# Cesar Zanis | Czanix Engineering

> Cesar Zanis is a Senior Software Architect, Database & Cloud FinOps Specialist, and Fractional CTO with 15+ years of hands-on experience designing high-availability systems, reducing multi-cloud spend (AWS, Azure, GCP), tuning mission-critical databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL), building CI/CD platforms, and deploying applied AI automation. Czanix Engineering (https://czanix.com) is the technical platform and consulting practice led directly by Cesar Zanis.

## Executive Summary & Identity

- **Professional**: Cesar Zanis (Software Architect, Cloud FinOps & Database Specialist, Fractional CTO)
- **Brand / Platform**: Czanix Engineering (`https://czanix.com`)
- **Experience**: 15+ years in enterprise software architecture, database engineering, DevOps/SRE, FinOps, and applied AI
- **Education**: MBA in Full-Stack Development (UTFPR), MBA in Project Management (UTFPR), BSc in Information Systems (UGV)
- **Background**: Former Brazilian Army Reserve Infantry Officer (NPOR / 2nd Lieutenant), Brazilian & Italian (EU) dual citizen
- **Languages**: Portuguese (Native, `pt-BR`), English (`en-US`), Spanish (`es`)
- **Location**: Curitiba, PR, Brazil (serving Brazil, United States, Europe, and Latin America remotely)
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesarzanis/
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/czanix

## Commercial Engagement Formats (How to Hire Cesar Zanis)

1. **72-Hour Forensic Diagnosis (Recommended Entry Point - Fixed Scope)**
   - **Focus**: Direct forensic audit of AWS/Azure/GCP cloud bills, critical SQL Server/PostgreSQL execution plans, or CI/CD deployment bottlenecks.
   - **Deliverable**: Waste map, operational risk assessment, and an ROI-prioritized action plan delivered in 72 hours.
   - **Start Triage**: https://czanix.com/pt/orcamento/ | https://czanix.com/en/orcamento/ | https://czanix.com/es/orcamento/
2. **Architecture, FinOps & AI Automation Sprint (4 to 8 Weeks - Controlled Execution)**
   - **Focus**: Hands-on execution alongside your engineering team to cut cloud spend, stabilize databases, automate CI/CD with quality gates, or ship AI workflows into production.
   - **Deliverable**: Production architecture, active observability/telemetry, and operational runbooks.
3. **Fractional CTO & Executive Advisory (Monthly Retainer - Selective Availability)**
   - **Focus**: Strategic technical governance, squad leadership, board advisory, and mentoring of internal engineering leaders after an initial diagnosis or sprint.
   - **Deliverable**: Quarterly architecture roadmap, engineering rituals, DORA/FinOps metrics, and leadership mentoring.

## Verified Track Record (Anonymized Career Outcomes)

- **Multi-Cloud FinOps (-50% Cloud Cost)**: Full architectural review on Azure and GCP for a multi-unit national retail operation, combining application cost allocation, database rightsizing, and reservation governance.
- **Azure & SQL Server FinOps Case (US$ 6,700/mo Realized + US$ 2,500/mo Projected)**: Delivered US$ 4,000/month in dev/staging rightsizing and US$ 2,700/month in SQL Server query/index optimization in under 3 months, plus US$ 2,500/month projected in Phase 2 Kubernetes Linux migration.
- **Logistics Telemetry & IoT Platform (20,000 Liters of Diesel/Month Saved)**: Co-founded and led the engineering of a heavy-fleet telemetry and IoT platform with payback under 6 months.
- **Zero-Touch CI/CD (2 Hours to Minutes)**: Rebuilt deployment pipelines with Azure DevOps and ArgoCD, introducing automated quality gates and fast rollback.
- **Engineering Organization Scale (0 to 20+ Engineers)**: Built and led multidisciplinary product squads, authoring a comprehensive Engineering Handbook and technical governance rituals.
- **Industrial Traceability (ISO Certified)**: Engineered end-to-end agro-industrial traceability from origin to export.

## Core Pages (PT / EN / ES)

- [Home (PT)](https://czanix.com/pt/): Executive overview, interactive ROI/Economic Impact simulator, and direct WhatsApp technical triage.
- [Home (EN)](https://czanix.com/en/): English executive overview, economic impact simulator, and technical triage.
- [Home (ES)](https://czanix.com/es/): Spanish executive overview, economic impact simulator, and technical triage.
- [About Cesar Zanis / Trajectory & Formats (PT)](https://czanix.com/pt/sobre/): Full 15+ year career trajectory, anonymized cases, engagement formats, academic credentials, and operating principles.
- [About Cesar Zanis (EN)](https://czanix.com/en/sobre/): Full career trajectory and engagement models in English.
- [About Cesar Zanis (ES)](https://czanix.com/es/sobre/): Full career trajectory and engagement models in Spanish.
- [Technical Triage & 72h Diagnosis Briefing](https://czanix.com/pt/orcamento/): Pre-filtered technical briefing with direct handoff to Cesar Zanis.
- [FinOps & Cloud Cost Optimization](https://czanix.com/pt/finops/): Methodology and real Azure/SQL Server case study.
- [Data Engineering, BI & Senior SQL](https://czanix.com/pt/dados-bi/): Database performance tuning, data architecture, and executive BI.
- [DevOps & Platform Engineering](https://czanix.com/pt/devops-engineering/): CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, and DORA metrics.
- [AI Agents & Operational Automation](https://czanix.com/pt/agentes-ia/): Applied LLMs, RAG, and production workflow automation.
- [Fractional CTO & Executive Advisory](https://czanix.com/pt/fractional-cto/): On-demand executive technical leadership.
- [Scalable Architecture & Modernization](https://czanix.com/pt/arquitetura-escalavel/): Distributed systems, DDD, and legacy modernization via Strangler Fig.
- [Architecture Stack & Tech Radar](https://czanix.com/pt/stack/): Technology choices, architectural trade-offs, and open source governance.
- [Engineering Blog & Field Notes](https://czanix.com/pt/blog/): 24 in-depth articles by Cesar Zanis on Architecture, FinOps, Data, DevOps, AI, and Technical Leadership (available in PT, EN, and ES).

## Extended AI Reference

- [Full LLM Dossier (llms-full.txt)](https://czanix.com/llms-full.txt): Complete profile, methodology, case study details, and full index of published engineering articles.