Daniel Cedenilla

Technical Leader of the main logging platform (FluentD, Opendistro ElasticSearch, Kibana) in AWS – automation done using (Docker, GIT, Python, Terraform, JSON, YML, Ansible, Rundeck and Jenkins). • On-boarding and supporting new ingestions from our internal business units. SSO, ISM Policies, Indices, Monitoring, Aggregators, certificates, LB, DNS, fluentD configs... • Leading the migration from the custom ElasticSearch Cluster to AWS ElasticSearch Service. • Troubleshooting any issues in Production. • On-Call 24x7. • Monitoring in SignalFX and Datadog (Integration, configuration, management and creation of dashboards) • Helping other teams with any potential blockers they can have in AWS. • Solving issues in AWS using Jira to manage the tickets. (EC2, VPC, Route53, LB, SG, TGW, IAM, S3, Workspaces...) • AMI management using Packer and Jenkins. • Improving existing automation. Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Packer, EC2... • Governance tasks.

- Installed and configured various tools and services (e.g., Vault, Cert-Manager, Opensearch, Sentry, MinIO, Qdrant) using Helm, Ansible, and ArgoCD to support data-engineering and data-science teams. - Supported developers in creating roles and tokens in Vault for secure access to production databases. - Implemented VictoriaMetrics Alert for critical alerts to PagerDuty and ensured its functionality. - Established a logging strategy in the Kubernetes cluster using Opensearch for effective troubleshooting. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to maintain the Kubernetes cluster's smooth operation. - Monitored and managed the Kubernetes cluster using VictoriaMetrics and Grafana, creating custom dashboards. - Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for the Kubernetes cluster and associated processes. - Stayed updated with the latest technologies and continuously improved cluster infrastructure. - Installed, configured, and maintained production Kafka clusters and Postgres databases, including monitoring and customizations for efficiency and reliability. - Integrated various tools with Okta for SSO and OpenID. Designed and implemented Gitlab CI pipelines for automating operational tasks.

- Standardized, automated, and optimized monitoring, tagging, and integrations in Datadog with Terraform and Ansible for agent installation. - Designed and implemented new alerts, metrics, and dashboards in Datadog. - Established a log archival strategy using AWS S3 and monitored solutions within Kubernetes clusters. - Assisted developers in integrating custom application metrics into Datadog. - Configured a logging strategy in Datadog, entailing a comprehensive migration from AWS OpenSearch. - Led the Systems Team, encompassing the Database and DevTools teams, making critical decisions to enhance infrastructure and team efficiency. - Governed, reported on, resized, and decommissioned AWS resources and Datadog assets. - Provided support to other teams in diagnosing and resolving monitoring and logging issues. - Collaborated closely with SRE and Developers to improve processes and documentation. - Worked with the NOC team (L1 and L2 support team) to address monitoring and logging requirements. - Established a functional on-call rotation and escalation policies using OpsGenie and Datadog.