Xavier Alvarez
Cyber And Digital Security Senior Specialist at Nestlé
Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area Spain
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Top SchoolXavier Alvarez is a Cyber and Digital Security Senior Specialist with 11 years of professional experience leading IT and cybersecurity programs across sports, consumer goods, and enterprise environments. He has progressed from hands-on infrastructure and virtualization roles to strategic security leadership at organizations like Dorna Sports, Alinghi Red Bull Racing, and now Nestlé, combining deep technical know-how (vSphere, vCenter, virtualization, IAM, logging, VPNs) with operational program delivery. Xavier holds a Master’s in Cybersecurity Management from UPC and is experienced in PCI-DSS readiness, vendor selection, and building resilient management platforms for global operations. Comfortable both in high-pressure event-driven contexts and large corporate security teams, he excels at turning complex compliance and virtualization challenges into practical, auditable systems. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often bridges gaps between engineering, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure infrastructure at scale.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
FP II Informatica de Gestió, FP II Informatica de Gestió at Escoles Professionals Salessians de SarriaPrincipe de GeronaMaster's degree Cybersecurity Management, Master's degree Cybersecurity Management at UPC School (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)Col·legi Montseny
Spanish, Catalan, English, portuguese (basic)
Github Skills (164)
http-api10
python10
testing10
http10
azure-functions10
ubuntu10
automation10
wiremock10
ssh10
sdk10
rest10
ansible10
json10
aws-lambda10
java10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
xalvarez/github-team-dashboard
Feb 2019 - Aug 2022
Visualize data related to your GitHub team
Contributions:41 releases, 163 commits, 368 PRs in 3 years 6 months
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xalvarez/prevent-file-change-action
Apr 2021 - Nov 2022
Fail a pull request workflow if certain files are changed
Contributions:18 releases, 6 reviews, 41 commits in 1 year 7 months
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