Carlos Pena

Background

About Carlos Pena

SYSTEMS ARCHITECT | CLOUD OPERATIONS | DEVOPS & AUTOMATIONI am a Systems Engineer and Architect with over 20 years of cross-platform experience, including 14 years in Healthcare IT. My career has been defined by managing complexity at scale—specifically operating and tuning BizTalk solutions that handle millions of daily transactions.BRIDGE BETWEEN DEV & OPSI act as the "informal" DevOps Engineer, serving as the bridge between Development and Operations. My focus is on stability, reliability, and the "human" side of tech—building relationships across business units to ensure systems work for the people who use them.CORE COMPETENCIES- AZURE OPERATIONS: 5 years of experience operating, maintaining, and optimizing cloud solutions. I focus on ensuring cloud environments remain resilient and performant- AI TOOLS & INTEGRATION: Experienced in working with Azure OpenAI and Google Vertex AI. I leverage AI tools like Claude Code to augment my technical depth, allowing me to solve complex problems across unfamiliar tech stacks with high efficiency- AUTOMATION & SCRIPTING: Experienced in PowerShell and Python. I’ve built custom health checks, monitoring frameworks, and automation scripts where standard tools lacked. My strength lies in sound logic and using the best available tools to deliver "expert-level" results- INFRASTRUCTURE: Deep background in Windows Server roles and various Linux distributions (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu).THE FORGE (HOME LAB & PERSONAL PROJECTS)I believe that in this field, curiosity is the only way to stay relevant. I credit my success to a passion for tinkering and the support of my family- HOME LAB: I am an avid home-labber, maintaining a server rack where I test hardware, networking, and software. This is where I sharpen my skills and explore new technologies before they hit production- ALGO TRADING & WEB3: As a hobby, I trade crypto and develop custom TradingView indicators (Pine Script). I have also built Python/Nextcord bots that interact with EVM blockchains to monitor whale and VC wallet activity—applying my automation skills to gain a competitive edge- CURRENT GOAL: I am currently working toward my AZ-104 Azure Administrator certification to further solidify my cloud-native expertise.I pride myself on a positive attitude and a belief that there is always something new to learn. I enjoy teaching others, but I am always looking for others to teach me.