Hi. I am Daniel Silva
DevOps Engineer
If something’s boring, slow, or easy to get wrong by hand, I’ll find a way to automate it — that’s the part of the job I enjoy the most.
I also like to speak at conferences to share what I’ve learned (and what blew up along the way) with the community.
I have a technical blog where I write about DevOps, Azure, PowerShell and whatever homelab project I’m currently breaking.
Based in Portugal 🇵🇹 — EU citizen, full remote preferred.
Skills
Infrastructure as Code 2
- Terraform
- Terraform Cloud
Git & CI/CD 3
- GitLab
- GitHub
- Azure DevOps
Cloud — Azure 9
- Storage Accounts
- Key Vault
- VNets
- Private Endpoints
- Entra ID
- App Service
- Functions
- Container Apps
- Monitor / Log Analytics
Containers & Orchestration 3
- Docker
- Compose
- Kubernetes
Programming & Scripting 5
- PowerShell
- C# / .NET
- Bash
- Python
- Go
Other Clouds 2
Interested in exploring other cloud platforms but no production experience yet — Azure-only so far.
- AWS
- GCP
- Deep production
- own it end-to-end
- Solid production
- confident in most production situations
- Working knowledge
- Can navigate through it, but still learning the edges
- Some hands-on
- some hands-on, not ready to own it solo
- Exploring
- Interest in learning, or surface-level familiarity
Experiences
RELEX Solutions
April 2022 → May 2026
Lead DevOps Engineer
- Design and own scalable infrastructure deployment for hundreds of customer environments.
- Drive Terraform + automated CI/CD pipelines for on-demand provisioning at scale.
- Work across multiple product teams to ensure consistency and clean integrations.
- Engage directly with customers to clarify issues and push best practices.
- Proactively identify bottlenecks and anticipate infrastructure issues before they arise.
Xpand IT
September 2020 → March 2022
DevOps Engineer
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and scalable solutions.
- Advocate DevOps practices, by doing hands-on work and sharing knowledge with teams and customers.
- Built reusable pipeline templates and IaC modules adopted across client teams.
Qevo
July 2017 → August 2020
Backend Developer
- Developed and maintained Web APIs.
- Designed and maintained SQL Server databases, with optimized queries.
VTXRM · Portugal
July 2017 → August 2020
Technical Support
- Bug analysis and triage; bridge between the dev team and clients.
- First point of contact for client information and bug reports.
Presentations
Leverage from Pester to automate Azure Storage Account testing
A presentation going into detail on how automated Pester tests in CI/CD pipelines can help users ensure they are following proper configuration and compliance.
Streamlining your Code from the IDE to Production
A presentation (in portuguese) showing the process to deploy the code from the development into production, using DevOps practices.
Dev Talks Webinares - DevOps/Cria pipelines com ferramentas de CI/CD
A presentation (in portuguese) about DevOps, what is it and an example on how to create pipelines with CI/CD tools
Setting up and developing SQLServer on non-Windows OS
A presentation (not recorded) showing how to setup SQLServer environment on non-Windows OS using containers.
PowerShell on RaspberryPi - Let's open a door for your PowerShell ideas
An introduction to PowerShell and IoT using RaspberryPi
Control sensors and chips using PowerShell
A presentation that includes using multiple chips and sensors such as LEDs, humidity sensors, etc
Power your Raspberry Shell on it's Core - Raspberry Pi and PowerShell Core
Presentation similar to the one for DuPSUG with a more deep dive into PowerShell IoT module
Flash presentation about PowerShell IoT
A 10 minute "flash" presentation about the PowerShell IoT.
Power your Raspberry Shell on it's Core - Raspberry Pi and PowerShell Core
Introduction to RaspberryPi and PowerShell Core running on it, showing how and why this is possible, setup, and much more.