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César Santos

César
Santos

Back-end · DevOps · Security Engineer

Building resilient systems, secure pipelines, and scalable infrastructure. Specialized in Back-end, DevOps, DevSecOps, and Cybersecurity.

8+
years of experience
12+
projects delivered
8
certifications
3
languages
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Who am I

César Santos
César Santos Back-end · DevOps · Security cesarsantos.dev

Software engineer with experience in back-end development, cloud-native, automation, and cybersecurity. I build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions, focusing on performance, observability, and DevSecOps best practices. I have worked with data-driven systems, automation pipelines, infrastructure, and AI projects, connecting development and operations to deliver solutions with real impact.

LINUXtips Ambassador in Acre, Brazil

Back-end with Java, Python, Django, Flask, and Node.js
Cloud-native infrastructure with Kubernetes and Docker
Security: pentest, vulnerability analysis, SIEM
Robust CI/CD pipelines and GitOps, GitHub Actions

Stack & Skills

Back-end

Java Python Django Flask C Node.js REST APIs GraphQL gRPC PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB

AI & ML

WhisperX CUDA Pandas NumPy Seaborn

DevOps

Docker CI/CD Linux Kubernetes Terraform ArgoCD Helm

Cybersecurity

Pentest Burp Suite Metasploit Nmap

Cloud & Infra

OCI - Oracle Cloud Linux Nginx AWS GCP Azure

Tools

Git SSH Bash/Shell Wireshark Postman Swagger Jira Notion

currently studying

Projects

BACK-END ↗

Painel das Eleições Brasileiras 2026

Dockerized dashboard for Brazil’s 2026 election results, built with Python, FastAPI, and JavaScript. Tracks official TSE data with automatic updates and state and municipality filters.

PythonFastAPIJavaScriptDocker
DATA SCIENCE ↗

NFLStatsLab

20 years of NFL data analysis (2003–2023). ETL, Exploratory Data Analysis, and visualizations with Pandas, NumPy, and Seaborn.

PythonPandasNumPySeabornGit
DEVOPS ↗

Primeiro Workflow com Github Actions

Simple CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions to automate validations, test workflows, and understand the basis of automations in DevOps projects.

GitHub ActionsCI/CD
DEVOPS ↗

LINUXtips Workspace

Practical workspace from the Linux for Cloud Native training — SSH troubleshooting challenges, mind maps, and logs from a DevOps project.

LinuxSSHNetworkingCloud Native
DEVOPS ↗

Construa: kubectl (mkube)

Go CLI that recreates kubectl to explore how Kubernetes works internally. The project includes 12 steps: API connection and authentication, context management, resource querying, real-time logs, command execution in containers, manifest application, and port-forward. To be developed in the Construa training, by LINUXtips.

GoKubernetesREST APIYAML
DEVOPS ↗

Giropops Status — Linux para Cloud Native

Web application that monitors HTTP service availability, records check history, and displays a status dashboard with Prometheus metrics. Built with Python, Flask, and Redis, the project will be used to practice Linux administration: SSH, permissions, systemd, log analysis, backups, and deploy automation. To be developed in the Linux para Cloud Native course, by LINUXtips.

PythonFlaskRedisLinuxsystemd
DEVOPS ↗

PICKStack — PICK 2026

Study platform with Pomodoro sessions, spaced repetition flashcards, and career paths, organized into microservices with Deno and SvelteKit. At PICK 2026, the challenge will be to operate this application: create Docker images, publish on Kubernetes, configure Helm and GitOps with ArgoCD, and monitor metrics, logs, and traces. Project to be developed during LINUXtips' training.

DockerKubernetesArgoCDHelmDenoSvelteKit
DEVOPS ↗

Giropops Status — Descomplicando Docker

Study project from Descomplicando o Docker, by LINUXtips, based on Giropops Status: a Python, Flask, and Redis application to monitor HTTP services, log checks, and expose Prometheus metrics. The practice covers creating and optimizing images with Dockerfiles, security with Distroless, persistence with volumes, networking between containers, and running multiple services with Docker Compose.

DockerDocker ComposePythonFlaskRedisPrometheus
BACK-END ↗

BookStore API

RESTful API for library management with authentication, full CRUD, and deploy on Heroku.

PythonDjangoPostgreSQLPostman
DEVOPS ↗

commandlinux.dev

Technical blog with automated publishing pipeline: for each Markdown post, a GitHub Actions workflow triggers LLM translation and generates the multilingual versions — from commit to deploy, no manual steps.

AstroGitHub ActionsCI/CDLLMVercel

Certifications

Experience & Education

// experience
Out 2025 — Maio 2026
Software Engineer
SONDA — Tribunal de Justiça do Acre
Architected legal transcription pipeline with diarization (WhisperX + CUDA, NVIDIA A2000 GPU) in an offline environment. Designed a complete Flask backend for an AI-assisted bidding system with Keycloak + JWT, LLM integration, and pytest coverage. Modernized the Vera System with optimized PostgreSQL views. Interim technical leadership for a mixed dev + N1/N2 support team.
Mar 2024 — Out 2024
Software Developer
Iteracre — Instituto de Terras do Acre
Development of the State Land Registry System with PHP and CakePHP, automating land demarcation and title issuance. Management of containerized environments with Docker.
Set 2022 — Dez 2022
Data Analyst / Web Developer
XLand Holding — Remoto
Web development with PHP and Laravel, IT technical support, and SQL database management focusing on integrity and BI reports.
Fev 2019 — Ago 2022
Head of IT Division
Governo do Estado do Acre — SASDHM
Leadership of IT support and governance at the Secretariat of Human Rights. Digitization of workflows and structuring of a virtual technical support environment.
// education
2021 — Jul 2025
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
Estácio Unimeta
Completed in July 2025.
Ago 2025
Postgraduate Degree in Cybersecurity — Red Team
FIAP
Specialization in offensive security, pentest, and Red Team.

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Available for full-time positions, contracts, and freelance work in Back-end, DevOps, and Security.