I am an Architect, Mentor, Coach, Speaker and Advisor.
I work in Cloud, DevOps, Security, Data & AI.
I work as Vice President of IT Operations at Fortum and regularly advise and help different organisations with technology and digital transformation topics.
Based in Helsinki, I work in areas such as Cloud, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cyber Security, Data & AI.
Throughout my career I worked in a wide range of positions from senior management to deep technical roles.
I am passionate about culture and digital transformation and have been involved in several projects from both the human (Leadership, Coaching, Mentoring) and technical (Cloud, Security, DevOps, AI) perspective.
For freelance work, I founded exce.pt. Reach out if you want to hire me for services such as coaching, speaking, architecture, training, advisory or other type of contract work.
May/2023 Engineering Culture: An Essential Guide to Leverage Cloud, DevOps & Data for Business @ DASA Connect 2023 (Online)
May/2023 150 Days of FinOps @ FinOps Roadshow Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden ๐ธ๐ช)
May/2023 Leveraging Slack for Colaboration, Technology Governance and Accelerating Digital Development @ Salesforce World Tour Essentials (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
April/2023 Rethinking AWS CloudOps and Platform Engineering for Digital Acceleration at Scale @ AWS Community Day Nordics 2023 (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
April/2023 7 AWS Deadly Sins @ AWS User Group Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal ๐ต๐น)
March/2023 Rethinking AWS and Azure CloudOps for Digital Acceleration at Scale @ CodeFrenzy (Online)
March/2023 Implementing a DevOps Cloud Strategy for Enterprises @ DASA - Webinar (Online)
November/2022 Rethinking AWS and Azure CloudOps for Digital Acceleration at Scale” @ IDC - Future of Infrastructure (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
November/2022 How Fortum Develops Enterprise and Startup Digital Solutions Leveraging Github Capabilities @ Slush (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
September/2022 “We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native. Now What?" @ DevOpsDays Portugal (Porto, Portugal ๐ต๐น)
September/2022 “The Ugly Truth About Your DevSecOps Guidelines and Security Policies” @ IDC Security Finland (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
September/2022 “Panelist: Enterprise Architecture and Business Strategy - Why the two should come hand in hand to drive innovation and high performance” @ SwithON Conf - Exchange Europe (Online)
June/2022 “We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native. Now What?" @ We Are Developers World Congress (Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช)
September/2022 “Where Are We Heading? A Brief DevOps Story (Keynote)" @ IDC DevOps Nordics (Online)
April/2022 “7 AWS Deadly Sins” @ AWS User Group Berlin (Online)
March/2022 “We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native. Now What?" @ The DEVOPS Conference 2022 (Online)
February/2022 “Panelist: Governance Within a Multi & Hybrid Cloud System” @ Hybrid & Multi Cloud Festival (Online)
October/2021 “Where Organisations Fail? Mistakes & Misconceptions about Hybrid & Multi-cloud” @ Sofa Summits: Hybrid and Multi Cloud (London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
September/2021 “Cyber Resilience” @ CIO & CISO Nordics Online Smart Webinar (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
April/2021 “Why Cloud is the key to Digital Transformation? “ @ Vodacom Tech Talks (Maputo, Mozambique ๐ฒ๐ฟ)
April/2021 “AWS Cloud Migration Panel Discussion “ @ AWS Community Summit Online (Manchester, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
March/2021 “7 AWS Deadly Sins “ @ AWS Community Summit Online (Manchester, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
December/2020 “Discovering Site Reliability Engineering “ @ Telia SRE Webinar (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
December/2020 “Expert panel and light talks related to AWS Re:Invent 2020 announcements “ @ AWS Community Summit Online (Manchester, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
November/2020 “20-Minutes to Kickstart your AWS AI & ML Knowledge” @ Data Natives Unlimited 2020 Online (Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช)
June/2020 “From DevOps to DevSecOps: How Establishing a Threat Modeling Process Can Help You Transition” @ NDC Oslo Online (Oslo, Norway ๐ณ๐ด)
June/2020 “An Essential Guide to Leverage Cloud, DevOps & Data for Business” @ Futurice Webinar (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
May/2020 “30-Minutes to Kickstart your AWS AI & ML Knowledge” @ AWS Community Summit Online (London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
Mar/2020 “How establishing a Threat Modelling process can help you transition from DevOps to DevSecOps” @ DevSecOps Afterwork by eWorks (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
Mar/2020 “5 Practical Steps to Build an IoT Data Pipeline in Azure” @ Microsoft TechDays Finland 2020 (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
Jan/2020 "(workshop) The Hitchhiker's Guide to AI & ML in AWS” @ AWS Community Day Nordics 2020 (Stockholm, Sweden ๐ธ๐ช)
October/2019 “What can Serverless AI/ML APIs tell us about Fake and Credible News?" @ ServerlessDays Stockholm 2019 (Stockholm, Sweden ๐ธ๐ช)
October/2019 “What can AWS tell us about fake and credible news media websites?" @ AWS Community Day Germany 2019 (London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
September/2019 “How can you sell Security as a business priority?" @ Sales Engineering Finland Meetup 2019 (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
September/2019 “Deployment automation for an AWS Serverless project: SAM vs CloudFormation vs Terraform” @ AWS Community Day Germany 2019 (Hamburg, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช)
September/2019 “What can AWS tell us about fake and credible news media websites?" @ AWS Community Day Germany 2019 (Hamburg, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช)
June/2019 “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cloud (AWS vs GCP vs Azure) and their AI/ML APIโs capabilities” @ NDC Oslo (Oslo, Norway ๐ณ๐ด)
May/2019 “Using Google Cloud AI/ML APIs With News Media Websites” @ Fake Intelligence Summit (Pori, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
April/2019 “What can Google Cloud AI/ML APIs tell us about news media websites?" @ ServerlessDays Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
April/2019 “How establishing a Threat Modelling process can help you transition from DevOps to DevSecOps” @ DevOpsDays Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ)
April/2019 “Deployment automation for an AWS Serverless project: SAM vs CloudFormation vs Terraform” @ AWS Community Summit Manchester (Manchester, UK ๐ฌ๐ง)
March/2019 “A walkthrough of the Public Cloud (AWS vs GCP vs Azure) AI/ML capabilities” @ AI Helsinki March Meetup (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
January/2019 “The story of a Rogue Wifi AP (Security / MitM) and it's Network Data Intelligence” @ Futurice Tech Weeklies (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
November/2018 “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Cybersecurity & Building Technology Products” @ ISEC Entrepreneurship and Industrial Property Seminar (Coimbra, Portugal ๐ต๐น)
October/2014 “Using OpenStack in a demanding production environment” @ Cloud and Big Data Software Week - Swedish ICT-SICS (Stockholm, Sweden ๐ธ๐ช)
June/2013 “Creating a Cloud Infrastructure with OpenStack” @ DevOps Finland Meetup (Helsinki, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
March/2013 “Improving test-automation with the Cloud” @ The Future in The Cloud - Cloud Software Finland ( Kajaani, Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ)
๐ Slides and Videos available at speaking.brunoamaro.com
3 AWS Certifications That Shaped My Career
How to Use the Aito Engine to Predict Animals
RogueOne: Creating a Rogue Wi-Fi Access Point using a Raspberry Pi
What I wish someone had told me about pursuing an AWS Certification: Tips & Tricks for Self-Study
How to transparently use a proxy with any application (Docker) using Iptables and RedSocks
DevSecOps, Threat Modelling and You: Get started using the STRIDE method
Explore and get value out of your raw data: An Introduction to Splunk
Global Access and File Collaboration: Meet NetApp Cloud Volumes Edge Cache ( NetApp )
Optimize Your Google Cloud Disk Storage Costs ( NetApp )
The Future of File Collaboration ( NetApp )
Step by Step Guide to Create a Slack App for Incoming Webhooks ( Fortum )
Engineering Culture: Leveraging Cloud, DevOps, and Data for business success ( DASA )
Get to Know The Amazon File Cache Service ( NetApp )
Leveraging DevOps and Cloud to implement a technology strategy for Enterprises ( DASA )
Storage IT Admin to Cloud Architect: Career Success Stories ( NetApp )
Cloud File Share High Availability Nightmares (and How Cloud Volumes ONTAP Can Help) ( NetApp )
AWS re:Invent 2022: 5 Key Data Highlights ( NetApp )
How to Upskill from Storage Administrator to Cloud Expert ( NetApp )
Lambda Ephemeral Storage: Why It Was Increased and Why Thatโs Important ( NetApp )
Modern Data Estate: What IT Leaders Need To Know ( NetApp )
Hybrid Cloud Strategy: A Winning Model for Enterprises? ( NetApp )
Should devs have access to production? ( IOD )
Is Your Backup System Reliable? ( NetApp )
A Guide For Enterprises Migrating to AWS - Part I ( IOD )
A Guide For Enterprises Migrating to AWS - Part II ( IOD )
Top 3 Data Security Capabilities Every IT Leader Needs ( NetApp )
Benefits and Business Impact of the SRE Mindset ( NetApp )
Granulate and Graviton, a One-Two Punch of Computing Optimization for AWS Workloads ( Granulate )
AWS re:Invent 2021: IOD Cloud Experts Wishlist ( IOD )
AWS re:Invent 2021: What to Expect? Predictions from the Fortum Tech Community ( Fortum )
Protect Your Data with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP ( NetApp )
Using FSx for ONTAP to Enhance Kubernetes and Container Capabilities ( NetApp )
How to Set Up Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Using NetApp Cloud Manager ( NetApp )
File Sharing with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP ( NetApp )
Kubernetes Management and Orchestration Services: An Interview with Michael Shaul ( NetApp )
Kubernetes and Persistent Apps: An Interview with Michael Shaul ( NetApp )
The Evolution of Cloud Storage: An Interview with Cloud Central's Yaron Haimson ( NetApp )
AWS ECS Anywhere Getting Started Walkthrough ( NetApp )
5 Red Hat OpenShift Benefits You Didnโt Know About ( NetApp )
Google Cloud & Microservices: How to Use Google Cloud Storage with Microservices ( NetApp )
5 GitHub Actions CI/CD Best Practices ( NetApp )
Typical Mistakes and Misconceptions Business Leaders Have About Hybrid and Multicloud ( NetApp )
How to Upskill Your Cloud, SRE, and DevOps Experts to Empower Your Organization ( IOD )
Data Governance Challenges Just Got Easier to Solve ( NetApp )
Elasticsearch in Production: 5 Things I Learned While Using the Popular Analytics Engine in AWS ( NetApp )
EKS Anywhere and ECS Anywhere Multicloud Services ( NetApp )
The CI/CD War of 2021: A Look at the Most Popular CI/CD Tools ( Thundra )
Red Hat OpenShift on AWS and Azure: Hybrid Cloud Made Easy ( NetApp )
Azure Arc: Hybrid and Multicloud Deployment on Azure ( NetApp )
Showdown! Which Managed Kubernetes Orchestrator Rules? ( IOD )
High Availability Infrastructure Options on Google Cloud Platform ( NetApp )
5 Ways Software Developers Can Design Cloud Security with Compliance in Mind ( NetApp )
GCP Persistent Disk Deep Dive: Tips, and Tricks ( NetApp )
Container Workloads on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platforms ( Thundra )
How to Get the Most From AWS Cost Management Tools ( IOD )
How and When to Use Google Cloud BigQuery to Store Your Data ( NetApp )
Monolith vs. Microservices: How Are You Running Your Applications? ( NetApp )
Digital Transformation: How Businesses Can Thrive and be Ahead in the Post-COVID Age ( Insights For Professionals )
Cloud Bursting with Cloud Volumes ONTAP ( NetApp )
SQL Server on Google Cloud: Managed Service Vs. Managed Storage ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Migration with Cloud Volumes ONTAP ( NetApp )
Provisioned IOPS for Google Cloud Persistent Disk ( NetApp )
How to Overcome the Drawbacks of SIEM Tools ( Logz.io )
Google Cloud Disaster Recovery and Data Protection with Cloud Volumes ONTAP ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Performance with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP: Benchmark Results and Benefits ( NetApp )
SIEM Cost Management: Security Analytics on Your Own ( Logz.io )
How to Use Multiple Persistent Disks with the Same Google Cloud Compute Engine Instance ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Storage Retention Policy: A How-To Guide ( NetApp )
How to Use Google Cloud Encryption Service (KMS) with a Persistent Disk ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Snapshots: How to Use Schedules to Back Up Persistent Disks ( NetApp )
Google Anthos, Azure Arc, & AWS Outposts: The Race to Dominate Hybrid and Multicloud ( IOD )
Google Hybrid Cloud: Using Google Cloud Anthos with Cloud Volumes ONTAP ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Persistent Disk: How to Create a Google Cloud Virtual Image ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Disaster Recovery Deployment with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP ( NetApp )
Hybrid Deployment on Google Cloud: Meet Google Anthos ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Website Hosting with Google Cloud Storage ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Compute Engine Snapshots: A How-To Guide ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Persistent Disk: How to Create a Virtual Image with Google Cloud Compute Engine ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Website Hosting with Google Cloud Storage ( NetApp )
Cloud Security and DevSecOps: What to Expect in 2020 ( Logz.io )
How to Test and Monitor AWS S3 Performance ( NetApp )
Google Cloud Storage Transfer Service: How to Move Data to Google Cloud Storage ( NetApp )
How To Resize a Google Cloud Persistent Disk Attached to a Linux Instance ( NetApp )
How Log Analytics Improves Your Zero Trust Security Model ( Logz.io )
How to Add and Manage Lifecycle Rules in Google Cloud Storage Buckets ( NetApp )
How to Use the gsutil Command-Line Tool for Google Cloud Storage ( NetApp )
Cloud Security and AWS: Part 3 ( Reblaze )
Cloud Security and AWS: Part 2 ( Reblaze )
Cloud Security and AWS: Part 1 ( Reblaze )
How to Switch Between Classes in Google Storage Service ( NetApp )
UEBA 101: The Basics of User and Entity Behavioral Analytics ( Reblaze )
Public Cloud Security Services 101 ( Logz.io )
Storage Options in Google Cloud: Block, Network File, and Object Storage ( NetApp )
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