Pavel Moravec
Senior Principal Software Maintenance Engineer at Red Hat
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolPavel Moravec is a Senior Principal Software Maintenance Engineer at Red Hat with over 12 years of experience in sustaining and back-end engineering for systems management and messaging platforms. He specializes in C/C++, Python and Java on Linux/HP‑UX, with deep expertise in system management (Foreman/Katello), AMQP-based messaging (Apache Qpid/MRG), and diagnostics tooling. Pavel is an active open‑source contributor—he has enhanced sosreport for collecting logs from Kubernetes and OpenDaylight and driven reliability and performance fixes in Katello’s synchronization and errata handling. Known for third‑level support excellence, he blends production troubleshooting with code refactors and automation (bash, Puppet/Ansible) to keep complex infrastructure running. Based in Brno, he pairs a PhD‑level academic background with pragmatic engineering and a sharp, no‑nonsense communication style.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at Masarykova univerzita Fakulta informatikyGymnázium, tř. Kpt. Jaroše v Brne
Czech, English, Slovak, German
Github Skills (17)
foreman10
python10
ruby10
system-administration10
debugging9
content-management-system9
redhat9
bash9
rpm9
content-management9
debian8
ubuntu8
theforeman4
dockers4
docker4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sosreport/sos
Jun 2014 - Jan 2023
A unified tool for collecting system logs and other debug information
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 1458 reviews, 490 commits in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Pavel Moravec primarily worked on the `sosreport/sos` repository, a tool for collecting system logs and debug information. His contributions focused on enhancing the functionality of various plugins by adding support for new features, updating existing commands, and integrating with newer versions of dependencies. Notably, he added support for collecting logs from OpenDaylight, Kubernetes, and other tools. He was also involved in refactoring and code cleanup.
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Katello/katello
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
Katello integrates open source systems management tools into a single solution for controlling the lifecycle of your machines.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 13 commits, 13 PRs in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Pavel primarily focused on improving the Katello project's functionality and efficiency. They addressed several bugs and implemented enhancements related to server status, repository synchronization, and errata handling. Key contributions include optimizing the Katello event queue processing, refining errata identification, and ensuring proper sync behavior after package uploads, demonstrating expertise in optimizing performance and improving reliability within the Katello ecosystem.
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