Summary
Raphael Paiva is a Site Reliability Engineering manager with 14 years of experience transitioning from full‑stack Java EE development to leading automation and DevOps practices for large, mission‑critical public systems. He currently manages a small SRE team that automates operations and configuration for 200+ sites and 400+ VMs at Brazil’s Tribunal Regional Federal, bringing practical IaC, CI/CD and orchestration expertise (Ansible, Docker, Jenkins, Satellite/Foreman). A hands‑on technologist fluent in Java, Python, Ruby and C/C++, Raphael pairs deep platform knowledge with a track record of scaling legacy university systems to handle thousands of concurrent users. He’s an automation enthusiast who applies engineering rigor to both institutional systems and quirky personal projects (like automated garden irrigation), and he focuses on building safe, empowering teams that favor measurable improvement and continuous learning.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
English, Portuguese