Hello! 👋

I'm David Rodríguez Donoso

Cloud & DevOps Consultant at Microsoft

David Rodríguez Donoso

About Me

I'm a Cloud & DevOps Consultant at Microsoft, based in Barcelona. I build and automate the platforms that engineering teams work on every day.

I've spent the last decade building and shipping backend systems — retail apps serving millions of customers across Europe, credit insurance platforms, data pipelines — mostly on .NET and Azure, with microservices, Kubernetes and CI/CD underneath.

These days I help enterprise customers get the most out of Azure and GitHub: designing cloud architectures, automating delivery pipelines and building platforms teams actually enjoy working with. Lately that increasingly means AI — RAG pipelines, LLM-powered tooling and agentic workflows, at work and in my own side projects.

Off the clock I run a homelab on Proxmox, automate the house with Home Assistant, and spend far too much time self-hosting things I could have paid for. Firm believer in open source, and I try to give back to the FOSS ecosystem where I can.

Tech I work with

C# .NET Python TypeScript PowerShell Azure Kubernetes Docker Helm GitHub Actions CI/CD AI LLMs RAG Microservices Cosmos DB Linux Proxmox Home Assistant

Languages

Catalan Native
Spanish Native
English Professional working proficiency

Experience

Cloud & DevOps Consultant

Microsoft

Nov 2021 - PresentBarcelona, Spain
  • Consulting for enterprise customers on Azure cloud architecture and DevOps practices.
  • Working on AI adoption: RAG pipelines, LLM-powered tooling and agentic workflows.
  • Certified in GitHub Advanced Security, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert and Azure Developer Associate.

Software Development Engineer

Plain Concepts

May 2020 - Oct 2021Barcelona, Spain
  • Built the backend of a credit insurance platform for Axesor.
  • Designed microservices on .NET Core with asynchronous messaging via RabbitMQ and MassTransit.
  • Deployed and operated the platform on Kubernetes and Azure.

Software Development Engineer

Plain Concepts

Jun 2019 - May 2020Frankfurt, Germany
  • Built an Airflow platform on Kubernetes for Axesor's data pipelines, packaged with Helm.
  • Set up observability with Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Developed an application hub for Haworth on .NET Core, with integration and performance testing.

Software Development Engineer

Plain Concepts

Dec 2016 - Jun 2019Barcelona, Spain
  • Developed the backend of a retail loyalty app serving millions of customers across Europe.
  • Built microservices on .NET Core and Azure using CQRS, Dapper and message brokers.
  • Set up CI/CD pipelines, containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes, and monitoring with Application Insights.

Consultant

CADTECH (CT Solutions Group)

Nov 2015 - Oct 2016Barcelona, Spain
  • Technical consulting and software development for engineering clients.

Education

Higher Technician in Web Application Development (DAW)

Salesians Sarrià

2016 - 2017

    Higher Technician in Multiplatform Application Development (DAM)

    Salesians Sarrià

    2014 - 2016

      Certifications

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      Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

      AI-900
      MicrosoftSep 2024

      Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

      AZ-900
      MicrosoftSep 2024

      GitHub Advanced Security

      GitHubMay 2024

      Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

      AZ-400
      MicrosoftApr 2023

      Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

      AZ-204
      MicrosoftApr 2022

      Let's talk

      Got an interesting problem, a project in mind, or just want to say hi? My inbox is open.

      hello@drdonoso.com

      Barcelona, Spain