Alessandro Paolini

Experience

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  University of Birmingham

  Sept 2012 - May 2016

  Graduate Research Scientist

  ■ Established conflict resolution experience, by promptly identifying dead-end approaches to the results of the Ph.D. project and by planning a successful strategy which yielded a timely completion of such a project and a joint publication in the A-ranked "Journal of Algebra". ■ Further communication skills developed through lecturing for 2 consecutive years a Master course in MATLAB for Financial Engineering, and assisting teaching for 5+ courses including Logic and Computability, Linear Algebra and Maple computer labs. Technical expertise: recursion algorithm for the determination of irreducible characters of Sylow p-subgroups of finite Chevalley groups, description of the combinatorics of generalized Gelfand-Graev algebras by the CHEVIE program, structure of slides and Computer Lab session for Master and undergraduate courses. Show less

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  University of Kaiserslautern

  Jul 2016 - Jun 2019

  ■ Acquired knowledge of the most up-to-date technology by software development in the OSCAR computer software team. Algorithm implementation in GAP, MAGMA (C++ based) and Python with documented code. ■ Organization of databases in readable format and deep analysis by process automation, which resulted in 3+ publications featuring “Mathematics of Computation” (most respected journal in software mathematics) and “Journal of Symbolic Computation” (top journal in computer algebra). ■ Latest research trends gained by 10+ research visits at external institutions for a total amount of 5 months, including a video-recorded seminar talk at the BIRS Research Station in Banff, AB and the attendance to a leading workshop at Berkeley, CA.■ Accomplished organizational skills achieved through the preparation of the material for 3 taught modules, the co-organization of weekly algebra seminars for 2+ years and of an international conference, and internal activities including the “Tag der Mathematik”. Show less ■ Knowledgeable time manager, proven by the completion on a tight deadline of the results on decomposition numbers of finite groups which were a necessary contribution to the SFB-TRR 195 Grant application submission. ■ Relationship building skills evidenced by collaboration with 2 members of the new research group which resulted in a joint publication, and by networking at research stays including 5+ weeks at the Centre Internationale Bernoulli, EPFL Lausanne.Technical expertise: development of algorithms in GAP for the transformation of graphs associated to irreducible characters of Sylow p-subgroups of finite groups of Lie type, determination of the block graphs of finite simple groups, classification of generic character degrees in finite unipotent groups. Show less

  • Research associate at the Computer Algebra SFB-TRR 195 Research Centre

    Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Research Fellow, ERC Advanced Grant 291512

    Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
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  SAP

  Jul 2019 - now

  ■ Rock-solid design and implementation of highly regulated cybersecurity capabilities, evidenced by fulfilment of data sovereignty and security hardening of SAP application and infrastructure monitoring platforms within specific information security boundaries■ Profound knowledge of secure architecture of software and hyperscaler, proven by proxies setup, certificate management, enforcement of TLS at data exchange, and ensuring protection of data at rest■ Enthusiastic and hard-working DevOps lead, demonstrated by the definition of roadmaps, documentation and orchestration of development operations in all information security boundaries, and resilient communication with colleagues in time zones spanning NZST to PST Show less ■ Development driving force in Health Monitoring for on-premise and cloud native Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platforms, by means of planning of backlogs and sprints, coordination of technical development and team efforts, and release deadlines tracking. ■ In-depth end-to-end understanding of ALM for the monitoring of the health of cloud services and technical systems, demonstrated by proof of concepts design to validated development of integration of most relevant systems and services. ■ High proficiency in Java, ABAP, Git and cloud-native routines, evidenced by the successful release of Health Monitoring features of major customer impact.■ Tight collaboration with Product Management, evidenced in Product Standards maintenance, definition of onboarding processes for DevOps and Cloud LOB, and ticket handling, which resulted in a record number of customer onboardings in 2021 and 2022. Show less ■ Strong communication and presentation skills evidenced by a Scrum Master role. Top team working capabilities at each level: efficient reporter to superiors, collaborator with colleagues on 3 continents, and Team Lead of a CoE for Test. ■ Knowledgeable ABAP, JavaScript and UI5 full-stack programmer, with main packages responsibility in Job Management and Job Monitoring for the Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure, and in Reporting for Landscape Management Database. ■ Deep understanding of delivery processes, evidenced by timely accomplishment of development requirements for new Support Packages. Expertise and advisory reference in correction delivery pipeline processes. Show less

  • Senior DevOps Engineer

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Product Owner - Development

    Aug 2021 - Oct 2023

  • Senior Developer

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2021