Gabriel Flores
Infrastructure / IT Engineering Leader
Oakland,CA
Summary
Skilled Infrastructure / IT Engineering leader with experience building and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams. With over 10 years in the industry at multiple size companies from start-ups prepping for IPO to already established large corporations. Excellent industry reputation throughout career with strong business acumen and hands-on technical skills. Most recently IT/Enterprise Engineering Manager reporting directly to the acting CIO.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Enterprise Engineering Manager II
Argo AI
Palo Alto, CA
01.2022 - Current
- Managed 3 separate lateral organizations that was responsible for the following services/technologies: Atlassian (Jira/Confluence/BitBucket), Ansible Tower, Jenkins, Artifactory, Slackbots, Configuration Management (Ansible), and Workday integrations
- Developed Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Management process for the different tiered services.
- Communicated effectively from the 3 lateral organization to the relevant stakeholders across the company as a whole internally as well as to our technical partners/investors.
Enterprise Engineering Manager (DevOps)
Argo AI
Palo Alto, CA
10.2020 - 01.2022
- Started the DevOps organization as the first engineer and manager. Hired employees and built out lateral organizations.
- Developed, promoted, and engineered the IAC (Infrastructure-as-Code) framework used to manage configurations across the systems, networks, and some in vehicle systems.
- Worked alongside the other leaders in the organization to push and develop documentation standards, maintain corporate compliance, promote team development, participate in hiring activities, IPO readiness, project and overall program management.
NETWORK ENGINEER
AIRBNB
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
01.2016 - 10.2020
- Responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, scaling, deploying network infrastructure globally for offices and data centers.
- Lead Network Automation Engineer responsible for researching new technologies, lead teammates on automation projects, automating device upgrades, configurations, and deployments.
NETWORK ENGINEER (CHREYNOLDS)
AIRBNB
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Build, configure, and deploy IT infrastructure systems and networks for offices and data centers globally.
- Developed automation scripts to deploy the IT infrastructure and run testing.
NETWORK ENGINEER (CHREYNOLDS)
LinkedIn
SUNNYVALE, CA
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Build, configure, and deploy IT infrastructure systems and networks for offices globally
- Vendor management to deliver IT infrastructure by first day of business
- Developed automation scripts to deploy new offices and test site functionality.
NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER (CHREYNOLDS)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, CA
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Responsible for Cisco IOS, CatOS, NX-OS deployments in local data centers
- Worked with architects and design engineers to schedule/plan device upgrades, network diagram creation, rack elevations, ACL updates, UCS network deployment, VLAN deployment, and ACE load balancer deployments/migrations.
Education
BS - Business: Marketing
California State University
Chico, CA 08.2009 - 05.2011
AA - General Studies
Hartnell Community College
Salinas, CA 08.2007 - 06.2009
Skills
Linux/Unix/BASH
Cloud Services (Google Cloud Platform / Amazon Web Services)
Network Infrastructure (Cisco IOS / NXOS / AireOS / Meraki)
Palo Alto Firewalls (Application Firewalls)
Infoblox / EfficientIP (DHCP/DNS/IPAM)
F5 Load-balancersJenkinsAnsible TowerPython/Groovy
Strategic planning
Corporate compliance
Public speaking ability
Training and mentoring
Interdisciplinary leadership and collaboration
Team Building
Artifactory
Slackbots
Security Compliance
Additional Information
Volunteer:
Code2040 - Technical Mock Interviewer (2015 & 2018)
Code2040 - Fellowship Mentor (2017)
NPower - Class Speaker (2016-Present)
Diversity and Inclusion in Tech - Guest Speaker for Airbnb (2019)
Timeline
Enterprise Engineering Manager II
Argo AI
01.2022 - Current
Enterprise Engineering Manager (DevOps)
Argo AI
10.2020 - 01.2022
NETWORK ENGINEER
AIRBNB
01.2016 - 10.2020
NETWORK ENGINEER (CHREYNOLDS)
AIRBNB
01.2015 - 01.2016
NETWORK ENGINEER (CHREYNOLDS)
LinkedIn
01.2014 - 01.2016
NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER (CHREYNOLDS)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
01.2013 - 01.2014
BS - Business: Marketing
California State University
08.2009 - 05.2011
AA - General Studies
Hartnell Community College
08.2007 - 06.2009