I am a highly skilled and versatile Senior Platform Engineer with extensive experience in managing and setting up large Kubernetes production clusters across major cloud providers. I specialize in implementing best practices such as Test-Driven Development, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, and Zero Trust security to deliver robust, scalable platforms. I automate infrastructure, improve reliability, and drive operational excellence using Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, AWS SDK/CDK, ArgoCD, and Python. I have a proven track record delivering large-scale production deployments, improving efficiency, and sustaining high uptime, while continuously improving platforms and incident response processes. I am detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to apply my cloud, Kubernetes, and SRE expertise to create impactful solutions in new opportunities.

Francesco Piva

I am a highly skilled and versatile Senior Platform Engineer with extensive experience in managing and setting up large Kubernetes production clusters across major cloud providers. I specialize in implementing best practices such as Test-Driven Development, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, and Zero Trust security to deliver robust, scalable platforms. I automate infrastructure, improve reliability, and drive operational excellence using Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, AWS SDK/CDK, ArgoCD, and Python. I have a proven track record delivering large-scale production deployments, improving efficiency, and sustaining high uptime, while continuously improving platforms and incident response processes. I am detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to apply my cloud, Kubernetes, and SRE expertise to create impactful solutions in new opportunities.

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I am a highly skilled and versatile Senior Platform Engineer with extensive experience in managing and setting up large Kubernetes production clusters across major cloud providers. I specialize in implementing best practices such as Test-Driven Development, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, and Zero Trust security to deliver robust, scalable platforms.

I automate infrastructure, improve reliability, and drive operational excellence using Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, AWS SDK/CDK, ArgoCD, and Python. I have a proven track record delivering large-scale production deployments, improving efficiency, and sustaining high uptime, while continuously improving platforms and incident response processes. I am detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to apply my cloud, Kubernetes, and SRE expertise to create impactful solutions in new opportunities.

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Work Experience

Senior Platform Engineer Consultant at SIGNICAT
March 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
Architected and scaled distributed platforms using Kubernetes, Istio, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code across cloud and on-prem environments. Engineered high-performance compute and observability solutions for intensive workloads—live video streaming, AI-driven identity verification, and microservices at enterprise scale. Championed DevOps and SRE best practices, automating CI/CD pipelines, centralized metrics aggregation, and security controls to drive operational excellence. Refactored the Infrastructure as Code for on-premise solution on vSphere with Cluster-API and ArgoCD. Improved Platform and Product Application automation on vSphere in a GitOps way. Deployment of an on-prem Kubernetes platform processing live video streams at 20× scale while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Senior Platform Engineer at ZF GROUP
August 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Deploy centralized ArgoCD across all AWS EKS accounts, standardising the GitOps approach and managing over 50 services per cluster, effectively handling approximately 1300 applications. Maintains over 20 AWS accounts with Terraform and Terragrunt modules with Infrastructure as Code using DRY principles to ensure consistency and reliability across all environments. Develops a Rust application to enable smooth connectivity for developers to private VPCs, EKS clusters, and endpoints, with supporting infrastructure deployed using AWS CDK in Python. Enhances the developer platform by creating and contributing to the central API for Cloud Platform Engineering’s Internal Developer Platform and creating a command line tool, utilising TDD methodology to achieve a 99% test code coverage. Centralises metrics aggregation and Grafana dashboards across 20 AWS EKS clusters by rolling out Datadog and Thanos for all kube-prometheus-stacks, significantly enhancing observability with monitoring and log
Site Reliability Engineer at OPEN SYSTEMS
February 1, 2022 - February 1, 2022
Created a project integrating with a custom ticketing system database, successfully reducing false positive alerts and enhancing the precision of incident response mechanisms. Engineered Helm templates to ensure consistent and reproducible deployments of applications within Kubernetes clusters, thereby improving the reliability and efficiency of deployment processes. Implemented a proactive monitoring system that significantly reduced production incidents and improved mean time to resolution (MTTR), increasing system reliability and customer satisfaction.
Site Reliability Engineer at BESTMILE
October 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021
Applied DRY principles using Terraform modules and Terragrunt, creating reusable configurations that streamlined infrastructure management and deployment processes. Automated infrastructure deployments with Atlantis and GitOps principles, enhancing consistency and efficiency while reducing manual intervention in deployment workflows. Migrated environments from GCP and Azure to AWS, including Kubernetes clusters to AWS EKS and Apache Kafka to AWS MSK, ensuring improved performance and scalability. Managed Kubernetes clusters focusing on maintenance, security, and debugging, ensuring service stability and high availability across the infrastructure. Established logging and monitoring systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Filebeat, and Datadog, enhancing observability and providing actionable insights into system performance. Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket and Codefresh, using Helm and Helmfile for efficient package management, keeping Kubernetes
Python Developer at PICTET PRIVATE BANKING
July 1, 2019 - July 1, 2019
Enhanced and refactored backend reactiveness to support product owners’ decisions.
Python Developer at EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION
May 1, 2019 - May 1, 2019
Production pilot during European Championships 2018, ingesting live sports data.
Software Developer at DUCOMMUN SOFTWARE CONSULTING
May 1, 2017 - May 1, 2017
Created an end-to-end application with highly asynchronous backend.
Back-Office Operations Supervisor at GATE GOURMET
December 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014
Reduced wastage by 20% and maintained stock variance within ±1.0% SLA for catering operations.
Senior Sales Representative at TAG AVIATION
September 1, 2013 - September 1, 2013
Captured 40% market share in under one year, during launch of new company.
Operations Supervisor at SODEXO
July 1, 2010 - July 1, 2010
Coordinated remote site deliveries, stock control, supply chain operations and staff management.

Education

Azure Administrator Training: AZ-104 & AZ-900 at IT Training Academy
January 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at HES-SO – hepia
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
Bachelor in Hospitality Management and Marketing at Glion Institute of Higher Education
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2008

Qualifications

Azure Administrator Certification - AZ-104
January 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900
January 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
COBIT Certification
January 1, 2017 - November 10, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment

Experience Level

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