Acevedo Miguel Angel
Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer
Cloud Architect and DevOps Engineer with 20+ years of experience designing serverless, high-availability infrastructure across APAC. Proven track record leading distributed technical teams and delivering IoT solutions for the Japan energy market. Deep expertise in AWS serverless architectures (Lambda, EKS), Kubernetes, and AWS IoT Core. Based in Hong Kong (GMT+8) with extensive experience collaborating with teams across Singapore, US, Europe, and Japan. Fluent in English and Spanish; basic Japanese (JLPT N5).
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Professional Experience
Cloud Lead & IoT
Tensor Energy • Hong Kong
- Architected the next-generation energy platform for the Japan market, defining the serverless base architecture and tech stack
- Led distributed technical teams across APAC, establishing development and deployment best practices
- Built serverless backend services in TypeScript (GraphQL) and Go (Lambda) on PostgreSQL (Aurora), with protobuf / gRPC contracts, Step Functions, ECS, and Batch
- Delivered infrastructure cost optimization through AWS serverless and EKS architectures
- Managed infrastructure-as-code with AWS CDK
DevOps - Senior Software Engineer
Henderson (China) Investment Company Limited • Hong Kong
- Architected high-availability systems for China and Hong Kong, driving performance optimization and cost-efficient library selection
- Designed streaming microservice architecture for IoT integration on PostgreSQL with protobuf / gRPC, including AWS IoT Core device provisioning and management
- Owned CI/CD strategy and DevOps best practices, reducing deployment risk across mainland China and Hong Kong
- Integrated IoT hardware with 3rd-party providers, supporting large-scale device fleets
- Deployed and managed Kubernetes platforms on AWS (EKS and bare-metal EC2)
- Maintained observability stack (Grafana, Kibana, Elasticsearch, Filebeat), storage (Redis, PostgreSQL, Cassandra), and messaging (Kafka, MQTT)
Remote Software Engineer & IoT Specialist
Cereb Intelligence • Hong Kong
- Cut deployment cycles by ~40% and eliminated recurring build errors by migrating to Docker-based build and release processes
- Planned scalable, high-availability infrastructure on AWS EKS, Kafka, and Node.js
- Authored and maintained backend services on PostgreSQL with protobuf / gRPC, integrating 3rd-party APIs (Lifesmart, Softhard.io, Salto Access, SMS gateway, Dingtalk, Telegram Bot, Slack Bot)
- Enhanced infrastructure observability through monitoring and reporting dashboards
- Reduced CI/CD spend and improved pipeline speed by migrating from Bitbucket Pipelines to self-hosted Jenkins
- Provided remote support for 1000+ connected devices across APAC
Senior Software Engineer
Urban Spring • Hong Kong
- IoT Specialist — defined MQTT data specifications and DB schema for connected device fleet
- Built Python-based automation for AWS IoT Core device provisioning (Things, Certificates, Policies, Shadow)
- Deployed infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Kubernetes on AWS
- Mentored junior developers in a distributed team environment
- Performed firmware code review (C/C++) for STM32 from 3rd-party vendors
Product Architect
LYNK • Hong Kong
- Led and mentored junior and new developers in a distributed team setting
- Implemented Scrum to improve team output, managing developers and resources while establishing good software practices
- Modified current systems, writing and testing code
- Designed and created optimised web applications in HTML5, CSS and WebRTC to support company' s business needs which includes a Skype-like application for experts and clients consultations
- Worked independently and as team in collaboration with other departments in establishing their needs for their business goals
- Contributing to overall business development with regular meetings with management, and aligning goals with the CTO and CEO
CTO and Co-Founder
Kaizen Interactive • Argentina - Mexico
- Created an original Social CRM platform which serves as an interface for clients' applications usage, users demographics and reporting
- Managed all stages of promotional applications' creations for clients, from initial design and architecture to development, deployment, and management. Completed a total of 40 projects, serving more than 200.000 users online
- Worked directly with clients in different countries, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain and France
- Helped create and implement new ideas for ways to grow the business and generate revenue
- Managed project tasks, timelines, and communication with several freelance developers and designers
- Demonstrated the ability to work diligently under pressure to meet deadlines
Remote Mobile Programmer
Gravity Makers • Argentina
- Trained in Symbian and Qt
- Designed for and tested mobile applications, across multiple devices
- Successfully adapted and thrived in a fast-paced work environment with rapidly changing goals
Team Leader and ActionScript Expert
United Virtualities • Argentina
- Successfully served as lead project manager of three developers
- Responsible for overall web project management from development to execution and maintenance
Team Leader and ActionScript Programmer
E-volution • Argentina
- Trained and supervised multiple team members for new arrival technology
- Worked with the program managers on designing site architecture, user interfaces, and the overall look and feel of the applications
- Created "The bubble machine" game which won a "Diente de Oro 2005" for innovation being a game playable with the webcam
- Develop and localise several online games mainly for Disney Latin America
- Created interactivity using Flash, ActionScript, and JavaScript
Programmer and Server Administrator
Marketing Plus • Argentina
- Develop a horse racing game simulator using real data, integrating the game with the internal system of the racing course in Buenos Aires
- Created Dynamic Websites that were user-friendly, effective, and appealing for more than 12 clients
- Managed several web servers in production and development
Web Developer Intern
Gauchito • Argentina
- Acquired an in-depth familiarisation with CNC and electronics
- Create custom web based UI applications for products and stock management, based on department needs and functionality
- Setup the e-commerce and online quotation system
Areas of Expertise
IoT
AWS IoT Core, IoT Device Provisioning, MQTT, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Firmware Review
Backend
TypeScript, Go, Python, Node.js, PHP, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, protobuf, gRPC
Cloud
AWS Lambda, AWS EKS, AWS CDK, AWS ECS, AWS Step Functions, Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS OpenSearch, AWS Amplify, AWS AppSync, Grafana, Loki, Bitbucket, Bitbucket Pipelines, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeBuild
Event Driven
MQTT, RabbitMQ, AMQ, Kafka, AWS IoT Core, AWS MSK, AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, NATS
Electronics
Arduino, PLC, ESP32, ESP8266, Micro Bit, Raspberry Pi
Languages
Spanish (Native speaker) • English (Fluent) • 日本語 (Basic - JLPT N5)