Ricardo Melero

Ricardo Melero

Senior Solutions Engineer at CyberArk

Ricardo Melero is a Senior Solutions Engineer based in Dublin, Ireland, working at the intersection of DevSecOps, identity security, and observability. He helps engineering and security teams design practical security controls that integrate seamlessly into modern delivery pipelines without slowing development. Before focusing on identity security, Ricardo worked extensively with DevSecOps and cloud-native platforms, supporting teams using GitLab, open-source tooling, and modern CI/CD practices at scale. His experience spans building and operating security and observability solutions across distributed systems, with a strong emphasis on least-privilege access, non-human identity, and actionable security signals. Ricardo is particularly interested in treating identity and privilege as first-class observability data, making complex security behavior visible and understandable through dashboards that drive real operational decisions. He regularly works with cross-functional teams to bridge the gap between security, platform, and engineering organizations, translating abstract security concepts into practical, measurable outcomes. He enjoys sharing real-world lessons learned from production environments and believes observability should help humans make better decisions, not just generate more data.