AVAILABLE · Q3 2026 / PORTO, PORTUGAL · REMOTE-FIRST · EU

Robert
Hartle.

> I keep regulated, safety-critical and mission-critical platforms alive — from Kubernetes & OpenShift to robotics edge delivery and GPU-backed LLM infrastructure. Thirteen years inside CI/CD, DevSecOps and cloud-native systems across eight industries.

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13+
years shipping infra
8
industries shipped
3
EU languages fluent
5
industry certifications
§ 01 What I do
SVC.01

Platform Engineering

CNCF-aligned Kubernetes & OpenShift platforms on AWS, Azure, GCP and on-prem — with the change control, traceability and audit trail regulated industries need.

You hire me when: your platform passes the demo but fails the audit.

KubernetesOpenShiftRancherHelmFluxTerraform
SVC.02

DevSecOps & Compliance

CI/CD pipelines that pass audits. OWASP, SonarQube, Snyk and secrets management wired in from day one — not bolted on the week before assessment.

You hire me when: security gates are the bottleneck shipping every release.

GitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsGitLab CISonarQubeSnykVault
SVC.03

AI / LLM Infrastructure

GPU-enabled container platforms, model-serving REST APIs, Python pipelines for document grounding, and agentic systems wired into your delivery workflows.

You hire me when: the prototype works on a laptop but won't survive a real workload.

GPU ContainersPythonRAGModel ServingAgentic
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Robotics & Edge Delivery

Cross-platform build systems for embedded firmware (C, C++, Assembly), reproducible packaging, controlled OTA pipelines and traceable delivery to edge fleets.

You hire me when: “works on a dev board” needs to become “works on the fleet.”

MakeGitHub ActionsOTAEmbedded LinuxC / C++
§ 02 Stack
[email protected]:~$ kubectl get stack --all-namespaces
NAMESPACETOOLS
cloud-platformsAWS·Azure·GCP·OVHcloud·Hetzner·On-prem·Hybrid·Multi-cloud
containers-orchestrationKubernetes·OpenShift·Rancher·Docker·Podman·Helm·Nexus·Harbor
ci-cd-automationGitHub Actions·Azure DevOps·GitLab CI·Jenkins·Bitbucket·Bash·Ansible / AWX
infrastructure-as-codeTerraform·Terraform Cloud·Terrakube·CloudFormation·GitOps·Flux
ai-llm-platformsGPU containers·Model-serving APIs·Document grounding (RAG)·Agentic systems
robotics-edgeEmbedded systems·Industrial systems·Edge deployments·OTA pipelines
observabilityPrometheus·Grafana·ELK / OpenSearch·Datadog·OpenTelemetry·Dynatrace
security-complianceDevSecOps·OWASP·SonarQube·Snyk·IAM·Vault / OpenBao·Zero-trust·ITIL
os-scriptingLinux·Windows Server·Python (Pandas)·Bash·PowerShell
collaborationJira·Confluence·Agile / Scrum·Technical writing
§ 03 Industries shipped
Aerospace & Defense✓
Banking & Capital Markets✓
Robotics✓
Logistics✓
SaaS✓
Media & Audiovisual✓
E-commerce✓
Government & Healthcare✓
§ 04 Lab products

Side projects running on my homelab at lab.hartle.tech — used daily, dogfooded against the same patterns I sell to clients.

LIVE ↗

medusa

Self-hosted platform service running in the hartle.tech lab cluster.

medusa.hartle.tech docs ↗
LIVE ↗

dumpsock

Socket-dump & live-system diagnostics utility for production triage.

dumpsock.hartle.tech docs ↗
LIVE ↗

neartrace

Proximity tracing & telemetry, end-to-end. Mobile-first, edge-aware.

neartrace.app wiki ↗
§ 05 Experience
[email protected]:~$ git log --oneline --since=2012
2025 →
Present
PORTUGAL · REMOTE
DevOps / DevSecOps ConsultantHARTLE.TECH
RoboticsBanking & Capital MarketsERPE-commerceSaaSAI / LLM
  • Built GitHub Actions CI/CD and Make-based cross-platform build systems for robotics firmware (C, C++, Assembly) with controlled release and OTA delivery to edge devices.
  • Designed CNCF-aligned cloud-native CI/CD for aerospace & defense workloads under strict change-control, traceability and compliance constraints.
  • Stood up GPU-enabled Linux container platforms for on-prem and cloud LLMs; built Python pipelines for document grounding and exposed models via Dockerized REST APIs in CI/CD.
  • Operated Terraform-based IaC across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-prem — Kubernetes & OpenShift on Linux and Windows Server with AD / Entra ID integration.
  • Led pieces of large CI/CD modernization: GoCD → GitHub Actions, GHES → GH Cloud, Nexus, Dynatrace, IBM API Connect, ServiceNow + ITIL automation.
2023 →
2024
REMOTE · EUROPE
DevOps EngineerPrimeIT
SEO & Compliance SaaS
  • Operated on-prem and EKS Kubernetes platforms for a global compliance-sensitive SaaS product.
  • Built GitHub Actions CI/CD integrated with Terraform Cloud for controlled, auditable deployments.
  • Maintained Ansible / AWX configuration management for secure, repeatable environments.
  • Integrated Jira, GitHub and Slack for end-to-end delivery traceability.
2021 →
2023
REMOTE · BRAZIL
DevOps / DevSecOps EngineerEncora Inc
International LogisticsAerospace & DefenseMedia & Audiovisual
  • Designed Bitbucket Pipelines for high-volume logistics platforms; executed a hundreds-of-GB Oracle → MariaDB migration with Liquibase, minimal downtime and full auditability.
  • Integrated SonarQube and Snyk into CI/CD across enterprise workloads for quality and security gating.
  • Two-engineer installer team rewriting deployment frameworks for mission-critical aerospace & defense — converting Terraform to Cloudify blueprints and building Kubernetes delivery platforms.
  • Operated Azure-hosted infrastructure for global media platforms; Vercel- and Sitecore-based delivery pipelines.
2018 →
2019
BRAZIL
IT AnalystCity Hall
GovernmentHealthcare
  • Systems and network administration for municipal government and hospital infrastructure.
  • Rebuilt municipal hospital and maternity networks; enforced security controls for sensitive medical and government data.
2018 →
2019
BRAZIL
Junior DevOps EngineerFocus Sistemas
Internal IT
  • Built VirtualBox, Hyper-V, AWS and Docker dev/QA environments; deployed GitLab, Mattermost, OwnCloud, NGINX.
  • Implemented AWS EC2, Route 53, SNS/WorkMail, Lightsail; led SVN → Git migration; built Ansible and shell automation.
2015 →
2020
REMOTE
IT Security / DevOps / Software EngineerIndependent Contractor
SMEsMulti-industry
  • Python, Bash and PowerShell automation across Linux and Windows Server estates.
  • Designed Active Directory and Entra ID infrastructures; OWASP-aligned pentesting and IT security consulting for SMEs.
  • Static / front-end web (HTML, CSS, JS, Jekyll, Hugo, GitHub Pages); custom macOS and Linux workstations.
2012 →
2015
BRAZIL
DevOps / DevSecOps EngineerControplan
ERPE-commerce
  • Cloud-native CI/CD for ERP and e-commerce platforms across backend services, integrations and customer-facing apps.
  • IaC and automated provisioning to standardize dev / staging / production environments.
  • Containerized workloads with monitoring, logging and alerting for production operations and incident response.
§ 06 Credentials

EDUCATION

BSc, Computer Information Systems
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Network Administration
SENAC
Full-Stack Developer Bootcamp
IGTI

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS SysOpsAWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
DCADocker Certified Associate
OSWPOffensive Security Wireless Professional
RHCSARed Hat Certified System Administrator
MCSEMicrosoft Certified Solutions Expert

LANGUAGES

EnglishNative
PortugueseNative
SpanishIntermediate
FrenchBeginner
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Got a regulated, hairy
or unloved platform?

I take a small number of consulting engagements per quarter. Reach out and we'll figure out if we're a fit — short call, no pitch deck.

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