Available for select consulting engagements

Senior IT consultant · Infrastructure specialist

Cybersecurity and IT infrastructure consulting for businesses

Built to hold up. Under pressure.

I work with businesses and IT teams on security and infrastructure: technical assessments, GNU/Linux systems, virtualisation and automation across cloud and on-premises environments. The work starts with your existing systems, goals and operational constraints.

Describe your project Explore my expertise

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20+
years of GNU/Linux
and open-source experience
2011
start of my
consulting career
360°
cloud, on-prem
and security
Marvin Pascale’s technical workspace
Portrait of Marvin Pascale
Marvin PascaleCo-founder @ BitArmor S.r.l.

01 / Expertise

Where I make a difference.

From architecture reviews to incident management, I help your team turn technical complexity and risk into systems you can manage with confidence.

Find the right starting point

Cybersecurity

Technical assessment and hardening: exposure, access and priorities.

GNU/Linux

Server administration and troubleshooting of systems, processes and services.

Proxmox

Migrations, clusters and storage, with checks of backup and restore procedures.

Training and talks

Cybersecurity and IT training

For businesses and individual learners, in person or online, with supporting materials and labs where useful.

Details in Italian

Cybersecurity and IT talks

Security, development and infrastructure: a talk shaped around your event’s audience and goals.

Details in Italian
01

Cybersecurity

Hardening, vulnerability assessment, logging and security processes, with practical technical support for GDPR, NIS2 and DORA programmes.

  • Security assessment
  • Hardening & remediation
  • Operational governance
02

Infrastructure

Reliable, observable and scalable IT architecture—from the data centre to the cloud—with deep expertise in GNU/Linux and open-source technologies.

  • Cloud & on-premises
  • High availability
  • Monitoring
03

Automation

I turn fragile manual tasks into repeatable, version-controlled and documented workflows.

  • Ansible & Terraform
  • Python & Bash
  • CI/CD
04

Technical advisory

I help decision-makers and IT teams make architecture decisions, manage complex incidents, plan migrations and address technical debt.

  • Senior consulting
  • R&D and prototypes
  • Technical training

02 / About

Technical expertise.
Practical advice.

I started using GNU/Linux at a young age, with Debian. Since then, I’ve built hands-on experience in Unix-like systems, telecommunications, security and high availability.

Today, I work alongside businesses, IT managers and technical teams to reduce risk, manage complexity and make difficult decisions using evidence, a clear method and operational accountability.

Full profile of Marvin Pascale (in Italian)
Technical depthUnderstand the system before simplifying it.
Plain communicationTurn technical risk into decisions people can act on.
Team independenceShare the knowledge your team needs to work independently.

03 / Approach

From complexity to control.

A pragmatic process built around one principle: every change should be understandable, measurable and sustainable long after the engagement ends.

  1. 01

    Observe

    Start with context, constraints, dependencies and real exposure. No prescription before diagnosis.

  2. 02

    Decide

    Separate urgency, technical debt and opportunity, then turn them into shared priorities and a realistic roadmap.

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Make controlled changes with security, rollback, documentation and service continuity built in.

  4. 04

    Enable

    Leave the team with automation, operating procedures and the knowledge to own what comes next.

04 / Experience

More than a decade in the field.

Critical infrastructure, independent consulting and entrepreneurship—a career shaped by solving real operational problems.

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2024 — present

Co-founder · BitArmor S.r.l.

Consulting in IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, monitoring, operational support and technical training.

2016 — 2024

Senior Consultant · Marvin Pascale

Architecture and troubleshooting for complex environments, with a focus on security, reliability and scale.

2011 — 2016

IT Consultant

System administration, network engineering and security work for a range of private-sector clients.

05 / Toolkit

Tools, chosen deliberately.

I favour mature, readable and maintainable technology. The stack follows the problem—not the other way around.

01 GNU/Linux02 Cybersecurity03 High Availability04 Networking05 Python06 Bash07 Ansible08 Terraform09 Docker10 Cloud11 Monitoring12 Open Source

Case studies (in Italian)

Laboratorio GNU/Linux: espansione di un pool ZFS

Gli output pubblicati documentano la configurazione del pool dopo le aggiunte, la capacità disponibile e i controlli effettuati durante la prova. Il laboratorio offre un esempio concreto per accompagnare la spiegazione tecnica dell’ampliamento dello storage.

From the blog / Technical guides

How I approach technical problems.

Public articles on security, systems and infrastructure. Explore the technical reasoning before discussing your project. These guides are written in Italian.

File security on GNU/Linux

Permissions, credentials and configuration files: how a standard user account can reveal sensitive information.

In Italian

TrueNAS and Proxmox VE

Storage integration, with attention to network design, volumes and architectural limits.

In Italian

06 / Contact

Let’s make your next system easier to trust.

Tell me about your environment, the problem and your goals. I’ll get back to you with some practical initial guidance.

[email protected]
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