Career Profile

I work as a Senior DevSecOpe Engineer for Sighup, a company based in Milan, Italy. I’m a full remote worker from over 10 years and now I’m based in Galway, Ireland.

Experiences

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

2022 - current
Sighup, Milan

I lead the DevSecOps team with a primary focus on fortifying customer infrastructure through the implementation of best practices and cutting-edge tools. Embracing a shift-left approach, we meticulously select tools that align seamlessly with customer requirements. In my role as team leader, I’ve spearheaded the management of strategic partnerships with chosen vendors, enriching our portfolio. Additionally, I actively advocate for these tools through diverse channels, including blog posts, conference sessions, and webinars. My responsibilities extend to the day-to-day operations of the team, where I prioritize tasks and address issues in alignment with our customer’s evolving needs. I am also actively engaged in crafting comprehensive project documentation and internal records that showcase the team’s impactful work.

Senior System Engineer

2012 - 2022
Factor-y Srl, Mariano Comense

System Engineer with focus on Collaboration solutions. I work mostly on HCL Connections and HCL Digital Experience, collaboration solution based both on WebSphere and modern stack on Kubernetes infostructure. I’m also responsable for WebSphere task authomation with Ansible. Responsable of support of WebSphere Application server environment where I support customers to deploy and mantain J2EE applications.

System Engineer

2011 - 2012
Var Group, Bologna

System Enginner specialized in Domino and Sametime Environments. I had also the responability of a large IBM Connections environment. In addition to the role of system engineer, I was the technical support manager coordinating my colleagues.

System Engineer

2009 - 2011
Tecla.it srl, Faenza

Lotus Domino System Administrator,Websphere Portal Administrator Installation and maintaining Lotus Domino Environment at Tecla.It and IBM customers. Installation and maintaining of Websphere Portal 7 - 6.1 Environment. Installation and maintaining of Blackberry Enterprise Server 5 - 4.1.

Projects

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CNCF Glossary, Italian team - Community contrubutions are in my DNA: since August 2023, I'm part of the Italian team responsable for the CNCF glossary italian translation.
Lets Connect - I'm member of the Social Connections Team responsable of the organization of the Let's Connect conference.
Speaker - During last years I had the honor the be selected as speaker several times, like IBM Connect, IBM Think, Engage and Icon UK.

Honors

HCL Ambassador

2019 - 2022
HCL Digital Solutions

I was selected as HCL Ambassador 4 consecutive times, from 2019 until 2022. “HCL Ambassador is a distinction that HCL awards select members of the community that are both experts in their field and are passionate about sharing their HCL knowledge with others.”

IBM Champion

2014 - 2020
IBM

IBM named me as IBM Champion for collaboration solutions from 2014 to 2019 and for Cloud integration in 2020. “IBM Champion evangelize IBM solutions, share their knowledge, and help grow the community of professionals who are focused on IBM offerings”

Skills & Proficiency

Cyber Security

Troubleshooting

Team Management

Ansible

Linux

Cybeark Conjur

Styra das

Kubernetes