Simone Bizzotto
DBA SQL, System Integration
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolSimone Bizzotto is a seasoned SQL DBA and systems integrator with 14 years of experience building, tuning and automating large-scale database ecosystems across on-prem and cloud environments. Based in Milan, he blends deep T-SQL and Python expertise—his preferred language for seven years—with hands-on web work using Django and web2py to create integration portals and tooling. He has managed hundreds of SQL Server instances, led performance and backup/restore strategies, and contributed notable improvements to popular open-source projects like web2py and dbatools, enhancing testing, coverage and snapshot automation. Known for translating complex operational needs into repeatable automation and standards, Simone also brings pragmatic cross-team collaboration from both professional and hobby contexts.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Liceo Scientifico
Italian, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
database-connector10
postgresql10
python10
testing10
adaptor10
database-administration10
sql-server10
database-driver10
sql10
mssql10
adapter10
code-coverage10
powershell10
web2py10
unicode9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dataplat/dbatools
Nov 2016 - Sep 2022
🚀 SQL Server automation and instance migrations have never been safer, faster or freer
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:159 reviews, 589 commits, 439 PRs in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Simone focused on making significant enhancements to the `dbatools` repository, particularly in the realm of database management and SQL Server administration. Their work included refining the `Find-DbaOrphanedFile` function for more accurate file detection, contributing to the development of new database snapshot functions like `Get-DbaDatabaseSnapshot`, `New-DbaDatabaseSnapshot`, and `Remove-DbaDatabaseSnapshot`, adding features, and fixing bugs. The user also contributed to optimizing functions related to database state management and permissions, and improved code quality with the new messaging and flow control system.
sqlserverbackupsaferserver-automationsql-server
web2py/pydal
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
A pure Python Database Abstraction Layer
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 36 PRs, 197 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Simone primarily contributed to the pyDAL project by making database adapter-related changes, specifically for the MSSQL and PostgreSQL adapters. They fixed bugs related to unicode support and escaping, optimized code for increased performance and ensured that existing code was Python 3 compatible. Their contributions focused on enhancing the functionality and compatibility of pyDAL with different database systems.
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