Fred Van Zwieten
Associate Principal Specialist Solution Architect Ansible
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolFred Van Zwieten is an experienced solution architect with over a decade focused on Red Hat infrastructure, automation and cloud technologies, now serving as Associate Principal Specialist Solution Architect for Ansible. He has deep hands-on expertise across RHEL, OpenStack, Ceph/Gluster storage, virtualization and automated provisioning, and a long track record of designing large-scale, highly available deployments for public sector and enterprise customers. Known for championing open source, privacy and health, he blends technical rigour (RHCE/RHCA and specialized cloud/storage certifications) with a pragmatic KISS philosophy and strong coaching skills that help teams collaborate and excel. Fred’s background spans storage migrations, proof-of-concept CI/CD platforms and lifecycle management—often introducing process improvements like Kanban for operations. Based in Amsterdam, he combines customer-facing architecture work with internal enablement at Red Hat, and is unusually comfortable bridging decades-old enterprise systems and modern containerized/cloud stacks.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) (Recertification), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) (Recertification) at Red HatRed Hat Certified Architect, Red Hat Certified Architect at Red Hat UniversityDevelopment Center Technical Consultant / Architect, Development Center Technical Consultant / Architect at ADCPuppet Fundamentals, Puppet Fundamentals at PuppetLabsITIL Essentials, ITIL Essentials at ISESEnterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux at Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure (070-217), Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure (070-217) at Microsoft CertificationElectro Techniques, Electro Techniques at Technical School (MTS)LPIC-1, Linux, LPIC-1, Linux at Linux Professional Institute Certification 1 (LPIC-1)Introduction to DCE, Introduction to DCE at VX8000Novell Certified Linux Administrator (CLA)First Certificate English, First Certificate English at University of CambridgeHP.4 – Development: Methods & Techniques, HP.4 – Development: Methods & Techniques at AMBIKanban for OperationsASE, Certification Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE) HP StorageWorks Primary Storage, ASE, Certification Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE) HP StorageWorks Primary Storage at HP Educational ServicesMS Course 2150: Designing a secure Microsoft Windows 2000 based network, MS Course 2150: Designing a secure Microsoft Windows 2000 based network at FulcireDNS & BIND, O’reilly, Second Edition., DNS & BIND, O’reilly, Second Edition. at Study AssignmentIntroduction Workshop ScrumOpenStack Deep Dive Training, OpenStack Deep Dive Training at Red Hat InternalRed Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (RH436)Partner Training Red Hat StorageStorage, Storage at NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA)Commercial Skills for the IT ProfessionalMS Exchange 5.5 – Design & Implementation, MS Exchange 5.5 – Design & Implementation at Global Knowledge NetworkIntroduction to Information Technology, Introduction to Information Technology at Local evening schoolGeneral School (MAVO)Storage, Storage at Commvault System Administration (CSA)Professional Skills: Customer Contacts, Professional Skills: Customer Contacts at Vos & PartnersTechEd '99 (Amsterdam), TechEd '99 (Amsterdam) at MicrosoftLinux, Linux at Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP)Storage, Storage at Commvault System Engineering (CSE)Workshop OpenStack using RDOCeph Unified Storage for OpenStack (CEPH-130), Ceph Unified Storage for OpenStack (CEPH-130) at Inktank
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (111)
python10
hat10
automation10
collaboration10
ssh10
javascript10
django10
file-sharing10
api10
ansible10
django-rest-framework10
owncloud10
upstream10
self-hosting10
php10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fvzwieten/rbac-demo-webfarm
May 2016 - Jul 2023
Contributions:231 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
fvzwieten/ansible4windows
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:194 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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