grumpy effective sysadmin available immediately

having my position finally axed liquidated, i'm currently looking for a new position.

i am looking for a senior position, preferably remote work, full employment. i can be the literally senior person in your very own team!

availability date negotiatable starting from 1st of july 2025 – i'm currently located in poland, and for various reasons am not planning to relocate.

current cv available on request (private message will do, with all caveats regarding its privacy, or you can e-mail me on miroslaw AT makabra dot org)

i'm a generalist linux wrangler, with a long (20+ years) and wide (if a bit eclectic) experience –

• system management, configuration management (ansible, chef & co.),

• glue tooling and scripting (bash, python, rudimentary ruby),

• design, setup and management of crucial infrastructure services (ldap, dns),

• general db skills (not at the dba level), devops-y stuff etc.,

• sysadmin-level networking stuff, and the ability to not stepping on toes of the netadmins too frequently,

• very tired familiarity with version control systems (from using to setting up and managing, including ancient and current ones, open source and commercial),

• also with long experience working in multi time-zone environment.

i know cloud stuff (mostly aws), spent some time recently working with the budget infra providers like hetzner or ovh, can do proxmox, have some docker and currently working on getting fluency in kubernetes – i'm already doing plenty of yaml programming.

in my recent job i've managed the most part of our ansible collection designed to set up base system image and then then getting specific services up and running, and have written tooling to help with bringing up and updating the systems using it, including a safe secret management on a small team scale.

i have fluent english and polish, passive german, some russian.

considering the current political and economical situation and that i'm looking for a long-term employment contract, i'd prefer not working for an united-states funded company, and preferably not having much to do with statistical slop generators of any kind (including, but not limited to LLMs).

it would be nice if the company had a minimally acceptable general business ethics profile.

#FediHire #GetFediHired #SystemAdministration #PayMeBecauseImGood

#OpenSLS update: Generation of model #tissues with #dendritic #vascular networks via sacrificial #laser-sintered #carbohydrate templates: https://rdcu.be/b5tHy

Hardware designs: https://github.com/MillerLabFTW/OpenSLS
-R4: specialty powders for biomaterials research
-R3: nylon & wax #SLS

-#Python add-on for #Blender to generate bifurcating vascular structures
#DIYbio #OpenSource #lab #3Dprinting #bioprinter #laser #hydrogel #instruments

🎓 Today at @SURF, during the Digital Sovereignty course for board members, directors, and decision-makers in education and research, we had the pleasure of speaking with @Karlitschek and @fabricemous from @nextcloud!

We explored visions, asked deep questions, and learned from their experience. We’re moving into position to have the right conversations and be in control of IT 💚👌

💻 Digitalization is not the heart ❤️ of organizations, but the lifeblood

#DigitalSovereignty #Nextcloud #OpenSource

If you drive in #France and suddenly see something milky on the roads, it's not a new farmers' protest. It's called "lait de chaux".
This #whitewash consisting of lime and water is a try to protect the bitumen in the roads from melting due to more and more heatwaves: https://www.franceinfo.fr/environnement/evenements-meteorologiques-extremes/vagues-de-chaleur-canicules/canicule-du-lait-de-chaux-repandu-sur-les-routes-pour-eviter-la-chaleur-du-bitume_7326369.html The streets are about 10 degrees cooler due to the white colour.
This week-end, we will have up to 37°C.

#climateDiary #ClimateAdaption #ClimateCrisis #white #colours #heatwave #road #roadSafety