Efrain Carcamo

Senior DevOps Engineer & SRE

Building reliable, scalable infrastructure through DevOps best practices, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native solutions

Efrain Carcamo

Contact Info

(832) 570-8735
Kingwood, TX 77365

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Summary

My goal is to inspire DevOps methodologies across development and operations teams through Agile deployments, continuous learning, system reliability, and security-first practices. With expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD pipelines, I enable organizations to build resilient systems and foster a culture of operational excellence.

Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

2023 - 2025

NOV | Houston, TX

  • Automated CI/CD pipelines with Github Actions workflows and developed custom Github Composite Actions for fullstack deployment automation
  • Managed AWS EKS cluster infrastructure and Kubernetes environments with advanced Istio service mesh administration
  • Designed and implemented cloud-native deployment strategies for scalable microservices architecture

Senior DevOps Engineer

2021 - 2023

Enterprise Products | Houston, TX

  • Modernized CI/CD by converting PowerShell pipelines to YAML, automating security audits and SQL AG restore processes
  • Supported release management and environment health using Git, Grafana, Prometheus, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
  • Piloted app containerization with Rancher and JFrog, laying the foundation for future modernization

DevOps Engineer

2017 - 2021

TC Energy | Houston, TX

  • Led "Lift and Shift Migration Project" migrating VM images and deploying Infrastructure as Code via CloudFormation templates and CodePipelines
  • Automated daily operations through Lambda functions and AWS CLI PowerShell scripts for domain join and Active Directory group management
  • Delivered DevOps best practices training and presentations on Infrastructure as Code and Agile deployments across organization
  • Implemented monitoring via CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SNS and compliance through SecurityHub and Control Tower

SCADA US Gas Consolidation Project

2017

TransCanada | Houston, TX

  • Deployed infrastructure for legacy application lifecycle with failover testing, performance tuning, and vendor assessment
  • Collaborated with Business Unit and Project Management to improve system reliability and minimize downtime
  • Trained across Infrastructure disciplines: NetApp storage, system administration, network administration, and application support

Systems Engineer

2008 - 2011

Professional Imaging | Humble, TX

  • Designed DR backup solution achieving 99% uptime while maintaining HIPAA compliance
  • Implemented network upgrade improving reliability, security, and performance with VPN solution for remote users
  • Redesigned server hardware infrastructure increasing user performance by 50% through optimized application loading

Server Administrator

2012 - 2016

Server Administrator | Houston, TX

  • Implemented ITSM solution improving performance 60% by reducing ticket count and focusing on high-priority issues
  • Deployed Citrix infrastructure with high availability for commercial applications after certification training
  • Developed PowerShell scripts reducing system patching process time by 15 minutes

Technical Skills

AWS 85%
CI/CD Pipelines 75%
Infrastructure as Code 80%
Containers & Kubernetes 70%
Azure DevOps 65%
PowerShell & Scripting 80%

Technology Stack

CloudFormation Terraform Docker Kubernetes Jenkins GitLab CI AWS CodePipeline Lambda Monitoring & Logging Security Hub PowerShell Python

Education

BS Information Technology

Western Governors University (WGU)

In Progress

Transfer - Computer Science

Lone Star College

2013 - 2015

High School Diploma

Kingwood High School

2007

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