Riaan Nolan
Head Of DevOps at HashiCorp
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolRiaan Nolan is a hands-on Head of DevOps and Platform Engineering with a decade of experience designing Infrastructure-as-Code, automation frameworks, and cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. He builds developer-focused platforms and Centers of Excellence that embed governance, security-as-code, and reusable Terraform modules to accelerate safe, compliant delivery. A five-time HashiCorp Ambassador, core contributor and certified Terraform instructor, Riaan created HashiQube — a self-contained DevOps lab that runs HashiCorp tools and dozens of OSS integrations inside Docker for offline demos and training. His background spans leadership and delivery roles from startups to enterprise (including cost-saving cloud migrations and image-building pipelines), and he’s known for translating complex compliance needs into automated, auditable pipelines. Based in Queensland, Australia, he also co-organises BeerOps community events and publishes talks/podcasts that reflect a strong commitment to mentorship and practical knowledge-sharing. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who balances cloud-native innovation with real-world operational rigor — feet in the sand, head in the clouds.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Puppet Essentials Cloud Computing, Puppet Essentials Cloud Computing at Puppet LabsMicrosoft Certified Professional Microsoft Systems, Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Systems at MicrosoftHigh School (Matric), High School (Matric) at Ligbron THS
English, Afrikaans, German, Xhosa, Zulu
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Github Skills (91)
python10
waypoint10
hat10
automation10
docker-container10
rest-api10
django10
hashicorp10
packer10
api10
vault10
virtualization10
ansible10
vagrant10
gitlab10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
star3am/hashiqube
Jul 2023 - Apr 2025
HashiQube - The Ultimate Hands on DevOps Lab running All the HashiCorp Products in a Github Codespace or a Docker Container using Vagrant or Docker Compose
Contributions:141 PRs, 232 pushes, 134 branches in 1 year 9 months
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star3am/riaannolancom
Mar 2020 - Feb 2025
www.riaannolan.com
Contributions:3 PRs, 26 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years
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