Summary
Julius Roberts is an experienced DevOps-focused data manager and systems operator with 11+ years delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure across research, education and not-for-profit sectors from Tasmania. He combines hands-on Linux/OpenStack, HPC and automation expertise (Ansible, Puppet, GitLab CI) with strong service design and change management skills to simplify complex environments and reduce operational toil. Julius has led revitalisation projects, implemented service desks and integrated billing/process automations, showing he’s as comfortable with executive liaison and SLAs as he is writing build pipelines for supercomputers. Known for asking the hard questions early, he prioritises elegant, maintainable solutions that increase team cohesion and user productivity. He brings deep practical experience across Debian systems, Ceph/Swift, remote desktop and monitoring, and a persistent commitment to open source tooling and process-driven improvements.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Systems, Computer Science, Bachelor of Information Systems, Computer Science at University of Tasmania
St. Virgil's College
Japanese