Work Experience

System Administrator / SOC Operations

Personal Infrastructure - Self-employed

Mar 2025 - Present

Operate a production-grade Linux and security operations homelab. 3-node Proxmox VE cluster with Ceph distributed storage and CephFS, hosting hardened service VMs under live-migration high availability, capacity-planned failover, and strict node-affinity rules for critical workloads. Trust-based VLAN segmentation on OPNsense with default-deny inter-VLAN policy; WAN-facing services isolated in a dedicated DMZ behind a CrowdSec-protected reverse proxy. Wazuh SIEM deployed across every service VM for centralized log collection, file-integrity monitoring, rootkit detection, and incident response. Backups follow the 3-2-1 rule across Proxmox Backup Server snapshots and ZFS dataset snapshots, with one encrypted offsite cloud copy. Full infrastructure lifecycle automated with OpenTofu and Ansible through a custom operator CLI, backed by a private Git server with integrated CI.

Full-Stack Developer / Linux Admin

Self-Employed

Dec 2023 - Dec 2024

Performed Linux administration on production servers hosting client-facing sites: availability and log monitoring, automated backups, security patching, and incident response to restore service when issues occurred. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and zero-downtime deployment to production; provided ongoing maintenance and direct client support across the lifetime of each engagement. Stack: Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Tailwind CSS on the frontend; Linux VPS, Nginx, systemd, GitHub Actions on the deployment layer.

My Education

Diploma in Computer Science and Telecommunications

Istituto Mecenate, Pescara, Italy

Sep 2018 - Jul 2023

Completed secondary education with a focus on computer science and telecommunications. Gained a solid foundation in programming principles, networking, and web technologies through both theoretical and practical coursework.

My Certifications

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CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

CompTIA
In progress - Q3 2026
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CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)

CompTIA
In progress - Q3 2026
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Google Cybersecurity Specialization

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