Senior DevOps Engineer

Transforming infrastructure with 11+ years of experience

Carolina Herrera Monteza

About Me

I'm a passionate Senior DevOps Engineer with over 11 years of experience in transforming how organizations build, deploy, and scale their applications. My expertise spans cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.

As a speaker and mentor, I'm committed to sharing knowledge and empowering the next generation of tech professionals, particularly through the Mujeres IT mentorship program for LATAM communities.

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Technical Skills

Expertise across cloud platforms, DevOps tools, and modern infrastructure technologies

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Expert
AWS EKS Advanced
AWS CloudFormation Advanced
AWS ECS Proficient
AWS EMR Proficient
AWS Lambda Proficient
AWS API Gateway Proficient
AWS Secrets Manager Proficient
GCP Intermediate
Azure Intermediate

Container Orchestration & IaC

Kubernetes Proficient
Terraform Proficient
Ansible Proficient

CI/CD & Automation

Bash/Shell Advanced
Automation Advanced
CI/CD (Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions) Proficient
Application Releases Proficient

Monitoring & Observability

Datadog Proficient
New Relic Proficient
AppDynamics Proficient
Sumologic Proficient

Security & Artifact Management

Fortify Proficient
Veracode Intermediate
JFrog Artifactory Intermediate
AWS ECR Intermediate
Nexus Repository Intermediate
Config Server Intermediate

Operating Systems & Programming

Linux Advanced
Troubleshooting Advanced
Python Intermediate

Application Support & Leadership

Leadership Proficient
Java (Gradle & Maven) Proficient
Node.js (npm) Proficient
ServiceNow Intermediate

Experience Highlights

11+ years transforming infrastructure and leading DevOps initiatives

Senior DevOps Engineer

2025 - Present

Globant - British Airways

Leading DevOps initiatives and infrastructure automation for one of the world's largest airlines, implementing cloud-native solutions and ensuring high availability of critical systems.

AWS EKS, Terraform, AWS Parameter Store, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Route53, AWS ECR, CodeScene, AWS Lambda, AWS S3

DevOps Tech Lead

2023 - 2025

Globant - United Airlines

Led a global team of DevOps engineers across multiple time zones, driving cloud transformation initiatives, implementing enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines, and establishing DevOps best practices across the organization.

Linux, Harness CI/CD, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, AWS Route53, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Lambda, JFrog Artifactory, AWS EC2, Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS EMR, AWS Kafka, AWS Elasticsearch, AWS S3, AWS CodePipeline, Veracode, SonarQube

Senior DevOps Engineer

2019 - 2023

Globant - Oportun Inc

Designed and implemented containerization strategies, automated deployment processes, established monitoring and alerting systems for high-availability applications, and led the migration to cloud-native infrastructure.

Linux, Jenkins, AWS (EC2, CloudFormation, Route53, Lambda, ELB, ACM, Parameter Store), Blackduck, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, Nexus Artifacts

DevOps Engineer

2016 - 2019

Verizon

Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines, implemented infrastructure as code, managed cloud resources, and collaborated with development teams to optimize application deployment and performance.

Systems Administrator

2015 - 2016

Verizon

Managed Linux server environments, implemented backup and disaster recovery solutions, optimized system performance for enterprise applications, and provided technical support for critical infrastructure.

Conference Talks & Presentations

Sharing knowledge and inspiring the DevOps community worldwide

Interview: DevOps Journey

In-depth interview discussing my DevOps career, experiences, and insights from working with global teams

Watch Interview

KCD Lima 2025

Kubernetes Community Days Lima 2025 presentation

Watch Talk

AWS re:Invent 2024

AWS re:Invent 2024 conference presentation

Watch Talk

RoxsFest 2025

RoxsFest 2025 technology conference talk

Watch Talk

¿Qué es un DevOps?

Introducción a los principios y prácticas de DevOps

Watch Talk

Preguntas rápidas: Jenkins, CI/CD y Grafana

Sesión de preguntas y respuestas en vivo sobre Jenkins, pipelines CI/CD y monitoreo con Grafana

Watch Talk

Speaking Topics

Cloud Infrastructure

Best practices for cloud adoption and migration strategies

DevOps Culture

Building collaborative teams and implementing DevOps practices

Women in Tech

Empowering women and diversity in technology careers

Mentorship

Mujeres IT Mentorship Program

I'm proud to be part of the Mujeres IT mentorship program, dedicated to supporting and empowering women in technology across Latin America. Through this program, I provide guidance, career advice, and technical mentorship to help the next generation of female tech professionals thrive.

Request Mentorship
Woman coding and learning
50+ Mentees
3+ Years Mentoring
15+ Countries Reached

Let's Connect

I'm always interested in connecting with fellow professionals, speaking at events, or discussing exciting opportunities in DevOps and cloud technologies.