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Franco Leone
Independent cloud engineer and platform architect building resilient cloud-native infrastructures, Kubernetes ecosystems, and Infrastructure as Code systems. Designing decoupled API topologies and publishing technical analysis on platform scaling.
Working Toward: Architecting multi-region telemetry ingest networks and establishing automated compliance validations for immutable serverless deployments.
Live Learning Log
WK 2, JUL 2026
Implementing eBPF-based telemetry metrics gathering inside Kubernetes nodes to track socket-level connection bottlenecks.
WK 1, JUL 2026
Integrating declarative OPA Gatekeeper policy validations directly into GitOps deployment webhooks for secure pipelines.
WK 4, JUN 2026
Evaluating performance trade-offs of VPC transit gateways against direct peer routes under heavy throughput stress.
WK 3, JUN 2026
Refactoring serverless container start times to minimize database pooling connection latency on scale-out.
WK 2, JUN 2026
Automating zero-trust service mesh sidecar mutual TLS rotation cycles using SPIRE-attested node identities.
WK 1, JUN 2026
Configuring multi-region PostgreSQL database replicas with automated Raft consensus failover switching.
WK 4, MAY 2026
Optimizing Kubernetes horizontal pod autoscalers using custom Prometheus queries tracking request rate acceleration.
Skills & Toolsets
Azure
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Google Cloud
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Kubernetes
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Terraform
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OpenTofu
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Docker
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GitOps
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ArgoCD
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Flux
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GitHub Actions
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Linux Core
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Bash Scripting
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eBPF Telemetry
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Prometheus
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Grafana
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Serverless
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Azure Functions
Cloud Architecture
- Azure & GCP Implementations
- Kubernetes (AKS & GKE)
- Terraform & OpenTofu IaC
Platform Engineering
- Docker Container Architectures
- GitOps Systems (ArgoCD & Flux)
- CI/CD (GitHub Actions / GitLab)
Systems & Networking
- Linux Core Systems & Scripting
- VPC Routing & Transit Gateways
- IAM Least-Privilege Policies
Telemetry & States
- eBPF Network Instrumentation
- Prometheus & Grafana Analytics
- Declarative UI State Controls
Project Registry
Case #003
10/10 • Perfect Delivery
Aether Labs
High-scale multi-region telemetry network featuring Terraform automated deployments and Prometheus telemetry routing.
"Franco's strict execution of network security baselines and IaC modularity transformed our cloud telemetry pipeline."
Case #002
9.8/10 • Flawless Execution
Synthetica Corp
Zero-downtime container cluster migration of core services from legacy VMs to managed Kubernetes structures.
"Absolute systems excellence. The migration script was robust and minimized service latency during the database handoff."
Case #001
10/10 • Exceptional Launch
Verdant Co
Serverless data pipeline processing large ecosystem records via Azure Functions and event-driven notifications.
"Total compliance with cloud scaling parameters. The platform handles traffic bursts effortlessly without database thread locking."
Certifications
GIAC Cloud Security Architecture and Design (GCAD)
GIAC Certifications
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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
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IELTS Academic Band Score: 7.5 ( C1 )
British Council
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