−43%
operational costs
Government marketplace rearchitecture · Bluumi
// cloud architect & platform engineer
Making infra boring again.
That's a compliment. Boring means it just works. I design resilient, scalable cloud infrastructures so your team can focus on building cool stuff.
$ kubectl get engineer nahuel -o yaml
apiVersion: people/v1
kind: PlatformEngineer
metadata:
name: nahuel-gavilan
location: calafell-es
spec:
role: senior-platform-engineer
aka: [sre, devops, cloud-architect]
# leading monolith → microservices on GKE
workload: dogfy-diet
experience: 7y+ # since 2018
certifications: [gcp-pca, gcp-ace]
focus: [automation, observability, security, cost]
languages: [en, es, ca]
status:
phase: Running
readiness: passing
01impact
Impact, measured.
A few numbers from production work in my last roles. Every one has a story behind it.
−60%
deployment time
CI/CD with GitHub Actions · Bluumi
−35%
mean time to detect
Prometheus & Grafana dashboards · Bluumi
−70%
downtime during migrations
Migrations to Google Cloud · Devoteam
−30%
cloud spend
FinOps practices · Devoteam
−40%
latency
Real-time observability · Devoteam
10+
cloud migrations led
On-prem, AWS & Azure → Google Cloud · Devoteam
5+
engineers mentored
Cloud architecture, security & automation · Devoteam
30+
GCP product bugs influenced
With Google engineering teams · Webhelp
02experience
Where I've worked
From writing PHP modules to running platforms on Google Cloud. Every month since April 2018, colour-coded like a status page.
career uptime
Apr 2018 → today
-
Jul 2025 — now Calafell, Spain
Senior Platform Engineer
Dogfy Diet live- Leading the move from a monolith to microservices on GKE, designing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices from the ground up.
- Main point of contact for platform and infrastructure decisions across backend, frontend, data and product teams.
- Strong focus on automation, observability, security and cost efficiency.
-
Apr 2023 — Jul 2025 Remote, Spain
Platform Engineer - SRE
Bluumi Mobile Apps- Re-architected the Canary Islands Government's marketplace, cutting operational costs by 43%.
- Kubernetes-based microservices with serverless pieces for better scalability and response times.
- CI/CD on GitHub Actions: deployment time down 60%, plus debugging scripts to speed up incident resolution.
- Zero Trust security framework and disaster-recovery strategy; Prometheus & Grafana dashboards that cut MTTD by 35%.
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Jan 2021 — Mar 2023 Remote, Spain
Google Cloud Architect
Devoteam G Cloud- Led migrations to Google Cloud from on-prem, AWS and Azure, reducing downtime during transitions by 70%.
- FinOps and governance practices that cut cloud costs by 30% without hurting performance.
- Managed and mentored a team of 5+ junior cloud engineers in architecture, security and automation.
- Real-time observability that enabled proactive optimisation and 40% lower latency.
-
Jan 2020 — Jan 2021 Barcelona, Spain
Technical Support Rep GCP
Webhelp- Led investigations into high-priority production incidents and their root causes, improving SLA compliance by 25%.
- Worked with Google's engineering teams, influencing the fix of 30+ product bugs.
- Diagnosed GCP networking, IAM and Kubernetes issues, cutting resolution time by 40%.
-
Apr 2018 — Mar 2019 Barcelona, Spain
Developer
Quartup- Custom dashboards for real-time analytics inside a PHP5-based framework.
- IoT automation scripts on Raspberry Pi 3 to streamline operations.
- Automated monitoring scripts in shell, reducing manual effort and error rates.
03skills
What I work with
Drawn the way I think about it: a platform, layer by layer, with observability running through all of it.
L5CI/CD
L4Containers & Orchestration
L3Infrastructure as Code
L2Databases & Messaging
L1Cloud
×Observability
cross-cutting: every layer emits metrics, logs and traces
$Scripting & Tools
04projects
Notable work
Four pieces of work I'd happily walk you through in an interview.
Monolith to Microservices
Leading the transition from monolithic architecture to a scalable microservices-based platform on GKE at Dogfy Diet.
In progress
GKETerraformArgo CDGitHub Actions
Marketplace Rearchitecture
Complete rearchitecture of the Canary Islands Government's marketplace, reducing operational costs by 43%.
-43% costs
GCPKubernetesMicroservicesServerless
Cloud Migration Projects
Seamless migrations to Google Cloud from on-premises and other platforms (AWS, Azure) at Devoteam G Cloud.
10+ migrations
GCPTerraformKubernetesMonitoring
Zero Trust Security
Implemented Zero Trust security framework and robust disaster recovery plans for production environments.
99.9% uptime SLA
SecurityNetworkingDRCompliance
05about
A bit about me
nahuel@calafell
I'm Nahuel Gavilan, a Platform Engineer based in Calafell, Spain. I specialize in designing resilient, scalable cloud infrastructures. With expertise as a Cloud Architect, Site Reliability Engineer, and Platform Engineer, I ensure systems are robust and seamlessly efficient.
I believe good infrastructure should be invisible — it just works. My focus is on design & architecture of cloud solutions, reliability & performance engineering, and DevOps integration & automation.
When I'm not in the terminal, I'm exploring cutting-edge technologies to drive system improvements and create impactful cloud solutions.
Credentials
Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
Associate Cloud Engineer
06contact
Get in touch
Have a project in mind or just want to chat about infrastructure?
I'm always happy to connect.