About Pablo
Principal Cloud & Platform Architect | Lead DevOps Consultant
I am the Principal Consultant at PA Squared Solutions Ltd, an independent consultancy specializing in Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure as Code, Platform Engineering, and Kubernetes solutions.
With 17+ years of hands-on distributed systems experience across Elastic, Cloudera, Oracle, and Lloyds Bank, I help enterprise clients and high-growth companies build cost-optimized, secure, and resilient cloud platforms.
Core Focus & Capabilities:
- Cloud & IaC: AWS (VPC, EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, ASGs), Azure, GCP, Terraform (IaC)
- Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, CKS / CKA / CKAD Certified), Docker, Linux, CI/CD
- Data Platforms & AI: Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Hadoop, Vector Databases, Python (FastAPI) API Orchestration
Available for Outside IR35 consultancy engagements, technical deliverables, and cloud architecture projects across the UK & Remote.
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Portuguese
Basic
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- PA Squared Solutions LtdPrincipal Cloud Architect & Lead ConsultantDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 7 months)London, United KingdomLead Cloud & Platform Engineering Consultant delivering cost-optimized, high-availability AWS infrastructure, Terraform IaC, and Kubernetes (CKS/CKA/CKAD) environments. Designed "The Zero Project" AWS Spot framework cutting compute costs by 80% alongside modern Python backend services.
- Elasticsearch LtdLead Systems & Cloud Platform ConsultantJanuary 2021 - January 2026 (5 years)Engaged to diagnose, optimize, and secure massive distributed systems architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes environments.• ● Cloud-Native Platforms ("The Zero Project"): Overcame traditional Spot node interruptions by pairing stateless autoscaling mechanisms with persistent EBS volume attachments and graceful, event-driven node lifecycle hooks.• ● Distributed Systems Optimization: Partnered with global engineering teams to resolve complex distributed systems failures, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability, search performance, and visibility across multi-node Elasticsearch clusters.• ● Cloud Native Troubleshooting: Leveraged deep Kubernetes expertise to debug containerized orchestration layers, handling networking, storage volumes, and security posture for massive data deployments.• ● Engineering Feedback Loop: Translated production infrastructure failures into core product enhancements, collaborating directly with engineering teams to implement long-term stability improvements.
- Cloudera / HortonworksEnterprise Platform LeadJanuary 2017 - January 2021 (4 years)• ● Enterprise Tech Lead (Lloyds Bank Dedicated): Served as the primary on-site technical authority and escalation lead for Lloyds Bank's mission-critical big data platforms, protecting data integrity and high availability.• ● Big Data Engineering: Diagnosed and eliminated critical execution bottlenecks across massive horizontal-scaling platforms (Hadoop, Hive, YARN), sustaining reliable pipelines for multi-terabyte data streams.• ● Data Ingestion Architecture: Acted as global Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Apache NiFi/MiNiFi, designing robust routing and ingestion strategies for highly complex network topologies.
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Education
- CKSCKS
- CKACKA
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services Training and Certification2026
- CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security SpecialistThe Linux Foundation2026