Dennis Ristuccia
Senior Operations Engineer
Reading, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Ristuccia is a seasoned Senior Operations Engineer with 25 years of experience designing, automating, and operating complex Linux-first infrastructure across enterprise, research, and cloud environments. He brings deep hands-on expertise in configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef), virtualization and container platforms (VMware, KVM, Docker), monitoring and CI tooling (Icinga/Splunk/Grafana, Jenkins/Bamboo), and a wide range of databases and storage systems. His career spans high-impact roles at organizations including MIT Lincoln Laboratory, PerkinElmer, and Carbonite, where he focused on scalable machine image pipelines, automated VM provisioning, and resilient production operations. Based in Reading, Massachusetts, he pairs strong scripting and systems thinking (Perl, Python, Bash) with clear documentation and communication, making complex systems easier to run and maintain. Colleagues rely on him not only for troubleshooting but for pragmatic automation that reduces toil and improves reliability.
25 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at UMass LowellInformation Technology, Information Technology at Middlesex Community College
English
Github Skills (13)
pidgin7
penguin7
android-framework5
finch5
xposed5
magisk5
src5
stem5
git-mirror4
android4
python3
bitbucket3
swig2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Slattstudio/BetrayedAllianceBook1
Apr 2024 - Sep 2024
Betrayed Alliance is a fanmade DOS-based game with classic handmade EGA pixel art and type-parser interface. Book 1 is the first installment of a planned trilogy of games, each expanding on the world, characters, and story.
Contributions:7 releases, 9 PRs, 87 pushes in 5 months
Slattstudio/BetrayedAllianceBook2
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 1 month
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