Paolo is available for hire
Hire PaoloPaolo Stancato
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps Developer
Location
La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Toptal Member Since
March 23, 2020
Paolo is a lifelong learner with more than 15 years of experience in building infrastructure solutions. He thrives when working for startup-minded companies, facing challenges, and solving problems. Paolo also has an insatiable thirst for acquiring new knowledge and has devoted the last six years to studying machine learning and data science.
Portfolio
Freelance
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Node.js, Terraform, Cloud, Containerization...
Globant
Ansible, Python, Azure, Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)...
Flux IT
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Cloud, Containerization...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Linux
The most amazing...
...thing I've created was the infrastructure for a well-known virtual wallet in Argentina.
Work Experience
DevOps Engineer
2019 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Developed reusable terraform modules to meet infrastructure requirements.
- Designed and developed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Gitlab CI.
- Designed and developed high available architectures for several languages using ElasticBeanstalk + Docker, RDS, S3, CloudFront and other AWS services.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Node.js, Terraform, Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scripting Languages, Security, Orchestration, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Monitoring, AWS DevOps, Logging
DevOps Engineer
2019 - 2019
Globant
- Developed ETL pipelines and dashboards to present relevant information about DevOps initiatives.
- Designed and deployed infrastructure services using Azure and Ansible.
- Collaborated on the plan of new features for the products we developed.
Technologies: Ansible, Python, Azure, Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scripting Languages, Security, Orchestration, CI/CD Pipelines, Monitoring, AWS DevOps, Logging
Infrastructure Manager
2015 - 2019
Flux IT
- Set goals to align the area's objectives to the company's and budgeting accordingly.
- Administered all the IT assets of the company, evaluated providers, and planned and prioritized equipment purchases.
- Designed the company's network and implemented IT security best practices.
- Provided consultancy services to several clients from different industries.
- Created and designed several CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI.
- Designed and deployed infrastructure architectures on AWS (ElasticBeanstalk, RDS, S3, EC2, ELB, and so on).
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scripting Languages, Security, Orchestration, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Monitoring, AWS DevOps, Logging
DevOps Engineer
2012 - 2015
Buenos Aires General Treasury
- Designed a high availability infrastructure to support the SCUT system, which managed the bank accounts of all public organizations in the Buenos Aires province.
- Worked with lead developers to set tools and standards procedures to ship software faster and with fewer errors, introducing DevOps practices.
- Established monitoring and troubleshooting procedures and advised three people for compliance.
Technologies: Linux, Scripting Languages, Security, CI/CD Pipelines, Monitoring
DevOps Engineer
2010 - 2015
Buenos Aires Ministry of Health
- Designed several operational procedures such as software deployment, infrastructure monitoring, and networking troubleshooting.
- Coordinated a team of ten people to improve issue management from a reactive to proactive service, lowering the response time to less than 30 minutes.
- Supported more than 70 hospitals in the Buenos Aires province.
- Identified key players on other departments to introduce and promote best practices.
Technologies: PHP, Postfix, Linux, Scripting Languages, Security, CI/CD Pipelines, Monitoring
Experience
Kubernetes Infrastructure for a Virtual Wallet
A microservices application with an Android and iPhone front end.
I served as a DevOps engineer in three squads—working and coordinating the efforts with other squad's DevOps to align the strategy of our teams and develop new infrastructure services to support the future features of the application.
I designed and implemented a highly available and scalable infrastructure based on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) with a full continuous deployment pipeline in GitLab CI. Additionally, I used other technologies for this project, such as Terraform and Ansible.
I served as a DevOps engineer in three squads—working and coordinating the efforts with other squad's DevOps to align the strategy of our teams and develop new infrastructure services to support the future features of the application.
I designed and implemented a highly available and scalable infrastructure based on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) with a full continuous deployment pipeline in GitLab CI. Additionally, I used other technologies for this project, such as Terraform and Ansible.
Skills
Languages
Bash, Python, PHP, SQL, Go
Tools
Helm, Logging, Terraform, Ansible, Git, GitLab CI/CD, VPN, Jenkins, Postfix
Paradigms
DevOps
Platforms
Linux, Kubernetes, LAMP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Other
CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Scripting Languages, Orchestration, Monitoring, AWS DevOps, Prometheus, Argo CD, Security
Libraries/APIs
Pandas, Node.js
Storage
MySQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse
Education
2014 - 2015
Master's Degree in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Universidad Austral - Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001 - 2011
Engineer's Degree in Information Systems, Technologies, and Management
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Certifications
JULY 2019 - JULY 2021
Associate Cloud Engineer
NOVEMBER 2018 - PRESENT
Architecting with Google Cloud Platform, Specialization
Coursera
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