Rick Meels
Software Ontwikkelaar at Coöperatie VGZ
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRick Meels is a software developer based in Eindhoven with eight years of hands-on experience bridging software engineering, network infrastructure, and DevOps practices. Currently at Coöperatie VGZ he maintains and extends applications while managing firewall/security, automation, certificate renewal, and Azure DevOps pipelines to ensure secure, reliable delivery. His background spans technical consulting, second-line network support, and infrastructure roles, giving him a practical understanding of operational resilience and incident troubleshooting. Studying Software Engineering with a minor in Cloud-Native Development, he actively deepens his DevOps skills in his free time and values delivering user-impacting solutions. Notably, his career progression from hands-on support and networking into CI/CD and cloud-native practices shows a developer who turns operational knowledge into robust delivery pipelines.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
ICT Beheerder MBO Niveau 4, ICT Beheerder MBO Niveau 4 at ROC LeeuwenborghVMBO kaderberoepsgericht Electrotechniek, VMBO kaderberoepsgericht Electrotechniek at SophianumBachelor's degree Software & Technology Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer, Bachelor's degree Software & Technology Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer at Fontys University of Applied SciencesMinor Cloud-Native Software Development, Minor Cloud-Native Software Development at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
English, Dutch
Github Skills (20)
satellite7
satellite-data7
docker-container6
openvpn6
transmission6
docker5
jwplayer4
torrent4
webui3
tunnel3
movie3
vpn3
gps3
plex2
php2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openremote/or-satellite
Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
Service to connect to satellite data
Contributions:53 commits in 2 months
satellitesatellite-data
delaygram/delay-frontend
Mar 2022 - Sep 2024
Contributions:31 PRs, 57 pushes, 27 branches in 2 years 5 months
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