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Francisco Pascoalinho

@franciscopascoalinho

CNCF Kubestronaut | DevOps & Platform Engineer | Kubernetes · SRE · GitOps · Multi-Cloud

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CNCF Kubestronaut and cloud-native engineer focused on DevOps, Platform Engineering and SRE practices, with a long track record of designing, automating and running platforms across multi-cloud environments.

I help teams ship faster, spend less and sleep better: reliable Kubernetes platforms, GitOps delivery, infrastructure and configuration as code, monitoring and observability that show what broke and why, security policies and hardening built in from day one, and infrastructure costs that stay under control.

Coming from software engineering and enterprise integration, I bridge development and operations. I also build custom software that helps companies remove bottlenecks and boost productivity, with a clear focus on ROI.

What I do

- Design and operate production Kubernetes clusters, from bootstrap to day-2 operations

- Plan and execute cloud migrations and multi-cloud architectures

- Modernize legacy and middleware workloads into containerized, cloud-native architectures

- Cut cloud and Kubernetes spend with FinOps practices: rightsizing, autoscaling, cost allocation and showback (OpenCost / Kubecost)

- Build CI/CD and GitOps pipelines for repeatable, auditable releases with GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Helm and Kustomize, plus progressive and event-driven delivery with Argo Rollouts and Events

- Automate infrastructure and configuration as code with Terraform and Ansible

- Implement monitoring, observability and SRE practices: SLIs, SLOs and SLAs, alerting and incident response, with metrics, logs and traces across Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger and OpenTelemetry

- Apply DevSecOps practices: container hardening, image scanning, runtime security and policy as code with Kyverno, Trivy, kube-bench, Falco and sandboxed containers

- Run service mesh and networking with Istio and Cilium: mTLS, traffic management and network policies

- Build internal developer platforms with Backstage: golden paths and developer self-service

Certifications (22+)

- CNCF Kubestronaut: every CNCF certification, plus LFCS

- Kubernetes: KCNA, KCSA, CKA, CKAD, CKS

- Microsoft: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Google Cloud Digital Leader, Oracle Certified Associate (OCI)

- CNCF: CAPA, CGOA, CCA, CBA, OTCA, KCA, ICA, PCA, CNPA

- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, GitHub Actions Certification

Open to remote/hybrid DevOps, Platform and Site Reliability Engineer roles and B2B contracts. Have an interesting challenge? Let's connect.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Xpand IT logoXI

Arquiteto de soluções

Apr 2020 - Sep 2023 (3 years 5 months)

Worked as Arquiteto de soluções at Xpand IT.

Findmore Consulting, S.A. logoFS

Middleware Engineer

Apr 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 11 months)

Worked as Middleware Engineer at Findmore Consulting, S.A..

webDisplay - Consulting logoWC

Middleware Engineer

Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 (6 months)

Worked as Middleware Engineer at webDisplay - Consulting.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

IL

Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Bachelor of Science - BS, Engenharia de Computação

MI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Apr 2024

GO

Google

Google Cloud Digital Leader

Apr 2024 · Expires Apr 2027

TF

The Linux Foundation

CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist

Jun 2024

TF

The Linux Foundation

KCSA - Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate

Jul 2024

TF

The Linux Foundation

KCNA - Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

Jul 2024

KO

KodeKloud

Jenkins

Aug 2024

KO

KodeKloud

Ansible Advanced Course

Oct 2024

TB

The Cloud Bootcamp

Multicloud & DevOps

2022 - 2023

Multicloud :
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Microsoft Azure

DevOps :
- Version Control with Git and Github
- Packing applications with Docker Containers
- Container Orchestration with Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
- Configuration Management with Ansible
- Automating Software Delivery with P

TF

The Linux Foundation

Certified Argo Project Associate (CAPA)

Dec 2024

HA

HashiCorp

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

Nov 2024

TF

The Linux Foundation

Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA)

Nov 2024

MI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

Feb 2025

GI

GitHub

GitHub Actions Certification

Jan 2025

TF

The Linux Foundation

Certified Backstage Associate

Feb 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

Kyverno Certified Associate

Mar 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA)

Mar 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

Cilium Certified Associate

Jan 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)

Sep 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

OpenTelemetry Certified Associate

Feb 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

Istio Certified Associate

May 2026

TF

The Linux Foundation

Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate

Sep 2026

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