Angelo Cesaro

• Architect and deploy Confluent Cloud infrastructure managing 100+
production Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Azure and GCP for dozens of
enterprise customers, reducing cluster provisioning time from 2-3 weeks to
3-5 days through automation and standardization.
• Design and implement multi-cloud platform architecture patterns within
global infrastructure team of 20+ engineers, driving cross-functional
initiatives for security hardening, compliance automation, and zero-trust
infrastructure that enhance reliability across Confluent Cloud deployments.
• Establish platform engineering best practices including GitOps workflows,
infrastructure-as-code standards, and SRE operational excellence, reducing
manual toil and improving deployment consistency across multi-region
event streaming environments.

Part-time contributing on Cruise-Control, a project that helps run Apache Kafka
clusters at large scale (skills: Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Java)

Confluent Kafka contributor (skills: Apache Kafka

• Led infrastructure migration to AWS for SkyQ Italy and Germany launches,
architecting containerized deployment pipelines.
• Drove production architecture improvements including MySQL multi-master
migration and Akka cluster deployment automation, significantly reducing
deployment time and operational overhead.
• Mentored DevOps engineers and managed recruitment for local and remote
teams, establishing standard operating procedures and knowledge transfer
frameworks.

• Engineered and architected enterprise-scale Kubernetes (Oracle OKE)
streaming platform processing 2-5 GB/s peak throughput across hundreds of
nodes, enabling real-time threat detection and data processing for dozens
of LoBs globally.
• Owned Kubernetes data streaming infrastructure within distributed team of
about 20 engineers (US and EMEA-APAC based), implementing security-first
engineering practices and establishing SRE operational excellence
standards for the streaming platform.

Cesaro.io LTD provides IT consulting for open source data technologies in
following areas:
• Apache Kafka (Core, Connect, Streams, REST Proxy, KSQL, Schema Registry),
Confluent Platform (Community, Enterprise), Strimzi, Debezium
• Building and optimising Data Pipelines applying the best security measures,
monitoring and logging
• Data Streaming, Vehicle Telematics and Big Data
• Kubernetes, Cloud (AWS, Azure and GCP) and System Architecture
The company provides software development services in the above-mentioned
areas.
Main Projects:
Lead Platform Engineer, Kubernetes and Strimzi/Kafka (Zurich Insurance)
Head of IoT Data Streaming Platform (Siemens)
Kubernetes consultant and Kafka SME (Citibank)
Cloud & Kubernetes Engineer (Matrixx)
Cloud Data Streaming consultant (Open
DevOps and Cloud Engineer, Strimzi/Kafka SME (Chainalysis)
DevOps and Cloud Data Streaming (Tantalum)
Lead DevOps Engineer (HSBC UK)
Kafka SME (IKEA Sweden)
Cloud and DevOps Engineer (Qvantel / Wind3)

• Provided critical incident response and management for internal service
teams, monitoring high-impact events and coordinating global
communication across AU, US, and UK time zones for 24/7 support
coverage.
• Administered over 8000 Linux servers and managed MySQL database
clusters in master-master and master-slave configurations, ensuring high
availability and data integrity.

• Transformed manual deployment processes into automated DevOps
workflows, implementing Infrastructure-as-Code, significantly improving
deployment reliability and speed.
• Built and managed scalable application environments including ETL
pipelines (Pentaho), database clusters (MySQL), and monitoring
infrastructure (Nagios), supporting business intelligence and CMS
operations.

• Establishing infrastructure automation standards and deployment pipelines
for enterprise web applications, implementing configuration management
using Puppet, Ansible, and The Foreman across development, staging, and
production environments.
• Led infrastructure projects for international clients including KPN.COM and
TELMORE.DK, architecting Oracle WebCenter Sites deployments and
automating provisioning workflows using Vagrant and Linux KVM
virtualization.

• Developed and maintained automation frameworks for multi-environments
deployments, implementing Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Produced technical documentation and trained engineering teams on
automation best practices and deployment procedures.

• Administered hybrid IT infrastructure managing Linux and Windows Server
environments for Italian national railway operations.