Summary
Rodrigo Amarante is a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with nine years of experience building and operating telecom-grade, cloud-native systems on AWS, specializing in Kubernetes (EKS) and 4G/5G Packet Core workloads. He leads DevOps initiatives that combine Infrastructure as Code, GitOps (ArgoCD), and CI/CD practices to deliver highly available, multi-AZ platforms for mission-critical network functions like AMF, SMF, UPF and UDM. Rodrigo’s background as a Packet Core solution lead and hands-on operator gives him deep expertise in networking, performance tuning, and incident response across distributed systems. He has a track record of reducing operational overhead through automation, formalizing MOPs for safe rollouts, and driving cross-team coordination with vendors and cloud providers. Comfortable with international roles and authorized to work in the U.S. on an H-1B, he holds dual Brazilian and Portuguese citizenship and combines telecom domain depth with cloud-platform engineering. An interesting facet: he progressed from radio-core engineering and capacity planning into cloud DevOps, bringing practical telecom operational insight to modern cloud-native platforms.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree, Specialization in Mobile Communications, Postgraduate Degree, Specialization in Mobile Communications at Universidade Federal Fluminense
Intensive General English Course, Intensive General English Course at Centre of English Studies - CES Dublin
Postgraduate Degree, Project Management, Postgraduate Degree, Project Management at UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Telecommunications, Electrical / Electronics / Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Telecommunications, Electrical / Electronics / Telecommunications at Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações - Inatel
Portuguese, English, Spanish