• ☁️ Senior Cloud Engineer with 8+ years building cloud infrastructure, PaaS, DevOps solutions, and production APIs. I specialize in Azure App Services, .NET development, Terraform IaC, GitHub Actions, and creating shared tooling that accelerates development teams. Expert in blue-green deployments, automated testing, and observability. Always exploring new ways to improve system reliability and developer experience.
• 🌱 I’m currently learning AI basics
• 📫 How to reach me: gilbertrios@hotmail.com
• ⚡ Interesting fact: I had the honor of participating in the 2001 New York City Marathon, which took place just weeks after September 11th. It was a powerful demonstration of the city's resilience and spirit!

• .NET/C# - ASP.NET Core minimal APIs, custom middleware, dependency injection
• Next.js/TypeScript - Full-stack applications, server components, API routes, enterprise authentication integration
• Go - Custom Terraform provider development, API design
• Testing - Unit testing (xUnit, Moq, FluentAssertions), integration testing, test coverage, TDD practices
• API Design - Plugin frameworks, interface design, JWT validation, cross-service authentication
• Version Control - Git workflows, branching strategies, code review

• Terraform - Infrastructure as Code with Azure provider, custom provider development
• Azure - Resource Groups, Storage Accounts, Virtual Networks, App Services, Cosmos DB, private endpoints
• Azure AD - OAuth 2.0/OIDC integration, role-based access control, managed identities
• Azure Networking - VNet isolation, private endpoints, zero-trust architecture
• GitHub Actions - CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Infrastructure as Code - Modular, reusable Terraform modules

• CI/CD Pipelines - Automated deployment workflows, multi-platform builds
• Security - Secret management, access controls, JWT token management, role-based authorization
• Authentication & Authorization - Enterprise OAuth 2.0/OIDC flows, NextAuth.js, role-based UI protection
• State Management - Remote state with Azure backend
• Build Automation - Makefiles, release automation
• Blue-Green Deployments - Zero-downtime deployments with automated rollback
• Observability - Application Insights, structured logging, telemetry

Production-ready .NET 9.0 API with 7-stage deployment pipeline and blue-green deployments

Key Features:

• ✅ 7-stage automated CI/CD with dual rollback strategies
• ✅ Blue-green deployments using Azure App Service slots
• ✅ Security-first: Automatic PII/sensitive data obfuscation
• ✅ Comprehensive testing: 18 unit & integration tests
• ✅ Full observability with Application Insights
• ✅ Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Technologies: .NET 9.0 C# Azure App Service Terraform GitHub Actions xUnit Application Insights

Full-stack enterprise authentication system with Azure AD and role-based access control

Key Features:

• ✅ Azure AD OAuth 2.0/OIDC integration with role-based authorization (Admin/Manager/User)
• ✅ Next.js 14 frontend with TypeScript and .NET 8 minimal API backend
• ✅ Private network security: VNet isolation, private endpoints, zero-trust architecture
• ✅ Comprehensive role-based UI and API protection with JWT validation
• ✅ Production-ready infrastructure with Terraform IaC and managed identities
• ✅ Automated CI/CD workflows for multi-environment deployment

Technologies: Next.js 14 TypeScript .NET 8 Azure AD NextAuth.js Terraform Cosmos DB Azure VNet GitHub Actions

Custom Terraform provider with 13+ utility functions for data transformation

Key Features:

• ✅ Function-only provider (no resources)
• ✅ String manipulation & encoding (base64, hashing, slugify)
• ✅ Deterministic UUID generation
• ✅ Built with Go & Terraform Plugin Framework
• ✅ 100% test coverage with CI/CD pipeline

Technologies: Go Terraform Plugin Development GitHub Actions Testing

Terraform-based Azure infrastructure with automated CI/CD

Key Features:

• ✅ Multi-environment setup (dev/prod)
• ✅ Reusable Terraform modules
• ✅ GitHub Actions automation
• ✅ Azure backend configuration
• ✅ Security best practices

Technologies: Terraform Azure GitHub Actions IaC DevOps

Automated tool for creating professional social preview images for GitHub repositories

Key Features:

• ✅ Generates 1280x640px thumbnails optimized for LinkedIn/social media
• ✅ Custom branding with profile photo and tech stack badges
• ✅ Configurable color schemes and layouts
• ✅ Batch processing for multiple repositories
• ✅ Automatic image optimization

Technologies: Python Pillow Image Processing

Quick Start:

cd thumb-nail-creation
pip3 install Pillow
python3 generate_thumbnail.py

📖 Full Documentation - Includes LinkedIn cache refresh guide

⭐️ From Gilbert Rios