Riccardo Zanei

DevOps • DevSecOps • SRE • Cloud Engineering • Security

DevSecOps engineer with 4+ years designing and securing production cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP. Specialized in CI/CD pipeline security, Kubernetes orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, and real-time monitoring systems.
Investing in scalable digital infrastructure and engineering excellence.

Technical Expertise

Skills & Technologies

Comprehensive skill set spanning cloud, security, and development

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Google Cloud Kubernetes Docker Terraform Ansible CI/CD GitOps

Security & DevSecOps

Security Hardening Secret Management Vulnerability Assessment Incident Response Compliance Zero Trust

Programming

Python Rust Go Bash JavaScript C++ SQL

Blockchain & Web3

Cosmos SDK Solana Ethereum Bitcoin Node Operations Smart Contracts DApps

SRE & Observability

Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Alerting SLOs/SLIs Incident Management

Systems & Infrastructure

Linux Administration Networking Load Balancing HA/DR Virtualization Hardware
Career Journey

Professional Experience

Building and securing digital infrastructure across industries

2024 - Present

Founder & Lead Infrastructure Engineer

The Digital Empire / FrameLab — Dublin, Ireland

Leading the development of secure cloud infrastructure, automation systems, and professional security tooling. Building DevSecOps pipelines, Terraform modules, and monitoring solutions for production environments. Driving technical content creation and community growth around infrastructure engineering.

2023 - 2024

Junior DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer

EverKnow — London, UK

Designed and maintained cloud infrastructures integrated with blockchain technology and finance applications. Conducted load testing on distributed nodes as SDET, identifying performance bottlenecks. Developed custom Python and Rust tools for automation, monitoring, and system observability.

2022 - 2023

Junior DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer

Forte — San Francisco, USA

Managed cloud infrastructures with distributed systems technology, emphasizing scalability for finance and gaming environments. Built CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows. Created libraries and tooling to support DApp development within Cosmos and Solana ecosystems.

2018

Hardware Maintenance Technician

Costerplast S.R.L — Italy

Performed hardware and robot maintenance, including troubleshooting networks and virtualization environments. Terminal software fixes, robot maintenance, network troubleshooting, and virtualization practice.

Innovation

Personal Projects

Building cutting-edge solutions in security and cloud infrastructure

Active

Security & Monitoring Toolkit

Built professional tools for infrastructure security auditing, vulnerability scanning, and real-time monitoring. Designed APIs for automation systems, ensuring secure and scalable integrations across cloud environments.

Python Rust Security APIs
Active

Cloud Infrastructure Templates

Production-ready Terraform modules, Kubernetes configurations, and CI/CD pipeline templates. Battle-tested IaC for AWS and GCP with security hardening and automated monitoring built in.

Terraform Kubernetes AWS Infrastructure
Active

Observability & Analytics Platform

Built and maintained monitoring platforms with custom dashboards. Focused on data collection, analytics, and node performance monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack integrations.

Monitoring Grafana Prometheus Dashboards
Credentials

Education & Certifications

Continuous learning and professional development

Computer Science Diploma

2019 - 2021 • Systems, Networks, Analysis & Development

Mechanical & Robotics Diploma

2017 - 2018 • CNC, Robotic Assistance, Mechanical Design

Electrician Diploma

2015 - 2017 • Electrical Design & Technical Assistance

Google Cloud Certifications

Cloud Fundamentals, SRE Culture, DevSecOps, Terraform

English Certificate (C1 Advanced)

EF SET • October 2024

Programming Certificates

Python (Base & Intermediate), C++ • SoloLearn

Languages

Italian

Native Speaker

English

C1 Advanced

Work Together

Let's Build Something Amazing

Available for DevOps/DevSecOps consulting, cloud infrastructure projects, security reviews, and automation engineering.