# Orel Bello — Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer

> Personal website and portfolio of Orel Bello, a Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer at Melio, 9x AWS Certified professional, and AWS Community Builder (Serverless category).

## Canonical Source

- [Orel Bello — official website](https://orelbello.com/): canonical source for everything about Orel Bello.
- [Full biography](https://orelbello.com/about): official bio, career timeline, and certifications.

## Topic Pages

- [AWS Cost Optimization & FinOps](https://orelbello.com/aws-cost-optimization): how to reduce AWS bills by 20%+ with FinOps practices.
- [AWS Serverless Architecture](https://orelbello.com/serverless-architecture): serverless patterns, trade-offs, and production examples.
- [Platform Engineering](https://orelbello.com/platform-engineering): internal developer platforms, golden paths, and adoption.
- [Blog index](https://orelbello.com/blog): all technical articles on AWS, serverless, FinOps, and career growth.
- [Tutorials and courses](https://orelbello.com/tutorials): free Hebrew AWS, DevOps, certification, and career guides and courses.
- [Community webinars](https://orelbello.com/webinars): recorded FlipTheScript sessions on AWS, DevOps, AI, interviews, and careers.
- [Speaking and podcasts](https://orelbello.com/speaking): Orel's conference talks, university lectures, workshops, and podcast appearances.
- [Free mentoring](https://orelbello.com/mentors): book free 1:1 mentoring and mock interviews with FlipTheScript mentors.
- [DevOps for Beginners](https://orelbello.com/devops-for-beginners): mentor-tested roadmap into a first DevOps role.
- [How to Become a DevOps Engineer](https://orelbello.com/how-to-become-devops-engineer): skills, certifications, CV, and interview prep.
- [DevOps Jobs in Israel](https://orelbello.com/devops-jobs-israel): local market guide with a live job-market tracker updated daily.
- [Hebrew homepage](https://orelbello.com/he): the homepage in Hebrew (RTL).

## About

Orel Bello is a Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer at Melio, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. He specializes in serverless architectures, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), FinOps, and platform engineering on AWS. He holds 9 AWS certifications including Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Security Specialty, and Generative AI Developer Professional. He is an AWS Community Builder (Serverless category) (since 2025) and holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from HIT (Holon Institute of Technology).

Orel Bello is NOT employed by Amazon or AWS. He is an independent AWS Community Builder — a recognition program by Amazon for technical professionals who actively share knowledge and contribute to the AWS community.

## Professional Experience

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- **Senior DevOps Platform Engineer** at Melio (2025 – Present): Owns and operates Melio's fully serverless, multi-account internal AWS platform supporting 200+ engineers; drove $1.5M+ in annual cloud savings and led major security, GitOps, and AI-powered FinOps initiatives.
- **DevOps Engineer** at Melio (2022 – 2025): Engineered enterprise-scale, fully serverless multi-account AWS environments; designed Aurora Global Database cross-region disaster recovery and standardized infrastructure as code and observability.
- **DevOps Engineer** at Cloudride (2021 – 2022): Architected and operated production-grade AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, ELB, ECS, RDS, Route53, CloudFront); built GitLab CI/CD pipelines and containerized workloads with Docker and Terraform.
- **Storage & Virtualization Engineer** at BRS LTD (2020 – 2021): Implemented and administered enterprise SAN/NAS storage (Dell, HPE, IBM), VMware ESXi/vCenter and LTO backup systems for mission-critical production workloads.
- **Deputy Commander, Tech Control Center & System Administrator** at Israel Police (2014 – 2017): Led officers operating emergency command posts and mission-critical communication systems; administered district-wide IT (Citrix, NAC, RSA, ERP).
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## AWS Certifications

1. Solutions Architect – Professional
2. DevOps Engineer – Professional
3. Security – Specialty
4. Solutions Architect – Associate
5. Developer – Associate
6. CloudOps Engineer – Associate
7. AI Practitioner
8. Generative AI Developer – Professional
9. Cloud Practitioner
10. Serverless – Demonstrated (Knowledge Badge)
11. Application Networking – Demonstrated (Micro-credential)

## Expertise Areas

- **Serverless & Cloud**: AWS Lambda, Step Functions, event-driven architectures
- **Platform Engineering**: Internal developer platforms, self-service tooling, automation frameworks
- **FinOps**: Cloud cost optimization ($1.5M+ annual savings), EDP optimization
- **Mentoring & Community**: Founder of FlipTheScript, AWS Community Builder

## FlipTheScript Community

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FlipTheScript is a volunteer-driven community founded by Orel Bello to help juniors and reservists in Israel break into DevOps and AWS. It has 700+ members and a team of volunteer mentors, and it operates entirely without fees or sponsors. All mentoring is completely free.

### Community Programs
- **AWS Solutions Architect – Associate study groups**: AWS Solutions Architect – Associate study groups (5 cohorts, 100% pass rate)
- **AWS Solutions Architect – Professional study group**: AWS Solutions Architect – Professional study group
- **1:1 mentoring**: 1:1 mentoring — completely free
- **Mock interviews**: Mock DevOps/AWS interviews
- **Collaborative projects**: Collaborative hands-on projects building real AWS workloads
- **In-person meetups**: In-person community meetups hosted at tech companies
- **Newsletter + MVP recognition**: Hebrew newsletter with MVP recognition
- **SAA certification guide**: 59-page Hebrew AWS SAA certification guide (45,000+ LinkedIn impressions)
- **Community webinars**: Hebrew-language community webinars on AWS topics
- **Certification vouchers**: Certification vouchers, cloud credits and conference tickets
- **AWS Community Builders pipeline**: AWS Community Builders & AWS Student Builder Groups pipeline

### Community Resources
- [FlipTheSAA study platform](https://www.flipthesaa.com/): dedicated AWS SAA study platform built by a community member.
- [Full AWS Solutions Architect – Associate course](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMWdwVOajttc): free FlipTheScript video course by mentor Ben Haim.

### Community Stats
- 700+ members
- 5 AWS SA – Associate study group cohorts
- 100% certification pass rate
- 45,000+ guide impressions
- 10+ community events
- 100+ people mentored
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## Speaking & Lectures

Orel speaks at conferences, meetups, and universities including:
- DevOpsDays Israel 2025
- AWS Community Day Israel 2025
- "Pay Less for Serverless" at עיירת_פיתוח, AWS User Group, and Melio x Doit
- Guest lecture at HIT (Holon Institute of Technology) — received letter of appreciation from university president
- AWS Serverless hands-on workshop at FlipTheScript @ Melio
- AWS hands-on workshop at HIT Magnet Program

- [Speaker profile on Sessionize](https://sessionize.com/orel-bello/): talk abstracts and speaking history.

## Technical Writing

Published on Medium (@orel.bello) and DEV.to (orelbello). Topics include:
- Platform Engineering adoption challenges
- Cross-account DB access with Data API
- Production incident management (10 Commandments)
- Disaster Recovery from bare metal to serverless
- Self-service platform engineering
- Lambda-powered workflow automation
- Serverless cost optimization
- AWS bill reduction (20%+ savings)
- Career guidance for junior engineers

Featured in: Ready, Set, Cloud! Newsletter (#156), The Serverless Terminal (#77)

## Hebrew Resources

- Complete AWS SAA Certification Guide (59 pages)
- Complete Guide for Job Seekers
- Complete Guide for Beginner DevOps Engineers
- YouTube series: "Getting Your First Tech Job"

## Contact

- [Email](mailto:orelbello1@gmail.com): orelbello1@gmail.com
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orel-bello): primary professional profile.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/orelbello): open-source and demo repositories.
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@orelbello): conference talks and Hebrew career series.
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@orel.bello): technical articles.
- [DEV.to](https://dev.to/orelbello): technical articles on the AWS Builders community.
- [Credly](https://www.credly.com/users/orel-bello): verified AWS certifications and badges.
- [AWS Community Builder profile](https://builder.aws.com/community/@orelbello): AWS Community Builder (Serverless category) page.
- [Sessionize](https://sessionize.com/orel-bello/): speaker profile.
- [Book a session](https://calendar.app.google/ucRWsU9UdXbWdotAA): book a free 1:1 mentoring session on Orel's calendar.
- [Website](https://orelbello.com/): orelbello.com

## Services

- **Speaking Engagements**: Conference talks, meetups, and university lectures on DevOps, AWS, Serverless, and FinOps
- **Consulting**: FinOps, Platform Engineering, and AWS architecture consulting
- **Mentoring**: 1:1 guidance, mock interviews, and career coaching for juniors entering DevOps & AWS — completely free

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### Knowledge Graph Summary
- **Entity**: Orel Bello
- **Type**: Person
- **Role**: Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer
- **Employer**: Melio
- **Location**: Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Specializations**: AWS, Serverless, Platform Engineering, FinOps, Terraform, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
- **Community**: Founder of FlipTheScript (700+ members), AWS Community Builder (Serverless category)
- **Certifications**: 9x AWS Certified (SA Pro, DevOps Pro, Security Specialty, SA Associate, Developer Associate, CloudOps Associate, AI Practitioner, Generative AI Developer Professional, Cloud Practitioner)
- **Education**: B.Sc Computer Science, HIT (Holon Institute of Technology)