Dale Newby
Linux System Administrator
Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolDale Newby is a seasoned Linux System Administrator and software engineer with over 8 years of focused experience and a multi-decade background in build automation, release management, and Unix/Linux administration. He has led large-scale tool installations, migrations, and process improvements for clients including IBM and enterprise customers, consistently turning fragile release pipelines into repeatable, multi-environment deployments. Currently at SIL International, he manages Linux servers and builds cloud-native infrastructure—containerizing apps with Docker on AWS and codifying environments with Terraform. Known for mentoring tool users and administrators, he combines hands-on troubleshooting with clear technical documentation to make custom systems sustainable and cost-effective. A Rose-Hulman-trained engineer, Dale brings rare continuity across legacy Unix environments and modern cloud workflows, bridging decades of tooling knowledge to accelerate team adoption and reduce operational risk.
8 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Github Skills (41)
amazon-ec210
aws-ecs10
blue-green-deployment10
terraform-module10
continuous-deployment9
terraform9
shell9
docker-image7
terraform-cloud7
cron7
terraform-enterprise6
autoscaling4
docker-compose4
dynamodb3
cli3
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
silinternational/tfc-dump
Dec 2022 - Jul 2023
Perl command using the Terraform Cloud API to export workspaces, variables, and variable sets to JSON files.
Contributions:2 releases, 8 reviews, 10 PRs in 7 months
to-jsonapiexportperl5terraform-cloud
sil-org/restic-backup-restore
Feb 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:4 releases, 8 PRs, 22 pushes in 3 years 8 months
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