Niels Voorn
Systems Engineer - Police Vehicle Communications & Tech Innovation
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolNiels Voorn is a systems engineer and DevOps team lead with 13 years of experience building reliable Linux-first infrastructure for high-stakes environments, currently focusing on police vehicle communications and in-car computing at Politie Nederland. He combines deep hands-on skills in Ubuntu, Bash, Python, Ansible/AWX and Kubernetes with a pragmatic security and reliability mindset honed as a former emergency operator and police officer. Niels has led cloud and automation efforts across industries—from Kubernetes at Univé to mission-grade telemetry and Grafana/InfluxDB stacks for analogue moon simulations at ICEE.Space—while also contributing open-source fixes and UX tweaks to projects like Ombi and Home Assistant addons. Comfortable moving between field operations (certified drone pilot) and backend automation, he’s known for stabilizing brittle systems and improving real-time observability under pressure.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
ICT Beheerder ICT Beheerder, ICT Beheerder ICT Beheerder at ROC ASAHAVO Natuur en Techniek en Biologie, HAVO Natuur en Techniek en Biologie at Sint-NicolaaslyceumBachelor's degree Information Technology Project Management, Bachelor's degree Information Technology Project Management at Windesheim
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (26)
debug10
docker10
instagram10
python10
apidoc10
css10
bots10
bash10
dockers10
api10
front-end-development10
googlebot10
html10
home-assistant10
instagrapi10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
ohld/igbot
Jan 2019 - Apr 2020
🐙 Free scripts, bots and Python API wrapper. Get free followers with our auto like, auto follow and other scripts!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:224 commits, 92 PRs, 160 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Niels primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of a script related to the `igbot` project. Their contributions involved fixing errors, specifically addressing file-not-found issues, and adding checks to prevent crashes within the repost_best_photos_from_users.py script. They also addressed text encoding issues, improving the program's robustness. These updates suggest an emphasis on bug fixes and stability improvements for the project.
apipythonapi-wrapperfollowbot
alexbelgium/hassio-addons
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
My homeassistant addons
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 72 commits, 27 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Niels primarily focused on maintaining and updating the configuration and structure of the Home Assistant addons. They made significant changes to various configuration files and scripts within different addon directories, including modifications to scripts and file locations. The commits demonstrate a focus on ensuring proper setup and consistent functionality across multiple addons. They also worked on streamlining and fixing various issues, including end-of-line sequences and bash scripting.
homeassistant-addonsaddonshaoshacshome-assistant
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