Mark Nichols
Cloud Systems Administrator
Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Summary
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SeniorMark Nichols is a Cloud Systems Administrator with 14 years of hands-on IT experience and a broader 41-year background in system administration, software engineering, and project management across higher education, government, utilities, and manufacturing. Based in Manhattan, Kansas, he currently manages cloud operations at Kansas State University, blending DevOps practices with systems architecture to keep complex campus services reliable and scalable. Known as an innovative problem solver and effective communicator, he excels at bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver projects on tight deadlines. He brings proven leadership across operations, application development, and strategic planning, and is comfortable leading multi-project initiatives from requirements through deployment. A lifelong self-described nerd, he pairs curiosity with pragmatic execution to modernize infrastructure while mentoring teams and building durable relationships across organizations.
14 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (65)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
zanshin/books
Jan 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:366 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 4 years 8 months
zanshin/zanshin
Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 98 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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