Virtualization & Security Engineer
Venice Area, Italy
- Current
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- System & Security Engineer at SMC Treviso S.r.l.
- Past
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- Internship as graduating student at Sogea Soft S.r.l.
- Technician / Junior System Analyst at Gruppo TecnoInformatica S.p.a.
- Internship at SMC Treviso S.r.l.
- Education
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- Università degli Studi di Padova
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- Istituto "Brandolini Rota"
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Nicola Bressan’s Summary
Knowledge of:
Blade System: IBM BladeCenter H, BladeCenter E
Storage Area Network: IBM DS3000 and DS4000 series
Fiber-Channel Networking: Brocade FC switches
Ethernet Networking: Nortel switches, HP Procurve switches, Cisco switches
Security Appliance: IBM-ISS Proventia MX (UTM) and GX (IPS) series
Server Operating Systems: Windows (2003 & 2008), Linux (RHEL, Suse, Debian)
Programming Languages: Java, C# (.NET), Shell Scripting
DBMS: SQL Server, MySQL
Nicola Bressan’s Specialties:
Fields of interest:
Network & Information Security, Virtualization Technologies, HA Architectures
Nicola Bressan’s Experience
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System & Security Engineer
SMC Treviso S.r.l.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
currently holding:
- Implementation of security appliances (Firewall, IPS, UTM)
- High level infrastructures implementation (Blade Systems, SAN, Cluster)
- Virtualization and Consolidation with VMware VI3 (HA, DRS)
- Project Management on infrastructures implementation and virtualization (team making, project definition & planning, coordination, customer management)
- Information Security trainings (Information Security Taxonomy, Penetration testing tools analysis) -
Internship as graduating student
Sogea Soft S.r.l.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — November 2007 (6 months)
Development of an application portal as part of the European Project "BEinGRID", financed by the European Community through the 6th Framework Programme, in collaboration with the University of Bologna and Cineca. The main goal of the project is to integrate current Grid Computing technologies with PMI needs for logistic planning and production schedulation problems. The application portal, developed in C# (.NET), will lead Sogea as a future ASP (Application Service Provider).
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Technician / Junior System Analyst
Gruppo TecnoInformatica S.p.a.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2005 — October 2005 (6 months)
Tech Area:
"Stroili" Project: installation of an integrated IT solution for the remote management of 96 stores in the North and Center of Italy; staff training.
Analysis Area:
Analysis of different Network Management applications and tryout phase in company test-lab. -
Internship
SMC Treviso S.r.l.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2004 — January 2005 (4 months)
500hrs internship as Developer / Junior System Analyst.
Development Area:
Integration between an ERP application and a Voice-IP client with the support of specialized staff.
Analysis Area:
Analysis of different Identity Management applications and tryout phase in company test-lab.
Nicola Bressan’s Education
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Università degli Studi di Padova
Master's Degree , Computer Engineering , 2005 — 2007
Thesis on:
Project and implementation of a portal application to interconnect ERP applications with a Grid Computing environment as part of the GRILO (Grid Experiment on Logistic Optimization) Business Experiment. This experiment is part of the "BEinGRID" Project (http://www.beingrid.eu) selected for funding under the Sixth EU Framework Programme for Research and Technlological Development (FP6 - http://cordis.europa.eu/fp6/). -
Università degli Studi di Padova
Bachelor's Degree , Computer Engineering , 2001 — 2004
Thesis on:
- Integration of a VoIP client in an ERP application;
- Feasibility study on the implementation of an Identity Management product in PMIs. -
Istituto "Brandolini Rota"
High School Diploma , Liceo Linguistico Europeo ad indirizzo Giuridico-Economico , 1996 — 2001
Key areas of study:
- Languages (English, German);
- Community law;
- Economy.
Additional Information
Nicola Bressan’s Websites:
Nicola Bressan’s Groups:
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Sikurezza.org -
Linux Expert -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) -
University Padua -
Clusit -
AlumniUniPD -
Italian Security Professional
Nicola Bressan’s Honors:
VMware:
VMware Certified Professional (VCP-310) - score 100/100
IBM - Internet Security Systems (ISS):
Proventia Network Intrusion Prevention Certified Professional
Proventia Multi-Function Security Certified Professional
Nicola Bressan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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