Alessandro Zarrilli
Lead Ruby Security Engineer, Clinical Trials at Novartis
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolAlessandro Zarrilli is a seasoned IT freelancer and Lead Ruby Security Engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience in open source systems, Linux administration, networking, and application security, currently focused on clinical trials at Novartis. He blends deep systems and network engineering expertise with full‑stack development in Ruby and Python, having led security-focused Ruby teams and supported large pharmaceutical and industrial clients. Comfortable from kernel to cloud, his toolset spans servers, firewalls, cryptography, virtualization (ESXi, Proxmox), and databases, alongside proficiency in web frameworks and scripting. A pragmatic teacher and consultant, he has repeatedly translated complex operational requirements into secure, maintainable solutions across many SMEs and enterprises throughout Tuscany and beyond. Notably, his career combines long-term freelance adaptability with periods of embedded OT and Linux security work for global pharma, reflecting both breadth and domain-specific rigor.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Università degli Studi di FirenzeScientific High School
Italian, English
Github Skills (50)
lan10
jekyll10
daemon10
traffic10
hikvision10
router9
iptables9
linux9
qos9
internet9
home-assistant9
encryption9
documentation9
backup9
compression8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ascrivner/fault_tolerant_router
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:95 commits in 11 days
internet-trafficdaemonlinuxprovidersrouting
drsound/fault_tolerant_router
Feb 2015 - Apr 2021
Contributions:6 releases, 61 commits, 1 PR in 6 years 3 months
internet-trafficdaemonlinuxprovidersrouting
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