David Mengarelli

David Mengarelli

Cloud & DevOps Engineering Leader · AI Infrastructure

Senior Cloud and DevOps professional with over 20 years of experience across enterprise IT, industrial systems, and modern cloud-native architectures, with current focus on the cloud foundations that power AI / LLM workloads, secure data planes, GPU-enabled compute and observability for inference pipelines. Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments. Proven track record leading cloud migrations, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and building secure, scalable infrastructure for Fortune 500 clients across healthcare, pharmaceutical, energy, and telecommunications sectors. Specializing in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), and DevSecOps practices. Strong background in ICS/OT cybersecurity and compliance frameworks.

AvailabilityRemote | Available to travel
SpanishNative
EnglishFluent
PortugueseFluent
Experience

Run log

Mar 2026 – PresentCurrent
  • Productised five AI automation playbooks for SMB clients: email triage, document processing, executive reporting, customer chatbot and meeting automation.
  • Designed and built an AI/ML SaaS end to end: React and TypeScript front end, FastAPI microservices, PyTorch detection pipeline and a Chrome extension.
  • CI/CD on GitHub Actions with a self-hosted runner that removes per-minute build costs, deploying front end and backend separately.
Mar 2026 – PresentCurrent
  • Full build-out and maintenance of enterprise cloud infrastructure.
  • Engineering of DevOps pipelines for a high-traffic messaging platform.
  • Cloud resource optimization and automated disaster recovery strategies.
Jan 2024 – Present
Sep 2025 – Feb 2026
Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
Jan 2025 – Apr 2025
Dec 2023 – Dec 2024
Mar 2022 – Nov 2023
Jan 2020 – Feb 2022
Jul 2019 – Jan 2020
Feb 2018 – Dec 2019
Feb 2018 – Jul 2019
Feb 2015 – Jan 2018
Feb 2009 – Jan 2015
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
Education

Formal training

Systems Information EngineerU.C.E.L (Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano), RosarioCompleted
Computer Systems AnalystEscuela Superior de Comercio N° 2 (Retail Trade School No. 2), RosarioCompleted
Certifications

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Microsoft Azure
Azure Solutions Architect Expert2022/24
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert2023/24
Azure Administrator Associate2020/24
Azure Network Engineer Associate2022/24
Azure Security Engineer Associate2023/24
Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty2024
Amazon Web Services
AWS SysOps Administrator Associate2017
Networking
Cisco CCENT2018
Cisco CCNA Routing & Switching2018
Other
ITIL Fundamentals2015
Puppet Configuration Management (OpenWebinars)2016
Web Servers Configuration (Apache/Nginx) (OpenWebinars)2016
Microsoft Windows Deployment Server (major energy generation company Argentina)2012
DCS Structured Cabling (Proydesa / Furukawa, TIA/EIA)2012
Advanced Network Management on Linux (NASA Comp.)2007
Contact

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DMENGARELLI TI · Londrina, Paraná, BrazilDavid Mengarelli · 20 years in critical infrastructurePrivacy