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I'm in charge of most of the automation at my current job, I've been working with Ansible, Bash and Python on Linux and VMware.I introduced Prometheus as a monitoring solution and developed Grafana dashboards for internal use and for our clients.I'm supporting our clients in debugging complex issues in distributed mixed environments for large scale web applications.I have strong foundations in deploying and managing Highly Available infrastructure, including HA clusters based on Pacemaker, Corosync, DRBD and load-balanced clusters based on HAproxy, Nginx/Apache web servers and MySQL databases on both RHEL/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu.I've been in charge of profiling, benchmarking and optimizing websites on both the frontend and the backend layers; I developed system automation scripts in Bash, Perl and Python and custom modules for Wordpress and Moodle in PHP for some of our clients. I've set up Single Sign-On solutions authenticating Linux servers and Open Source applications on MS Active Directory.I have a true passion for creating educational material. I love writing - and supervise/assist others in writing - clear and useful technical documentation. I had the privilege of being the editor in chief for the italian leading Linux magazine, Linux&C, for many years. Recently I expanded my efforts to video and podcasts, too.In the past I've been in charge of organizing and performing internal Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests for a leading telecommunication firm.

Listed skills include Linux, Open Source, Linux System Administration, Debian, and 33 others.

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  Liceo Classico G. Leopardi

  Maturità Classica