Davide Basso

System Administrator • Programmer • Problem Solver

About

I thrive where reliability meets automation. As a system administrator, I design resilient, observable environments—hardening configurations, automating routine work, and building guardrails that prevent surprises. I’m at home with Linux, networking, identity, and cloud infrastructure, and I bring a bias toward clean documentation and measurable outcomes.

As a programmer, I translate operational wisdom into code. I build tooling, pipelines, and services that make systems predictable and teams faster. My work emphasizes readability, tests, and small, composable components. When I ship, I ship with dashboards, alerts, and a rollback plan.

Core competencies

  • Linux & shell
  • Networking & DNS
  • Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • IaC (Terraform)
  • Containers (Docker/K8s)
  • CI/CD
  • Observability
  • Python
  • Go/Node
  • Security hardening

Ways I work

Reliable systems, clear ownership, fast feedback

  • Automate first, document second, manual last.
  • Prefer immutable builds and declarative configs.
  • Design for failure; rehearse recovery.
  • Make observability a feature, not an afterthought.

Projects

Infra as Code baseline

Terraform • AWS • GitHub Actions

A modular Terraform baseline with environment promotions, drift detection, and automated policy checks. Reduced provisioning time and improved consistency across stacks.

  • Reusable modules
  • OPA policies
  • Plan/apply gates

Kubernetes platform toolkit

K8s • Helm • Prometheus/Grafana

Opinionated Helm charts and operators for app onboarding, secrets, autoscaling, and golden dashboards with SLOs baked in.

  • Service templates
  • SLO burn rates
  • Canary deploys

Release pipeline & rollback

CI/CD • Feature flags • Blue/green

A deployment workflow with automatic health checks, feature flag toggles, and one-click rollbacks, cutting mean time to recovery.

  • Health gates
  • Automated rollbacks
  • Audit trails