Christopher Tineo

Christopher Tineo

Software Engineer | LinkedIn | GitHub | Coffee Chat ☕ 📧 christophertineo02@gmail.com

Profile

Software Engineer with 3+ years building Kubernetes platforms across defense and finance. Experienced in multi-cluster management, Terraform automation, and observability. Passionate about accelerating developer experience in cloud-native ecosystems.

Professional Experience

Tech Lead | Kubernetes SIG ContribEx

Jan 2026 – Present

  • Serving as a Kubernetes Org Member and Tech Lead for the Contributor Experience Special Interest Group (SIG), focusing on improving the developer and contributor journey within the upstream ecosystem.

Senior DevOps Engineer | Game Plan Tech

Nov 2025 – Present

  • Engineered and maintained modular Terraform configurations to provision GCP resources (VPCs, Subnets, and Cloud Storage), ensuring repeatable and environment-agnostic infrastructure.
  • Orchestrated containerized workloads using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), optimizing node pools and implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) to handle fluctuating traffic loads efficiently.
  • Developed automated build and release pipelines using Cloud Build and Artifact Registry, streamlining the path from code commit to production deployment.

Organizer | Cloud Native NYC

Nov 2025 – Present

  • Serving as an organizer, volunteer, and speaker for the NYC cloud-native community, fostering local engagement and knowledge sharing.

Software Engineer II | Innovative Defense Technologies

Nov 2024 – Present

  • Automated provisioning of over 10 RKE2 clusters using Terraform, Bash, and Ansible within VMware vSphere for DoD/US Navy workloads, enhancing compliance with IL5/IL6 security standards.
  • Implemented observability and alerting for critical system components, configuring threshold-based alerts for CPU/memory and failure detection for ArgoCD applications.

Organizer | Cloud Native Santo Domingo

Jul 2024 – Present

  • Founded and scaled CNCF community in LATAM, hosting 15+ events for 300+ engineers, fostering adoption of Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud-native practices.

Fullstack Developer | Banreservas

Jul 2023 – Oct 2024

  • Built containerized microservices on OpenShift for banking apps, improving deployment consistency across 5+ teams.
  • Designed GitLab CI pipelines to automate workflows, accelerating release cycles by 35%.
  • Integrated Splunk for real-time monitoring, cutting incident response times by 20%.

Web Developer | MCTekk

Feb 2023 – Jul 2023

  • Developed high-traffic React + Tailwind eCommerce site, integrated with Hubspot CRM to boost lead conversion rates by 15%.

Skills

  • Cloud: AWS, Azure
  • DevOps/Tools: Kubernetes (RKE2, OpenShift), Terraform, Ansible, Git, ArgoCD
  • Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Falco
  • Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Bash
  • Linux: RHEL, Ubuntu
  • CI/CD: GitLab CI, Jenkins
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server

Certificates

  • CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
  • CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
  • KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
  • KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
  • AWS: Solutions Architect & Cloud Practitioner
  • ITSE: Software Engineer (INTEC)