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DOMINIC D'APICE
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01 · MISSION CONTROL
About
I design, deploy, and operate Azure platforms that power AI workloads - Databricks environments, data pipelines, and mission-critical systems. 25+ years in the machine room taught me one thing: anything done twice by hand deserves to be automated.
My work sits where infrastructure meets data science: building and operating Databricks platforms with performance, security, and compliance in mind; automating operations end-to-end with IaC, CI/CD, and orchestration; and applying MLOps / DataOps practices - model lifecycle, data governance, monitoring, observability.
Currently finishing a University Certificate in Data Science and competing on Kaggle to test theory against real-world problems.
02 · FEATURED MISSIONS
Projects
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03 · ONBOARD SYSTEMS
Skills
04 · FLIGHT LOG
25+ years of service
Developer - Azure Infrastructure AI
Azure for AI · Databricks platform · MLOps / DataOps · IaC · CI/CD
Cloud / Linux Administrator & IaC Developer
Self-service cloud for business clients · IaC in NERC-regulated environments
IT Standardization Linux System Administrator
Fleet of 1000+ servers · patching and standardization at scale
IT Linux System Administrator
Physical & virtual server deployments · Linux appliances
IT Linux System Administrator
Installation and configuration of servers and Linux appliances
IT Technician & System Administrator
Internal IT and client support - where it all started
05 · BEYOND THE TERMINAL
Off-duty
After 25 years of managing clouds, I still spend my clearest nights looking at the real ones.
Astronomy
Exploring celestial objects and following the latest discoveries - from JWST deep fields to backyard skies.
Read articles → 🧠Artificial Intelligence
Studying ML advances and how they translate into real-world impact - then testing myself on Kaggle.
Read articles → ⚛️Physics
Fascinated by the fundamental laws that describe our universe - the original distributed system.
Read articles →
06 · MISSION LOG
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