Colin Moreno Burgess
About Colin Moreno Burgess
Colin Moreno Burgess is a DevOps Engineer at Nexthink since 2019, specializing in cloud-native solutions and containerized deployments. He has extensive experience in Unix/Linux system administration and application deployment, having previously worked at Santander Bank and British Telecom.
Work at Nexthink
Colin Moreno Burgess has served as a DevOps Engineer at Nexthink since 2019. He is based in the Madrid area and is part of the interdisciplinary 'Cloud Platform' team. His work focuses on transitioning the company from a lift and shift phase to a fully cloud-native solution. He contributes to the implementation of a micro-services ecosystem and utilizes Agile principles and Scrum methodology to deliver features. Colin manages pipelines using Jenkins and delivers Infrastructure as Code with Terraform on Azure and AWS. He also provides monitoring solutions using NewRelic and supports Kubernetes deployments with HELM.
Previous Experience
Before joining Nexthink, Colin held several positions at Santander Bank. He worked as an Application Deployment Manager from 2007 to 2009, followed by roles as a Unix/Linux System Administrator from 2009 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2017. He also served as a DevOps Engineer from 2017 to 2019. Additionally, he worked at British Telecom as a Unix/Linux System Administrator for six months in 2013 and was a Project Coordinator at Altadis from 2006 to 2007.
Education and Expertise
Colin studied at IES Simancas. His expertise includes authorship and review of code using Git version control, documentation processes on Git and Confluence, and delivering containerized deployable platform resources using Docker. He has experience in managing pipelines with Jenkins and implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. His technical skills extend to providing monitoring solutions and supporting Kubernetes deployments.
Publications and Contributions
Colin has published articles on LinkedIn, sharing insights related to his field. One notable article discusses the process of importing VHD to AWS. His contributions to the DevOps community reflect his commitment to sharing knowledge and best practices in cloud technologies and deployment strategies.