OSCAR ANTHONY BAEZA

oscarabaeza@gmail.com
github.com/infcted
*More contact info available upon request.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Platform and Infrastructure Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing scalable, production-grade systems that integrate real-world hardware and cloud infrastructure. Strong track record in automating deployments, managing hybrid environments, and making complex systems easy for customers and developers to use. Friendly, collaborative, and passionate about building reliable, maintainable solutions that accelerate innovation and empower teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Platform Engineer

RIOS - Intelligent Machines
July 2025 - September 2025, San Francisco Bay Area

Led design and deployment of agentic edge platforms, integrating industrial hardware, orchestration services, and ML models for real-time decision making
Defined and implemented next-generation CI/CD frameworks and Configuration Management solutions, improving release velocity, reproducibility, and resilience across cloud and on-prem fleets
Owned the end-to-end lifecycle of edge ML solutions, working with ML teams to validate models in testing/staging environments and delivered reliable field deployments with high availability and fault tolerance
Partnered with cross-functional leaders to set platform strategy, scaling reliability and monitoring/automation practices company-wide
Directed the build-out of edge hardware and software, ensuring seamless scalability from prototypes to fleet deployments

Platform Engineer

RIOS - Intelligent Machines
July 2024 - July 2025, San Francisco Bay Area

Architected scalable, multi-component systems for processing real-time on-site data within ML pipelines
Migrated from ad-hoc provisioning scripts to a PXE + Chef provisioning process, cutting setup times and reducing configuration drift
Designed and maintained testing environments that mirrored production, enabling rapid iteration and reliable rollout to the field
Built and maintained deployment pipelines, monitoring, and telemetry for hybrid cloud/on-prem environments
Collaborated with software and hardware teams to integrate complex decision systems into production
Improved reliability and scalability through automation and configuration management

Edge Software Engineer

Alphabet / Google X - Intrinsic AI
June 2022 - March 2023, San Francisco Bay Area & Munich, Germany

Unified infrastructure stacks post-acquisition, integrating cloud and edge components seamlessly
Managed hybrid deployments using Puppet and developed streamlined node management tools
Designed and implemented new cloud telemetry processes to improve observability
Defined and enforced IP/NAT standards for secure, scalable hybrid networking

Platform Engineer

Vicarious AI
February 2020 - June 2022, Union City, CA

Automated provisioning and fleet management using Chef, reducing deployment time and manual errors
Built and deployed telemetry, monitoring, and provisioning tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Netbox) to improve system reliability and developer efficiency
Led cross-team technical planning and supported customer deployments integrating hardware, networking, and cloud infrastructure
Managed virtualized environments (VMware, VirtualBox) and software artifact systems (Artifactory, Debian packages)

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Vicarious AI
August 2019 - February 2020, Union City, CA

Managed Linux, Windows, and MacOS environments with automated provisioning solutions
Administered AWS, GCS, Active Directory, and user/group management
Built and deployed network systems with automated scaling scripts

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Infrastructure & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Terraform
Automation & Provisioning: Chef, Puppet, CI/CD pipeline design, custom provisioning scripts
Cloud & Hybrid Deployments: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, on-premise integration
Programming & Scripting: Python, Go, Ruby, TypeScript, Shell scripting
Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, telemetry pipelines
Networking & Security: IP/NAT planning, hybrid networking, secure deployment standards
Developer Enablement & Tooling: Nx, npm, internal tooling, configuration management (Chef / PXE), infrastructure onboarding
Virtualization & Systems: VMware, VirtualBox, Linux (expert), Windows, MacOS, Active Directory, Netbox, Artifactory

REFERENCES

Available upon request.