Barney Desmond
DevOps Engineer at Arista Networks
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolBarney Desmond is a DevOps engineer based in Sydney with 16 years of experience building and operating secure, scalable Linux infrastructure and automation for both public sector and networking customers. He progressed from hands-on Debian/RHEL system administration and customer support to developer and technical writer roles, publishing extensive documentation and training materials while shipping Python and Haskell tooling. Currently at Arista Networks, he combines deep systems instincts with a penchant for clear communication and mentoring, reducing operational friction across teams. A lifelong learner and Pythonista who’s exploring Haskell, he brings a thoughtful blend of troubleshooting rigor, developer ergonomics, and documentation-first thinking to complex engineering problems.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
UNSW Sydney
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (51)
firefox6
musl6
pacemaker6
css6
linux6
linux-distribution6
chroot5
kubernetes4
containerd4
flask4
grpc4
go3
scale3
python3
resource-manager3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
barneydesmond/powerline-shell
Dec 2017 - Apr 2023
A beautiful and useful prompt for your shell
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes in 5 years 5 months
textmatepowerlinelsbashcompletions
barneydesmond/resume
Jan 2012 - Oct 2018
Contributions:42 commits, 20 pushes in 6 years 10 months
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