Infrastructure Architect, Founder
2021 - PRESENTAutomation Rise- Troubleshot health checks, Apache configs, and deployment pipelines on a VM-based GCP stack. The client had a working production environment, but the staging and test phases failed. I managed to intervene, fix the major issues, and provide guidance.
- Migrated a VM-based PHP portal to GKE. I designed the infrastructure, implemented it with Terraform, and built the Docker container and CICD pipelines.
- Trained a team of developers on how Kubernetes works, how to leverage its features for their needs, and the most common pitfalls to avoid.
- Trained a team of developers on building reliable infrastructure with Terraform on AWS, leveraging on CI for automation.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Technical Hiring, Source Code Review, Interviewing, Team Management, Amazon EC2, AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon EKS, Argo CDDevOps Engineer
2018 - 2020Jobteaser- Managed, upgraded, and installed Kubernetes clusters on AWS using kOps and Terraform.
- Reduced and optimized AWS costs leveraging tags and custom tools.
- Migrated a heavily customized Jenkins CI/CD to CircleCI.
Technologies: Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines, PostgreSQL, DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Python, Cloud, MySQL, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Helm, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), AWS Lambda, AWS RDS, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Technical Hiring, Source Code Review, Interviewing, Amazon EC2, AWS Auto ScalingDevops Engineer
2018 - 2018Sketchfab- Reduced the build time of the 3D pipeline with Docker multistage from 3 hours to 10 minutes.
- Maintained AWS with Ansible and Jenkins pipelines.
- Troubleshot and developed a fix for performance degrading pages with Django.
Technologies: CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Linux, Git, Cloud, Docker, Ansible, Jenkins, Django, PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), AWS RDS, Source Code Review, Amazon EC2, AWS Auto ScalingFull-stack Developer
2014 - 2017International Fund for Agricultural Development- Managed, as the sole developer, the website and intranet development. Both included more than 20GB of static assets.
- Migrated the taxonomy and content from static websites to Liferay.
- Handled full-stack development on Liferay 6.2 and Liferay 7.
Technologies: CI/CD Pipelines, Apache, HTML, CSS, Web Development, Liferay, Ansible, Jenkins, jQuery, Bootstrap, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Source Code ReviewPresident | Co-founder
2011 - 2014i2 Image & Imagination- Landed clients, kept the team of about five people productive and cohesive, and managed financial and legal duties.
- Organized and planned the shooting of short films, videoclips, web streaming, photo shootings. In many cases, directly participated in the filming, cutting, and grading of videos.
- Contributed to the development of websites using PHP, mostly WordPress.
Technologies: PHP, WordPress, Filming, HTML, Web Development, CSSSoftware Developer
2009 - 2012TCS SRL- Managed the implementation of the digital catalog of the public library of Boccheggiano (Tuscany, Italy). Oversaw all the operations, including book shelving, software installation, and training.
- Developed a graphical interface for data entry software for fidelity cards.
- Constructed a number of ETL demos with CloverETL for pre-sales of solutions.
- Built a hardware-software solution to interface DigitalCheck check scanners to thin clients.
Technologies: Java, C, ETL, IT Project Management