Colin Hamilton
Backline Linux Engineer at SUSE
Orem, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Hamilton is a Backline Linux Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, troubleshooting, and training on SUSE/Fedora and Debian-based systems. At SUSE he supports frontline and premium engineers across a wide OS spectrum, with deep expertise in high availability, SAP, authentication, and kernel crash analysis. He has managed complex infrastructure stacks—including virtualization, cloud (AWS/GCP), containers, storage arrays, and automation—during previous senior admin roles. Known for clear communication and respect-driven collaboration, he regularly develops and delivers technical training to elevate team capabilities. Based in Orem, Utah, he pairs a troubleshooting mindset with a willingness to step outside his comfort zone to solve uncommon systems problems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Orem High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
suse7
vagrant7
kernel6
sles6
defaults6
bash6
grep6
tumbleweed6
linux5
python5
system-information4
rpm3
docker3
brute-force-attacks3
ruby3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ZeTopHat/SUSEcrashPrep
Aug 2017 - Oct 2022
Python tool used to download kernel RPMs for crash kernel analysis
Contributions:3 releases, 14 commits, 3 PRs in 5 years 2 months
kernelpython
ZeTopHat/suse-vagrant-labs
Mar 2023 - Feb 2026
Vagrant labs for SUSE-based environments
Contributions:16 reviews, 96 PRs, 82 pushes in 3 years
susevagrant
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