Experience & Education

Professional Experience

Research Software Developer | Argonne National Laboratory | Dec 2022 - Present

  • Led development of SciStream, a secure framework for high-speed (100+ Gbps) data streaming between scientific instruments and HPCs
  • Designed modular architecture with multiple proxy implementations, Globus Auth, and intuitive CLI tools
  • Implemented Docker and Ansible deployment pipeline, reducing installation time by 80% across environments
  • Brought project from concept to production with comprehensive tests and documentation for multiple facilities

Senior Network Automation Engineer | Johnson & Johnson | May 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Supported Itential Automation platform deployments
  • Established CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins enhancing software quality
  • Developed Ansible tests using Molecule and Docker

Systems Engineer | Hudson River Trading | Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Extended Napalm library to support business-specific compliance checks
  • Amplified existing telemetry service supporting multi-vendor network
  • Improved Prometheus exporters in Python
  • Developed Sensu checks and alerts

Network Automation Engineer | Cargill | Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Championed certification of Cumulus and Pica8 network devices
  • Supervised compliance enforcement of +10000 devices
  • Mentored junior engineers in adopting NetDevOps practices

Network Automation Engineer | PayPal | Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Oversaw the deployment and maintenance of 100+ racks
  • Guided network engineers to adopt Infrastructure as Code practices
  • Developed a configuration generation system for VXLAN-EBGP fabric
  • Assisted development of API for automation of networking operations

DevOps Engineer (Network Automation) | Verizon Telematics | Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Automated network provisioning of fully open source BGP fabric via Ansible
  • Implemented continuous deployment of datacenter sites
  • Designed and tested configuration management Ansible playbooks

Research & Development Intern | Open Networking Lab | May 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Developed automated tests for OpenFlow switches
  • Executed hardware evaluation of OpenFlow switches
  • Implemented southbound ONOS OF drivers to handle OFDPA specificities

Systems Engineer Intern | Cisco Systems | Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Developed Python scripts using Scapy to test performance and demonstrate Cisco Security solutions
  • Maintained Lab infrastructure for technical demonstrations of Cisco products

Education

M.S. in Computer Science | Georgia Institute of Technology | May 2016

B.S.E in Communication Networks Engineering | University of Brasilia | Jul 2014

Summer Specialization, Computer Science | Stanford University | Aug 2013

Communications Engineering | University of Minnesota | May 2013

Honors & Awards

  • BSMP/Fullbright Scholarship, Georgia Institute of Technology (2014-2016)
  • BSMP/Fullbright Scholarship, University of Minnesota (2012-2013)
  • Capes Scholarship - REUNI, University of Brasília (2011)

Certifications

  • OCSA ONF Certified SDN Associate (July 2016)
  • CCNA Cisco Certified Networking Associate - R&S (February 2014)

Leadership Experience

Director and IT consultant | EngNet Junior Enterprise | Apr 2008 - Aug 2012

  • Led a dynamic team of 20 students
  • Coordinated recruiting process, designed training programs and organized workshops
  • Orchestrated a robust backup strategy for the company’s IT infrastructure
  • Developed and tested prototype systems for small businesses in C#, PHP, JS, C++