Hi, I'm
Francisco Santucci
DevOps / SRE Engineer
With a decade of experience building, automating, and scaling cloud infrastructure.
About Me
I am a DevOps Engineer with 10 years of experience in the field. As a generalist DevOps engineer, I handle end-to-end infrastructure and operations — from network configuration and VPN setup to cloud architecture, automation, and GitOps implementations.
I can architect and implement complete solutions across multiple platforms and technologies, always focusing on security, scalability, and cost optimization. My approach consistently delivers robust infrastructure while optimizing resource utilization and reducing operational costs.
While I possess strong technical skills, I deeply value and prioritize soft skills above technical abilities. I believe that effective communication, teamwork, and adaptability are the key factors for success in any project.
I have extensive experience working with distributed teams across different countries and time zones (USA, Canada, India, UK, and Europe). I am always learning new technologies and looking for ways to improve systems and processes, while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and team dynamics.
Education
Experience
- End-to-end infrastructure management on AWS: EKS, ECS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, ALB/NLB, Route53, IAM, and more.
- Kubernetes orchestration with Helm, ArgoCD, Karpenter, KEDA, cert-manager, ExternalDNS, and external-secrets.
- Full observability stack implementation: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, PagerDuty, and custom exporters.
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CloudFormation. Configuration management with Ansible. Image building with Packer.
- CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and ArgoCD. GitOps workflows with Argo ApplicationSets and Rollouts.
- Security: SSO setup, VPN configuration (AWS VPN, OpenVPN, PaloAlto), Nginx Plus with HA, Vouch Proxy.
- Managed multi-environment infrastructure (Dev, Staging, UAT, Prod) across AWS and Azure for Node, Java, and .NET Core applications.
- IaC with Terraform, CI/CD with Azure DevOps and Jenkins. Container orchestration with Docker and ECS.
- Monitoring with Datadog, ELK stack, Prometheus, Grafana, and Pingdom.
- Web server administration: Nginx, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, PM2. Linux and Windows Server management.
- Environment Delivery team: provisioning and configuring infrastructure across all environments (Sandbox/Dev/Staging/UAT/Prod).
- SOH (Service Operation Hub) role: on-call support for critical incidents, coordinating with DBA, networking, security, and application teams.
- AWS & Azure administration: EC2, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, Route 53, CloudFront, Redshift, network configuration.
- SQL Server Always On setup: cluster configuration, listeners, and witness server for automatic failover.
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Get in Touch
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a good tech conversation.