Gustavo Vargas

Infrastructure|Middleware|Automation|Reliability

Solving infrastructure, middleware and reliability challenges through pragmatic automation and experience.

About

I've spent over 18 years working with infrastructure, middleware platforms, and automation in production environments where stability and scalability are non-negotiable.

My work spans Linux systems, application servers, containers, and orchestration, with a focus on building reliable, automated solutions that actually work in critical business contexts.

Experience includes architecture design, presales technical consulting, and hands-on operations. Actively participating in community-driven cloud and middleware programs.

Currently focused on SRE practices, cloud infrastructure, modern middleware stacks, and observability.

// Infrastructure

Linux, networking, DNS, security hardening, performance optimization

// Middleware

Application servers, high availability, integration platforms, containerization

// Automation

Ansible, AWX, Foreman, scripting, configuration management

// Reliability

SRE mindset, monitoring, observability, incident response, scalability

Technical Notes

2025-01-15

Automating WebLogic Deployments with Ansible

Lessons learned from building repeatable, idempotent deployment workflows for WebLogic domains in production environments...

ansiblemiddlewareautomation
2024-12-20

DNS Resolution Issues in Kubernetes

Troubleshooting intermittent DNS failures in a multi-node Kubernetes cluster. Root cause analysis and permanent fix...

kubernetesnetworkingtroubleshooting
2024-11-08

Linux Performance Analysis Workflow

A pragmatic approach to diagnosing performance issues in production Linux systems, from metrics to action...

linuxperformanceoperations
2024-10-12

Building Reliable CI/CD Pipelines

What I've learned about creating deployment pipelines that teams actually trust and use consistently...

devopsautomationreliability
2024-09-25

Security Hardening for Production Servers

Practical security measures for Linux servers in enterprise environments, balancing security with operational needs...

securitylinuxbest-practices
2024-08-30

Observability in Distributed Systems

How to instrument and monitor microservices effectively without drowning in metrics and logs...

observabilitymonitoringsre

Get in Touch

Open to discussions about infrastructure, middleware, automation, and reliability engineering. Feel free to reach out through any of these channels.