Available for Junior SysAdmin & IT Projects

Pietro Quintavalle

System Administrator | IT Consultant | Economics Student

Bridging Enterprise Infrastructure with Economic Strategy. Integrating robust IT infrastructure skills with economic analysis to deliver efficient, scalable solutions.

Based in
Switzerland

Professional Summary

Hi! I'm Pietro, but friends call me Quinta. I'm an Economics student (USI, Lugano) with 5+ years' experience in system administration, virtualization, and network infrastructure. I engineer robust, secure, and scalable solutions—delivering production-grade servers (90%+ uptime) and infrastructure for clients and personal projects. Currently, I'm passionate about bridging the gap between economics and technology through data analytics, machine learning, and modern web development.

Italian
Native
English
Fluent
German
Conversational
Spanish
Basic
Norwegian
Basic

Certifications

Google Data Analytics Professional CertificateGoogle IT Support Professional Certificate

GitHub Activity

GitHub StatsTop Languages

Technical Arsenal

System & Infrastructure

LinuxWindows ServerProxmoxHyper-VDockerLXCNGINXActive Directory

Networking & Security

VLANFirewallVPNDDNSTailscaleSubnetting

Development

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsDjangoSQLHTML/CSS

Data & Monitoring

GrafanaPrometheusTrueNASrsyncRAIDBackup & Recovery

Experience

Systems Engineering Consultant

Jan 2020 - Present

FreelanceTicino, Switzerland

Delivering end-to-end IT infrastructure services.

  • Built and maintained 6-10 production-grade servers with 90%+ uptime using automation tools.
  • Designed VLAN-based network topologies and firewall policies.
  • Managed Windows Server environments including AD and Disaster Recovery.
  • Implemented secure remote access via Tailscale VPN.

Education Timeline

Sep 2024 - PresentIn Progress

BSc in Economics

USI Università della Svizzera italiana

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Accounting, Quantitative Methods.

Sep 2022 - June 20242 Years Completed

BSc in Informatics

USI Università della Svizzera italiana

Software Engineering, Agile, Data Structures, OOP (Java, C++), Web Dev.

Sep 2018 - June 2022Completed

Maturità Cantonale & AFC Economics

Scuola cantonale di commercio

Achieved 4.5/6 (Maturità), 5/6 (AFC). Above average performance.

Featured Projects

Enterprise Proxmox Infrastructure

Professional Client Project

Deployed a full single-node virtualization environment with structured cabling, reverse proxy, and centralized monitoring via Grafana and Prometheus.

ProxmoxDockerLXCNGINXTailscale

Multi-User NAS Solution

Professional Client Project

Designed a RAID 10-based NAS supporting 9 users, serving as a self-hosted cloud alternative with automated rsync backups and strict access controls.

TrueNASRAID 10ZFSLinuxACLs

Valgo - Algo Visualizer

Personal Project

Developed a web-based algorithm visualization tool focusing on front-end performance and real-time UI interactivity to demonstrate logic.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind

Finance Tracker App

In Development

Building a personal finance tool implementing the 50/30/20 rule, focusing on clarity and data visualization for budget management.

DjangoPythonSQLiteChart.js

Personal Homelab

Personal Project

Replicated enterprise-level infrastructure using IaC principles to standardize and document reproducible deployment procedures.

IaCBashVirtualizationNetworking

Ready to Collaborate?

Whether you need assistance with server infrastructure, network architecture, or are looking for a Junior SysAdmin, I'm here to help.

0pietroquintavalle0@gmail.com