Richard Allen
System Administrator
Reykjavik, Iceland
Summary
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SeniorRichard Allen is a seasoned system administrator with 25 years managing diverse *nix environments—from Linux and *BSD to Solaris, AIX and HP‑UX—currently supporting critical infrastructure at Reiknistofa bankanna in Reykjavík. He spent over two decades as an IT consultant and 3rd‑level support engineer for HP and Red Hat ecosystems, combining hands‑on systems work with presales and technical guidance. A longtime Linux and HP‑UX specialist, he pairs kernel‑level C programming and multi‑language scripting experience with practical operational know‑how. As a Red Hat Certified Instructor and Examiner, he has trained and assessed RHCE candidates for many years, bringing clear technical communication to complex topics. Notably, his career spans both university and national energy authority environments, reflecting comfort with large multiuser systems and mission‑critical deployments.
25 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
English, Icelandic
Github Skills (33)
initscript10
fedora10
quake10
reaction10
network10
linux9
sensu7
ansible-galaxy7
nagios7
command-line-tool6
ansible-tower6
ssh6
cli6
effort5
tower5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
richard-allen/ds18b20
Nov 2015 - Dec 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
ReactionQuake3/reaction
May 2001 - Sep 2020
Reaction was originally called Reaction Quake 3 which was a total conversion mod for Quake III Arena based on action and realism with a specific emphasis on action over realism.
Contributions:832 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 19 years 7 months
totalreactiontotal-conversionmodquake-iii-arena
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