Senior Multi-Cloud & Security Architect | MBA: Strategic Management & AI @FIAP | Incident Commander & CISO Advisor | FinOps & Sovereign GenAI | SRE | Court-Appointed Expert & IT Audit (Due Diligence · M&A) | GRC/Compliance

São Paulo / SP Phone on request fabio.monreal@outlook.com

Executive Summary

IT infrastructure and cybersecurity specialist with 14 years of experience leading complex ecosystems. Focus on architecting, restructuring and hardening mission-critical environments, ensuring resilience, cost efficiency (FinOps) and data governance in strict compliance with ISO 27001, LGPD, GDPR and CIS Controls. Strategic work as Incident Commander, CISO Advisor and Court-Appointed IT Expert (TJSP/TRT2) in IT Due Diligence for M&A, risk audits and digital forensics (DFIR). Design of Sovereign GenAI Infrastructure and MLOps with Zero Data Leakage.

Official Certifications & Specializations

Official Certifications

  • OCI Certified Architect Associate
  • OCI AI Certified Foundations Associate
  • OCI Certified AI Data Platform Foundations Associate (AI Database)
  • Fortinet FCA Associate - Cybersecurity & FortiGate
  • Fortinet FCF & NSE 3
  • MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional

Specializations

Cloud Architecture & FinOps

  • AWS Incident Response
  • AWS Application Networking
  • AWS Serverless - Demonstrated
  • AWS Agentic AI - Demonstrated
  • Google Cloud FinOps & Cloud Economics with DevOps
  • Google Cloud GKE Cost Optimization
  • Azure Proactive Resiliency

Cybersecurity, DFIR & CTI

  • FIAP Certified CISM
  • FIAP Certified CTI
  • FIAP Certified Penetration Testing Professional
  • FIAP Certified Cybersecurity Professional
  • AttackIQ - Detection Management (Entropy to Evidence)
  • AttackIQ - MITRE ATT&CK Security Stack Mappings - Multi-Cloud
  • AttackIQ - Attack Flows v2 & Top ATT&CK Techniques
  • Solyd Pentest
  • Bitdefender XDR / GravityZone
  • Microsoft Defender XDR & Threat Protection

Governance, GRC & AI Security

  • AttackIQ AI Security & Governance (NIST & MITRE ATLAS)
  • ENAP - CIS Controls 1-18 Audit
  • ENAP - LGPD Implementation
  • Ka Solution - TOGAF, ISO 31000, PMBOK 8
  • Ka Solution - COBIT, ITIL, Scrum & PMBOK
  • Microsoft Purview - Data Security & AI Governance
  • Microsoft Sentinel - SOC Optimization & Modernization
  • DPO & LGPD Privacy Compliance

Sovereign GenAI, MLOps & Data

  • Google Cloud - GenAI Architecture & Multi-Agent Ecosystems
  • Google Cloud - MLOps & Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud - Create ML Models & BigQuery ML
  • Microsoft Fabric Champion
  • Microsoft 365 & AI Administration
  • Microsoft Threat Protection & Incident Response
  • 4Linux - Python for SysAdmins
  • 4Linux - DevOps & Linux Security

Affiliations

  • Associate Member of Instituto de Defesa Cibernética (IDCiber)
  • Collaborator, OAB/SP Special Commissions: Digital Law; Corporate Advocacy; Labor Advocacy; Privacy, Data Protection and AI
  • Microsoft Student Ambassador

Professional Experience

Court-Appointed IT Expert | Digital Forensics

Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo · Self-employed May/2026 - Present

  • Appointed by judges for expert examinations, system audits and expert reports in complex litigation involving cybersecurity, digital fraud and technology Due Diligence in M&A operations.
  • Technical Assistant for civil and corporate litigation: digital evidence, forensic analysis (DFIR) and management of complex litigation.

Court-Appointed IT Expert | Digital Forensics

Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region · Self-employed Jun/2026 - Present

  • Court-appointed expert for forensic analysis of work schedules, timekeeping system integrity and corporate communications e-discovery.
  • Technical Assistant: strategic questions, technical opinions and rebuttal expert work in labor litigation (DFIR).

Senior Multi-Cloud & Security Solutions Architect | SRE (Incident Commander & Professional Services)

ADD IT Cloud Solutions Jun/2024 - May/2026

Professional Services for mission-critical environments (cloud infrastructure provisioned in Ascenty datacenters for ADD IT clients). Liaison (single point of contact) between local and global teams - translating technical detail into business language.

  • Cloud Economics, IAM & FinOps: Multi-Cloud governance AWS/Azure and IAM. FinOps project for medical streaming: OPEX from US$ 15k to US$ 9k/month (-40%). VDI/TSPlus/RDS management.
  • Disaster Recovery & Identities (Zero Data Loss): Incident Commander for restoration after permanent on-premises Active Directory loss; cloud↔AD soft-match (proprietary methodology / Graph API) with Zero Data Loss. Granular backup of identities and cloud data for assertive DR.
  • SRE, Observability & Hardening: Zabbix automation (Python/PowerShell); KPI/KPE and SLI/SLO dashboards with alerting; hardening; deep diagnostics (kernel/memory leaks). Bitdefender XDR ↔ Zabbix integration.
  • Zero Trust, Messaging & GRC: Intune MDM/MAM (Android/iOS) for executive BYOD with Least Privilege and Zero Trust (IAM + SIEM). High-complexity Zimbra environment under TOGAF/GRC: domains, migrations, legacy upgrades, encrypted chat, DMARC/DKIM/SPF. Windows/Linux File Servers + Nextcloud/OwnCloud. Bitdefender defense (endpoint/network) aligned to compliance requirements.
  • BaaS, Pre-Sales & Forensics: BaaS with Veeam (anti-ransomware immutability + periodic restore tests). Enterprise POCs and advisory (file server, email, antivirus, FinOps, on-prem to cloud, MSP, Microsoft Office/Teams/Copilot licensing; M365 migrations 700+ accounts). Log forensics and technical/legal reports.

Senior Infrastructure and Operations Consultant (B2B)

Costa Crociere S.p.A. Oct/2022 - Nov/2023

Local↔global single point of contact (ENG.IT) for validation and delivery of infrastructure and security projects. Advisory to LATAM IT Management, Legal, leadership and national Presidency - focus on GRC, compliance and resilience.

  • C-Level Advisory & GRC: Consulting to the Presidency, Legal and LATAM IT Management on data sovereignty and compliance (SOC 2, NIST, LGPD/GDPR, CIS Controls). Physical and logical security governance: facial biometrics, CCTV with recording and redundancy.
  • Zero Trust, VPN & XDR: Planning and documentation of remote access with endpoint posture checks (Cisco AnyConnect); network redesign (Cisco / Palo Alto NGFW). Deployment of XDR (SentinelOne) aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and strengthened SOC 2 posture.
  • Disaster Recovery & Continuity: Orchestration of international failovers across two regional blackouts (migration to international DCs, DNS/endpoint cutovers and remote continuity). Support in designing physical resilience (UPS, generators) and international redundancy; migration of national SIP trunk to global relay.
  • Hybrid Cloud, PAM & Data Protection: Hybrid on-premises infrastructure with private cloud integrated to PAM. Expansion of the data center (executive/legal floor) with interconnection and redundancy to the local DC. Chain-of-custody for air-gapped backups (tape → vault → secure transport with daily validations).

DevOps Engineer & SRE

Instruct (Equinix Datacenter) Jun/2020 - Jul/2021

  • Platform Engineering & IaC: Continuous development of the orchestration backend (Puppet/Hiera) for self-service provisioning of infrastructure and services (Windows/Linux, SQL, IIS, Apache, MariaDB, Zabbix, ERPs) at scale in the Equinix datacenter - from the web layer to hypervisors.
  • Observability, IoT & SIEM: Telemetry for hypervisors and physical network sensors (SNMP, IPMI, WMI), integrated into the SOC and SIEM for proactive anomaly alerting.
  • Secrets Management & Security: Support in implementing an enterprise secrets vault (HashiCorp Vault) with integration to Enterprise backup (Commvault), elevating the platform's security posture.

Earlier Career - Impact Summary

  • Ascenty Datacenter (ADD IT): Provisioning and operation of cloud infrastructure, SRE, BaaS/Veeam and resilience for ADD IT clients hosted in the Ascenty datacenter.
  • Equinix (via Instruct): Platform Engineering, IaC (Puppet/Hiera), CI/CD and HashiCorp Vault in a mission-critical datacenter - scope delivered for the Equinix client (observability, automation and large-scale reliability).
  • Sebrae-SP (via Rio Minas Serviços): Infrastructure and connectivity for large-scale events. Local↔global liaison; communication in English.
  • Kaspersky (via Sitel / Foundever): B2B Incident Response, Ransomware Forensics and Threat Hunting. Malware reverse engineering with the global engineering team; 100% success rate in reversing and recovering data across all cases handled in scope.
  • HiBranding / Galatas: Co-Founder and Technology Director. Business-oriented full-stack architecture (front-end, back-end, databases and APIs), management and marketing (campaigns and prospecting); Pentesting and webmastering. Technical-commercial liaison.
  • Microsoft (via Teleperformance SA): Tier 2 / Crit Sit Specialist - global critical cases and Windows 10 launch; communication in English with international engineering.

Engineering Projects

Sovereign Court-Appointed Expert AI (AIaaS)

Full-Stack Python/Django with ephemeral MLOps (Zero-Footprint): private LLM inference with Zero Data Leakage.

Retail AI Vision Engine (Virtual Try-On)

B2B engine on ComfyUI (Florence, ControlNet, IP-Adapter) with ephemeral architecture and inference FinOps.

VibranceFlow Ecosystem (Zero-Trust)

Open-source display automation suite - low-level Python (NVAPI/ctypes), 0% CPU overhead and Fernet on a Zero-Trust network. vibranceflow.vercel.app

Aurora Engine (Sovereign Local GenAI)

Async Python orchestrator (Ollama + Fooocus) with anti-OOM VRAM queues.

Education

High-Impact Extension Courses & Specializations

Cloud Architecture, DevOps & Enterprise IAM

  • Microsoft SC-100: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (Zero Trust & Governance)
  • Microsoft SC-300: Identity & Access Management (IAM) & Identity Governance
  • Microsoft AZ-500: Azure Enterprise Security Engineering
  • Cisco CCNA: Corporate Networking & Routing Fundamentals
  • Zabbix Enterprise: Observability Engineering & High-Availability Monitoring
  • DevOps & Agile Culture: Reliability Engineering & Software Lifecycle (Instruct)

Offensive Security, DFIR & Forensics

  • Advanced Penetration Testing & Offensive Cyber Security (FIAP)
  • Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineering & Incident Response (FIAP)
  • Advanced Professional Pentest: Red Teaming & Offensive Security
  • Fortinet FortiGate 7.6 Operator & Public Cloud Security 7.6.4 Architect

Artificial Intelligence, DataOps & Software Design

  • AI & ML Systems Engineering
  • AI Applied to Fraud Prevention & Digital Risk
  • Software Architecture: Multi-Tenant Web Platforms with Python and Django
  • Data Science: Predictive Analytics & Data Engineering with Python