Senior DevOps • Infrastructure • Cloud

Reliable infrastructure, automation, and platform support for modern IT teams.

I am Rolando Hernandez, a senior IT professional with 20+ years of experience across DevOps, systems administration, virtualization, storage, containers, cloud platforms, and application delivery. I am seeking remote and telework opportunities where I can help teams improve reliability, automate operations, and modernize infrastructure.

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Vancouver, Canada Open to Telework DevOps & Systems Cloud & Virtualization Automation & CI/CD

About Me

Dedicated and highly skilled IT professional with broad experience in virtualization, containers, cloud computing, systems administration, storage, networking, and IT service management. I work comfortably across infrastructure and application support, from provisioning and automation to troubleshooting and production readiness.

What I Do

  • Build and support Linux, cloud, virtualization, and storage platforms
  • Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployments
  • Support development teams with CI/CD and reliable environments

What I Bring

  • 20+ years of hands-on technical experience
  • Strong mix of operations, architecture, and troubleshooting
  • Government, enterprise, and production support background

Ideal Roles

  • Senior DevOps Engineer
  • Cloud / Infrastructure Engineer
  • Systems Engineer / Platform Engineer

Professional Experience

A selection of recent and relevant experience that aligns well with remote infrastructure, DevOps, platform, and cloud support roles.

Senior IT / DevOps / Systems
Pacific Forestry Centre (Natural Resources Canada) • Victoria, Canada
Feb 2023 – Present
  • Designed and implemented a Ceph storage cluster on RHEL9, including administration, upgrades, monitoring, and support.
  • Manage storage services including NFS and S3 buckets for internal workloads and applications.
  • Set up and manage Proxmox 8 and KVM-based virtualization environments for VMs and containerized workloads.
  • Build and maintain Podman containers, support OpenShift workloads, and troubleshoot app and platform issues.
  • Created GitLab CI/CD pipelines and GitLab runners to improve consistency in builds, testing, and deployments.
  • Automated provisioning and deployment using Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Python, and Bash.
Technical Advisor
Shared Services Canada • Vancouver, Canada
Oct 2011 – Feb 2023
  • Designed, implemented, and supported AWS IaaS and PaaS services including compute, storage, networking, application gateways, and redundancy solutions.
  • Developed automation and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Python, and Bash.
  • Supported VMware, Citrix, KVM, Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, LXD/LXC, and Solaris Zones environments.
  • Managed storage technologies including NetApp, QNAP, NFS/CIFS, block storage, NAS, and LUNs.
  • Advised on data center closures and migrations to containers and public cloud platforms.
IT Specialist
Natural Resources Canada • Vancouver, Canada
May 2000 – Oct 2011
  • Supervised technical team supporting desktop, LAN, and enterprise systems.
  • Managed corporate network operations and supported LAN/WAN infrastructure.
  • Maintained VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, SAN/NAS, Solaris, Linux, Windows, and database environments.
  • Produced technical documentation and operational manuals.

Technical Skills

Infrastructure & Platforms

Ceph, NFS, S3/object storage, NetApp, QNAP, SAN/NAS, LUNs, CIFS/SMB, Proxmox 8, KVM, VMware, Citrix Xen

Containers & Orchestration

Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, LXD/LXC, Solaris Zones

Cloud & Automation

AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, Terraform, Ansible, YAML, Python, Bash, infrastructure as code

Operating Systems & Support

Linux/UNIX including RHEL, Debian variants, Solaris, plus Windows, application support, troubleshooting, and production readiness

Education & Certifications

Certifications & Training

  • A Cloud Guru: AWS Solutions Architect, Terraform, Python 3 for System Administrators, OpenStack, DevOps
  • BCIT: Applied Software Development, Applied Database Administration & Design, Project Management, Network Administration & Security, Security+
  • Quint: ITIL Foundation and Practitioner Certification
  • CTIS: A+ Certified Service Technician

Education

  • Institute of Technology of Durango: Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering
  • Career Development Institute: Diploma in Computer Maintenance Technology

Open to Remote Infrastructure, DevOps, and Systems Roles

If you are hiring for telework or remote-friendly roles in DevOps, cloud, virtualization, automation, or systems engineering, I would be glad to connect.

Email: rolando.in.vancouver@gmail.com
Phone: 778-887-3384
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada