#3 AWS UG Porto x DevOps Porto

# 🍂 AWS UG Porto x DevOps Porto – After Silly Season Meetup 🍂

We’re back from the summer break — and ready to kick off the new season of cloud & DevOps meetups! 🚀

This time we’re joining forces with our friends from DevOps Porto for a special reentré edition at the Kuehne+Nagel Porto IT Hub.

Big thanks to our amazing partners & sponsors: DevOps Porto & Kuehne+Nagel — you make this possible.

📍 Location: Kuehne+Nagel Porto IT Hub
📅 Date: September 24th, 2025
🕡 Time: 18:30
👉 Note: This is an in-person only event!

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### 🗓 Agenda

18:30 – Check-in & Welcome 👋

19:00 – 🎤 Configure an API Management Platform with K8s and GitOps
👨‍💻 Miguel Pereira – Senior Software Engineer @ Kuehne+Nagel

➡️ Summary:
Due to regulatory requirements, geo distribution, or internal architectural decisions, it’s not uncommon for a DevOps team to operate multiple API Management instances within a single organization. When operating at scale, standardization and automation become critical to maintain consistency and efficiency.
In this talk, using a GitOps Pull model (powered by ArgoCD), we will explore an approach for configuring multiple API Management Platforms. By extending Kubernetes API and using Kubernetes Operators, we ensure that each API Management platform's actual state aligns with its desired state in a fully automated and declarative manner.

➡️ About the Speaker:
Miguel is passionate about automation and building highly available cloud platforms at scale. With over 15 years of experience in the software industry, he has worked as a Software Engineer, API Evangelist, and DevOps Engineer. He’s naturally curious and driven to understand how things work — whether it’s technology or the universe itself.

19:30 – 🎤 Everything* as Code: A high-level overview of the evolution of the concept “something as code”
👨‍💻 Kirill Solovei

➡️ Abstract:
Soon.

➡️ About the Speaker:
Kirill is an engineer with expertise in DevOps, Cloud Services, and Systems Engineering. He is dedicated and hardworking, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality work. Passionate about automating and optimizing workflows, he creates reliable, robust, efficient, and secure services. With extensive experience working both in teams and independently, Kirill has developed a versatile skill set that brings value to any project.

20:00 – Networking, Snacks & Drinks 🍕🍻

🎤 Got an AWS or DevOps story to share?
We’re always looking for new speakers!
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Let’s kick off this new season together — see you there! 😎