Hilton Gibson
UBUNTU LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR at Stellenbosch University Library
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolHilton Gibson is an experienced Ubuntu Linux system administrator with over 15 years supporting server and desktop infrastructure, primarily at Stellenbosch University Library where he manages open-access research repositories, journals, and library networking. He brings deep hands-on skills from a long engineering career—ranging from PLC and SCADA programming in heavy industry to embedded Linux and access-control systems—giving him a rare blend of IT systems administration and industrial automation expertise. A certified Ubuntu professional, Hilton is comfortable across Unix admin, real-time systems, and risk-management projects and has a history of commissioning and maintaining complex automation and instrumentation. Based in the Western Cape, he combines academic IT support experience with field-proven troubleshooting and hardware repair capabilities that often surface in cross-disciplinary initiatives.
15 years of coding experience
Nat Dip Light Current Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation Technology/Technician, Nat Dip Light Current Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation Technology/Technician at Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyNat Dip Light Current Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation Technology/Technician, Nat Dip Light Current Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation Technology/Technician at Durban University of TechnologyGithub contributions (2)
hamslaai/Mirage2
Jun 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:66 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
SUNScholar/xmlui-webapp
Oct 2010 - Oct 2010
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
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