// Hello, I am

Rodiel Lezcano

 

Cloud Architect and AI Practitioner building secure, production-grade platforms from bare metal to Kubernetes with zero-trust security, immutable infrastructure, and automation that accelerates delivery. Guided by my motto: Keep learning, keep curious.

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01. Technical Arsenal

Cloud & IaC

GCP

Kubernetes & Orchestration

Cilium Talos Proxmox Longhorn

Security & Data Management

Vault Wazuh Splunk Grafana TrueNAS

AI & Programming

Ollama NVIDIA

CI/CD & Delivery

Jenkins Gitea n8n

Networking & Services

Cloudflare NPMPlus Pi-hole Tailscale Nextcloud NetBox Odoo

02. Experience & Education

Jan 2015 – Present

Solutions Architect / Principal Consultant

HTPerformance

Architecting scalable, secure, and cost-optimized cloud and hybrid environments. Bridging the gap between legacy systems and cloud-native agility.

  • Multi-Cloud
  • Hybrid-Cloud
  • Legacy Modernization
2018 – 2024

Infrastructure Architect / Senior TAM

SOTI

Managed a global fleet of 250,000+ endpoints. Orchestrated large-scale secure device deployments, Android Enterprise integration, and complex AWS infrastructure operations (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3).

  • UEM/MDM
  • AWS
  • Zero Trust
Apr 2012 – Mar 2016

Field Technician – IoT & Smart Devices

Neptune Technology Group · Contract · Ottawa–Toronto, ON

Deployed and configured IoT-enabled smart water meters across municipal networks, ensuring regulatory compliance and accurate data telemetry.

  • IoT / Smart Metering
  • Systems Design
2025 – 2026

Network and Cloud Administration Diploma

Metro College of Technology · Toronto, ON

Comprehensive program covering Windows/Linux system administration, Cisco networking, and advanced cloud infrastructure management (AWS, Azure & Google Cloud).

  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Network Administration
  • Hybrid Environments
2016 – 2017

Advance Network Security Professional, Information Technology

Willis College · Ottawa, ON

Immersive training in offensive and defensive cybersecurity techniques, including Unified Threat Management (UTM), vulnerability assessment, and enterprise network operations.

  • Systems Design
  • Technical Account Management
2006 – 2010

Degree in Computer Science in Network Engineering

Universidad Interamericana de Panamá

Evaluated as equivalent to a four-year Bachelor's degree in Canada.

  • Systems Design
NVIDIA

NVIDIA-Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure and Operations

NVIDIA

Expires Feb 26, 2028
Google Cloud

Professional Cloud Architect Certification

Google Cloud

Expires Dec 14, 2027
Google Cloud

Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

Google Cloud

Expires Sep 15, 2028

Apple Certified IT Professional

Apple Inc.

Expires Nov 26, 2026
Jamf

Jamf Certified Associate - Jamf Pro

Jamf

Issued Nov 20, 2024
Jamf

Jamf Certified Associate - Jamf Protect

Jamf

Issued Apr 24, 2025

Linux Essentials Certificate

Linux Professional Institute

Issued Apr 19, 2025
HashiCorp

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

Expires Jul 5, 2027

GitHub Foundations

GitHub

Expires May 6, 2028
AWS

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Expires Sep 29, 2028
AWS

AWS Knowledge: Security Champion - Training Badge

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Issued Aug 20, 2025
AWS

AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner - Training Badge

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Issued Jan 3, 2025

03. Featured Projects

🦞 openclaw

Self-hosted GPU-accelerated AI platform on Fedora CoreOS. Features local LLM inference (1-3s), semantic vector memory (SQLite-vec), 27+ agent skills, and full Prometheus observability.

  • Fedora CoreOS
  • Ollama
  • Docker
  • Prometheus

☸️ k8s-homelab

Production-grade 6-node HA Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox. Utilizes Talos Linux for immutable OS design, Cilium eBPF networking, GitOps (Fleet), 3-replica Longhorn storage, and Velero DR.

  • Kubernetes
  • Talos
  • Cilium
  • GitOps

πŸ—οΈ infraops

Enterprise-grade infrastructure as code for a 30+ host Proxmox environment. Achieves 2-minute VM deployments and zero secrets in code via HashiCorp Vault. Dual-SIEM ops with Wazuh & Splunk.

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Vault
  • Proxmox

☁️ AWS Labs

A collection of hands-on cloud architectures, including a fully Serverless CRUD API (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) and a no-code GenAI RAG workflow using Amazon Bedrock and OpenSearch.

  • AWS
  • Lambda
  • Bedrock
  • DynamoDB