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Manuel De la Hoz

Virtualization & Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer

Professional Mechatronics Engineer with 6+ years of experience operating IT infrastructure in enterprise environments.

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About Me

Mechatronics Engineer with over 6 years of experience in IT infrastructure, server virtualization, and Data Center environments.

Strong background in enterprise infrastructures, hypervisor administration and maintenance, and resolution of complex hardware and software issues. Experience leading small teams.

Currently advancing into Cloud Engineering with hands-on AWS, contributing to infrastructure modernization and cloud migration initiatives with a project-oriented and analytical mindset.

Technical Expertise

Infrastructure & Virtualization

  • ESXi
  • Linux
  • Windows Server
  • Nutanix
  • Scale
  • Docker
  • Proxmox
  • CIMC/iLO/iDRAC
  • SolarWinds
  • BIOS/UEFI
  • Hypervisors

AWS Cloud

  • IAM
  • VPC
  • EC2
  • S3
  • Route53
  • ELB
  • ASG
  • EBS
  • Lambda
  • ECS
  • EKS
  • Fargate
  • SNS
  • ACM
  • CloudFront
  • CloudWatch

Networking

  • Routing & Switching
  • VLAN
  • STP/RSTP
  • VPC
  • OSPF
  • BGP
  • HSRP
  • NAT
  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • LACP/Ether-Channel

Programming, Tools & Automation

  • Python
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Bash Scripting
  • Powershell
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • AWS SDK

Professional Experience

Project Engineer

May 2026 - Present

Rockwell Automation

  • -Manage remote infrastructure services for industrial facilities around the world.
  • -Perform scheduled maintenance, updates, and patching on Linux, Windows Server VMs and ESXi hosts in production environments.

Technical Support Engineer in Server Virtualization

Feb 2020 - May 2026

Cisco

  • -Diagnosed and resolved complex hardware, software, networking, and datacenter infrastructure issues across Cisco server environments, coordinating remote hardware replacements, firmware upgrades, and Fabric Interconnect deployments.

Featured Projects

Agendhy: WhatsApp Appointment Reminders SaaS

SaaS platform helping small businesses in Colombia (salons, spas, clinics) reduce missed appointments with automated WhatsApp reminders sent 24h and 2h before each booking. Built and shipped the full stack: backend API, customer dashboard, and marketing site, deployed on a self-managed AWS EC2 server.

  • End-to-end SaaS product
  • Automated WhatsApp reminders
  • Self-hosted production infra
Next.jsNode.jsExpressSupabaseAWS EC2n8nDocker

AWS Portfolio Deployment

Deployment of static portfolio website using AWS S3, CloudFront, Route53, ACM SSL certificate, and custom domain configuration for high availability and global content delivery.

  • Production-oriented
  • Static Web Application
  • SSL/TLS encryption
  • Global CDN distribution
AWS S3CloudFrontRoute53ACM

AWS Multi-AZ Container Application

Production-style containerized application deployment on AWS using Amazon ECS, ECR, Elastic Load Balancer, and a secure multi-AZ architecture.

  • Production-oriented
  • Container application
  • Scalable architecture
  • Secure architecture
  • Highly available multi AZ architecture
Amazon VPCCloudFormationAmazon ECSAmazon ECRElastic Load BalancerEC2 Auto Scaling GroupsFargateRoute53AWS Certificate ManagerCloudWatchDockerNginxAmazon Linux

Virtualized Infrastructure Deployment

Deployment and administration of virtualized environments using various hypervisors.

  • DNS
  • FTP
  • Active Directory
  • DNS
  • DHCP
ESXiCentOS LinuxWindows ServerVirtualizationVirtual machinesCluster

Active Directory + DNS + Windows Server Lab

Infrastructure lab project demonstrating domain services, replication, DNS management, and enterprise Windows administration capabilities.

  • Domain replication
  • DNS management
  • Enterprise administration
Windows ServerGroup Policies

Services

Server deployment

  • • Professional deployment and configuration of Windows Server, ESXi and Linux systems for enterprise environments, includes hardening, monitoring, and maintenance setup.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

  • • Deploy and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
  • • Plan and execute server migrations between environments, minimizing downtime and ensuring data integrity throughout the migration process.
  • • Automate repetitive infrastructure tasks using scripting and modern tools, improving efficiency and reducing human errors.

Server Migration

Plan and execute server migrations between environments. Minimize downtime and ensure data integrity throughout the migration process.

Certifications

Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Operations

Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco

Education

Cloud Computing & DevOps Bootcamp

BlockStellart

Mechatronics Engineering

Universidad Autonoma del Caribe

Linux System Administration – Professional Training

Get In Touch

Let's build reliable infrastructure together.

delahozdeaguas@gmail.com
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Barranquilla, Colombia