Gabriel Nagy
Senior Software Engineer at Puppet
Timișoara, Timiș, Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolGabriel Nagy is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building reliable infrastructure and automation at Puppet and Nokia. He blends backend and DevOps expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like puppet and facter—by improving cross-platform agent support, system fact resolvers, and test infrastructure. Comfortable in CMake, Python, shell and CI systems, he has a track record of shipping pragmatic fixes and platform integrations (Fedora, macOS, Windows, Solaris) that keep release pipelines healthy. A math-and-computer-science graduate from West University of Timișoara, he keeps learning daily and applies that curiosity to both code and systems. Outside work he’s a cultured polymath—an avid reader, movie analyst and vinyl collector—which surfaces in a thoughtful, detail-oriented approach to engineering. His blend of quick wit, persistence and hands-on open-source contributions makes him a dependable asset for cross-functional teams.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Informatică, Bachelor's degree, Informatică at Universitatea de Vest din TimișoaraLiceul "Grigore Moisil" Timisoara
Github Skills (22)
filesystem10
file-management10
puppeteer10
puppet10
testing10
linux10
cicd10
ruby10
python-modules10
sup10
su10
automation9
automations9
system-administration9
shell8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent
Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
Module for managing Puppet-Agent
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:77 reviews, 86 commits, 72 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily contributed to the management and maintenance of the Puppet Agent module, focusing on integrating new OS versions like Fedora 30 and OS X 10.15 into the testing infrastructure. Their work included updating acceptance tests, fixing upgrade processes, and addressing issues related to specific operating systems such as Solaris. The user also implemented improvements for Windows environments, including enhancements for the nightly build process and fixes related to the upgrade procedure. The commits suggest a strong focus on ensuring the reliability and compatibility of the Puppet Agent across various platforms and release cycles.
puppet-agentsupportedagentpuppet
puppetlabs/facter
Jun 2019 - Jan 2022
Collect and display system facts
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:116 reviews, 185 commits, 184 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily contributed to the `facter` repository by developing and refining the mountpoints resolver, which gathers system facts. Their work involved creating and testing the resolver, including adding tests and fixing bugs. They also made improvements by moving the root device check to an extensible method and optimizing code.
factscollectlinux
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