Hello, I am Simone, a DevOps and Software Development Engineer with a robust skill set, including certifications as a Kubernetes Administrator, Kubernetes Security Specialist, Kubernetes Operators Development and Terraform Associate. I specialize in leading infrastructure automation using Pulumi and Terraform, implementing custom modules, versioning, and automated testing in Go for resilient, production-grade solutions.

My expertise extends to designing, building, and maintaining cloud-native systems, leveraging open-source technologies and public cloud services. I am a strong advocate for Agile and DevOps practices, including IaC, GitOps, and CI/CD, with a proven track record of accelerating production releases. As a collaborative team enabler, I design scalable, modularized systems, ensuring efficient and streamlined processes.

In addition to technical leadership, I have coordinated teams, defined technical directions, and successfully implemented Agile methodologies. My motivation and compassionate leadership style contribute to a positive team dynamic.

As a postgraduate researcher in Computer Science, I was the leading author of a cited paper titled Performance Analysis of Zero-Trust multi-cloud presented at IEEE CLOUD 2021. I bring articulate and professional communication skills, coupled with a passion for problem-solving and a proven ability to self-motivate. Recognized as a Faculty Scholar for excellence during academic years and recipient of the ‘Best Overall Final Year Project’ award for the Computer Science department at Cork Institute of Technology.

My technical skills include expertise in IaC (Pulumi, Terraform), Go development, CI/CD tools (Travis, Tekton, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab runners), Docker, Kubernetes, Vagrant, Ansible, Linux operations, Bash scripting, databases (relational and NoSQL), FullStack development (NodeJS, ReactJS, SpringBoot, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB), and professional experience in Java and Python.