Miguel Afonso is a seasoned CloudOps engineer and technology leader with more than three decades in the IT industry and a focus on cloud infrastructure, automation, and security. Currently a CloudOps Engineer at Mercedes-Benz.io, he designs and operates scalable, immutable cloud platforms built with Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Vault, and Docker on AWS. Previously, he served as Director at Xcal8, where he guided enterprise-grade DevOps and infrastructure strategy across complex environments, including public sector deployments. His career spans roles at Critical Software, WIT-Software, and government digital initiatives, delivering high-availability, self-healing systems and discipline in DevSecOps. Based in Coimbra, Portugal, Miguel combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, aligning IT capability with business goals. Outside of day-to-day operations, he champions infrastructure as code and automation, living by the ethos 'building cloud infrastructures one commit at a time.'
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