Omar Siam
Systemadministrator
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolOmar Siam is a systems administrator and developer in Vienna with 13 years of experience delivering practical software solutions for research and institutional environments. He combines deep hands-on skills in XQuery databases, Delphi/Object Pascal and modern web technologies to bridge legacy systems and contemporary services. At the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften he has progressed from technical assistant to system administrator, focusing on reliable, user-centered tooling for academic workflows. His academic background in humanities (Mag. phil.) plus engineering training gives him a rare ability to translate scholarly needs into robust technical implementations. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem solving and for integrating specialized tools that standard IT teams often overlook. He enjoys crafting tailored solutions that sit at the intersection of research, language/culture, and software.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Mag. phil., Mag. phil. at Universität WienIngenieur, Ingenieur at Technologisches Gewerbemuseum
Github Skills (100)
orbeon10
xquery10
xslt10
xml-schema10
xml10
basex9
gwt9
metadata9
application-server9
docker9
exist-db9
java9
xml-database9
application8
restxq8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
acdh-oeaw/vicav-app-api
Feb 2023 - Jan 2025
Insomnia API test repo
Contributions:1 review, 13 PRs, 62 pushes in 2 years
acdh-oeaw/exist
Jul 2021 - May 2024
eXist Native XML Database and Application Platform
Contributions:31 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 10 months
xml-databasexmlxqueryapplication-platformdatabase
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