Angel Rivera
Developer Advocate, CircleCI
Angel started his career as an US Air Force Space Systems Operations specialist in Cape Canaveral AF Station where he realized his passion for technology and software development. He has extensive experience in the private, public, and military sectors. His technical experience includes military/space lift operations, technical writing, software development, and SRE/DevOPs engineering. He also has a wealth of experience in defense and federal sectors such as contracting, information systems, security, and management.
You can find him speaking at or organizing local tech meetups and hackathons where he enjoys engaging with developers.
Angel’s passions are positive disruption, learning, teaching, and mentoring. But most of all, he enjoys inspiring all forms of technologists and building awesome tech communities. When he’s not working with the developer community, he enjoys smoking all types of food: meats, fish, cheeses, and desserts.
![Developer RP sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/4YqwPfqaM0cdMyngB6ahUv/e4c8bc394d5768d0cf54faa03fb9c390/Tutorial-Advanced-RP.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Building CI/CD pipelines using dynamic config
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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Managing CI/CD pipelines with Arm compute resource classes
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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Managing reusable pipeline configuration with object parameters
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer D sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/770O2OPkXx3vJzfbfFgT0z/f49325f2cc9b78b48fad5c03d7411471/Tutorial-Advanced-D.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Run private cloud and on-premises jobs with CircleCI runner
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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CircleCI vs Shippable configuration: comparing build elements
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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How to be a CI/CD Engineer
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer C sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/viYGJWazT0Q4kLAn2r4z3/ddb341525e87e41f09773945d4e14fe4/Tutorial-Advanced-C.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Tips for optimizing Docker builds
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer B sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/4wcFcrXEs3WD2rILK6gwUp/8da5fbebc266c1c40b28387fa2d55698/Tutorial-Advanced-B.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Building Docker images for multiple operating system architectures
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer RP sits at a desk working on a beginner-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/yreoQeXQhUjDj9JhApNfp/b87c367b03e3fec297747e442427a78c/Tutorial-Beginner-RP.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Local CI pipeline development
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer C sits at a desk working on an intermediate-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/DtZJx2rtQkl00iwq5R8TW/a94ca5478d65ed8f762d0fad71db1fdb/Tutorial-Intermediate-C.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Infrastructure as Code, part 3: automate Kubernetes deployments with CI/CD and Terraform
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer RP sits at a desk working on an intermediate-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/2JbzjMah0Oqun3vNePlwoJ/ca93a1b54ee9be5c1e2499df684b042d/Tutorial-Intermediate-RP.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Infrastructure as Code, part 1: create a Kubernetes cluster with Terraform
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer B sits at a desk working on an intermediate-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/3BCGQWZ82HqX3Fb80MICvr/343c5ce6f8fd52d7fa68474505983a37/Tutorial-Intermediate-B.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Infrastructure as Code, part 2: build Docker images and deploy to Kubernetes with Terraform
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer RP sits at a desk working on an intermediate-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/2JbzjMah0Oqun3vNePlwoJ/ca93a1b54ee9be5c1e2499df684b042d/Tutorial-Intermediate-RP.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
How do I use Infrastructure as Code?
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer RP sits at a desk working on a beginner-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/yreoQeXQhUjDj9JhApNfp/b87c367b03e3fec297747e442427a78c/Tutorial-Beginner-RP.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Docker and CI/CD tutorial: a deep dive into containers
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer C sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/viYGJWazT0Q4kLAn2r4z3/ddb341525e87e41f09773945d4e14fe4/Tutorial-Advanced-C.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Smoke testing in CI/CD pipelines
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer A sits at a desk working on an intermediate-level project](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/3FPR2tmaqQeWPvKBQWQjTb/17ead46fd065f2f4c0fdf9447f2e3325/Tutorial-Intermediate-A.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Continuous integration with the Google Cloud Run orb
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer B sits at a desk working on an intermediate-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/3BCGQWZ82HqX3Fb80MICvr/343c5ce6f8fd52d7fa68474505983a37/Tutorial-Intermediate-B.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Adding application and image scans to your CI/CD pipeline
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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DevOps didn’t exist when I started as a developer: How this one principle changed my career
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer D sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/770O2OPkXx3vJzfbfFgT0z/f49325f2cc9b78b48fad5c03d7411471/Tutorial-Advanced-D.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Automate releases from your pipelines using Infrastructure as Code
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer A sits at a desk working on a beginner-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/3lnugZZkuaqkzSBUMwLlYj/ea56d5b36a4bdc71cde05948c1427aca/Tutorial-Beginner-A.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Debugging CI/CD pipelines with SSH access
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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CircleCI vs Travis CI configuration: comparing build elements
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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Building CI/CD pipelines using the CircleCI AWS ECR Orb
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
![Developer B sits at a desk working on an advanced-level project.](https://ctf-cci-com.imgix.net/4wcFcrXEs3WD2rILK6gwUp/8da5fbebc266c1c40b28387fa2d55698/Tutorial-Advanced-B.jpg?ixlib=rb-3.2.1&w=2000&auto=format&fit=max&q=60)
Deploy applications using CircleCI, Docker, HashiCorp Terraform, and Google Cloud
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI
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Minimize Risk Using the Principle of Least Privilege and AWS IAM Permissions
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Developer Advocate, CircleCI