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  Location: Toronto, Canada
  Remote: Sure.  Hybrid or on-site are fine, too
  Willing to relocate: No, but some travel is OK
  Technologies: Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, OSX, Perl, Python, Ruby, Ansible, Chef, DNS, DHCP, PXE, etc, etc, etc
  Résumé/CV: https://erlogan.inoc.ca/erlogan_resume.pdf
  Email: erlogan+hn@gmail.com

Greetings, I am a Systems Engineer and infra guy who's been dorking around with operating systems for roughly 20 years. Until recently I was at Meta, when I was swept up in the (quite public) layoffs. Broadly speaking, I am best at answering two kinds of questions: "how can I solve this problem with Linux?" and "how can I solve this Linux problem?", but I have also worked with Windows, FreeBSD, and OS X. I am also a capable coder in many languages and have written both frontend and backend software, from small homegrown webapps to large open-source projects like Chef.

Most recently I particularly focused on large-scale configuration management and OS management (provisioning, troubleshooting, performance, etc). I'm great at incident management and response, plus the "softer" side of things: interviewing, mentorship, project planning and management. I like presenting to audiences, technical or non-technical, large or small.

My dream would be to get to do a greenfield DC deployment, but those are pretty rare these days. I have also worked with cloud and containerization. I pride myself on my flexibility, being a quick learner, and understanding problems, processes, and systems from top to bottom.

I'm available for consulting, contracts, or full-time.