Jorge Piedrafita

Jorge Piedrafita

Cloud Native Engineer

Personal Profile

Cloud Native Engineer with over 15 years of experience in SAP ERP and Test Management consulting, possessing high-end technical skills, excellent work capacity, and strong communication abilities. I am a resolute person with a high learning capacity, thriving under pressure to deliver the best results to the team. AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Unity3D enthusiast, and video games development lover. I am an outgoing person with a good sense of humor, but only after the third coffee in the morning.

Work Experience

Cloud Native Engineer at BSH

Nov 2022 - Present

As a Cloud Engineer within a multinational, distributed team, I have significantly contributed to the development of developer-centric infrastructure platforms, leveraging cloud-native technologies and IaC for our corporate clients. My key projects include developing an advanced landing zone product, with AWS Control Tower, which has enhanced the provisioning and governance of AWS accounts at scale, markedly improving efficiency and security in cloud resource management. Additionally, I enhanced automation capabilities, and developed scripts and functionalities in Python and Golang, significantly boosting scalability and automation processes. For instance, I successfully migrated all of our Bamboo pipelines to GitHub Actions, enhancing reliability through check-in and check-out mechanisms. I have also contributed to deploying the Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform as a service, streamlining Kubernetes cluster deployment at scale. My team and I scored 2nd in a hackathon building a user-friendly, fully serverless Eco Tracker application using GCP services.

IT Service Delivery Manager at BSH

Jan 2011 - Nov 2022

As Service Delivery Manager I led a 25+ team that provided test management support and delivered CBTA test automation for SAP core business applications worldwide. I managed our SAP Test Management product, bringing new ideas to provide a better experience to our users. I made my team improve every day, always having our OKR in mind. Occasionally I led projects.

SAP MM-PP Consultant at IBM

Sept 2008 - Jan 2011

I was a key player in several SAP successful implementation projects. In this role, I implemented customizing for the MM, PP and QM modules according to the BBP. I designed functional specifications for custom requirements, especially a complex OEE report fully integrated with production ERP notifications. I designed and conducted the training of the users and supported multiple go-lives resulting in highly satisfied customers.

SAP MM-QM Consultant at INSA (ViewNext)

May 2007 - Sept 2008

I took on the challenge of implementing SAP MM and QM modules in a full migration project. I implemented part of the customization, I designed and conducted the training of users and I supported on-site resulting in a successful go-live.

Key Skills

  • Team Leadership
    • 80%
  • Problem Solving
    • 90%
  • Communication
    • 75%
  • Agile
    • 65%
  • AWS Architecting
    • 75%
  • Python / Golang
    • 60%
  • GitHub Actions
    • 70%
  • Terraform
    • 60%

Docker, K8s, OPA, Gatekeeper, Kubermatic KKP, Prometheus, Grafana, Bamboo, Jira API, JFrog, Artiactory, Helm, Ansible, Flask, GCP, Jenkins, Jira Service Desk, Flask.

Education

Telecommunications Engineering

Public University of Navarre

Activities and Societies: Debate team member and captain, high level sportsman.

Interests and Hobbies

I love diving and I strive to improve in every dive. I have been skiing in the mountains near my home town since I was three years old. I enjoy playing video games with good storytelling, and my preferred reading genre is sci-fi. Occasionally, I enjoy writing.