David Rivas González

Cloud Architect | AWS Automation & Infrastructure as Code

David Rivas González

Professional summary

Cloud Architect at Denodo, previously Senior Cloud Engineer, with a background in technical solutions consulting. Designs AWS automation, infrastructure-as-code foundations and governed cloud environments for technical pre-sales delivery. Open to remote full-time roles and to assessing future independent collaboration proposals, subject to prior legal formalisation before any services begin.

Core expertise

AWSAWS Step FunctionsLambdaIAMCDKCloudFormationTerraformPythonNode.jsJavaScriptBashPowerShellREST APIsContainersKubernetes / EKSHelmAzureGoogle CloudCloud data services

Experience

Cloud Architect | Denodo

Mar 2024 - Present | A Coruña, Spain | Hybrid

  • Architect cloud infrastructure and automation for technical pre-sales environments, primarily on AWS.
  • Lead orchestration patterns for provisioning, lifecycle control, security, cost visibility and operational support.
  • Shape reusable IaC and deployment foundations spanning AWS, Azure and container platforms.

Senior Cloud Engineer | Denodo

Jan 2022 - Feb 2024 | A Coruña, Spain | Hybrid

  • Developed cloud automation and reusable infrastructure foundations for technical pre-sales delivery.

Cloud Engineer | Denodo

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 | A Coruña, Spain

  • Built and operated cloud infrastructure, migration approaches and automation for customer-facing proof-of-concept work.
  • Supported enablement, cloud security practices and effective use of shared technical environments.

Sales Engineering and Solutions Consulting | Denodo

Aug 2017 - Dec 2019 | A Coruña, Spain

  • Supported international proofs of concept and designed data virtualization architectures for customer use cases.
  • Delivered technical demonstrations and enablement while developing integration and visualization solutions.

Sales Engineering and Solutions Consulting Intern | Denodo

Feb 2017 - Jul 2017 | A Coruña, Spain

  • Started professional practice in technical pre-sales, Denodo Platform, Java and SQL.

Selected architecture contributions

On-demand technical demo provisioning

Architected an AWS-orchestrated workflow that provisions data sources and full demo environments from user requests, applying security rules, lifecycle scheduling, backups, notifications, traceability and cost visibility.

Enterprise self-service evolution

Contributed the architectural path for expanding demo automation into a product-designed, identity-integrated platform serving multiple internal teams and additional environment types.

Containerized standard demo environments

Built infrastructure automation for Windows-based pre-sales users to consume updated container services and data while preserving personal demo metadata and reusable standard scenarios.

Reusable cloud deployment foundations

Developed and maintained customer-oriented IaC templates and deployment approaches across AWS and Azure; contributed architecture and coordination for Kubernetes and serverless deployment initiatives.

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