DevOps Engineer @ ClearML | Observability Enthusiast | Kubernetes

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Experience 👨🏻‍💻

DevOps Engineer (Freelance)

ClearMl, Remote, Italy – (Apr 2024 - Present)

All-things infrastructure and platform - Kubernetes focus.

• Prototyping solutions for small and enterprise-grade AI/ML operations in mixed environments (Kubernetes and Docker, cloud and bare metal, including GPUs).

• Setup and support critical customer-facing environments in all phases from POC to Production.

• Develop internal tools, processes, and monitoring.

• Maintaining Open Source components.

• Involved in all software stages. Reporting to CTO.

Observability Tech Lead

Infovista (NLA Cloud Platform), Remote, Italy – (Jan 2023 - Apr 2024)

Over the last couple of years, as a Tech Lead and part of the Platform team, I delivered Observability-as-a-Service for the NLA Cloud Platform.

The centralized observability platform is collecting data (metrics, logs, traces) from distributed multi-cluster environments, observing thousands of microservices in production.

A single instance of our observability platform has been keeping up with 5 million active series and ingesting up to 4k logs per second, collected from up to 70 Kubernetes clusters, hundreds of Nodes, and 5k running Pods in production.

Skills in Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Tempo, Argo Workflows, and MinIO.

Software Engineer

Empirix/Infovista (NLACP and Ativa), Remote, Italy – (Apr 2020 - Jan 2023)

I started leading a four people Agile team responsible for getting the company observability-ready, creating the product’s distributed monitoring, logging and tracing platforms.

While entering the cloud observability world, I also worked on a bunch of other proprietary microservices and infrastructure projects getting some mentionable hands-on experience in Helm, OpenAPI, Quarkus, Docusaurus, MinIO, Apache Pulsar, Rancher, and ElasticSearch.

UI Engineer

Empirix (now Infovista KLERITY), Modena, Italy – (Oct 2018 - Apr 2020)

My team was dedicated to the UI design and development of proprietary data analysis and dashboard reporting tools for telco. My primary tasks included heavy data manipulation and visualization using AngularJS, jQuery, and D3JS, both in Cloud and bare metal environments.

Founder

Wast, Bologna, Italy – (Jul 2018 - Feb 2019) - Related to

Wast started as an experiment to deeply study the indie apparel business and the waste produced by humanity (and yes, it was before Greta).

• Designed and developed the main website (wast.it)

• Maintained the online stores (BigCartel, Printful, Integrations) and offline shops relations

• Managed and created content for social media

• Designed sketches and logos for apparel and merchandising (Affinity Designer/Photo)

• Overall management of the business

I am really proud of the product we created and the great feedback we received (and still receive sometimes).

Tech and Design Lead (Co-Founder)

AKO, Bologna, Italy – (Mar 2018 - Dec 2018)

AKO was the first peer-to-peer educational platform, selected by the University of Bologna 2018 “Start-up Day” event among over 400 participants.

• Designed and developed the AKO logo and visual identity

• Advising on the whole startup process in tech, business, and related fields

• Creating and maintaining the startup’s website and the approach for a mobile app

Skills & Certifications 💯

Kubernetes

Working with it on a daily basis, I have a strong Kubernetes knowledge, as well as Helm, Docker, and generally Cloud Native projects, ecosystem, and Microservices development.

In 2023 I got my CKAD Certification from The Linux Foundation.

Observability

Being working on a daily basis in distributed cloud Observability, I have achieved great knowledge with tools such as:

• Grafana for everything from telemetry data visualization, dashboarding, provisioning, plugins, and alerting.

• Prometheus, its Operator, kube-prometheus-stack, its Client Libraries, and a bunch of other Exporters.
  In 2023 I got my
  PCA Certification from The Linux Foundation.

• Thanos and all its components, both in pull and push-based architectures.

• Loki for both applications logging and other events-oriented use cases such as Auditing.

• Fluent Bit and the Fluent Operator.

Javascript

My "native" programming language. I find it easy to read and I have a solid understanding of its capabilities and limits, as well as its ecosystem. I have used Javascript for both jobs and personal projects.

Python

Intermediate level, I've started using it more recently. I'm not fully proficient yet but I keep pushing.

Java

Intermediate level, I have also worked using the Quarkus framework.

React Native

I use this for a bunch of mobile-development Personal Projects.

Technical writing

I enjoy writing about technical subjects and I feel I can do a pretty good job of it. I am even thinking of starting my own newsletter! My motivation is explaining things in clear and pragmatic terms, making things easier for others.

Agile and Scrum

I like Scrum and I do have some experience as a Scrum Master, following all its rituals.

Others

Here is a list of a few other stuff I know and worked with:

Git, Notion, Bash scripting, Jira, OpenAPI, Jenkins, GPUs on Kubernetes, Docker Compose, MinIO, Argo Workflows, Digital illustration, Figma, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Quarkus, Docusaurus, Firebase, YAML, Markdown, Monika, Lua, ElasticSearch, SQL, Pulsar, Social Media, Arduino, C, PHP, and of course I am good at Googling 🙂

Languages

• Certification by EF SET English Certificate 84/100 (C2 Proficient)

Projects 💻

The Ramen Bowl

May 2023 - Present

The Ramen Bowl is a bi-weekly foodie newsletter for nerds. Aiming to experiment and introduce more people to the Japanese cuisine world.

Some stats:

• 1000 followers

• 600 active subscribers so far

• 50% average open rate

• 1500 average monthly views

• A few hundred dollars pledged

The Ramen Bowl | Substack

A techie and foodie nerd telling stories about Ramen. Get bi-weekly posts with recipes, suggestions, thoughts, and experiments. - ◡ -. Click to read The Ramen Bowl, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

https://theramenbowl.substack.com/

Pizzer (on hold)

Mar 2021 - Present

Still working on that! Stay tuned ;)

QUACKERS

Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

As ChatGPT was released and making waves, we (3 people) wanted to start a "real-world" project with it. We pitched a card game idea. Our goal: make a funnier version of Uno with nicer graphics.

Who doesn't love ducks? Especially rubber ducks, every programmer's best friend. The project was born.

From hand-written POCs to the final product, it was a quick journey. In 3 months we created it, printed out card decks, and played tons of games.

So fun, and so many things learned on the path.

Runmate

May 2020 - Dec 2020 (DISCONTINUED)

Started developing a new business and mobile app called Runmate, where Runners and Coaches could get in contact in real-time.

The Runmate app was built using React Native and Google Firebase, it included:

• Design System (Figma)

• Authentication (Email, Phone, Social Auth)

• Firebase (Realtime Database, Storage, Firestore Database, Functions, Analytics, AdMob)

• Geolocalization APIs for real-time altitude and speed tracking

• HealthKit integration for real-time heartbeat tracking

• Matchmaking for Runners and Coaches

• Charts (react-native-chart-kit)

• Some nice animations using Airbnb Lottie

Website for Wast

Nov 2018 - Dec 2018 (DISCONTINUED)

Simple website and shop integration (BigCartel) built with just jQuery.
NB: The website has been DISCONTINUED and the project has been moved to GitLab Pages for showcasing.

Home - Wast

We are Wast, a clothing brand based in Bologna, Italy. Shop now or discover our designs.

https://brint97.gitlab.io/wast.it/index.html

Website for “Giornaletto”

Mar 2018 (DISCONTINUED)

I was commissioned with the development of a basic website for a local product named “Giornaletto” based in Italy.

Education 📚

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering

2016 - 2021 (drop-out)

UniBo - University of Bologna, Italy

Contacts

📧 brint97@gmail.com

🔗 linkedin.com/in/filippobrintazzoli

👾 gitlab.com/brint97