Thomas Payerle
Systems Administrator
Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
Summary
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RockstarThomas Payerle is a seasoned Systems Administrator with over 10 years of hands-on experience managing infrastructure at the University of Maryland, College Park. Based in Greenbelt, Maryland, he combines deep operational knowledge with practical build-engineering skills, contributing upstream to complex open-source tooling like the widely used Spack package manager. His work on Spack focuses on adapting packages, resolving compiler-related build issues (Intel, GCC), and integrating dependencies to ensure reproducible multi-platform builds—an area that highlights both systems-level intuition and software troubleshooting. Known for bridging the gap between system administration and back-end build engineering, he reliably turns fragile builds into repeatable workflows. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that keep research and production environments stable while enabling modern scientific software stacks.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
package-management10
gcc10
python9
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
cmake8
autotools8
hdf7
fortran6
openmp6
netcdf6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Dec 2018 - Jan 2022
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Build Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 61 commits, 99 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributes to the build process and package management of the `spack/spack` repository. They are responsible for adapting existing packages to function correctly within the spack environment. Their work includes fixing build issues related to compiler versions, including Intel and GCC, and integrating new packages. The user also modifies package configurations to support dependencies like libtirpc, and fixes build errors related to software packages such as gdal, hdf, and others, including some python packages and ensuring that they interact correctly with the overall build system.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
payerle/coldfront
Sep 2021 - Dec 2024
HPC Resource Allocation System
Contributions:36 pushes, 11 branches, 1 tag in 3 years 3 months
hpcallocationallocation-systemresource-allocation
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