Hugo Almeida is a cloud-native engineering leader and Director at BOLDLink with nine years focused on designing and delivering secure, production-ready AWS, Azure and Google Cloud platforms. He specializes in accelerating time-to-market for software teams by providing vetted, certified engineers, DevSecOps automation and thorough handover documentation so clients can remain fully release-focused. Hugo's background spans enterprise and fintech customers—roles at IKEA, EDF, Checkout.com and 10x Banking—where he led cloud architecture and security-driven operational improvements. He blends hands-on cloud architecture experience from Rackspace to modern public cloud consultancies with formal AWS and virtualization certifications. Notably, he runs a consultancy that treats platform engineering as a product, removing hiring friction while enforcing security architecture best practices. Based in London, he pairs a pragmatic delivery mindset with a personal passion for art and technology that informs creative problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
VCA-DC Virtualization, VCA-DC Virtualization at VMWare
Cloud Savvy Openstack, Cloud Savvy Openstack at Rackspace University
HTML HTML, HTML HTML at freeCodeCamp
SLES Admin Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 Administration, SLES Admin Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 Administration at Letswork Ltd
MCITP 2008 Server Administrator MCITP, MCITP 2008 Server Administrator MCITP at Self Study
AWS Business Professional, AWS Business Professional at Amazon Web Services
MCSE Windows Server 2003, MCSE Windows Server 2003 at Galileu SA
NVQ Level 3 Accounting level II, NVQ Level 3 Accounting level II at Pina Manique College
Python RestAPI for demo testing and creating platforms while development is still underway
Contributions:50 PRs, 65 pushes, 43 branches in 3 years 3 months
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