About
Luan Gonzalez
I started in 2009 administering web hosting on Red Hat, Apache and MySQL. From 2010 to 2017 I built and ran high-availability VMware and Hyper-V platforms, multi-organisation Exchange and Windows hosting, and the networking and storage under them. In 2017 I moved into pre-sales and cloud project management: assessing traditional data centres and planning their migration to Azure and hybrid environments. In 2018 I led the rollout of a vSphere platform with vCenter, NSX and vCloud Director. Since late 2018 I have worked with Red Hat: first as an OpenShift and Kubernetes consultant for a large bank, then from 2020 to 2026 in enterprise cloud infrastructure, with bare-metal and virtual RHEL servers, container platforms, continuous integration with Jenkins and Chef, and troubleshooting shared production services.
Career
- 2009 to 2010
- Web hosting administration on Red Hat, Apache and MySQL.
- 2010 to 2018
- VMware and Hyper-V high-availability virtualization: vSphere, vCenter, NSX, vCloud Director.
- 2018 to 2019
- Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes consulting, with Docker and Elastic Stack.
- 2020 to 2026
- RHEL and OpenShift administration in enterprise cloud infrastructure, on bare-metal and virtual servers.
I work alone, from Málaga, in English and Spanish, in the Spain and Ireland time zones. My full work history is on LinkedIn.
Technologies
What I work with
What I have used in production, with the years I used it.
2020 to 2026
Linux and automation
- RHEL
- CentOS
- Ansible
- Ansible Automation Platform
- Red Hat Satellite
- Chef
2018 to 2026
Containers and platforms
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Elastic Stack
2020 to 2026
CI/CD and tooling
- Jenkins
- Jira
- Bitbucket (Stash)
2010 to 2018
Virtualization
- VMware vSphere
- vCenter
- NSX
- vCloud Director
- Hyper-V
2010 to 2017
Microsoft and cloud
- Windows Server 2008 to 2016
- Exchange
- SQL Server
- IIS
- Microsoft 365
- Azure
- AWS
2010 to 2017
Storage and networking
- HPE 3PAR
- Brocade
- Cisco
VMware, Hyper-V and the Microsoft work are experience from before 2018. "What I don't do" explains what that means.
Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, valid until February 2027.
- As background: Microsoft certifications in Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008 R2 virtualization, now retired.
Languages
Portuguese, native. English and Spanish, fluent: I work in both.
Limits
What I don't do
I don't offer 24/7 on-call, migrations of thousands of virtual machines or custom application development. I don't administer vSphere 8 or VMware Cloud Foundation today: my VMware experience runs to 2018. I don't resell licences or take vendor commissions, so if another platform fits better than OpenShift Virtualization, I will tell you.
Method
How I work
30-minute call
Free. You describe the environment and we see whether it fits.
Written proposal
Scope, deliverables, timeline and a fixed price before we start.
Remote work
Interim deliveries and read-only access wherever possible.
Report and final session
One hour to present the results and decide the next step.
Tell me about your environment
Tell me what environment you have, what you need to solve and by when. On a 30-minute call I will tell you whether I can help and how I would approach it.