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Control Tower

Cloud Governance

Lambda

Serverless

Step Functions

Serverless Orchestration

Fargate / ECR

Containers

DynamoDB

NoSQL

CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps

Aurora PostgreSQL

Databases

AWS DRS / MGN

Migration & DR

CloudFront / S3

Content Delivery

Direct Connect / VPN

Networking

§ 03 — Delivery & Portfolio

Project Management Experience

Project delivery experience in real enterprise environments.

01

Cloud Foundation / Landing Zone Rollout

Directed deployment of a multi-account AWS Landing Zone — Control Tower, SCPs, org structure, and networking — migrating standalone accounts into a governed architecture.

AWS Control Tower/SCPs/Terraform/VPN

02

Large-Scale Server Migration

Led a 100+ server lift-and-shift migration across environments and waves — MGN agent deployment, DataSync replication, cutover, and post-migration troubleshooting.

AWS MGN/AWS DataSync/EC2/DNS

03

Disaster Recovery — Pilot Light Architecture

Structured implementation of a Pilot Light DR architecture — cross-region RDS Oracle replication, Auto Scaling Groups, and Drill test execution.

AWS DRS/RDS Oracle/ASG/Multi-Region

04

Database Modernization at Scale

Leading migration of 3,700+ databases from EC2 SQL Server to Aurora PostgreSQL/Babelfish, targeting ~40% licensing cost reduction across phased waves.

Aurora PostgreSQL/Babelfish/SQL Server

05

Cloud-Native & Serverless Delivery

Coordinated delivery of event-driven serverless solutions and containerized applications, integrating with legacy systems.

Lambda/Step Functions/Fargate/ECR/DynamoDB

06

Legacy Monolith → Microservices Modernization

Led delivery of monolith-to-microservices modernization, coordinating containerization strategy and deployment via Terraform-managed IaC and CI/CD.

Docker/Fargate/Terraform/CI/CD

Technical Portfolio

Self-designed architecture — full ownership of design decisions, tradeoffs, and implementation.

01

In progress

Multi-Account Landing Zone (Personal Lab)

Self-designed AWS Landing Zone with Control Tower, custom OU structure, and SCPs — fully defined in Terraform. Includes architecture decisions and tradeoffs.

AWS Control Tower/Terraform/SCPs
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§ 04 — Experience

01

2022 — Present

Technical Program Manager

Escala24x7 Inc. (AWS Premier Tier Partner)

Leading cloud architecture delivery — Landing Zones, migrations, DR, and cloud-native modernization — for banking and fintech clients on AWS.

02

2021 — 2022

IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Conduent

Managed infrastructure delivery for globally distributed teams, fully remote, English-speaking environment.

03

2020 — 2021

Network & Security Consultant

IGSS (Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social)

Redesigned national network architecture — OSPF, VLAN segmentation, RADIUS, monitoring, and documentation standards.

04

2017 — 2020

IT Consultant / Founder

SyProTec

Independent consulting in networking, IoT, and security — designed and deployed a solar-powered, cellular-connected surveillance system.

05

2008 — 2016

Network Engineer → Support Engineer → Implementation Manager

Ericsson

8+ years across RAN engineering, implementation coordination, and technical support for 2G/3G mobile networks.

§ 05 — Education

Degrees

Master's, Project Management

Universidad Galileo

2014 — 2021

B.Sc. Electronic Engineering

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

2001 — 2010

Certifications

  • AWS Solutions Architect – Professional2023
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate2022
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner2022
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner2026
  • PMP2021
  • Professional Scrum Master I2023
  • JNCIA – Junos2021

Let's talk cloud architecture and delivery.

Open to Technical Program Manager, Cloud Delivery Lead, or Solutions Architect roles with US-based cloud consultancies — remote from Guatemala.