Amedeo Palopoli
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CNCF Kubeastronaut | Cloud Architect @ ArubaCloud | Innovation Addicted | Expert in Containerization and Cloud Computing.
I was born in Calabria in 1993 and moved to Bologna in 2011 to pursue a degree in Computer Science Engineering. After completing my studies, I began my professional journey in Milan, where I’ve been working as a Cloud Architect since 2018. In 2021, I married my better half, Maria, and since 2023, we’ve been the proud parents of a sweet and loving little boy, Carmine.
I embraced Kubernetes in 2016 during my Master’s thesis in Computer Engineering at the University of Bologna. During this time, I deepened my interest in containerization and the deployment of cloud-native applications on Kubernetes through research studies that led to publications in scientific journals such as ACM and IEEE. The cloud-native ecosystem and its related technologies have been an integral part of my professional journey, supported by continuous learning and various certifications, including AWS Solutions Architect and Elasticsearch Certified Engineer.
I firmly believe Kubernetes has the potential to radically transform how organizations develop, deploy, and manage their applications. Fascinated by the rise of the CNCF and its role in supporting an interoperable and scalable cloud-native ecosystem, I pursued Kubernetes certifications through The Linux Foundation. I successfully achieved CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, and KCSA—ranking among the first Italians to complete the recent KubeAstronaut program.
Certifications
Skills
- Event-Driven
- Microservices
- RESTful APIs
- Composability
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Helm
- Rancher
- Kubernetes Platformization
- Gitlab CI
- ArgoCD
- Terraform
- Ansible
- AWS
- Azure
- Aruba Cloud
- Hetzner Cloud
- Digital Ocean
- Java
- git
- linux
- bash
- Spring Boot
- Spring Cloud
- JPA
- AWS Solution Architect Associate
- Elasticsearch Certified Engineer
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- Certified Kubernetes Specialist
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
Publications
A collection of articles, presentations or talks, most likely on Culture and DevOps, because let’s admit it, they are one in the same ;)
IEEE - Container orchestration engines: A thorough functional and performance comparison
ACM - QoS and performance metrics for container-based virtualization in cloud environments
Book - Containerization in Cloud Computing: performance analysis of virtualization architectures
Experience
Cloud Architect
Solution Architect in the Cloud Business Line to analyze business requirements in order to design technical solutions for the dev teams.
Activities:
- Contribute to the SECA initiative (https://github.com/eu-sovereign-cloud/spec)
- Be involved in site reliability and high availability concerns
- Support application deliverables with DevOps Methodologies and Microservice Design Patterns
- Combine technical skills with business knowledge to focus on communication and collaboration
- Perform debugging and performance analysis on tech solutions
- Develop proof-of-concept projects to validate proposed solutions
- Consider the long-term use of the product and implement scalability and adaptability into the solution
Keywords:
- Kubernetes
- API First
- Infrastructure as Code
Cloud/DevOps Specialist
In my free time (outside of work), I provide advising and support to small companies (PMI), which helps me strengthen both my experience and professional skills.
Below some details about involved activities with every company:
WELANCE [Berlin, Germany]: “Porting the Welance Infrastructure to the Cloud with DevOps methodologies” | Link
NTPLUS [Torre del Greco (NA), Italy)]: “Nanomid” | Link
XSEVEN [Palermo, Italy] – Ansible Automation Platform | Link
EDITT [Roma, Italy]: Manage and Deploy Websites for Digital Agencies on Kubernetes | Link
MINERVA TECHNOLOGIES [Milano, Italy]: Kubernetes on dedicated servers using ProxMox and Infrastructure as Code | Link
Cloud Architect
IT Service Manager on supporting dev teams with multi cloud architectures in hybrid deployments with Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure and On-Premise. In the area of Platforms, Enterprise Architectures & Engineering working as IT Service Manager for the DevOps & Cloud initiatives of the A2A Group. Mainly focused on supporting application teams on multi cloud architectures with an hybrid deployment on Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure and On Premise. In the area of Platforms, Enterprise Architectures & Engineering working as IT Service Manager for the DevOps & Cloud initiatives of the A2A Group. Mainly focused on supporting application teams on multi cloud architectures with an hybrid deployment on Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure and On Premise.
DevOps Engineer
In the DevOps Area of the Bank, mainly focused on supporting Head Office Departments dedicated to cloud transformation.
Involved activities are the following:
- Support the overall IT areas in configuration management tasks
- Automate deployment activities
- Lead the test automation initiatives
- Environment provisioning and Infrastructure as Code
TECH KEYWORDS
- OpenShift / Kubernetes
- Docker
- Azure Cloud
- Azure DevOps
- Elasticsearch / ELK (OpenDistro)
- Ansible
- GitOps
- Agile Scrum Team
Cloud Engineer
Mainly focused on DevOps methodologies and cloud architectures for an international project covering around 60 applications. I’m involved as Team Representative and Elastic Expert for an application aimed at collecting and analyzing data from a fleet of several applications. The solution is based on the Elastic Stack, deployed with Docker across a set of distributed servers in different regions. Furthermore, we migrated to AWS using Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
All projects follow Agile methodologies with the LeSS model to bring together several teams, each working within the Scrum framework. I lead one of those teams focused on the monitoring application, managing resource coordination and client communication. The team is composed of 4 people, and I also serve as Technical Lead, supporting junior colleagues and team members in technical decisions.
Main technologies involved are:
- Elastic Stack
- Elastic Beats
- Elastic APM
- Linux Server Administration
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- Terraform
- AWS
- Bitbucket
Cloud Engineer
Working on cloud-native applications as a DevOps Engineer and Software Architect. My activities are focused on microservice architectures using innovative technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Spring Boot to develop applications, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Maven, and Git to design integration pipelines and manage application releases.
Further details about the involved activities can be found in the dedicated area with the following projects:
- LUXOTTICA (Milano) – “EasyBag”
- FINDOMESTIC (Firenze) – “Telematica 2.0”
- PRADA (Milano) – “Hubmarketplace”
- ITAS (Trento) – “Enterprise Architecture Integration Assessment”
TECH KEYWORDS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Spring Boot / Spring Cloud
- Apache Kafka
- Camel
- API Gateway
- Maven
- Agile Integration
- Event-Driven Microservices
Master Thesis & Internship
Thesis: Cloud Computing with Containerization: performance analysis of virtualization architectures
Education
University of Bologna
Graduated with full marks (110/110) and honors
University of Bologna
Graduated with 105/110