Manuel Rodriguez
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolManuel Rodriguez is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and securing Linux- and cloud-native systems, currently shaping telco workloads and Openshift integration at Red Hat. He brings deep expertise in Red Hat and other Linux distributions, Open Source software, security controls (including ISO 27001 contexts), and private/edge cloud operations. His career spans roles from systems/security administration for government and enterprise to leading DevOps and cloud consulting engagements across telecommunications and finance. Manuel combines practical engineering—OpenStack deployments, automation, and production troubleshooting—with a research-minded background in Free Software from graduate studies. Based in Greater Montreal, he pairs technical depth with cross-cultural interests and environmental awareness, often applying broad, standards-driven practices to complex operational problems. Colleagues value his ability to translate security and compliance requirements into resilient, automatable infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Telematics Technician, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Bac+2, Telematics Technician, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Bac+2 at UTN NezahualcóyotlMaster Credits 15 ECTS, Information Technology, Graduate Studies, Master Credits 15 ECTS, Information Technology, Graduate Studies at Free Technologie Academy FTABachelor's degree, Administration de Systèmes, Réseaux et Applications à base de Logiciels Libres, Bac+3, Bachelor's degree, Administration de Systèmes, Réseaux et Applications à base de Logiciels Libres, Bac+3 at IUT (Institut Universitaire de Technologie) - Nancy II CharlemagneUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
English, French, Spanish, lsq, asl
Github Skills (37)
dci10
redhat10
openshift10
bare9
hat9
ansible9
agent9
docker8
artifacts8
kubernetes8
sdn8
bare-metal7
metal7
go7
k8s7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
manurodriguez/openstack-ansible
Sep 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:68 commits, 33 pushes in 9 months
openshift-kni/example-cnf
Dec 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:89 reviews, 5 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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