Adelino Portela

Jul 2018 - Present (7 yrs)

Randstad Portugal

Solutions Architect

• Project Sizing & Planning – Assess project scope, estimate effort, and define resource needs.
• Architecture Design – Define scalable, secure, and high-performance system architectures.
• Hiring & Team Management – Identify skill gaps, collaborate with HR to recruit, and onboard talent.
• Agile Coaching & Transformation – Promote Agile best practices, facilitate Scrum/Kanban adoption, and mentor teams.
• Stakeholder Coordination – Align business needs with technical teams, ensuring project feasibility.
• Budget & Timeline Control – Optimize costs, track progress, and ensure timely delivery.
• Risk & Security Management – Mitigate technical risks and ensure compliance with security standards.
• Outsystems Factory Management and CoE Lead – Monitor and plan platform upgrades, maintain factory components, manage configurations, manage technical debt and code best practices, and also provide incident support as the primary contact with Outsystems TSM.

May 2021 - Present (4 yrs)

Quinta do Cerqueiral

Partner

• IT Infrastructure Management – Implementation and management of company IT infrastructure, including network setup, high-availability server hosting, and system administration (OS and software delivery).
• Full Rebranding & Marketing – Full company rebranding with a partner, including the development and launch of a new website, integration of updated branding across digital channels, and marketing materials.
• Customer Relationship Management – Deploy CRM systems and email marketing platforms to enhance customer engagement, streamline communication, and drive marketing campaigns.
• Procurement & Vendor Management – Procurement of services and products, managing vendor relationships and ensuring cost-effective, high-quality solutions.
• Shipping & Logistics – Define shipping and logistics operations, in order to open new sales opportunities.

Jul 2021 - Present

Hund

Lead DevOps

(Freelancer)

• IT Department Reduction – Implemented solutions that minimized the need for an in-house IT department, focusing on infrastructure availability, security, and operational efficiency.

• WordPress Development Focus – Shifted the company’s development strategy to WordPress, streamlining content management and website operations.

• Infrastructure Migration – Led the migration of the company’s infrastructure from Digital Ocean to SiteGround, optimizing performance and cost efficiency.

• Process Automation – Identify repetitive tasks, design automation workflows, integrate systems, optimize business processes, reduce manual intervention.

Oct 2014 - May 2018 (3 yrs 8 mos)

Randstad Portugal

Delivery Manager

• ASP.NET – Oversee the development, refactoring, and optimization of ASP.NET applications.

• Code Refactoring & Maintainability – Implement SOLID principles, modular design, and clean architecture for long-term sustainability.

• Legacy Modernization – Upgrade and migrate legacy ASP.NET applications

• DevOps & CI/CD – Implementation CI/CD pipelines, automation, and release management. (Jenkins and Octopus Deploy)

• Agile & Lean Delivery – Implement Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) to streamline development workflows.

• Observability & Monitoring – Use ELK or Splunk for performance monitoring.

• Cloud & Infrastructure – Deploy and manage .NET applications on AWS or on-premises environments.

• Stakeholder & Team Management – Align technical roadmaps with business goals and lead engineering teams.

Sep 2011 - Aug 2014 (3 yrs)

Indra

Junior Software Developer

@Randstad:

• Development & Maintenance – Design, develop, and maintain ASP.NET Web Forms applications, ensuring functionality, performance, and scalability.

• Database Integration – Work with SQL Server relational database to design queries, stored procedures, and optimize database performance.

• Debugging & Issue Resolution – Troubleshoot and resolve complex bugs and issues in production and development environments.

• Code Reviews & Mentorship – Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and mentor junior developers.

• Version Control – Use SVN to manage code changes and collaborate with team members.

@Vortal:

• Test Automation Execution – Assist in the development and execution of automated test scripts for web applications with Selenium

• Test Case Design – Collaborate with senior team members to design and execute test cases based on project requirements and user stories. Test Case Management with TestLink.

• Bug Identification & Reporting – Identify, document, and report defects, ensuring proper tracking through issue management system Trac

• Manual Testing – Perform manual testing for functional, regression, and UI testing to ensure software meets quality standards.

• CI/CD Integration – Assist in integrating automated tests into continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure consistent quality assurance across all stages of development.

• Load Testing – Perform load testing to assess application performance under various traffic levels, identify bottlenecks, and ensure the system can handle expected user loads.