Summary
Craig Sanders is an experienced systems and network engineer with 17+ years delivering Linux-focused infrastructure, HPC cluster administration, and automation across research and non-profit environments. A long-time Debian Developer and seasoned sysadmin, he has deep hands-on expertise with OpenStack, KVM/Xen virtualization, Slurm/PBS schedulers, Postfix and web/load-balancing stacks, and scripting in Perl, Python and shell. He currently volunteers on DevOps and systems projects, applying containerization, PostgreSQL and GitLab workflows to streamline operations. Craig’s background includes building and operating research cloud services at the University of Melbourne and decades of production support and troubleshooting dating back to the 1980s. Known for pragmatic automation and data transformation skills, he bridges systems programming with operational reliability and institutional-scale deployments.
16 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Monash Secondary College
La Trobe University
Basic Electronics Certificate, Basic Electronics Certificate at Moorabbin TAFE
English