devopsdays Portland 2026

Erika Alvarez

Erika is a DevOps engineer specialized in video and streaming media infrastructure. Based in Montevideo, Uruguay, she works at the intersection of traditional DevOps practices and the unique operational demands of live and on-demand video platforms. She holds the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification and has hands-on experience building cloud-native infrastructure for streaming workflows using Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, FFmpeg, and TSDuck. She has also worked in other big industries as Airlines and Gaming.


Session

09-10
10:50
30min
Observing the Stream: Building Open Source Monitoring for Video Infrastructure
Erika Alvarez

Streaming platforms have unique observability needs. Learn how we built a full open source monitoring stack using Grafana, Prometheus, FFmpeg, and TSDuck to get real-time visibility into live video infrastructure.

Main Track
Ballroom