Joseph Zikusooka
Linux Engineer at Jambula Labs
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Zikusooka is a Linux engineer and founder of Jambula Labs with 11 years of experience building and administering UNIX/Linux systems, particularly for smart home and office automation. He combines hands-on server administration with Python and shell development, leading the JambulaTV smart home project that showcases his ability to turn open-source tools into polished, user-facing solutions. A vocal advocate for self-hosted productivity, he champions Nextcloud as a flexible alternative to major cloud suites while actively contributing to the Home Assistant ecosystem. Based in Kampala, Uganda, Joseph balances entrepreneurial leadership with deep technical craft—often bridging system-level reliability with automation-driven user experiences. His work reflects a practical focus on privacy-friendly, open-source stacks that scale from single-home setups to small organizational deployments.
11 years of coding experience
King's College BudoDavidson CollegeUWC-USA
Swahili
Github Skills (7)
battery9
wifi9
lte8
signal8
cli7
statistics7
router7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zikusooka/dtv-scan-tables-uganda
Jul 2014 - Dec 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 5 months
zikusooka/query_huawei_wifi_router
Apr 2018 - May 2021
A CLI tool that queries a Huawei LTE WiFi router (MiFi) to get statistics such as signal strength, battery status, remaining data balance etc
Contributions:50 commits, 3 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 1 month
signalltestatisticsbatterybalance
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