Ricardo Mendes
Looking for a new mission !
Creative
Solution Oriented
Committed
Passionate
Skilled
42 years old
Driving License
Brussels Belgium
Unemployed
Available
My name is Ricardo Mendes, I have 2 decades of experience in different parts of the digital realm, my last position was project manager/CTO for an entrepreneurs-coworking-tech-event space in Brussels, it was a great opportunity to deploy my skill set but since I have taken the chance to specialize myself with a 7 months DevOps training with the goal of exploring my next steps in this field, I have always liked managing servers and deploying and maintaining web applications, so this was a good opportunity to learn the basics in different cloud providers and learn the fundamentals of the development and delivery lifecycle.
Experiences
Solution Architect at OSINTukraine.com
OSINTukraine.com
Since February 2022
Volunteer Work
Brussels
- What started as a simple idea to translate telegram channels and aggregate two information ecosystems on Telegram turned out to be an amazing ride to build tools with low-code to no-code frameworks and apps to allow OSINTukraine.com to provide archives of Russian and Ukrainian telegram channels on the open web.
- Automation is 100% handled by N8N and translation by DeepL, allowing the best translation possible given the context of war and the unique environment of information warfare.
BeCode DevOps Training 2021-2022
beCode
September 2021
to March 2022
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
- Vagrant and Ansible "infrastructure as code" to deploy Wordpress, Nginx and Redis cache system with integrated TLS certificates renewals
- Docker Swarm to manage a small cluster of web apps, Funkwhale, Redis, Nginx
- Gitlab CI/CD with SonarCube
Jenkins and security audit with SonarCube
Build, Release, Deploy Petclinic with Jenkins - Python Basics by learning how to scrap content from the web
- Networking Basics by learning the fundamentals of networks
- Monitoring 101 by learning the base of infrastructure monitoring and introduction to Prometheus, Grafana
Spokeperson for OKCinfo Justice Initiative
OKCinfo
Since March 2015
Volunteer Work
Brussels
Belgium
- Lead Justice coordinator for 40 people between France and Belgium since 2016
- Public speaking, Media appearances
- ARTE documentary Buddhism, the Unspeakable Truth / Bouddhisme la loi du silence 2022
FactChecking/Disinformation Monitoring
Journalistes Solidaires
March 2020
to May 2020
Volunteer Work
Brussels
Belgium
- backend cloudron/docker simple Wordpress with custom post type to adapt wordpress for a factchecking workflow putting in place monitoring disinformation and other factchecking initiatives to fight covid19 disinformation
coFounder & Co-Captain at Armada.digital
Armada.digital
May 2016
to 2021
Freelancer
Brussels
Belgium
- Armada.digital consultancy mission is to amplify the visibility of good causes by providing custom communication & collaboration solutions to empower individuals & ethical business.
- Consulting
- Webmaster
- Social Media
- Workshops
- Event Coverage
- IT Maintenance
- Hosting
- Digital Transition
- Digital Tools
Technical Event Manager
DigitYser
October 2018
to March 2020
Full-time
- the digital flagship of tech communities in Brussels
- Livestreaming
- Sound technician
- Video recording
- Photos
- Event interactions
- Slido Integration
CTO @DigitYser
DigitYser
October 2018
to March 2020
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
- Hosting Infrastructure
- Integrations with digital marketing tools
- Automation
- Communication
- Digital Marketing
- Design & Conception
- Maintenance
- Integrations with third party tools
- Analytics
Senior Webmaster
European Data Innovation Hub
February 2019
to March 2020
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
- Annual event of the Data Science Community of Belgium
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning - Hosting Infrastructure
- Integrations with digital marketing tools
- Communication
- Digital Marketing
- Design & Conception
- Maintenance
Technical Advisor WomenPreneur-Initiative
WomenPreneur-Initiative
2019
to 2020
Volunteer Work
Brussels
Belgium
- Hosting Infrastructure
- Email / Security
- Wordpress
- Mailchimp
- Mautic
Technical Advisor BookVillage
BookVillage
May 2019
to December 2019
Volunteer Work
Brussels
- Bootstrapping
- Hosting/Infrastructure
- Technical adviser
Technical Advisor Promote Ukraine
Promote Ukraine
January 2019
to January 2020
Freelancer
- Hosting Infrastructure
- Wordpress
- Mailchimp
- Monitoring about Ukraine
Skills
Junior DevOps
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Gitlab CI/CD
Notions
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Jenkins
Notions
-
Ansible
Notions
-
Docker
Good
-
Python Webscrapping
Notions
-
Python Basics
Notions
-
TCP-IP
Notions
-
Networking
Notions
-
Monitoring
Intermediate
-
PowerShell CLI
Notions
-
Linux CLI
Good
-
Git
Intermediate
-
Python programming
Notions
-
Bash programming
Notions
IT
-
Linux Administration
Good
-
System Administration
Good
-
On Premise Hosting
Intermediate
-
Cloud Hosting
Advanced
-
Security
Intermediate
Project Management
-
Facilitation
Good
-
Mediation
Advanced
-
Spokesperson
Good
-
Brainstorming
Advanced
-
Prototyping
Good
-
Advising
Advanced
-
Ideation
Good
Languages
-
French
Advanced
-
English
Good
-
Portuguese
Advanced
-
Spanish
Notions
Interests
Tech
- DevOps
- Sys-Admin
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- IndieWeb
- Self-Hosting
- BlockChain
- Ethereum
- Fediverse
- Data-Ownership
- Web3