Michele Solimando

Senior DevOps Engineer at IMOLA INFORMATICA S.P.A. (2023-01 – Present)

Client Portfolio: Bank & Financial Services Companies

Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines for applications and infrastructure (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, SonarQube) leveraging Python, Java, Groovy, and shell scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Fish)
Automated cloud infrastructure (Azure, OCI) utilizing Terraform, Ansible, and Chef (IaC approach)
Engineered containerized solutions with Docker (-Compose) and managed scalable orchestration via Kubernetes (AKS)
Engineered scalable data workflows (Apache Airflow, Databricks) and managed automated database migrations (Azure SQL, Oracle Database, Flyway)
Implemented observability and monitoring strategies utilizing the ELK stack, building custom visualization dashboards in Grafana

PostDoc Research fellow at UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (2022-04 – 2023-01)

Project: DEEPMON - Dynamic Edge Computing for Plant Monitoring

Architected and deployed a cloud/edge data collection platform (EdgeX Foundry, Siemens Industrial Edge) into the live production environments of 4 major manufacturing companies

CloudOps/Developer at CIRI at UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (2020-09 – 2020-12)

Projects: Optimization of Signal Processing Unit for Docker Container, Remote sensor management and real-time data transmission

Engineered automated telemetry pipelines (Python, Azure DevOps) and backend REST APIs (Swagger) to process data from wearable smart devices
Optimized backend architectures by packaging and deploying signal processing units into Docker containers
Architected a real-time edge network (Raspberry Pi, GNSS U-BLOX) for live video streaming (Axis IP Cameras), securing datacenter transmission via OpenVPN

CloudOps/Developer at CIRI at UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (2017-05 – 2017-08)

Research Fellow at CIRI ICT at UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (2017-08 – 2018-10)

Project: Cloud Computing for Cultural Heritage Smart Management

Deployed and administered an OpenStack private cloud infrastructure to deliver IaaS resources for the project's ecosystem
Managed virtual machine provisioning and resource allocation to support the Data Stream Processing workloads

Tutor at UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (2016-10 – 2021-10)

Classes (Computer Engineering Program): Computer Networks (bachelor's degree), Infrastructures for Cloud Computing and Big Data (master's degree)

Mentored Computer Engineering students during hands-on laboratory sessions
Provided technical guidance and troubleshooting support for theses focused on advanced networking topics and the ParticipAct platform

Mobile Developer (External collaborator) at CULTURAL ASSOCIATION XING (2021-04 – 2021-06)

Project: A.R. Mobile Gaming for Cultural Immersive Events

Developed a cross-platform (Android, iOS) Augmented Reality mobile game utilizing Unity, delivering an interactive gamified experience for cultural events

Developer (External collaborator) at CESOP HR CONSULTING COMPANY (2017-07 – 2017-12)

Project: Mismatch Zero, semantic search platform for HR management

Engineered advanced semantic search functionalities for an HR resume-matching engine utilizing Apache Solr and the BioSolr plugin
Designed domain ontologies using Protegè to improve search accuracy and managed the underlying data architecture with MS SQL Server

Research Fellow at UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA (2016-11 – 2017-07)

Project: Solutions for management of heterogeneous sensor and smart tags

Architected a scalable hybrid cloud infrastructure utilizing OpenStack to securely manage, store, and process data streams generated by distributed IoT environments
Engineered integration solutions to orchestrate seamless communication and data collection from heterogeneous edge devices, including wireless sensors and Smart Tags (RFID/NFC)

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