Michael Chesterton
Technical Support Engineer at Squiz
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Chesterton is a Technical Support Engineer in Sydney with over 15 years in telecommunications and nearly two decades working with Linux, bringing a practical blend of systems administration and software development. He focuses on automation and web application development, primarily using Python and JavaScript, and has hands-on experience with Docker, SaltStack, PostgreSQL and open-source tools like Odoo and Leaflet. As a former sole IT specialist and managing director, he’s comfortable owning end-to-end solutions—from infrastructure provisioning and fleet management to custom business apps built around OpenStreetMap and Icinga. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem solving and steady operational delivery, and he’s keen to continue developing his technical, social and management skills.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Electronics, Telecommunications, Electronics, Telecommunications at TAFE
Github Skills (150)
dashboard10
statsd10
postgresql10
traveling-salesman10
python10
probe10
dijkstra10
grafana10
pickup10
freeipa10
cpp10
backend10
influxdb10
osrm10
openstreetmap10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
chesty/maps-docker-compose
Jul 2018 - Jul 2021
Full OpenStreetMap environment with tiles, osrm and nominatim
Contributions:1 review, 53 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years
nominatimosmosrmtilesopenstreetmap
chesty/vroom-docker
Jun 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:42 commits, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
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