Ezequiel Rial is a Head of DevOps based in Argentina with over 13 years of hands-on experience and 20+ years in software engineering, who blends technical depth with people leadership to run a 10-person DevOps organization and oversee 15 projects. He specializes in cloud-native architectures, IaC, GitOps and cost-optimisation—driving initiatives that cut project costs by 50% while centralizing security, monitoring and access controls. A practical engineer, he still contributes code and build tools (Helm charts, Terraform stacks, CI/CD pipelines) and has improved developer experience through internal platforms and bootstrap templates. Ezequiel’s background spans geospatial research and open-source contributions (notably UI and security fixes to the GeoNode geospatial platform), revealing a penchant for applied GIS and data-driven problem solving. He pairs mentoring and hiring acumen with a track record of migrating legacy stacks to modern, observable, and secure deployments across AWS, Azure and GCP.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor General Studies, Bachelor General Studies at Colegio Nacional Dr. Arturo Illia
Master of Science Spatial Applications of Alert and Early Response to Environmental Emergencies, Master of Science Spatial Applications of Alert and Early Response to Environmental Emergencies at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Software Engineering at Universidad FASTA
Teaching Specialization for Professionals for Middle and Highschool Education, Teaching Specialization for Professionals for Middle and Highschool Education at Instituto Superior de Formación y Capacitación UPCN
Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management Business Administration and Management General, Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management Business Administration and Management General at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:13 commits, 13 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Ezequiel primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and fixing bugs within the GeoNode platform. Their contributions included removing deprecated 3D viewer tools, updating the GeoExplorer about URL, and consistently adding `{{block.super}}` to extra script blocks in templates to improve functionality. Additionally, they addressed mixed content issues, ensuring a secure user experience.
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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Ezequiel Rial - Head Of DevOps at Lumenalta (formerly Clevertech)