Michael Moll
IT-Systemadministrator
Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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RockstarMichael Moll is an experienced IT system administrator and DevOps-focused backend engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining server lifecycle and automation tooling across diverse Linux and BSD environments. Based in Bavaria, he has contributed to prominent open-source projects such as Foreman and multiple Puppet modules (PostgreSQL, Apache, NTP, collectd, PHP), adding OS support, improving compatibility, and modernizing test and deployment workflows. His work shows strong expertise in provisioning, configuration management and integrating services like Puppet, SaltStack, and virtualization tooling, plus practical full‑stack touches on web content and documentation. Michael has progressed from product and project roles in travel and hospitality into senior infrastructure engineering, giving him an uncommon blend of operational rigor and stakeholder-facing project experience. He favors durable, testable changes—evidenced by acceptance tests, refactors and deprecation fixes—and often focuses on cross-platform reliability rather than flashy features. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who smooths provisioning and upgrade paths across complex stacks.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (76)
postgresql10
website-development10
kats10
testing10
plugin-development10
rspec10
http10
bash10
ubuntu10
ruby10
rhel10
system10
automation10
dns10
symfony-ux10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
theforeman/smart-proxy
Dec 2013 - May 2020
RESTful proxies for DNS, DHCP, TFTP, BMC and Puppet
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:95 commits, 128 PRs, 46 pushes in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the smart-proxy by addressing bugs and extending support for various systems like FreeBSD. Their contributions involved modifying core components such as the PuppetCA, DHCP, TFTP, and DNS modules, which involved adding paths, disabling host key checking, and incorporating external tools. They implemented fixes and applied configuration changes to support features and integrations with tools like Puppet and DNS.
golangtftpdnspuppetrestful
theforeman/community-templates
Nov 2013 - May 2020
A place to share templates for various OSes for Foreman's provisioning
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:87 commits, 273 PRs, 271 pushes in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed significantly to the Foreman project by modifying provisioning templates across multiple operating systems (SUSE, Debian, RHEL, etc.). Their work involved automating the setup of Puppet and SaltStack, including installation, configuration, and service management. They also addressed specific issues related to PXE booting, network configurations, and the usage of HTTP proxies for repositories. The user improved templates for various platforms, which streamlines the provisioning process.
placeprovisioningshareforeman
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