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Verified Interactive Dossier Denver, CO (Open to Relocate / Remote)

Ramon Rios Jr.

Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Enterprise Systems Architect

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt • 22+ Years Enterprise Infrastructure, Zero-Trust Cloud & Cognitive AI Orchestration

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22+ Yrs
Hands-On Systems & Architecture
98%
Ops Cost & Overhead Reduction
100%
Mission-Critical Cutover Uptime
1485+
GitHub Commits YTD (26 Public Repos)
ARCHITECTURAL ALIGNMENT AUDIT — Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Enterprise Systems Architect

Why I Fit This Role: From graduating in Electronics & Computer Repair at age 16 in May 2002 and scaling a 3-location hardware/MSP operation to executing zero-downtime hospital and banking cutovers, I understand infrastructure from the physical layer all the way up to Terraform and Azure IaaS.

Executive Summary

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Senior Cloud & Systems Architect with over two decades of bare-metal-to-cloud engineering experience across hospital networks, global investment banking (Goldman Sachs), and industrial manufacturing. Proven track record of leading 50+ hour zero-downtime Microsoft Azure (AVD, Entra ID, SharePoint) and Proxmox VE cluster cutovers, hardening MSP/MSSP security baselines (Kaseya 365, Datto BCDR, Zero-Trust VPNs), and bridging legacy hardware into modern cloud ecosystems.

Professional Experience & Verified ROI

Result & Impact-First Chronology

Principal Systems Architect

Jul 2026 — Present
Colorado's Drug Testing Agency (Project CDTA) • Denver, CO
ROI: 85% Manual Entry Reduction • Real-Time B2B Net-30 Billing • AWS + Terraform + Odoo 20
  • Result & ROI: Replaced a fractured legacy stack (Wix, QuickBooks, Google Sheets, and paper faxes) with a unified ERP/CRM Toxicology Operations platform, reducing manual data-entry overhead by 85%, cutting audit preparation from days to seconds, and accelerating B2B Net-30 billing reconciliation from 3 days to real-time.
  • Process Automation & Chain of Custody: Architected end-to-end digital workflows governing DOT consortium enrollment (/consortium), self-service walk-in kiosks (/kiosk), employee Fast-Pass tokens, cryptographic Chain of Custody (CCF), automated random pools, and bank-grade secure PDF delivery to Probation Officers.
  • Zero-Trust Cloud Infrastructure: Orchestrated agency-wide deployment on AWS using Terraform IaC, high-availability PostgreSQL, and containerized Odoo services compliant with FMCSA/DOT and clinical toxicology standards.

Principal Solutions Architect & Systems Integrator

Jan 2020 — Present
Coqui Cloud (B2B Enterprise Contracting) • Denver, CO / Remote
ROI: Slashed Client Marketing/Ops Spend from $1,200/mo to <$20/mo (98% Cost Reduction)
  • Autonomous AI & MarTech ROI: Architected visual n8n and multi-agent Gemini orchestration pipelines that scaled client SEO content output from 6 posts/month to 365-day continuous coverage while slashing operational spend from $1,200/month to under $20/month (98% reduction).
  • Enterprise Infrastructure Modernization: Spearheaded zero-to-one infrastructure overhauls for industrial and B2B clients (including Rocky Mountain Steel Inc.), migrating legacy workloads to high-availability Proxmox VE clusters hosting Windows Server 2025, Dockerized Firezone VPNs, and hardened Samba bridges for legacy industrial machinery.
  • Commercial Odoo Ecosystem: Designed, published, and maintained production enterprise modules on the Odoo App Store (CoquiCal Native Scheduler, NFC/QR Digital Business Card vCard, and AI Blog Engine) backed by PostgreSQL, Caddy/Nginx reverse proxies, and Kaseya 365 / Datto BCDR stacks.

Senior Onsite IT Systems Engineer & Consultant

Aug 2023 — Aug 2024
Networks Unlimited (MSP) • Montrose, CO
ROI: 100% Zero-Downtime Clinical Operations • 50+ Hr Parallel SharePoint & Azure AVD Cutover
  • Zero-Downtime Healthcare Uptime: Served as the primary onsite technical escalation advisor for hospital executives and regional medical centers, guaranteeing 100% zero-downtime operations across hybrid cloud, Windows Server, virtualization, and MS SQL Server environments.
  • High-Stakes Cloud Cutover: Engineered and executed a complex 50+ hour parallel migration of enterprise SharePoint and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) infrastructure protected by Acronis BCDR, completing the cutover with zero operational interruption.

Technical Operations Specialist

Apr 2022 — Jul 2023
Goldman Sachs • Salt Lake City, UT
ROI: Supported 5,000+ Enterprise Financial Users • Lean Six Sigma Infrastructure Workflows
  • Enterprise Financial Infrastructure: Operated onsite across the Salt Lake City and South Jordan campuses within a strict, zero-tolerance financial engineering environment supporting 5,000+ enterprise users.
  • Deterministic Operations: Resolved complex network trace anomalies, managed mission-critical hardware lifecycle via Lean Six Sigma workflows, and maintained HP Server Racks, Cisco Switches, Cisco VoIP, and enterprise endpoints.

Systems Engineer Tier II (Project Engagements)

Jan 2017 — Sep 2017
i.t.NOW (MSP) • Pleasant Grove, UT
ROI: 9-Month Enterprise MSP Project Engagement • Zero Data Loss Datto BCDR & O365 Rollouts
  • Multi-Project Enterprise Rollouts (9 Months): Executed a dedicated 9-month series of commercial infrastructure projects, VMware/Active Directory migrations, and Microsoft O365 security deployments for healthcare, education, and municipal clients.
  • Site Reliability & Disaster Recovery: Governed multi-site backup and disaster recovery matrices utilizing Datto BCDR appliances and hardened Barracuda email security gateways, achieving 100% zero data loss across all managed client cutovers.

Founder, Owner & Principal IT Consultant

May 2004 — Dec 2020
Rios Computer Designs • Juana Díaz, PR & Salt Lake City, UT
ROI: 16-Year Retail Store & B2B IT Consultancy • 3 Physical Locations • 7,000+ SKU Inventory
  • 16-Year Retail Store & B2B Operations: Founded, scaled, and operated a retail computer design store, hardware diagnostics center, and B2B IT consultancy for 16 years across 3 brick-and-mortar retail locations and technical labs.
  • Automated Inventory & Ticketing Scale: Engineered custom inventory and service-ticketing workflows governing an active catalog of 7,000+ unique hardware SKUs, custom workstations, and commercial repair queues.
  • End-to-End SMB Infrastructure: Designed and deployed commercial LAN/WAN networks, firewalls, virtualization hosts, and Windows Server environments for regional business clients.

Flagship Architectural Deployments & Case Studies

Production Systems & Open-Source Proof

CDTA Unified Toxicology Operations & DOT Compliance Suite

85% Manual Entry Reduction • Real-Time Net-30 Billing • Audit Prep Cut from Days to Seconds

Consolidated a fragmented multi-vendor clinical operation (Wix, QuickBooks, spreadsheets, paper faxes) into a single high-concurrency Odoo 20 & AWS platform. Engineered public donor booking (/book), walk-in self-service kiosks (/kiosk), employer DOT random pool automation (/consortium), electronic Chain of Custody, and bank-grade encrypted PDF delivery for Probation Officers.

Architectural Blueprint & Guardrails:
Zero-trust AWS topology provisioned via Terraform; strict role-based portal isolation for Employers, Donors, Medical Review Officers (MRO), and Probation Officers.
Tech Stack: Python, Odoo 20 ERP, AWS, Terraform IaC, PostgreSQL, Cryptographic QR/Token Handshakes

CoquiAudit, CoquiProposals & CoquiPulse — Sovereign Odoo 20 FinOps, SOW & SLA Suite

100% SaaS Tax Elimination (Calendly, PandaDoc, BetterStack) • SHA-256 E-Sign & Live SLA Telemetry

Engineered a commercial suite of native Odoo 20 Community modules replacing fragmented B2B SaaS subscriptions: CoquiAudit (interactive FinOps & SaaS sprawl TCO calculator at /audit-calculator), CoquiProposals (interactive milestone Statement of Work studio with HTML5 Canvas e-signatures and SHA-256 audit hashes at /proposals), and CoquiPulse (live HTTP/TLS infrastructure SLA portal at /status).

Architectural Blueprint & Guardrails:
100% white-label, zero-hardcoding Odoo 20 Community architecture with unified ir.access ACLs, automated CRM lead attribution, and headless JSON/SVG telemetry endpoints.
Tech Stack: Odoo 20 Community, Python, PostgreSQL 16, QWeb, HTML5 Canvas, SHA-256 Cryptography

PasteRich™ Daemon & Coqui Cloud Odoo 20 Enterprise Addon Suite

Sub-10ms OS Clipboard Transformation • Commercial Self-Hosted Cal.com & vCard Replacements

Built and shipped commercial-grade open-source and Odoo 20 applications—including PasteRich™ (global hotkey Markdown-to-Rich-Text daemon), CoquiCal (native Cal.com scheduling engine), and the Enterprise Digital Business Card vCard app published on the Odoo App Store.

Architectural Blueprint & Guardrails:
100% self-contained modular addons with zero hardcoded tenant assumptions, built for multi-company resale and headless API integration.
Tech Stack: Python, Win32Clipboard, PyInstaller, Odoo 20 QWeb/ORM, Google Calendar OAuth2, GA4 Telemetry

Industrial & Medical Hybrid-Cloud Modernization (Proxmox VE & Azure AVD)

100% Zero-Downtime Cutovers Across Medical Centers & 30-Year Legacy Manufacturing Plants

Architected high-availability Proxmox VE clusters, parallel 50+ hour Azure Virtual Desktop & SharePoint migrations, and isolated SMBv1 Samba bridge appliances that safely connected 30-year-old industrial steel-mill machinery to modern zero-trust networks.

Architectural Blueprint & Guardrails:
Network micro-segmentation with UniFi/Cisco firewalls, Dockerized WireGuard/Firezone tunnels, and immutable Acronis/Datto BCDR snapshots.
Tech Stack: Proxmox VE, Microsoft Azure (AVD/IaaS), Windows Server 2025, Firezone VPN, UniFi, Kaseya 365, Datto
Operating Protocol

Cognitive Engineering & Logic Orchestration

  • 1. Logic vs. Syntax Separation:
    I operate as a Systems Director and Logic Orchestrator. Rather than manually typing boilerplate syntax from rote memory, I map the 3D architectural boundaries, security threat models, and data schemas—then direct specialized AI swarms to execute the raw syntax at hyper-speed.
  • 2. Adversarial AI Guardrails:
    Every AI pipeline I deploy is governed by deterministic validation layers (Inquisitor & Paradox Hunter nodes) that audit outputs against strict regulatory rules (HIPAA, FDA SaMD, DOT) to eliminate hallucinations before they touch production databases.
  • 3. Visceral Field-Tested ROI:
    Whether eradicating the "15–20 page waiting-room clipboard penalty" across 6 clinics and 2 hospitals or slashing enterprise MarTech and SaaS sprawl costs by 98% (,200/mo to under /mo) via sovereign Odoo 20 & AI orchestration, every blueprint is measured by real-world human and financial impact.

Core Competencies

Zero-Knowledge Cryptography (AES-256-GCM) & Edge Vault Design Systems Architecture & Zero-Trust Security
Healthcare & Regulatory Compliance Architecture (HIPAA / FDA SaMD / FMCSA DOT) Systems Architecture & Zero-Trust Security
Enterprise Systems Auditing & Threat Modeling (Zero-Trust / IAM) Systems Architecture & Zero-Trust Security
Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS Fargate, Terraform IaC, Microsoft Azure) Cloud, Virtualization & Enterprise Networking
High-Availability Virtualization (Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware, Docker) Cloud, Virtualization & Enterprise Networking
Enterprise Networking & BCDR (UniFi, Cisco, BGP/OSPF/VPN, Datto, Kaseya 365) Cloud, Virtualization & Enterprise Networking
Windows Server (up to 2025), Active Directory, Entra ID & M365/AVD Migrations Cloud, Virtualization & Enterprise Networking
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Process Optimization & Executive Roadmapping Strategy, Governance & Lean Six Sigma

Education & Certifications

  • Lean Six Sigma in IT (Black Belt) — Management Strategy Institute (Systemic Efficiency, Deterministic Workflow Modeling & Waste Reduction)
  • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals (MTA)
  • B.S. in Computer Science Coursework (90% Completed) — Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
  • High School Diploma — Graduated May 2002 (Age 16, Accelerated Academic Track)

Verified Proof of Work

  • Interactive Executive Resume & ATS API: https://ramonrios.net/resume/1
  • Sovereign Medical Engine (Aura hOS™): https://aurahos.io | https://ramonrios.net/AuraHOS
  • Toxicology & DOT C/TPA Operations Suite: https://ramonrios.net/toxicology
  • CoquiCal, FinOps Audit & SOW Sign Studio: https://ramonrios.net/book | https://ramonrios.net/audit-calculator | https://ramonrios.net/proposals
  • Odoo Enterprise App Store (CoquiCards vCard): https://apps.odoo.com/apps/modules/18.0/odoo_digital_business_card_coquicloud
  • GitHub & Technical Blueprints: https://github.com/RamonRiosJr | https://ramonrios.net/blog