Armand X.

Over 10 years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and securing high-availability cloud infrastructure and enterprise networks. I specialize in bridging the gap between Cloud Infrastructure, Network Engineering, and DevOps—delivering resilient, scalable, and fully automated platforms for enterprise clients across the airline, telecom, and financial sectors. Whether you need to architect multi-cloud environments, automate infrastructure deployments via Terraform, build full-stack observability pipelines, or secure multi-tenant network topologies, I provide end-to-end technical execution. Core Capabilities & Services Offered Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & CI/CD Pipelines: - Modular, repeatable IaC using Terraform and Terragrunt. - Automated deployments using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Atlantis, and Helm Cloud Architecture & Engineering: - AWS: EC2, VPCs, Transit Gateway, ECS/Fargate, IAM, CloudWatch,Security Groups, SSM, EC2, ALBs, - Microsoft Azure: AKS, VNets,Intune, Azure AD / Entra ID, VPN Gateways (P2S/S2S), ExpressRoute, App Services, VMs, RGs, VNETs, Storage Accounts, Roles, SPs, key vault , load balancers etc Enterprise Networking & Multi-Cloud Security: - Multi-cloud networking with Aviatrix SD-WAN, Cisco (Catalyst, SD-WAN, ISE, DMVPN), Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Check Point. - BGP/OSPF routing, site-to-site IPsec VPNs, zero-trust segmentation, ACL, route maps, DMVPN, FWs, Cisco ISE etc Full-Stack Observability & Telemetry: - Building centralized observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, Loki, Telegraf, InfluxDB, Alertmanager, and Kapacitor - SNMP monitoring, syslog parsing, and custom metric routing Containers & System Administration: - Container orchestration on Azure AKS and AWS ECS/Fargate. - Linux administration (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL) and Python/Bash automation Key Certifications - HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate - Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700) & Azure Administrator (AZ-104) - Cisco Certified: CCNP Enterprise / R&S, Security, Voice, SD-WAN - Check Point Certified: CCSE / CCSA Why Work With Me? - Proven Enterprise Experience: Track record of maintaining mission-critical infrastructure for airlines, financial institutions , national backbones, international clients - Clean Code & Security First: Strict adherence to least-privilege access, modular infrastructure patterns, and clear documentation - Fluent Communication: Clear and structured technical communication in English (C1) and Italian (C2) Let's connect to discuss your cloud, networking, or automation needs!