[arch-devops] Junior DevOps application - Kristian Klausen

[Sven-Hendrik Haase]

On 13.03.21 00:56, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12.03.21 23:40, Kristian Klausen via arch-devops wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> My name is Kristian Klausen (known as klausenbusk on most platforms). 
>> I'm currently taking a break from studying and is currently working 
>> part-time as a Linux sysadmin/developer and enjoying life.
>>
>> I have been running Arch Linux since late 2012 and ran Ubuntu and 
>> Debian before that. Since then I have been contributing to different 
>> open-source projects[1][2], often as drive-by patches, and I maintain 
>> my own little open-source project flathub-stats[3].
>>
>> At work I have been installing and maintaining the Debian 
>> infrastructure and digital signage solution (also Debian) since ~2015, 

>> as part of that I also backported a few Debian packages in 
>> ~2016[4][5]. We also use k8s (kubeadm on Debian servers), Docker, 
>> GitLab CI, PHP, shell scripting and I got a lot of my experience from 
>> that job.
>>
>> My more direct involvement with Arch started in late July 2020 when I 
>> joined #archlinux-devops and "complained" about something and 
>> svenstaro then decided to create a GitLab account for me[6]. Since 
>> then I have been contributing to the infrastructure project[7], often 
>> mail, Keycloak or terraform related changes. In the same period I also 

>> contributed to the arch-boxes project[8] and basically 
>> refactored/rewrote a big chunk of it.
>>
>> I don't have a lot of reasons why I contribute to open-source, 
>> basically it is fun and I enjoy contributing (and often I need the 
>> feature/issue fixed). The same applies for my arch contributions, but 
>> it wasn't just a single "drive-by patch" this time, which is probably 
>> due to the community factor and that I find infrastructure work 
>> interesting.
>>
>> If I become a Junior DevOps I hope I can ease the burden on the 
>> existing team, by being able to work on issues which requires some 
>> kind of access[9] and help with day-to-day maintenance. Among other 
>> things, I hope to help with the mail related stuff[10](I have been 
>> running my own mail server on Arch for a few years) and just general 
>> infrastructure stuff (nginx, monitoring, networking, you name it).
>>
>> SPONSORS:
>> - Sven-Hendrik Haase (svenstaro)
>> - Jelle van der Waa (jelle)
>> - Frederik Schwan (freswa)
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/klausenbusk/
>> [2] 
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=author&q=Kristian+Klausen 
>>
>> [3] https://github.com/klausenbusk/flathub-stats/
>> [4] 
>> https://tracker.debian.org/news/768744/accepted-connman-132-01bpo81-source-amd64-all-into-jessie-backports-jessie-backports/ 
>>
>> [5] 
>> https://tracker.debian.org/news/776042/accepted-cmst-20160403-2bpo81-source-amd64-into-jessie-backports/ 
>>
>> [6] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/klausenbusk/
>> [7] 
>> https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/commits/master?author=Kristian%20Klausen 
>>
>> [8] 
>> https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/arch-boxes/-/commits/master?author=Kristian%20Klausen 
>>
>> [9] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/288
>> [10] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/50
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>> - Kristian Klausen
> 
> While technically not really part of the requirements we set ourselves 
> for Junior DevOps [0], I suggest a discussion period of 14 days upon 
> which Kristian will be made a Junior DevOps unless someone brings forth 

> a good reason why that should not happen.
> 
> That said, I do confirm my sponsorship.
> 
> [0] 
> https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/blob/master/docs/becoming-devops.md 
> 
> 

And so after only positive feedback, Kristian is now a Junior DevOps!

Congratulations, and welcome to the team!

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