Lieutenant Colonel Gutierrez joined the Spanish Air Force in 1996. He completed the basic flight course as a Distinguished Graduate in 2000. After 5-year academy, he was promoted to Lieutenant, being posted to the 14th Fighting Wing (Albacete AF Base) as a fighter pilot. He was flying Mirage F1 from 2001 to 2007, then he was requested to come back to the Air Force Academy as a flight instructor. During this tour, from 2007-2015, he combined his flight instructor tasks with the Spanish aerobatic team Patrulla Aguila.

He is an experienced exercise planner, he was posted under NATO structure in the Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Poland, pending on ACT. He stayed in JFTC for 3 years getting experience on exercise planning/execution process. In 2018, he attended the staff course in Madrid in preparation for a Headquarters position. During this period he got a master degree in Defense Politics and International Security. Among other positions he has been working for National Headquarters, from 2019 to 2022 he participated in the ATO Cycle as part of the Spanish Air Operations Center, from 2022 to 2024 he joined the Operational Command in the Spanish Joint structure getting a close contact with air operations in which Spain was involved.

Regarding missions, Lt Col Gutierrez has participated in Baltic Air Policing and Atalanta Op. (EU Mission) stationed in Nairobi, Kenya, as Liaison Officer against piracy in the Horn of Africa (HoA).

Lt Col Gutierrez has achieved the number of 3.500 flight hours in jet planes.