Summary
Steve Giessler is a Senior Linux System Administrator and DevOps Engineer with over 25 years of hands-on experience designing, running, and supporting university-scale IT infrastructure at West Virginia University. He blends deep Unix/Linux operational expertise with strong customer service skills, having progressed from Unix System Administrator to senior DevOps roles while also teaching Data Communications as an adjunct professor. Comfortable across systems, networking, procurement, and support, he’s known for solving thorny production issues and translating technical complexity for non-technical stakeholders. Based in Morgantown, he leverages an educational technology master’s to shape practical, learner-focused courses and documentation that bridge operations and instruction. Pragmatic and patient, Steve pairs institutional knowledge with a teacher’s mindset to improve reliability, onboarding, and incident response across academic environments.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Masters degree, Educational/Instructional Technology, Masters degree, Educational/Instructional Technology at West Virginia University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Social Sciences, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Social Sciences at University at Buffalo