Jo Vandeginste
Linux System Administrator
Rotselaar, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolJo Vandeginste is a seasoned Linux system administrator with 11+ years managing central Linux infrastructure and HPC clusters at KU Leuven, including Beowulf-based and grid systems. He combines deep OS-level troubleshooting skills with hands-on experience in provisioning and network automation, contributing to Foreman templates and Docker Puppet modules that improve reliability and systemd integration. Comfortable across many programming languages, he moves quickly between sysadmin tasks and DevOps work—adding features, tests, and refactors to open-source projects like paperless-ngx, SFTPGo and slacktee. His contributions show a pragmatic focus on robustness: better logging, IPv6 and VLAN edge-case handling, multi-key SFTP support, and resilient image pulls. Based in Rotselaar, Belgium, he prefers local roles and brings a practical mindset honed by long-term institutional IT service and community-driven development. Notably, his work often bridges user-facing support and low-level system improvements, making him effective at turning operational pain points into maintainable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master, Master at KU LeuvenASO, ASO at Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege AssebroekKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenBachelor, Bachelor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk
English, Dutch, French
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Github Skills (51)
git10
api-rest10
network-configuration10
puppeteer10
docker10
foreman10
archiving10
python10
puppet10
scripting10
django10
api-design10
document-management10
restful-api10
pdf10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
theforeman/community-templates
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
A place to share templates for various OSes for Foreman's provisioning
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits, 15 PRs, 56 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jo's commits focus on enhancing the functionality of the Foreman provisioning templates, specifically related to network configuration. They implemented support for IPv6-only interfaces, link-local IPv6 gateway addresses, and the use of interface's IPv6 addresses. The commits include fixes for typos and address edge cases like VLAN configuration and the addition of the DOMAIN parameter, indicating a focus on system administration and network automation within the Foreman ecosystem. These changes improve the flexibility and compatibility of the templates across various network setups.
placeprovisioningshareforeman
garethr/garethr-docker
Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
Puppet module for managing docker
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits, 12 PRs, 14 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jo primarily contributed to improving the functionality and maintainability of the Docker module. Their work included adding features like before_stop commands and label support to the run configuration. They also focused on enhancing the integration with systemd and improving the module's overall reliability, including handling situations where image pulls might fail. Furthermore, the user added tests and refactored dependencies.
puppet-moduledockerbusterpuppet
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