Ronnie Alfaro
Ronnie Alfaro

Engineering Leader / Support Engineering Manager / IT Manager

Open to offers · Member since 16 Jul 2026
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Location
San José, Costa Rica
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am an engineering leader focused on building high-performing technical organizations across SaaS, platform operations, and AI-powered product environments.

I have led multinational teams, improved service reliability, and transformed underperforming groups into efficient, data-driven operations through automation, coaching, and clear execution.

My background combines software engineering, site reliability, support engineering, and internal tooling, with a strong emphasis on AI adoption and agentic AI solutions.

I have worked closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and business stakeholders to deliver business-critical tools, strengthen delivery processes, and improve customer support capabilities.

I enjoy creating scalable systems that reduce manual work, increase throughput, and improve operational resilience while helping teams grow in capability and confidence.

I am open to opportunities where I can lead technical teams, drive transformation, and build practical AI-enabled solutions that create measurable business value.

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Experience

Career history

Support Engineering Manager GitLab

Led a multinational team of engineers, fostering professional growth and service excellence. Managed SLAs, strengthened delivery execution, hiring quality, and long-range technical planning. Transformed a 15-person regional pod into a 50-person high-yield engineering unit within 6 months. Developed hiring strategy, led behavioral assessments, improved SLA performance to 99%, and pioneered AI-powered internal tools and automation systems.

Senior Manager, Global Operations TradeStation Technologies

Led SRE, infrastructure operations, platform support, ServiceNow development, and enterprise tooling. Reduced failures and related issues through improved controls and team development. Established server patching and maintenance discipline, raised update compliance to 97%, created a local monitoring systems team, and delivered reporting and remediation initiatives that improved stability and security.

System Engineering Expert Experian

Led the New York engineering team and served as the primary leadership interface between engineers, management, and business stakeholders. Implemented Agile methodology, modernized coding elements and security gaps, and improved team capability through structured development plans and coaching.

Senior Application Operations Engineer Experian

Coordinated execution with the New York team, leading sprint planning, technical prioritization, delivery tracking, and execution management for business-critical projects. Served as escalation point for complex technical issues and cross-functional engineering challenges, while providing leadership across Linux systems, databases, networking, scripting, application operations, and platform reliability.

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