Riaan Nolan
Head Of DevOps at Starbound Space Solutions
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.
10 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 (76)
waypoint10
windows10
terraform10
consul10
automation10
docker-container10
service-mesh10
data-center10
django10
hashicorp10
packer10
service-discovery10
vault10
virtualization10
ansible10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
servian/hashiqube
Jan 2020 - May 2021
HashiQube - All the Hashicorp products in a Container or VM for anyone to demo or practise with.
Contributions:3 commits, 12 PRs, 152 pushes in 1 year 3 months
hashicorp
star3am/riaannolancom
Mar 2020 - Feb 2025
www.riaannolan.com
Contributions:3 PRs, 26 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years
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