Hi 👋, I'm Jorge! While I work as an Infrastructure Engineer at BizAway, my passion lies in the community and empowering others. I serve as the President of GPUL, an open-source foundation affiliated with the University of A Coruña. Based in Vigo, Spain, a large part of my life involves sharing knowledge through workshops, presentations, and hands-on sessions on various topics.
💼 Career Experience
President at GPUL
2023 - Present [A Coruña]GPUL, a university association born in 1998, dedicated to the pursuit and promotion of open source software.
Key contributions:
- Coordinating HackUDC, a hackathon created for budding student innovators.
- Curating and orchestrating talks and discussions within the academic environment.
- Tackling association administrative work and documentation.
Platform Engineer at BizAway 🛫
2021 - Present [Vigo & Remote]Contributing to the future of travel, leveraging modern technologies to build and maintain resilient systems.
Key achievements:
- Contributed to the shift of the backend to a Kubernetes-based system on AWS, reinforcing our containerization efforts.
- Constructed and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines, streamlining development workflows.
- Instrumental in the implementation of IaC, leveraging Terraform across all platforms.
- Managed observability transition to ELK Stack, enhancing our system monitoring capabilities.
IT Support Intern at BD Electronics
2018 [Qormi, Malta 🇲🇹]As an 🇪🇺 Erasmus+ intern at BD Electronics, my role was integral to ensuring seamless operations for the different departments of the company.
Key responsibilities:
- Handled internal ticket system, providing valuable feedback to users.
- Tackled a variety of software and hardware issues.
- Enabled expansion to a new floor by installing network infrastructure and setting up workstations.
🎓 Studies
Computer Engineering at University of A Coruña
2020 - 2024 [A Coruña]Higher Technician in Multi-platform Applications Development at IES Teis
2018 - 2020 [Vigo]Technician in Microcomputer Systems and Networks at IES Teis
2016 - 2018 [Vigo]📚 Projects & Achievements
🔗 Next Level CXT
2022For a university subject, I undertook the challenge of completing all labs solely using Terraform and Ansible instead of manual AWS console and terminal operations. This repository serves as a demonstration of my expertise in both technologies, showcasing the ability to provision and manage cloud resources through infrastructure-as-code practices.
🔗 Binance Alerts Telegram Bot
2021A handy bot I developed that sends real-time Telegram messages for price changes in selected cryptocurrencies at defined intervals.
🔗 Milleiro
2020Developed a full-stack web and native Android application with a Node.js backend and Angular frontend. This application, designed to monitor the journey of bread and other bakery products, utilizes QR codes for scanning and provides real-time updates on the product's location and status.
© Jorge Teixeira Crespo.
Check out the code.