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Rodiel Lezcano

 

Triple-cloud Solution Architect (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and Claude Certified Architect, 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, Identity & Data Management

Authentik 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

Solution 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
2015 – Present

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
2017 – 2024

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
2012 – 2016

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
2025 – 2026

Advanced 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
2016 – 2017

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
2006 – 2010

03. Featured Projects

🦞 openclaw

Self-hosted AI agent platform on Fedora CoreOS. Four Telegram agents with local-first LLM inference on an NVIDIA RTX A1000, Qdrant semantic memory, 17 read-only MCP tool servers behind an AI gateway, and human approval before any action.

  • Fedora CoreOS
  • Ollama
  • Qdrant
  • MCP

☸️ k8s-homelab

Production-grade 7-node HA Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox, managed by Sidero Omni. Talos Linux immutable OS, Cilium eBPF networking, GitOps (Fleet), 3-replica Longhorn storage, Velero DR, an RTX A1000 GPU worker, and an open-source AI/MCP gateway (agentgateway).

  • Kubernetes
  • Talos
  • Cilium
  • GitOps

🏗️ infraops

Enterprise-grade infrastructure as code for a 35+ guest Proxmox environment. Achieves 2-minute VM deployments and zero secrets in code via HashiCorp Vault. Dual-SIEM ops with Wazuh & Splunk, plus Suricata IDS and CrowdSec threat blocking.

  • 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